Links to organizations we admire
| Urban Tilth |
Urban Tilth cultivates agriculture in west Contra Costa County to help our community build a more sustainable, healthy, and just food system |
| Spiral Gardens Community Food Security Project |
Creating healthy sustainable communities by promoting a strong local food system and encouraging productive use of urban soil |
| People's grocery |
Inspiring food justice organization in West Oakland. |
| Oakland Food Connection |
Oakland Food Conection is a not-for-profit organization focused on Oakland's heritage of Food, Community and Culture |
| O.B.U.G.S |
Building healthy communities through programs offered children, youth and families in a network of school and neighborhood gardens. |
| Mandela Marketplace |
The Mandela Marketplace is the currently the only grocery store in West Oakland. It is cooperatively owned by members of the community and sells fresh, local produce. |
| La Via Campesina |
Nous sommes un mouvement international de paysans, de petits et moyens producteurs, de sans terre, de femmes et de jeunes du milieu rural, de peuples indigènes et de travailleurs agricoles |
| Just Food |
Just Food works to increase access to fresh, healthy food in NYC and to support the local farms and urban gardens that grow it
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| Growing power |
Inspiring food justice organization in Milwaukee. |
| FarmingUp |
FarmingUp has spent over a year planning the launch of a high quality, very large-scale rooftop farm in NYC. Farming NYC’s overhead acreage improves the ecological impact of NYC’s eight million eaters while creating... |
| Farm Fresh Choice |
Farm Fresh Choice is the Ecology Center's food justice program |
| City Slicker Farms |
Empowering West Oakland community members to meet the immediate and basic need for nutritious food security. |
| Urban Tilth |
Urban Tilth cultivates agriculture in west Contra Costa County to help our community build a more sustainable, healthy, and just food system |
| Oakland Green Arts and Media Center |
Ecological education with low-income youth and opportunities in artistic and performing youth |
| Oakland Food Connection |
Oakland Food Conection is a not-for-profit organization focused on Oakland's heritage of Food, Community and Culture |
| O.B.U.G.S |
Building healthy communities through programs offered children, youth and families in a network of school and neighborhood gardens. |
| Grind For The Green |
Grind for the Green is committed to moving youth of color from the margins to the epicenter of the environmental movement |
| East Lake YMCA |
Our goal is to enable the youth of Oakland to reach their unlimited potential |
| Urban permaculture guild |
Urban permaculture information and resources. |
| The Rhizome Collective |
The Rhizome Collective is a non-profit organization based out of a warehouse on the East Side of Austin, Texas. They operate an Educational Center for Urban Sustainability and a Center for Community Organizing... |
| Spiral Gardens Community Food Security Project |
Creating healthy sustainable communities by promoting a strong local food system and encouraging productive use of urban soil |
| San Francisco permaculture |
San Francisco permaculture events, classes and resources. |
| Regenerative design institute |
Northern Californian permaculture site. |
| Punk rock permaculture |
International permaculture news. |
| Plants for a Future |
The best edible, medicinal and useful plant database. |
| Permies |
Permaculture forum. |
| Permaculture TV |
Online permaculture and transition movies |
| Permaculture Research Institute |
Australian permaculture forum. |
| Permaculture Principles |
David Holmgren's innovative permaculture site |
| Permaculture Activist Magazine |
A long standing Permaculture Magazine |
| Path To Freedom |
The Original Modern Urban Homestead, pioneering a journey towards self sufficiency, one step at a time
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| Occidental arts and ecology center |
Northern California permaculture center. |
| Merritt horticulture department |
One of the best and least expensive permaculture educational resource! |
| Indigenous Permaculture |
The Indigenous Permaculture Program is a grassroots organization that supports community food security to revitalize ecological health
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| FarmingUp |
FarmingUp has spent over a year planning the launch of a high quality, very large-scale rooftop farm in NYC. Farming NYC’s overhead acreage improves the ecological impact of NYC’s eight million eaters while creating... |
| Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute |
A high altitude demonstration forest garden and training facility located 7200’ above sea level in beautiful Basalt, Colorado. |
| Bullock's Permaculture Homestead |
Extraordinary permaculture site on Orcas Island |
| The shroomery forum |
Good edible mushroom cultivation forum. |
| Permies |
Permaculture forum. |
| Permaculture Research Institute |
Australian permaculture forum. |
| Homesteading today |
Homesteading information |
| Garden Web |
Great gardening forum. |
