The following readings have been shared with students in the Introduction to Sustainable Food and Farming Seminar and may be useful as you explore the intellectual background of the discipline of Sustainable Food and Farming:
- The Agrarian Standard – Wendell Berry
- Two Mindsets – Two Visions of Sustainable Agriculture – Donella Meadows
- Sustainable Agriculture is NOT Optional – John Ikerd
- Fifty Million Farmers – Richard Heinberg
- Sustaining India’s Agriculture – Vandana Shiva
- A Call for a Revolution in Agriculture – Wes Jackson
- Sustainability is Dead – Long Live Sustainability – Alan AtKisson
- Why Sustainability Education Needs Pedagogies of Reflection and Contemplation
- A Deeper Revolution – Local Food by Michael Brownlee
- Saving the World – One Clothespin at a Time – John Gerber
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In addition, there are many essays written by John Gerber available on my “Changing the Story” blog page in the following broad categories: