Source info below. In the meantime, how many of these have you read??

The Next Green Revolution: Essential Steps to a Healthy, Sustainable Agriculture by James E. Horne and Maura McDermott, Food Products Press, ISBN: 1560228865, 2002
* Agroecology; the Scientific Basis of Alternative Agriculture by Miguel Altieri, Westview Press, ASIN: 0813372844, 1983 1987 (2nd edition)
* Making Your Small Farm Profitable by Ron Macher, Howard W. Jr. Kerr, Storey Books, ISBN: 1580171613, 1999
* Holistic Management: A New Framework for Decision Making by Allan Savory, Jody Butterfield, Island Press; ISBN:155963488X, 1998 (2nd. Ed.)
* Bio-Dynamic Gardening and Farming by Ehrenfried Pfeiffer, ASIN: 0936132566, Mercury Pr, 1983
* Four-Season Harvest by Eliot Coleman, ISBN: 1890132276, Chelsea Green Pub Co, 1999
* The New Organic Grower: A Master's Manual of Tools and Techniques for the Home and Market Gardener by Eliot Coleman, ISBN: 093003175X, Chelsea Green Pub Co, 1995
* How to Grow More Vegetables: And Fruits, Nuts, Berries, Grains, and Other Crops Than You Ever Thought Possible on Less Land Than You Can Imagine by John Jeavons, ISBN: 1580082335, Ten Speed Press, 2002
* Organic Agriculture: Economic and Ecological Comparisons With Conventional Methods by Robert C. Oelhaf, John Wiley & Sons; ASIN: 0470264276, 978
* Basic Book of Organic Gardening Robert Rodale (Ed) S605.5 B37
* Toward a More Sustainable Agriculture by Ray P. Poincelat S604.6 P65
* Gardening for the Future of the Earth by Howard-Yana Shapiro and John Harrisson, ISBN: 0553375334, Bantam Doubleday Dell Pub (Trd Pap), 2000
* The One-Straw Revolution: An Introduction to Natural Farming by Masanobu Fukuoka, ASIN: 0878572201, Rodale Press, 1978
* An ACRES U.S.A. Primer by Walters, Charles, Jr. and C. J. Fenzau, Acres USA; ASIN: 0911311505, 1979, 1996 (2nd. Ed.)
* Introduction to Permaculture by B. C. Mollison, ISBN: 0908228082, Tagari Publications, 1997
* Permaculture: A Designers' Manual by B. C. Mollison, ISBN: 0908228015, Tagari Publications, 1997


Production techniques

* You Can Farm: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Start & Succeed in a Farming Enterprise by Joel Salatin (Intro.), Allan Nation, Polyface Inc; ISBN: 0963810928, 1998
* Chicken Tractor: The Permaculture Guide to Happy Hens and Healthy Soil by Andy Lee and Pat Foreman, ISBN: 0962464864, Good Earth Pub, 1998
* Drip Irrigation for Every Landscape and All Climates by Robert Kourik, ISBN: 0961584823, Metamorphic Press, 1993
* American Horticultural Society Pruning & Training by Christopher Brickell and David Joyce, ISBN: 1564583317, DK Publishing, 1996
* Creative Propagation: A Grower's Guide by Peter Thompson, ISBN: 088192251X, Timber Press, 1989, 1999
* Grass Productivity by Andre Voisin, ISBN: 0933280645, Island Press, 1993
* Greener Pasture on Your Side of the Fence: Better Farming Voisin Management-Intensive Grazing by Bill Murphy Arriba Pub, ISBN: 0961780738, May 1999 (4th ed.)
* Handy Farm Devices and How to Make Them by Rolfe Cobleigh, ISBN: 1558214321, The Lyons Press; 1909, 1996
* Storey's Basic Country Skills: A Practical Guide to Self-Reliance by M. John Storey, ISBN: 1580172024, Storey Books, 1999
* Steel in the Field: A Farmer's Guide to Weed Management Tools by Greg Bowman, ISBN: 188862602X, Sustainable Agriculture Network, 1997
* The Stockman's Handbook. M. E. Ensminger, Prentice Hall; ISBN: 0813428955, 1991, (7th Ed.)
* Managing Cover Crops Profitably by the Sustainable Agriculture Network, ISBN: 1888626046, Sanabria Inc, 1998
* Methodologies for Screening Soil-Improving Legumes by Marianne Sarrantonio, ISBN: 0878579893, Rodale Press, 1991
* Handbook of Legumes of World Economic Importance by James A. Duke, Plenum Pub Corp., ISBN: 0306404060, 1981