| Bio Bees |
Top Bar Beekeeping Forum |
| Bee Source forum |
Conventional bee keeping forum |
| Backyard Herds |
Goats, sheep, cows, ostriches? |
| Backyard chicken forum |
Chicken information. |
| Aquaponics forum |
Aquaponics Forum |
| The Rhizome Collective |
The Rhizome Collective is a non-profit organization based out of a warehouse on the East Side of Austin, Texas. They operate an Educational Center for Urban Sustainability and a Center for Community Organizing... |
| Roots of Change |
Roots of Change (ROC) believes that the best way to make the food system sustainable is to connect and support the people and parts within the system that have the knowledge, roles, relationships and commitments... |
| Oakland Food Policy Council |
The OFPC promotes an equitable and sustainable food system in Oakland, California
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| La Via Campesina |
Nous sommes un mouvement international de paysans, de petits et moyens producteurs, de sans terre, de femmes et de jeunes du milieu rural, de peuples indigènes et de travailleurs agricoles |
| The institute of urban homesteading |
Great urban homesteading classes in Oakland, CA. |
| The Ecology Center |
Provides the public with reliable information, tools, hands-on training, referrals, strategies, infrastructure, and models for sustainable living |
| Regenerative design institute |
Northern Californian permaculture site. |
| Merritt horticulture department |
One of the best and least expensive permaculture educational resource! |
| The Ecology Center |
Provides the public with reliable information, tools, hands-on training, referrals, strategies, infrastructure, and models for sustainable living |
| Spiral Gardens Community Food Security Project |
Creating healthy sustainable communities by promoting a strong local food system and encouraging productive use of urban soil |
| Raw oakland honey cooperative |
Oakland's backyard beekeeping cooperative |
| Clean Water Components |
Providing information and kits for home scale greywater systems |
| Bio Fuels Oasis |
Amazing cooperatively owned biodiesel and urban farming supplies business. |
| Sustainable South Bronx |
Sustainable South Bronx (SSBx) is a community organization dedicated to Environmental Justice solutions through innovative, economically sustainable projects that are informed by community needs |
| Insight Garden Program |
In collaboration with San Quentin State Prison, the Insight Garden Program (IGP) provides rehabilitation to self-selected prisoners through the process of organic gardening |
| Growing Home |
Providing job training through a non-profit organic agriculture business |
| Green For All |
Green For All is a national organization working to build an inclusive green economy strong enough to lift people out of poverty |
| Spore Works |
Great mushroom spore source |
| Fungi Perfecti |
Paul Stamets mushroom store |
| Seed Savers Exchange |
A non-profit organization of gardeners dedicated to saving and sharing heirloom seeds. |
| Plants for a Future |
The best edible, medicinal and useful plant database. |
| Plant information online |
Searchable nursery database for North America. |
| Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) |
The Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) web server provides germplasm information about plants, animals, microbes and invertebrates. This program... |
| Rainwater Harvesting |
Brad Lancaster's rain water harvesting techniques |
| Oasis Desgin |
Art Ludwigs greywater resources and designs |
| Grey Water Action |
Grey water advocacy! |
| Clean Water Components |
Providing information and kits for home scale greywater systems |
| Permaculture Activist Magazine |
A long standing Permaculture Magazine |
| Merritt permaculture class |
Merritt's permaculture class blog! |
| Citysown |
A great Bay Area permaculture blog |
| Mandela Marketplace |
The Mandela Marketplace is the currently the only grocery store in West Oakland. It is cooperatively owned by members of the community and sells fresh, local produce. |
| FarmingUp |
FarmingUp has spent over a year planning the launch of a high quality, very large-scale rooftop farm in NYC. Farming NYC’s overhead acreage improves the ecological impact of NYC’s eight million eaters while creating... |
| La Via Campesina |
Nous sommes un mouvement international de paysans, de petits et moyens producteurs, de sans terre, de femmes et de jeunes du milieu rural, de peuples indigènes et de travailleurs agricoles |
| Insight Garden Program |
In collaboration with San Quentin State Prison, the Insight Garden Program (IGP) provides rehabilitation to self-selected prisoners through the process of organic gardening |
| Humanist Hall |
A venue dedicated to community building and social justice |
| Ella Baker Center |
Working for justice in our system, opportunity in our cities, and peace on our streets
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| Communitree |
Communitree works to integrate arts, ecology and education in Oakland, CA |
| Communitree |
Communitree works to integrate arts, ecology and education in Oakland, CA |