 Earth-Friendly
Farming
Resources
on sustainable agriculture
The
topic of earth-friendly farming is complex,
and can be confusing to even
the most devoted eater. With much gratitude
to all who contributed to this list,
here are resources for people who’d
like to learn more. And if you have any
information to add to the list, please e-mail janine@rustickitchen.com.
Books
(alphabetical by author)
The
Art of the Common Place by
Wendell Berry. Counterpoint 2002.
The
Unsettling of America:
Culture and Agriculture by Wendell Berry. Sierra Club Books 1996.
Bitter
Harvest: A Chef’s Perspective on the Hidden Danger of the
Foods We Eat and What You Can Do About It by
Ann Cooper and Lisa Anne Holmes. Routledge 2000.
Sustainable
Agriculture and Resistance: Transforming Food Production in Cuba by
Fernando Funes and others. Food First Books 2002.
The
Farm as Natural Habitat: Reconnecting Food Systems with Natural
Ecosystems by
Dana Jackson and Laura Jackson. Island Press 2002.
Dinner
at the New Gene Cafe: How Genetic Engineering is Changing What
We Eat, How We Live, and the Global Politics of Food by
Bill Lambrecht. St. Martin’s Press 2001.
Slow
Food Guide to New York City by
Patrick Martins and Ben Watson. Chelsea Green Publishing 2003.
Penguin
Atlas of Food: Who Eats What, Where and
Why. Erik Millstone, Tim Lang. Penguin USA 2003.
Hope’s
Edge: The Next Diet for a Small Planet by
Frances Moore Lappe nd Anna Lappe. J.P. Tarcher 2002.
Pandora's
Picnic Basket by
Alan McHughen. Oxford University Press 2000.
Coming
Home to Eat: The Pleasure and Politics of Local Foods by
Gary Paul Nabhan. W. W. Norton and Company 2001.
Fast
Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal by
Eric Schlosser. Harper Collins 2002.
Dominion:
The Power of Man, the Suffering of Animals and the Call to Mercy by
Matthew Scully. St. Martin ’s Press 2002.
Our
Children's Toxic Legacy: How Science and Law Fail to Protect
Us from Pesticides by
John Wargo. Yale University 1996.
The
Future of Life by
Edward O. Wilson. Knopf 2002.
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