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Blogs

Better School Food: BSF is composed of health professionals, educators and concerned parents. Their mission is to support parents and others in advocating for a better food environment wherever kids meet and eat: preschools, childcare centers, K-12, afterschool programs and camps.This program is championed by Dr. Susan Rubin a dentist turned food educator who works to support busy moms and others using food and lifestyle changes for better health. She is featured in the independant documentary film about school food Two Angry Moms.
Marion Nestle's Blog: Marion has her finger on the pulse of everything to do with food consumerism. She is the maven of food politics and a watchdog of food research. Marion also has a very approachable style and boodles of common sense.
http://www.whattoeatbook.com
101 Cookbooks: Heidi Swanson's Blog: Heidi is the author of Super Natural Cooking: Five Ways to Incorporate Whole and Natural Ingredients into Your Cooking (Celestial Arts, 2007) where she turns whole foods recipes (quite literally) into art. Her site can be summed up in two sentences: When you own over 100 cookbooks, it is time to stop buying, and start cooking. This site chronicles a cookbook collection, one recipe at a time.
http://www.101cookbooks.com

Schools

Bastyr University: The only fully-accredited school of natural medicine offering degrees in naturopathic medicine, accupuncture and oriental medicine and nutrition. Located in Bothell, Washington.
http://www.bastyr.edu
PCC Cooks!: Excellent gourmet and everyday whole foods cooking classes offered in the Seattle, WA area. Ms. Lair has been an instructor for PCC (Puget Consumer's Coop) since 1990.
http://www.pcccooks.com
The Natural Gourmet Cookery School: Culinary arts training using whole, natural foods. Offering public classes in healthy cooking and a Chef's Training Program for those interested in careers in the natural foods industry. Founded by Annemarie Colbin, located in New York City.
http://www.naturalgourmetschool.com

Books, Magazines and Other Information

The Polishing Stone: A hand-illustrated, ad-free quarterly, that celebrates quality of life, community and care for earth. You’ll find whole-food recipes, and tips on natural health care, earth-friendly gardening, and “green” home remodeling. They also offer essays on relationships, parenting and community, and investigative articles on social and environmental issues. http://www.polishingstone.org
Youth-Sports.com: Parents, coaches, and children involved in youth sports will all benefit from the youth-sports.com resource center. The site contains downloadable articles, a free newsletter, coaching tools and instructional products, and a coloring contest for children.
http://www.youth-sports.com
Food and Healing by Annemarie Colbin: Information and recipes from Annemarie's popular books Food and Healing, The Book of Whole Meals, The Natural Gourmet and her newest release, Food and Our Bones. Also includes ideas, information and practical tools to help people improve their health and change their lives.
http://www.food and healing.com
Mothering Magazine: A beautiful bi-monthly magazine that celebrates natural family living. Over 22 years old with over 230,000 subscribers.
http://www.mothering.com
Momsteam.com: Working to create a safer, saner, less stressful and more inclusive youth sports experience.
http://www.momsteam.com
Gatorade Sports Science Institute: Gatorade Sports Science Institute is a research and educational facility established in 1988 to share current information and expand knowledge on sports nutrition and exercise science that enhance the performance and well-being of athletes. The materials and services of the Institute are designed as educational tools for sports health professionals.
http://gsiweb.com

High-Quality Foods

Lightlife: Find out about this great company that produces excellent tempeh and other soy-based products.
http://www.lightlife.com
Omega Oils: The highest quality, certified organic, cold-pressed oils available! Includes excellent flax seed oils.
http://www.omegaflo.com
Rapunzel: A company working to promote eco-trade through the sale of delicious certified organic foods including rapadura natural sugar and chocolate products.
http://www.rapunzel.com
Whole Foods