A resource page for weaning ourselves off supermarkets
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Here are some sources of information about the effects of supermarkets:
Books
Not on the Label - Felicity Lawrence
Eat Your Heart Out - Felicity Lawrence
Shopped - Joanna Blythman (a must read if you want to learn about why supermarkets are a problem)
Tescopoly - Andrew Simms
Stuffed and Starved - Raj Patel
Hungry City - Carolyne Steel
Omnivore's Dilemma and
In Defence of Food - an Eater's Manifesto - Michael Pollan
Websites
Tescopoly
Friends of the Earth
Labour behind the Labellink text (information about how supermarkets are now shaping the textile industry by fuelling the race to the bottom in working conditions for garment workers in sweatshops)
Sustain (for a wealth of information about food)
Soil Association
Some sources of local food, or organic food, or local ethical producers:
Veg boxes
Freshly picked, local organic veggies from £8 a box
Ashurst Organics: 01273 891219 (cheaper than Tesco organics)
Barcombe Nurseries 01273 400011
Hankham Organics: 01323 741000
Malcolm: 01273 477204
Wholefood
Just Trade - a monthly wholefood delivery
Shops See the Food Group page http://transitiontowns.org/Lewes/Food for seasonal menus and shops that stock local produce. You can get nearly all your food without going to supermarkets - people are already doing this.
Get involved: contact one of the Group contacts on the Groups page