Production, crops specific

* Growing Great Garlic: The Definitive Guide for Organic Gardeners and Small Farmers by Ron L. Engeland, ISBN 0963085018, Filaree Productions, 1995
* The Apple Grower: A Guide for the Organic Orchardist by Michael Phillips, ISBN: 1890132047, Chelsea Green Pub Co, 1998
* Knott's Handbook for Vegetable Growers by Donald N. Maynard, George J. Hochmuth, John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 04711311512, 1997 (4th ed.)
* The Bio-Dynamic Treatment of Fruit Trees, Berries, and Shrubs by Ehrenfried Pfeiffer, ISBN: 0938250116, Bio-Dynamic Farming & Garden Assn, 1957, 1976
* Peppers: The Domesticated Capsicums by Jean Andrews, ISBN: 0292704674, Univ of Texas Pr, 1995
* The Flower Farmer: An Organic Grower's Guide to Raising and Selling Cut Flowers by Lynn Byczynski, ISBN: 0930031946, Chelsea Green Pub Co, 1997
* Field Grown Cut Flowers: A Practical Guide and Sourcebook: Commercial Field Grown Fresh and Dried Cut Flower Production by Alan B. Stevens, ISBN: 096530650X , Avatar's World, 1997
* Small-Scale Livestock Farming: A Grass-Based Approach for Health, Sustainability, and Profit by Carol Ekarius, ISBN: 1580171621, Storey Books, 1999
* Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens by Gail Damerow, ISBN: 158017325X, Storey Books, 2001
* The ABC & XYZ of Bee Culture by A.I. Root, ISBN: 0684174790, MacMillan Publishing Company, 1877, 1984
* Small Scale Aquaculture by Steven D. VanGorder, ISBN: 0967773202, Alternative Aquaculture Association, 2000
* The Power of Duck: Integrated Rice and Duck Farming by Takao Furuno, ISBN: 0908228120, Tagari Publications, 2001
* Weeds and What They Tell by Ehrenfried Pfeiffer, ISBN: 0938250043, Bio-Dynamic Farming & Garden Assn, 1981


Seed Saving

* Seed to Seed: Seed Saving Techniques for the Vegetable Gardener by Suzanne Ashworth, ISBN: 1882424581, Seed Saver Pubns, 2002
* Breed Your Own Vegetable Varieties: The Gardener's and Farmer's Guide to Plant Breeding and Seed Saving, by Carol Deppe, ISBN: 1890132721, Chelsea Green Pub Co, 2000


Heirlooms

* Heirloom Vegetable Gardening: A Master Gardener's Guide to Planting, Seed Saving, and Cultural History by William Woys Weaver, ISBN: 0805060898, Henry Holt & Company, Inc., 1999
* 100 Vegetables and Where They Came From by William Woys Weaver, ISBN: 1565122380, Algonquin Books, 2000
* Apples by Roger Yepsen, ISBN 0393036901, W.W. Norton & Company, 1994
* 100 Heirloom Tomatoes for the American Garden by Carolyn J. Male, ISBN: 0761114009, Workman Publishing Company, 1999
* Plants for a Future: Edible & Useful Plants for a Healthier World by Ken Fern, ISBN: 1856230112, Permanent Publications, 2000


