Food Producers and Providers

     University Mall parking lot
     Notes: The Athens Farmers Market operates on Saturdays
            year-round from 10:00 am to 12:00 noon; on Tuesdays
            and Wednesdays.  It is strictly for sale of
            locally-grown foods, plants, and products developed
            from them.  There are many organic and other natural
            farmers there, including meat producers of various
            kinds.
     Mailing Address: 270 Highland Avenue, Athens, OH 45701
     Phone: 800-878-7333 or 740-592-1912
     Fax: 740-594-4504
     Email: coopg -at- frognet.net
     Web: http://www.athensfarmersmarket.org

     4 West State Street, Athens, OH 45701
     Phone: 740.592.9724 (office)
            740.592.2106 (carryout)
            740.594.8691 (Casa Cantina)
     Email: casa -at- frognet.net
     Web: www.casaneuva.com
     Notes: Casa Nueva is a restaurant, and Casa Cantina is a
            bar, both housed together.  They specialize in using
            local organic produce in their food.  They also make
            their own line of salsas and other specialty items.

     270 East State Street, Athens, OH 45701
     Phone: 740.594.7311
     Web: www.thevillagebakerycafe.com
     Summer Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 7:30am-5:30pm; Open until 7:00 Wednesdays
     Notes: The Village Bakery and Cafe sells local products as
             well as their own, and uses local produce in their products.
            They also act as a pickup site for Good Food Direct.

     28 West Stimson Avenue, Athens, OH 45701
     Phone: 740.593.7007
     Web: www.45701.com/farmacy
     Notes: The Farmacy is a natural foods grocery store.

Crumb's Bakery

     84 Columbus Road, Athens, OH 45701
     Phone: 740.592-3803
     Notes: Crumb's sells at the Athens Farmers Market, at the
		Farmacy and Uptown Market on Stimson Avenue, and at
		Seaman's Grocery on West Union Street.  Their emphasis
            is on natural, whole-grain baked products of a wide
            variety.

Big Chimney Baking Company

     Owner: Matt Rapposelli
     8776 Mine Road, Guysville, OH
     Phone: 740.592.4147
     Notes: The Big Chimney Bakery specializes in natural,
            whole-grain breads and baked products.  "Offering
            four varieties of hand-crafted European hearth breads
            made with stone ground organic flours, produced in a
            renovated coal company building built in 1881." Now
		selling only at the Athens Farmers Market on Saturday.

     Owners: Michelle Gorman and Chris Chmiel
          (pronounced "Shmeel")
     160 Cherry Ridge Road, Athens, OH 45701
     Phone: 740.698.2124
     Web: www.integrationacres.com
     Email: pawpaw -at- frognet.net
     Notes: Chris Chmiel specializes in harvesting, processing,
            and selling native pawpaw fruit.

Rich Gardens Organic Farm

     Certified Organic
     Owners: Rich Tomsu and Ann Fugate
     385 King Road, Athens, OH 45701
     Phone: 740.696.1301
     Notes: Rich Gardens regularly sells at the Athens Farmers
            Market, its primary outlet.

Sassafras Farm

     Owner: Ed Perkins
     12490 Lightfritz Ridge Road, New Marshfield, OH 45761
     Phone: 740.664.3370
     Notes: Sassafras Farm is a strictly organic operation but is
            not certified.  Ed regularly sells at the Athens
            Farmers Market and to local food businesses.

Far Corner Farm

     Owner: Elise McGrath
     12788 New England Road, Athens, OH 45701
     Phone: 740.448.2228
     Notes: Far Corner Farm sells through a number of outlets,
            including Good Food Direct.  It is not strictly
            organic, but uses natural methods.

Dutch Creek Farm

     Owner: Art and Peggy Gish/New Covenant Community
     13206 Dutch Creek Road, Athens, OH 45701
     Phone: 740.592.4605
     Notes: Dutch Creek Farm is a strictly organic operation but
            is not certified.  Dutch Creek Farm regularly sells
            at the Athens Farmers Market, its primary outlet.

Nurseries

     Owner: Mason and Lisa Chambers
     12691 Dutch Creek Road, Athens, OH 45701
     Phone: 740.594.6030
     Notes: Five Springs is usually at the Farmers Market
     on Saturday.  The nursery is open Thursday thru Sunday.

