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The Mutato Project:

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This continuously growing section contains links to a variety of articles, books, documentaries and websites that deal with food production and agriculture:

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Own related works:

On the diversity of agricultural cultivars: Lycopersicum

On the depiction of nature in supermarkets: Supernatural

My rooftop farm: Mutatofarming

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Books and Articles:

On food waste:
Die Essensvernichter,  Kreuzberger Stefan Kreutzberger & Valentin Thurn (2011)
American Wasteland, Jonathan Bloom (2010)

On what we eat:
The Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan (2007)

On the mind boggling diversity of fruits and the workings of the fruit market:
The Fruit Hunters, Adam Gollner (2008)

ETC Group:
On the significance of agricultural diversity and small scale farming: Who will feed us ? (2009)
Same subject, more exhaustive, slightly outdated (1997) but still right on: Human Nature - Agricultural Biodiversity and Farm-Based Food Security
On synthetic biology: Extreme Genetic Engineering (2007)
On corporate concentration in the life industry: Who Owns Nature? (2009)
On the global grab on plants, lands, ecosystems, and traditional culture: The New Biomassters (2010)
A critical overview of geoengineering technologies: Retooling the Planet (2009)
On nanotechnology: The Big Downturn (2010)
On the climate and oil crises, new technologies and corporate power: Who Will Control the Green Economy? (2011)
On the influence of big foundations and giant agribusinesses on multilateral public institutions committed to ending hunger: The Greed Revolution. Agribusiness Muscle In On Public Goods (2012)

Grain.org:
On the impact of industrial agriculture on ecosystems and societies: From green to gene revolution (2010)

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Seedbanks and organisations that preserve agricultural biodiversity:

in Germany:
vern.de
dreschflegel-saatgut.de

in Austria:
arche-noah.at

in the US:
seedsavers.org

Global:
Slow Food Presidia
Plants for a Future

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Documentaries:

Taste the Waste (2011)

We feed the world (2005)

Our Daily Bread (2005)

King Corn (2007)

Food Inc (2008)

Fresh  (2009)

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Radio / Podcasts:

Deconstructing Dinner

Agricultural Innovations

Bucky Buckaws Backyard Chicken Broadcast

Earthbeat Radio

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Growing Food in Cities:

Prinzessinnengarten (Berlin)

Greenroofgrowers (Chicago)

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Gathering Food:

mundraub.org

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Good Food in Berlin:

Ruebezahl Naturkost