Food For Thought

A list of can’t-put-down, provocative reads to challenge and nourish your starving brain with “food for thought.”

From the farmers’ bookshelves:

• “The Unsettling of America”
  by Wendell Berry
• “Sharing the Harvest: A Citizen’s Guide to Community Supported Agriculture”
  by E. Henderson
• “Coming Home to Eat”
  by Gary Paul Nabhan
• “In Defense of Food”
  by Michael Pollan
• “Confronting Consumption”
  edited by Thomas Princen, Michael Maniates, and Ken Conca
• “Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the American Meal”
  by Eric Schlosser
• “Eating in the Dark: America’s Experiment with Genetically Engineered Food”
  by Kathleen Hart
• “Beyond Beef: The Rise and Fall of the Cattle Culture”
  by Jeremy Rifkin
• “Slaughterhouse Blues”
  by Donald Stull and Michael Broadway
• “The Omnivore’s Dilemma”
  by Michael Pollan
• “The Fatal Harvest Reader: The Tragedy of Industrial Agriculture”
  edited by Andrew Kimbrell
• “Free Lunch”
  by David Cay Johnston
• “The Way into Tikkun Olam: Repairing the World”
  by Elliot N. Dorff
• “Against the Grain: How Agriculture Has Hijacked America”
  by Richard Manning
• “The Gift of Good Land”
  by Wendell Berry
• “The Last Harvest”
  by Paul Raeburn
• “What Are People For?”
  by Wendell Berry
• “The Age of Access”
  by Jeremy Rifkin
• “The Botany of Desire”
  by Michael Pollan
• “Harvest for Hope: A Guide to Mindful Eating”
  by Jane Goodall
• “Outgrowing the Earth”
  by Lester R. Brown
• “Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet”
  by Jeffrey D. Sachs
• “Contagion: The Financial Epidemic That is Sweeping the Global Economy…”
  by John R. Talbott
• “Early Sprouts: Cultivating Healthy Food Choices in Young Children”
  by Kalich, Bauer, and McPartlin
• “Roots, Shoots, Buckets and Boots: Gardening Together with Children”
  by Sharon Lovejoy
• “Down & Dirty: 43 Fun and Funky First-Time Projects and Activities to Get You Gardening”
  by Ellen Zachos

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