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Agriculture: Agriculture

A Guide to Resources in Agriculture.

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Ableman, M. (2016). Street farm: Growing food, jobs, and hope on the urban frontier. Chelsea Green Publishing. [Call number: S 451.5 .B65 A25 2016]

Benjamin, D., & Virkler, L. (2016). Farm to table: The essential guide to sustainable food systems for students, professionals, and consumers. Chelsea Green Publishing. [Call number: S 494.5 .S86 B47 2016]

Buainain, A. M., Rocha de Sousa, M., & Navarro, Z. (2018). Globalization and agriculture: Redefining unequal development. Lexington Books. [Call number: HD 1417 .G63 2018]

Carlisle, L. (2015). Lentil underground: Renegade farmers and the future of food in America. Gotham Books. [Call number: S 589.7 .C37 2015]

Chrispeels, M. J., & Gepts, P. L. (2018). Plants, genes & agriculture: Sustainability through biotechnology. Oxford University Press. [Call number: SB 123.57 .P588 2018]

Ferleger, L. (2020). Planting the seeds of research: How America's ultimate investment transformed agriculture. Anthem Press. [Call number: S 540 .A2 F47 2020]

Fine, D. (2020). American hemp farmer: Adventures and misadventures in the cannabis trade. Chelsea Green Publishing. [Call number: SB 255 .F55 2020]

Flack, S. (2016). The art and science of grazing: How grass farmers can create sustainable systems for healthy animals and farm ecosystems. Chelsea Green Publishing. [Call number: SF 140 .L65 F53 2016]

Geman, H. (2015). Agricultural finance: From crops to land, water and infrastructure. Wiley. [Call number: HG 6046 .G47 2015]

Gregory, D. P. (2020). The new farm: Contemporary rural architecture. Princeton Architectural Press. [Call number: NA 8200 .G74 2020]

Hartman, B., & Gerigscott, E. (2015). The lean farm: How to minimize waste, increase efficiency, and maximize value and profits with less work. Chelsea Green Publishing. [Call number: TD 930 .H37 2015]

Harvey, G. (2016). Grass-fed nation: Getting back the food we deserve. Icon Books. [Call number: TP 370 .H37 2016]

Herren, R. V. (2015). Agricultural mechanics: Fundamentals and applications (7th ed.). Cengage Learning. [Call number: S 675.3 .C66 2015]

Holzman, F. (2018). Radical regenerative gardening and farming: Biodynamic principles and perspectives. Rowman & Littlefield. [Call number: SB 453.5 .H65 2018]

Howard, P. H. (2016). Concentration and power in the food system: Who controls what we eat? Bloomsbury Academic. [Call number: HD 9005 .H68 2016]

Hudson, J. C., & Laingen, C. R. (2016). American farms, American food: A geography of agriculture and food production in the United States. Lexington Books. [Call number: S 441 .H83 2016]

Isett, C. M., & Miller, S. (2017). The social history of agriculture: From the origins to the current crisis. Rowman & Littlefield. [Call number: S 419 .I78 2017]

Jason, D. (2020). Saving seeds: A home gardener's guide to preserving plant biodiversity. Harbour Publishing. [Call number: SB 118.3 .J37 2020]

King, B. J. (2017). Personalities on the plate: The lives and minds of animals we eat. University of Chicago Press. [Call number: SF 41 .K56 2017]

Lawless, K. (2018). Formerly known as food: How the industrial food system is changing our minds, bodies, and culture. St. Martin's Press. [Call number: RA 784 .L39 2018]

Linnekin, B. (2016). Biting the hands that feed us: How fewer, smarter laws would make our food system more sustainable. Island Press. [Call number: HD 9006 .L56 2016]

Little, A. (2019). The fate of food: What we'll eat in a bigger, hotter, smarter world. Harmony Books. [Call number:  HD 9000.5 .L57 2019]

McKenna, M. (2017). Big chicken: The incredible story of how antibiotics created modern agriculture and changed the way the world eats. National Geographic Partners. [Call number: SF 98 .A5 M35 2017]

Monosson, E. (2017). Natural defense: Enlisting bugs and germs to protect our food and health. Island Press. [Call number: RA 601 .M66 2017]

Nierenberg, D. (2018). Nourished planet: Sustainability in the global food system. Island Press. [Call number: HD 9000.5 .N68 2018]

Norwood, F. B., Oltenacu, P. A., Calvo-Lorenzo, M. S., & Lancaster, S. (Eds.). (2015). Agricultural and food controversies: What everyone needs to know. Oxford University Press. [Call number: BJ 52.5 .N67 2014]

Obach, B. K. (2015). Organic struggle: The movement for sustainable agriculture in the United States. MIT Press. [Call number: S 605.5 .O23 2015]

Renneboog, R. (2019). Principles of modern agriculture. Grey House Publishing. [Call number: Reference S 493 .P75 2019]

Sandler, R. L. (2015). Food ethics: The basics. Taylor & Francis. [Call number:  TX 357 .S26 2015]

Shapiro, P. (2018). Clean meat: How growing meat without animals will revolutionize dinner and the world. Gallery Books. [Call number: TX 838 .S53 2018]

Shiva, V. (Ed.). (2016a). Seed sovereignty, food security: Women in the vanguard of the fight against GMOs and corporate agriculture. North Atlantic Books. [Call number: QK 981.5 .S44 2016]

Shiva, V. (2016b). Who really feeds the world? The failures of agribusiness and the promise of agroecology. North Atlantic Books. [Call number: HD 9000.5 .S55 2016]

Silbergeld, E. K. (2016). Chickenizing farms & food: How industrial meat production endangers workers, animals, and consumers. Johns Hopkins University Press. [Call number: RA 601 .S58 2016]

Smith, A. F. (2017). Food in America: The past, present, and future of food, farming, and the family meal. ABC-CLIO. [Call number: Reference TX 360 .U6 S658 2017]

Smith, V. H., Glauber, J. W., & Goodwin, B. K. (Eds.). (2018). Agricultural policy in disarray. American Enterprise Institute. [Call number: HD 1761 .A62188 2018]

Stafford, J. V. (Ed.). (2019). Precision agriculture '19. Wageningen Academic Publishers. [Call number:  S 494.5 .P73 E97 2019]

Thompson, P. B. (2015). From field to fork: Food ethics for everyone. Oxford University Press. [Call number: BJ 52.5 .T54 2015]

Traitler, H., Dubois, M., Heikes, K., Petiard, V., & Zilberman, D. (2018). Megatrends in food and agriculture: Technology, water use and nutrition. John Wiley & Sons. [Call number: S 494.5 .B563 T725 2018]

Whetlor, J. (2018). Goat: Cooking and eating. Quadrille. [Call number: WLSV TX 749.5 .G63 W54 2018]

Author and Update Information

Ron Foster, Hinkle Memorial Library, Rm 122. This page was updated on September 8th, 2022.

Finding Library Books

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