Resources

Beyond the Penn Reading Project...

• Academic Courses Examining Food - UPDATED FOR SPRING 2008!
• A Guide to Eating in Philadelphia
• In the News...
• Food Year Events Calendar - Find PRP and Food Year events.
• Cornucopia - A special exhibit for the months of September & October in VanPelt Library

Getting Involved

There are several organizations on campus, in the city and nationwide that focus on food, nutrition and various food-related crises. Whether you join a group full-time or just spare a few hours volunteering, there are lots of ways to get involved.

Remember that this is just a small sampling of the many groups on campus, in the city and across the nation that deal with the issues raised in The Omnivore's Dilemma. If you are interested in getting involved, be sure to do your own additional research about what's out there. Be sure not only to check out the invidual orginzation websites below, but also to fully explore sites that have directories of organizations.

At Penn:

• Civic House homepage - Penn's hub for student-led community service and social advocacy work.
• Listing of all community service groups at Penn
• M.O.D. Squad - Penn student group that collects unused food and housewears during move out days.
• Green Campus Partnership - Including Farmecology, the Nutrition and Food Action Group, seeking to introduce locally grown, organic produce into Penn's dining system and to educate the Penn community about the benefits local food systems.
• Penn Environmental Group - a student run group aiming to increase campus awareness of global environmental issues across the Penn community and throughout the world.
• Student Coalition Against Hunger (SCAH) - Focus is on food stamp enrollment campaign. Volunteers participate in food stamp screenings.
• Student Health Services - Students' main resourse for health and nutrition infomration and support.
• Penn Women's Center - Offering programing and support on a variety of issues, including nutrition and women's health.
• Pottruck Health & Fitness Center
• UNI/UFI - A collobrative effort between the Center for Community Partnerships, West Philadelphia Partnerships and Philadelphia public schools that works to improve nutrution and fitness.
• Jewish Farm School - Offering a lecture series on urban sustainabilty.

In the City and Nationwide:

• Directory of Anti-Hunger Organizations - Listings for organizations in Philadelphia, the state of Pennsylvania and nationwide.
• The Greater Philadelphia Coalition Against Hunger - Fights hunger in Southeastern Pennsylvania through education, outreach, and advocacy.
• Aid For Friends - Provides daily home-cooked meals to isolated shut-ins, such as the elderly and the disabled.
• MANNA - Metropolitan Area Neighborhood Nutrition Alliance (MANNA) provides home-delivered and nutritionally balanced meals to people with life threatening illnesses such as HIV throughout the Delaware Valley.
• The Mitzvah Food Pantry - Delivering food and basic staples to those in need.
• Philabundance - Philabundance works to end hunger and malnutrition in the Greater Philadelphia region by rescuing surplus food and distributing it to local organizations serving people in need.
• The Food Trust - the Trust works to improve the health of children and adults, promote good nutrition, increase
  access to nutritious foods, and advocate for better public policy. Sponsors of the The Clark Park Farmers Market in West Philly.
• Farm To City - Sponsering city wide Farmer's Markets.
• UNICEF - The United Nations International Children's Fund, which (in part) combats malnutrition.
• National Student Campaign Against Hunger and Homelessness - Action center for students interested in hunger issues.
• The White Dog Community Enterprises - The White Dog mission is to cultivate a Philadelphia regional economy that is inclusive, just, environmentally healthy, and based on local business ownership.

PennTags

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• See our PennTags for this year's Reading Project
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Related Films and Television Shows

Click on the book icon to see the title's listing in the Van Pelt Video Catalogue. Click on the logos to get more information from the program's official site or the Internet Movie Database.

Super Size Me					Waitress
Fast Food Nation					Soylent Green
Good Eats (TV)					NOVA: Harvest of Fear (TV)
Big Night					NOVA: Mystery of the Senses - Taste (TV)
Babette's Feast					Thin
Eat Drink Man Woman					Chocolat
What's Cooking?					Like Water For Chocolate
Eat This New York					The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover
Diner					Dinner: Impossible (Episode filmed at Penn!)
Tampopo					No Reservations