Food politics/security, sustainability

* The Unsettling of America: Culture & Agriculture by Wendell Berry, ISBN: 0380509229, University of California Press, 1977
* Genetic Engineering, Food and Our Environment by Luke Anderson, ISBN: 1890132551, Chelsea Green Pub Co, 1999
* Stolen Harvest: The Hijacking of the Global Food Supply by Vandana Shiva, ISBN: 0896086070, South End Pr, 1999
* Spoiled: Why Our Food is Making Us Sick and What We Can Do About It by Nicols Fox, ISBN: 014027555X, Penguin USA (Paper), 1998
* Fateful Harvest: The True Story of a Small Town, a Global Industry, and a Toxic Secret by Duff Wilson, ISBN: 0060193697, HarperCollins, 2001
* Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health by Marion Nestle. ISBN: 0520224655, University of California Press, 2002
* Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal by Eric Schlosser, ISBN: 0060938455, HarperCollins, 2002
* The World is Not For Sale: Farmers Against Junk Food by Jose Bove & Francois Dufour with Gilles Luneau (Translator) & Anna de Casparis (Translator), ISBN: 1859846149, Verso Books, 2001
* The Consumer's Guide to Effective Environmental Choices: Practical Advice from The Union of Concerned Scientists by Michael Brower and Warren Leon, ISBN: 060980281X, Three Rivers Press, 1999
* Environmentalism Unbound: Exploring New Pathways for Change by Robert Gottlieb. ISBN: 0262072106, MIT Press, 2001
* Hope's Edge: The Next Diet for a Small Planet by Frances Moore Lappe, Anna Lappe J. P. Tarcher; ISBN:1585421499, 2002
* The Natural Step Story: Seeding a Quiet Revolution (Conscientious Commerce) by Karl-Henrik Robert and Ray Anderson, New Society Pub, ISBN: 0865714533, 2002
* Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution by Paul Hawken, Amory Lovins, L. Hunter Lovins, Back Bay Books, ISBN: 0316353000, 2000


Marketing

* The New Farmers' Market: Farm-Fresh Ideas for Producers, Managers & Communities by Vance Corum, Marcie Rosenzweig, and Eric Gibson, ISBN: 0963281429, New World Publishing, 2001
* Metro Farm: The Guide to Growing for Big Profit on a Small Parcel of Land by Michael Olson, ISBN: 0963787608, T S Books, 1994
* Sell What You Sow: The Grower's Guide to Successful Produce Marketing by Eric L. Gibson and Andrea Gibson, ISBN: 0963281402, New World Publishing, 1994
* Sharing the Harvest: A Guide to Community-Supported Agriculture by Elizabeth Henderson with Robyn Van En, ISBN: 1890132233, Chelsea Green Pub Co, 1999
* Gardening for Profit by Peter Henderson, ISBN: 0848810465, American Botanist, 1867,1997
* Five Acres and Independence: A Handbook for Small Farm Management by Maurice Grenville Kains, Maurice G. Kain and J. E. Oldfield. ISBN: 0486209741, Dover Pubns, 1973


Insect IPM and Organic Controls

* Texas Bug Book: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly by Malcolm Beck, Howard Garrett, C. Malcolm Beck with Gwen Gage, ISBN: 0292708696, Univ of Texas Pr, 1999
* Natural Enemies Handbook: The Illustrated Guide to Biological Pest Control by Mary Louise Flint, Steve H. Dreistadt with Jack Kelly Clark, ISBN: 0520218019, University of California Press, 1999
* The Organic Gardener's Handbook of Natural Insect and Disease Control: A Complete Problem-Solving Guide to Keeping Your Garden & Yard Healthy Without Chemicals by Barbara W. Ellis (Editor), Fern Marshall Bradley (Contributor) and Helen Atthowe, ISBN: 0875967531, Rodale Press, 1996


