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Sus Ag Programs at ISU 		At the inception of the GPSA, faculty and staff were canvassed for contributions to this list of essential reading in the field of sustainable agriculture.  This list is intended to be an index of the seminal works in the area.

Comments and new contributions are welcome and should be directed to the GPSA program office:  gpsa@iastate.edu.
  1. Altieri, M.A. 1995. Agroecology (2nd Ed.). Westview Press, Boulder, CO.


  2. Bailey, L.H. 1915. The Holy Earth. C. Scribner's Sons, New York. (Out of Print)


  3. Beeman, R.S. and J.A. Pritchard. 2001. A Green and Permanent Land: Ecology and agriculture in the twentieth century. University Press of Kansas. Lawrence, KS.


  4. Berry, W. 1977. The Unsettling of America. Sierra Club Books. San Francisco, CA.


  5. Carson, R. 1962. Silent Spring. Houghton Mifflin. Boston, MA.

  6. Cavigelli, M.A., S.R. Deming, L.K. Probyn and R.R. Harwood (eds.). 1998. Michigan Field Crop Ecology: Managing biological processes for productivity and environmental quality. Michigan State University Extension Bulletin E-2646.


  7. Carroll, C.R., J.H. Vandermeer and P.M. Rosset. (eds.) 1990. Agroecology. McGraw Publishing Company, New York.


  8. Dryzek, J. 1997. The Politics of the Earth: Environmental Discourses. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.


  9. Flora, C. (ed.). 2001. Interactions Between Agroecosystems and Rural Communities. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.


  10. Francis, C.A., C.B. Flora, L.D. King (eds.). 1990. Sustainable Agriculture in Temperate Zones. John Wiley & Sons, New York. (Out of Print)


  11. Gershuny, G. and J. Smillie. The Soul of Soil: A soil building guide for master gardeners and farmers. Chelsea Green Pub. Co., White River Junction, VT.


  12. Gliessman, S.R. Agroecology: Ecological Processes in Sustainable Agriculture. Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton, FL.


  13. Goldschmidt, W.R. 1978. As You Sow: Three Studies in the Social Consequences of Agribusiness. Allanheld, Osmun, Montclair, N.J.


  14. Grubinger, V.P. 1999. Sustainable Vegetable Production from Start-Up to Market. NRAES-104, NRAES, Ithaca, NY.


  15. Keeney, D. and W. Vorley. 1998. Bugs in the System: Redesigning the Pesticide Industry for Sustainable Agriculture. Earthscan Publications, London, UK.


  16. Jackson, W. 1980. New Roots for Agriculture. University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE.


  17. Leopold, A. 1949. A Sand County Almanac. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.


  18. Loomis, R.S. and D.J. Conner. 1992. Crop Ecology: Productivity and Management in Agricultural Systems. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.


  19. Lopez, B. 1990. The Rediscovery of North America. University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, KY.


  20. National Research Council. 1989. Alternative Agriculture. National Academy Press, Washington, DC.


  21. Pretty, J.N. 1995. Regenerating Agriculture: Policies and Practice for Sustainability and Self-Reliance. Joseph Henry Press, Washington, DC.


  22. Röling, N.G. and M.A.E. Wagemakers. 1998. Facilitating Sustainable Agriculture: Participatory learning and adaptive management in times of environmental uncertainty. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK


  23. Smiley, Jane. 1991. A Thousand Acres. Fawcett Columbine, NY.


  24. Thompson, P. 1995. The Spirit of the Soil: Agriculture and Environmental Ethics. Routledge Press, London, UK.


  25. Thu, K.M. and E.P. Durrenberger (eds.). 1998. Pigs, Profits and Rural Communities. State University of New York Press, Albany, NY.


  26. Thurston, H.D. 1992. Sustainable Practices for Plant Disease Management in Traditional Farming Systems. Westview, Boulder, CO.


  27. Vanclay, F. & G. Lawrence. 1995. The Environmental Imperative: Eco-Social Concerns for Australian Agriculture. Central Queensland University Press, Rockhampton, Australia.


  28. Voisin, A. 1959. Grass Productivity. Translated from the French by C.T.M. Herriot. Philosophical Library, Inc., NY, Island Press edition 1988, Island Press, Covelo, CA.

Sustainable Ag Web Resources

Sustainable Agriculture Science Tracer Bullets Online
from the Library of Congress Research Center on Science, Technology and Business

The Soil and Health Library
by Steve Solomon