Here's a sampling of great resources:
TO NETWORK
N.C. Growing Together project at the NCSU Center for Environmental Farming Systems
Cook for Good (with Linda Watson)
Carolina Farm Stewardship Association
Feast Down East
Appalachian Susainable Ag Project
RAFI-USA (Rural Advancement Center International)
The Cornucopia Institute
TO READ
"Growing pains: why supermarkets are struggling to source local products"
The Secret Life of Groceries by Benjamin Lorr
Concentation and Power in the Food System: Who Controls What We Eat? by Philip H. Howard
Grocery: The Buying and Selling of Food in America by Michael Ruhlman
Organic: A Journalist's Quest to Discover The Truth Behind Food Labeling by Peter Laufer
The Grocers: The rise and rise of the supermarket chains by Andrew Seth and Geoffrey Randall
Grocery Revolution: The New Focus on the Consumer by Barbara Kahn and Leigh McAlister
What To Eat by Marion Nestle
Food and Power website
Rodale Institute Report: The Farming Systems Trial
From Crop to Table: Pesticide Use in Produce, Consumer Reports Food Safety and Sustainability Center
Time magazine report on "Happier Chickens"
Progressive Grocer
Supermarket News
The Packer
The Perishable Pundit blog
TO WATCH
Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution TV show
Why Organic with Jim Riddle (Youtube)