While handbooks and scientific studies are always an interesting read for those interested in farming and all agriculture-related aspects, we decided to gather a list of books about farming that go one step further into the various aspects, problems and statistics regarding modern agriculture, food resources and the historical development of farming.
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Our picks:
1. The Dirty Life: On Farming, Food and Love by Kristin Kimball
2. The One-Straw Revolution by Masanobu Fukuoka
3. The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture by Wendell Berry
4. Gaining Ground: A Story of Farmers’ Markets, Local Food and Saving the Family Farm by Forrest Pritchard
5. The Orchardist by Amanda Coplin
6. Deeply Rooted: Unconventional Farmers in the Age of Agribusiness by Lisa M. Hamilton
7. The Shepherd’s Life: A People’s History of the Lake District by James Rebanks
8. Farmers of Forty Centuries: Organic Farming in China, Korea and Japan by Franklin Hiram King
9. The Secret Life of Cows by Rosamund Young
10. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
11. Call of the Reed Warbler: A New Agriculture, A New Earth by Charles Massy
12. Food and Agriculture during the Civil War by R. Douglas Hurt
13. Agricultural Development and Economic Transformation: Promoting Growth with Poverty Reduction by John W. Mellor
14. Hungry For Disruption: How Tech Innovations Will Nourish 10 Billion By 2050 by Shen Ming Lee
15. Against the Grain: A Deep History of the Earliest States by James C. Scott
16. Bread, Beer and the Seeds of Change: Agriculture’s Imprint on World History by Thomas R. Sinclair
17. Food 5.0: How We Feed the Future by Robert D. Saik
18. Seeds of Science: Why We Get It So Wrong On GMOs by Mark Lyons
19. Bread, Wine, Chocolate: The Slow Loss of Foods We Love by Simran Sethi
20. Food Routes: Growing Bananas in Iceland and Other Tales from the Logistics of Eating by Robyn Metcalfe
21. Grain by Grain: A Quest to Revive Ancient Grains, Rural Jobs and Healthy Foods by Bob Quinn and Liz Carlisle
22. Protecting Pollinators: How to Save the Creatures that Feed Our World by Jodi Helmer
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