Other Sustainable Businesses

     Owner: Geoff Greenfield
     16751 Hooper Ridge Road, Millfield, OH 45761
     Phone: 740.448.6103
     Web: www.third-sun.com
     Email: geoff -at- third-sun.com
     Notes: Third Sun specializes in designing and installing
            renewable energy systems, with a special interest
            in photovoltaics.

     Owner: Matthew Bennett
     10760 Hooper Ridge Road, Glouster, OH 45732
     Phone: 740.448.4800
     Email: info -at- dovetailsolar.com
     Web: www.dovetailsolar.com
     Notes: A division of Dovetail Construction Company, Inc.
            Specializing in design and repair of solar homes.

     Owner: John Knouse
     PO Box 1196, Athens, OH 45701
     Phone: 740.589.4575
     Web: 
www.frognet.net/~jaknouse/openlandsindex.html
     Email: jknouse -at- frognet.net
     Notes: Specializing in open spaces management, sustainable
            landscaping, and passive solar design.

Organizations

     Web: www.whitecloudcouncil.org/p2p_ohio.htm

Athens Area
Sustainability Festival


     Web: http://www.susfest.org
     Notes: This is an informal organization that sponsors
          the annual Athens Area Sustainability Festival; this
	    website also provides access to sustainability aware-
          ness week and the Sustainability Documentary Festival.





     Mail: PO Box 2281, Athens, OH 45701
     Email: info -at- athensconservancy.org
     Web: www.athensconservancy.org
     Notes: The Athens Conservancy is a nonprofit dedicated
          to protecting sensitive land and important ecosystems
          within Athens County


Athens County
Arbor Day Committee
     Email: ann.bonner -at- dnr.state.oh.us
     Web: www.seorf.ohiou.edu/~xx010





     11315 Jackson Drive, The Plains, Ohio 45780 
     Phone: 740.797.7200
     Fax: 740.797.8900
     Email: info -at- buckeyeforestcouncil.org
     Web: www.buckeyeforestcouncil.org
     Notes: Actually a statewide organization, based in
          the Athens area, dedicated to forest preservation.


Community Food Initiatives


     12870 State Route 13, Millfield, Ohio 45761
     Phone: (740) 594-6644
     Fax: (740) 593-5451
     Email: cfi -at- seorf.ohiou.ed
     Web: www.seorf.ohiou.edu/~xx051/
     Notes: CFI is an NGO that supports local food production,
            and which sponsors Good Food Direct.
    

Dysart Defenders
     Mail: PO Box 31, Athens, OH 45701
     Email: chad -at- dysartwoods.org
     Web: www.dysartwoods.org
     Note: Dysart Defenders is dedicated to preserving the Dysart Woods,
          an old-growth woodland owned by Ohio University



Hocking River Commission


     Mail: P.O. Box 5847, Athens, OH 45701
     Phone: 740-664-3005
     Email: John Wryst: wryzca -at- frognet.net
     Web: www.seorf.ohiou.edu/~xx076/homepage.html
     Note: The Hocking River Commission is not associated
           with the Hocking Conservancy District.  The HRC
           is a nonprofit that is working to preserve the Hocking River
           riparian corridor.





     Mail: 160 Cherry Ridge Road, Athens, OH 45701
     Phone: 740-698-2124
     Email: opga -at- frognet.net
     Web: www.ohiopawpaw.org




Main Location:
     74815 U.S. Highway 50, Albany, Ohio 45710
     Phone: 740.698.8200
     Toll-free: 800.837.7600 (good in 740 area code only)
     Fax: 740.698.4014
     Hours: 10 am - 6 pm, Monday - Saturday
Community Thrift Store:
     100 Columbus Road, Athens, Ohio 45701
     Phone: 740.594.5103
General Contact Info:
     Email: reuse -at- frognet.net
     Web: www.reuse.org
     Notes: ReUse Industries is a second-hand store with two locations.





     Location: 19627 Walnut Street, Trimble, OH
     Mail: P.O. Box 157, Trimble, OH 45782
     Phone: 740.767.4938 2090
     Fax: 740.767.4957
     Web: www.ruralaction.org
     Email: ratrimble -at- ruralaction.org
     Notes: Rural Action is an NGO dedicated to improving the
            lives of the people of our area, with a special
            emphasis on environmental quality and sustainability.


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