Photo-documentary

* From the Good Earth: A Celebration of Growing Food Around the World by Michael Ableman, ISBN: 0810925176, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1993
* On Good Land: The Autobiography of an Urban Farm by Michael Ableman, Cynthia Wisehart and Alice Waters, ISBN: 0811819213, Chronicle Books, 1998


Literary Reflection, Farm Culture and Land Ethics

* What Are People For? By Wendell Berry, ISBN: 0865474370, North Point Press, April 1990
* New Roots for Agriculture by Wes Jackson Univ of Nebraska Press, ISBN: 0803275625, 1980, 1985
* Farms of Tomorrow Revisited: Community Supported Farms, Farm Supported Communities by Steven McFadden and Trauger M. Groh, ISBN: 0938250132, Bio-Dynamic Farming & Garden Assn, 1998
* A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold, Ballantine Books; ISBN: 0345345053, 1949, 1990
* Coming Home to Eat: The Pleasures and Politics of Local Foods by Gary Paul Nabhan, ISBN: 0393020177, W.W. Norton & Company, 2001
* Epitaph for a Peach: Four Seasons on My Family Farm by David Mas Masumoto, ISBN: 0062510258, Harper San Francisco, 1996
* Farmers of Forty Centuries: Or Permanent Agriculture in China, Korea and Japan by F. H. King, ASIN: 0878570543, Rodale Press, 1973, 1990
* Garlic Is Life: A Memoir With Recipes by Chester Aaron, ISBN: 0898158060, Ten Speed Press, 1996
* The Contrary Farmer by Gene Logsdon, ISBN 1930031741, Chelsea Green Pub Co, 1995
* Truckpatch: A Farmer's Odyssey by Ward Sinclair, ISBN: 0929332113, American Botanist, 2000
* An Agricultural Testament by Sir Albert Howard, ISBN: 0878570608, Rodale Press, 1973
* Malabar Farm by Louis Bromfield, Wooster Book Co., ISBN: 1888683848; 1948, 1999


Soils, Soil Life and Composting

* Soil Fertility and Animal Health by William Albrecht. Fred Hahne Printing Co.
* Soils and Men: The Yearbook of Agriculture -1938, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1938
* The Soul of Soil: A Soil-Building Guide for Master Gardeners and Farmers by Joe Smillie, Grace Gershuny, Joseph Smillie, Bill Wolf and Grace Gershung, ISBN: 1890132314, Chelsea Green Pub Co, 1983, 1999
* The Nature and Properties of Soils by Nyle C. Brady and Ray R. Weil, ISBN: 0130167630, Prentice Hall, 1922, 2001
* Building Soils for Better Crops 2nd Edition by Fred Magdoff and Harold Van Es, ISBN: 0803231601, Sustainable Agriculture Network, 1992, 2000
* The Albrecht Papers Vol. II Soil Fertility & Animal Health by Wm. Albrecht, ASIN: 0911311076, Acres U.S.A., 1983 reprint.
* The Nature and Properties of Soils (13th Edition) by Nyle C. Brady, Ray R. Weil
Prentice Hall; ISBN: 0130167630; 1922, 2001
* The Secret Life of Compost: A 'How-To' & 'Why' Guide to Composting-Lawn, Garden, Feedlot or Farm by Malcolm Beck, Charles Walters, Acres USA; ISBN: 0911311521, 1997
* Principles and Applications of Soil Microbiology edited by Sylvia, Fuhrman et al, Prentice Hall; ISBN: 0134599918; 1st edition (August 14, 1997)
* Edaphos: Dynamics of a Natural Soil System by Paul D. Sachs, Edaphic Press, ISBN: 0963605321 1999, (2nd Ed.)


Lagniappe (a little something extra)

* Digging Deeper: Integrating Youth Gardens Into Schools & Communities by Joseph Kiefert and Martin Kemple, ISBN: 188443004X, Food Works, 1998
* From Asparagus to Zucchini: A Guide to Farm-Fresh Seasonal Produce by the MACSAC CSA farmers of Madison WI, phone: 608-226-0300, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]



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