Food Matters - summary of how to reduce the impact of your eating habits on climate change and useful food links

Growing your own food

Selling allotment produce - clarification on when allotment produce can be sold legally, when it can't and why

Food from the sky - pioneering permaculture community garden on the roof of a supermarket in North London, selling produce in the store below and using supermarket waste to feed their composters and wormeries.

Vertical Veg - high yields from tiny spaces

Landshare - Linking would-be gardeners to unused space. Register now to help make your local land more productive. Bravo the National Trust who are creating 1,000 new growing spaces through Landshare.

Permaculture magazine - excellent publication and very informative website.

Permaculture Association - extensive knowledge base and details of events and courses.

Plants for a Future - database of 7000 less well known plants, outlining their edible, medicinal and other uses. Fewer than 20 species supply 90% of our food, there are over 20,000 species of edible plants hundreds of which are nutritious and delicious! (there are sometimes problems connecting to this link - but it is the right one!)

Permaculture 101 - video clip with permaculture expert Penny Livingston-Stark

Crop to Cuisine - mp3 file of radio show - good introduction to what permaculture is all about

Establishing a Food Forest - video clip from the Permaculture Institute of Australia

Forest Garden Part One and Part Two - video clips of Robert Hart, one of the pioneers of Forest Gardening

Food Up Front - London based group encouraging people to grow vegetables in front gardens, balconies, windowsills and other unused space

Grow Sheffield - a beautiful site about urban food growing landscapes. Large set of links on community gardening and food growing.

The Abundance Handbook - Grow Sheffield's guide to urban fruit harvesting and redistribution is available to download for free in online or printed booklet versions. It's a beautifully illustrated publication and full of great tips.

The Organic Gardening Catalogue - organic seeds and plants, organic composts, biological pest controls and range of products.

Wholesome Food Association - low cost, grass-roots alternative to organic certification for people producing food for sale locally

The Soil Association - offer assistance and information for anyone considering going organic

The Vegan-Organic Network - factsheets on how to grow to vegan-organic standard

The Royal Horticultural Society - database of plant information and gardening advice

Recommended books

How to Store Your Garden Produce by Piers Warren - recommended varieties and methods for storing your surplus crops

Plants for a Future by Ken Fern - a mine of information on edible and useful plants

Gaia's Garden by Toby Hemenway - a beautifully written guide to creating an ecological garden

The Edible Container Garden by Michael Guerra - inspiring guide on how to make the best use of a small space