Here are some links (or they will be links, and there will be a lot more of them - sorry this is under construction!) to books, videos, other blogs, etc, which have inspired me, which I use constantly as resources, and/or which have something to do with the relationship between people and food, or more broadly the land it comes from, in some way or another:
Books
The Good Life, Helen and Scott Nearing
The Encyclopedia of Country Living, Carla Emery
The New Self-Sufficient Gardener, John Seymour
River Cottage Handbooks - Veg Patch, Mushrooms, Bread, Preserves
The Gourmet Gardener, Bob Flowerdew
From Farm to Fork, Emeril Lagasse (thanks to my Aunt Jane for getting this for me!)
Not on the Label and Eat Your Heart Out, Felicity Lawrence
Bad Food Britain, Joanna Blythman
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, Barbara Kingsolver
The Omnivore's Dilemma, In Defense of Food, Food Rules, Michael Pollan
The Town That Food Saved, Ben Hewitt
Pandora's Seed: The Unforeseen Cost of Civilization, Spencer Wells
Soil Not Oil (and others), Vandana Shiva
Videos/TV Shows
River Cottage (from the first one to the most recent, Autumn)
Jamie at Home (and accompanying cookbook)
The 'f' Word
Gasland, a documentary by Josh Fox about natural gas extraction through 'fracking'
FLOW: For Love of Water, a documentary by Irena Salina about the planet's dwindling supply of fresh water and how corporations are gaining control of it
Super Size Me
Fast Food Nation
Food Inc.
Other Blogs or Websites
Blogs/Personal Sites:
Rural Idiocy - a family counting down the days till they embark on a year of self-sufficiency
The Pioneer Woman - she needs no introduction, I believe
Appalachian Feet - sustainahillbillies, I love it - they've been doing it the right way all along!
Path to Freedom/Urban Homestead - proof that self-sufficiency doesn't require 20 acres in the country
Top Veg - a great resource for vegetable-growing info, advice, tips and how-tos
Everything in the Garden's Rosie - a beautiful record of the English garden and countryside
Our New Life in the Country - more livers of the good life and self-sufficiency-seekers
Ben Short - fervent UK allotmenteer
Mud, Gorse and Pines - life on a finca in the Terra Alta region of Catalunya
The Duchess of Earl - another ex-pat American who married an Englishman and lives in France!
Subsistence Pattern - great blog on self-sufficiency: growing, foraging, etc in Northern Idaho, US
Path to Self-Sufficiency - an international couple looking for self-sufficiency in Tuscany/Liguria (plus wine-tastings! and cute animal photos and videos)
Ty Olaf Cottage - Life in a beautiful cottage in the heart of Wales
Fast Grow the Weeds - everything to do with living life in the slow lane: gardening, preserving, cheese-making, etc
Websites:
National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service
A Taste of Garlic - great site reviewing and indexing blogs about life in France
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