Resources and references
Organic Gardens
Fertile GroundWorks is a nonprofit with the mission to encourage, empower, and teach individuals and communities to grow healthy, nutritious food, organically and sustainably. They grew over 20,000 pounds of organic produce in 2019 to feed the poor and homeless in Alameda County’s Tri-Valley region. In addition, there is a seasonal You-Pick Market Garden making organic produce available to the local community. Fertile GrownWorks is planting 250 varieties of fruits and vegetables this summer. It is an amazing garden to get your locally grown organic vegetables.
Nutrition websites
Dr. Cate, See Deep Nutrition below
Dr. Terry Wahls, wrote The Wahls Protocol®—A Radical New Way to Treat All Chronic Autoimmune Conditions. Her books is integrative approach to healing chronic auto-immune conditions by a doctor, researcher, and sufferer of progressive multiple sclerosis whose TEDx talk is already a web sensation. Dr. Wahls has summarized her diet for optimum health and enhancing immunity at The 9 cups in the Wahls Protocol.
NutritionFacts.org is a strictly non-commercial, science-based public service provided by Dr. Michael Greger, providing free updates on the latest in nutrition research via bite-sized videos.
US Government Food Safety, an comprehensive website for all food safety topics
Sourdough School, very informative website on the health, science, and sourdough recipes
California Olive Oil Council, is a trade association with the mission of encouraging the use of certified California extra virgin olive oil. Very informative site with cooking techniques and other information
Cook Books
Be Free Cooking- The Allergen-Aware Cook, Recipes with and without gluten, wheat, dairy, casein, egg, nut, corn and soy
Christina Gray is an award-winning photographer and founder of Bella Luna Studios Photography based out of the San Francisco Bay Area. Having no food allergies herself, she often found herself cooking for family and friends that had them. In an effort to learn more about food allergens and understand how to cook delicious allergen-safe meals, she began a culinary journey. Be Free Cooking is a collection of recipes from that journey. She carefully documented her favorite recipes and converted each one into an allergen-safe version. Be Free Cooking is a collection of 40 traditional recipes, along with 40 allergen-free counterparts. Christina highlights eight allergens in her cookbook: gluten, wheat, dairy, casein, egg
The Cancer-Fighting Kitchen: IACP award-winning cookbook brings the healing power of delicious, nutritious foods. Featuring 150 science-based, nutrient-rich recipes that are easy to prepare and designed to give patients a much-needed boost by stimulating appetite and addressing treatment side effects including fatigue, nausea, dehydration, mouth and throat soreness, tastebud changes, and weight loss.
Kicking Cancer in the Kitchen: Has has been named #3 of The 25 Cookbooks of the Year for 2012 by TheDailyMeal.com, is the ultimate resource for the woman who has been handed the cancer card--and for the one who never wants to get it. It is not jut for women, but for all of us. Great recipes for all phases of cancer treatment and personal tastes.
Fix it with Food: A guide to managing inflammation and pain with 125+ recipes proving that you don’t need to sacrifice delicious food to eat healthfully and be pain free, from celebrity chef and The Chew co-host Michael Symon.
The Flavor Matrix: The Art and Science of Pairing Common Ingredients to Create Extraordinary Dishes The Flavor Matrix is an innovative new guide to understanding flavor, ingredient pairing and cooking. It’s based on 58 unique matrices which create a unique visual representation of flavor for given ingredients or ingredient categories. The book presents food pairings allowing you to explore new ingredient combinations to enhance your recipes.
Nutrition Books
Super Immunity: The Essential Nutrition Guide for Boosting Your Body's Defenses to Live Longer, Stronger, and Disease Free
Dr. Fuhrman doesn’t believe the secret to staying healthy lies in medical care—rather, the solution is to change the way we eat. With more than 85 plant-based recipes, a two-week menu plan, and lists of super foods that boost immunity, Dr. Fuhrman’s proven strategies combine the latest data from clinical tests, nutritional research, and results from thousands of patients
Deep Nutrition: Why Your Genes Need Traditional Food: This is an absolute must read, it is the most comprehensive book I've ever found on the subject of nutrition and health in general that I have found read. Good health doesn't have to be so complicated. The best diet for serious athletes is also the best diet for weight loss, heart health, cancer prevention, and just about everything else. Getting right kinds of healthy fats into your body and avoiding the worst fats is essential to optimal health. The book is very detailed, to get a “Cliff Notes” version of the book, read Food Rules: A Doctor's Guide to Healthy Eating.
The Wahls Protocol: A Radical New Way To Treat All Chronic Autoimmune Conditions. An integrative approach to healing chronic auto-immune conditions by a doctor, researcher, and sufferer of progressive multiple sclerosis whose TEDx talk is already a web sensation. Like many physicians, Dr. Terry Wahls focused on treating her patients’ ailments with drugs or surgical procedures—until she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2000. Within three years, her back and stomach muscles had weakened to the point where she needed a tilt-recline wheelchair. Conventional medical treatments were failing her, and she feared that she would be bedridden for the rest of her life. Dr. Wahls adopted the nutrient-rich paleo diet, gradually refining and integrating it into a regimen of neuromuscular stimulation. First, she walked slowly, then steadily, and then she biked eighteen miles in a single day.
Formerly Known As Food: How the Industrial food System Is Changing Our Minds, Bodies, and Culture: This an eye opening book that discusses the nature of the food industry and the implications on our health. It examines the dangers of the industrial food system and the resulting deteriorating nutritional content of our foods. It is an informative and frightening must read.
Cooking and Nutrition Classes
Earn a Plant-Based Nutrition Certificate. through the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutritional Studies. This course provide you knowledge needed to improve your overall health through diet. This revolutionary, science-based program was created by The China Study co-author, T. Colin Campbell, PhD and his staff to help students more fully understand and explain the role of nutrition in human health.
Kitchen on Fire offers an number of online course, recipes, guides and cooking demo videos. They also off nutrition classes and consultation.
Sur la table has online cooking classes that are fairly reasonable. You can what their expert chefs live from the comfort of your own kitchen for fun, hands-on classes that cover everything from preparation to plating.