Agriculture is a leading industry in Washington State. Supporting our small family farms is vital to our state's economy and eating seasonal, locally-grown food is healthier for people and the planet. Want to learn more? Below are some great resources to get you started.

RECOMMENDED WEBSITES

• Advocates for Families and Farms
• American Farmland Trust
• American Institute for Cancer Research
• Community Food Security Coalition
• Farm Aid
• Hopelink
• Local Harvest
• Puget Sound Fresh
• Slow Food Seattle
• Slow Food USA
• Small Farmer's Journal
• Tilth Producers
• USDA ARS Human Nutrition Research Center
• Washington State Farmers Markets Association
• Washington Sustainable Food and Farming Network

RECOMMENDED READING

• Back to the Table: the Reunion of Food and Family by Art Smith
• Christina Cooks: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Whole Foods But Were Afraid to Ask by Christina Pirello
• Coming Home to Eat: the pleasures and politics of local food by Gary Paul Nabhan
• Fateful Harvest by Duff Wilson
• Fields of Plenty: A Farmer's Journey in Search of Real Food and the People Who Grow It by Michael Ableman
• GRUB: Ideas for an Urban Organic Kitchen by Anna Luppé and Bryant Terry
• The Kitchen Diaries by Nigel Slater
• The Pleasures of Slow Food by Corby Kummer
• The Sustainable Kitchen by Stu Stein
• Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
• Wildwood: Cooking from the Source in the Pacific Northwest by Cory Schreiber
• What to Eat by Marion Nestle
• Whole Foods Companion: A Guide for Adventurous Cooks, Curious Shoppers, and Lovers of Natural Foods by Dianne Onstad