SUGGESTED READING:
FOOD, FARMING & GARDENS

Book lists are compiled with input from:

Village Books, 1210 11th Ave., Bellingham www.villagebooks.com
Michael's Books, 109 Grand Ave., Bellingham www.michaelsbooks.com

Food Security & Politics:

Stolen Harvest: The Hijacking of the Global Food Supply by Vandana Shiva

America Needs Human Rights. by Anuradha Mittal and Peter Rosset, eds.

Earthsummit.biz: The Corporate Takeover of Sustainable Development. by Kenny Bruno and Joshua Karliner, eds.

Education for Action: Undergraduate and Graduate Programs that Focus on Social Change. by Sean Et Brooks (Editor), Alison Knowles (Editor), Cory Wechsler (Editor)

The Future in the Balance: Essays on Globalization and Resistance. by Walden Bello. Edited and with a preface by Anuradha Mittal.

The Paradox of Plenty: Hunger in a Bountiful World. by Douglas M. Boucher (Editor)

Basta! Land of the Zapatista Rebellion in Chiapas. by George Allen Collier, Elizabeth Lowery Quaratiello (Contributor)

A Quiet Violence: View from a Bangladeshi Village. by Betsy Hartmann, James K. Boyce.

Circle of Poison: Pesticides and People in a Hungry World. by David Weir, Mark Schapiro (Contributor)

Dark Victory: The United States and Global Poverty. by Walden Bello, et al

A Cautionary Tale: Failed U.S. Development Policy in Latin America. Michael Conroy, Douglas Murray, and Peter Rosset

Fateful Harvest: The True Story of a Small Town, a Global Industry, and a Toxic Secret by Duff Wilson

Sustainable Agriculture:

Coming Home to Eat: The Pleasures and Politics of Local Foods by Gary Paul Nabhan.

Going Local: Creating Self-Reliant Communities in a Global Age by Michael Shuman


The Greening of the Revolution: Cuba's Experiment with Organic Agriculture. by Peter Rosset and Medea Benjamin (eds.)

Genetic Engineering in Agriculture: The Myths, Environmental Risks, and Alternatives. by Miguel A. Altieri, Ph.D. Food First Special Report No. 1, April 2001

Family Farming: A New Economic Vision by Marty Strange.

Against the Grain: Biotechnology and the Corporate Takeover of your Food by Marc Lappe, et al.

On Good Land: The Autobiography of an Urban Farm by Michael Ableman, et al

Mad Cowboy by Howard Lyman

Mad Cows and Milkgate by Virgil Hulse

Choices for Our Future by Ocean Robbins

My Year of Meats (Fiction) and All Over Creation (Fiction) by Ruth Ozeki

Another Turn of the Crank (Essays) & The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture (Essays) by Wendell Berry

Perelandra Garden Workbook: A Complete Guide to Gardening with Nature Intelligences by Machaelle Small Wright

The Magic of Findhorn by Paul Hawken

Silent Spring by Rachel Carson

Health and Diet

Fast-Food Nation : The Dark Side of the All-American Meal by Eric Schlosser

The Eco-Foods Guide: What's Good for the Earth is Good for You by Cynthia Barstow.

Shopping for a Better World : The Quick and Easy Guide to All Your Socially Responsible Shopping by Benjamin Hollister, et al.

Vegan: The New Ethics of Eating, Revised Edition by Erik Marcus

The Food Revolution. Jon Robbins and Dr. Dean Ornish, M.D.

Healing with Whole Foods: Asian Traditions and Modern Nutrition -- by Paul Pitchford

Diet for a New World by Jon Robbins

Vegan Sourcebook by Joanne Stepaniak and Virginia Messina

The Weaning of America by Don Lutz


Cookbooks

At Joe's Garden: Harvest Recipes from the Pacific Northwest by Mary Ellen Carter and Karol Weston

The Greens Cookbook by by Deborah Madison

In Season by Greg Atkinson

All Moosewood Cookbook by Molly Katzen


Gardening

Growing Vegetables West of the Cascades by Steve Solomon

The Maritime Northwest Garden Guide produced by Seattle Tilth

Winter Gardening by Binda Colebrook

Introduction to Permaculture by Bill Mollison

Perlandra’s Garden Workbook by Machaelle Small Wright


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Reading on Energy, Technology & Transportation (April)

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