Is "eating local" everything it’s cracked up to be? The first bite of a perfectly ripe peach can be truly transformative......more

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Discover the surprising connection between our gut microbiome and the health of the planet--and learn how you hold human......more

The emancipatory potential and limits of land justice, when land is at once home, property, territory, and homeland. Pea......more

The emancipatory potential and limits of land justice, when land is at once home, property, territory, and homeland. Pea......more

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The confusing way in which sustainable agriculture has been defined and measured is clarified in this comprehensive volu......more

The confusing way in which sustainable agriculture has been defined and measured is clarified in this comprehensive volu......more

What if I told you that over half of the world’s topsoil has already been lost, and with it, our food’s nutrient value? ......more

When Ryan Dennis’s father was crushed by heavy machinery on their New York dairy farm, both men accepted the accident as......more

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing......more

Sweet potatoes were among the American crops Christopher Columbus brought back to Europe--where they were thought to be ......more

Sweet potatoes were among the American crops Christopher Columbus brought back to Europe--where they were thought to be ......more

The United States Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection encompasses over 7,500 botanical watercolo......more

Despite never having delivered sustained economic or social benefits, plantations have been the privileged tool of extra......more

Despite never having delivered sustained economic or social benefits, plantations have been the privileged tool of extra......more

Breadfruit trees are staples of the tropics, bearing cantaloupe-sized green-skinned fruits whose taste and texture resem......more

Mobilizing Hope, Fighting for Change analyzes an unusual development in social movement studies and food politics more g......more

A cultural and culinary history of modern Egypt through the nation’s beloved tomato. By the end of the twentieth century......more

A cultural and culinary history of modern Egypt through the nation’s beloved tomato. By the end of the twentieth century......more

A cutting-edge analysis of food systems sustainability, including COVID’s impact on current food systems, in up-to-date ......more

This is a superb collection of writing by groundbreaking Iowa environmentalist Paul Johnson. An exceptional introduction......more

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A former senior food policy advisor to President Obama breaks down how changing the way we eat can help fix the climate ......more

From winemaking in occupied territories to fishing in polluted seas, home cooking in refugee communities, and vegan chee......more

Eating with the Tudors is an extensive collection of authentic Tudor recipes that tell the story of a dramatically chang......more

Winner of the J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Award, and a New Yorker best book of 2024, a "startling glimpse into the......more

Examining the essential role--and exploitation--of frontline workers across the food chain. Food consumers are demanding......more

Examining the essential role--and exploitation--of frontline workers across the food chain. Food consumers are demanding......more

The New Rules of Dining Out is the quintessential resource for anyone, from the casual diner to the ardent foodie, who w......more

Food stood at the centre of Mussolini’s attempt to occupy Ethiopia and build an Italian Empire in East Africa. Seeking t......more

A gripping and witty exploration of the economic forces that make it challenging for small dairy farms to survive. The d......more

What do you do when a simple sinus infection lasts for three years? For Amy Graves, it marked the beginning of a journey......more

This book provides a comprehensive historical account of agricultural development in independent India. It studies conce......more

Chances are you probably eat food. It’s a fairly long running trend. Fast forward to the middle of last century and Amer......more

Journeying across Ghana’s savannahs and cities, John Nott investigates how nutrition and capitalism have intersected to ......more

Presents an argument for a food justice-oriented rhetoric and literacy that shifts the emphasis in the local food moveme......more

"This slim yet insightful and entertaining volume documents the many instances where wine drinkers did not get what they......more

2025 Farm Foundation Book of the Year Award​ Winner C-SPAN Author Series Most Important Book of 2024 The hidden history ......more

The story of factory farmers, rescued farm animals, and rural communities standing up to big corporations and constructi......more

Risqué Business is the first book to culturally address "breastaurants," the American restaurant chains, particularly Ho......more

Seeds of Exchange examines the US and Soviet exchange of agricultural knowledge and technology during the interwar perio......more

Why our love affair with processed meat is killing us. The chilling exposé the food industry doesn’t want YOU to know. T......more

The culinary landscape of Poland is significantly changing, reshaped by a new generation of food producers, chefs, and m......more

The first book to tell the whole story of SNAP and to explain why all Americans should support it. The Supplemental Nutr......more

Melding the rural and the urban with the local, regional, and global, Levantine cuisine is a mélange of ingredients, rec......more

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This study of the Gamtoos River floodplain in South Africa’s Eastern Cape Province traces its transformation from an eig......more

This study of the Gamtoos River floodplain in South Africa’s Eastern Cape Province traces its transformation from an eig......more

How cross-racial and ethnic communities have created new culinary traditions and food cultures in the United States. Cul......more

Combining innovative social theory with ongoing policy discussions on climate change, this book analyzes past and presen......more

Combining innovative social theory with ongoing policy discussions on climate change, this book analyzes past and presen......more

Food education initiatives exist worldwide, but Japan remains unique with its food education law known as shokuiku. The ......more

In Local Organic, Veronica House explores ways to collaboratively build resilient local food systems and coalitions acro......more

Society’s most basic challenge is arguably to produce and distribute enough food for its citizens. In 2023, 733 million ......more

"Paranatures in Culinary Culture reveals how culinary staples are not only elements of identity formation but also instr......more

Six Women Who Shaped What Americans Eat tells the stories of six women whose lives and careers influenced American food ......more

Six Women Who Shaped What Americans Eat tells the stories of six women whose lives and careers influenced American food ......more

Society’s most basic challenge is arguably to produce and distribute enough food for its citizens. In 2023, 733 million ......more

"White Burgers, Black Cash traces the evolution in fast food from the early 1900s to the present, from its long history ......more

What if rural progress isn’t about government intervention but about the self-reliance and ingenuity of peasants themsel......more

What if rural progress isn’t about government intervention but about the self-reliance and ingenuity of peasants themsel......more

There is a stubborn myth that has persisted for almost two centuries: the narrative of the abandoned farm in the rural A......more

From the author of New York Times bestseller The New New Deal, a groundbreaking piece of reportage from the trenches of ......more

The author argues that the claim by individual governments and by the World Bank that Asia has seen a large reduction in......more

With the current administration pausing funding for agricultural projects and farming support, the issues discussed in t......more

"Engrossing...hard to put down." -- The New York Times Book Review "Frostbite is a perfectly executed cold fusion of sci......more

In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Central American and Mexican immigrants arrived in New Orleans to help clean up a......more

The remarkable story of Sekem, a sustainable community which thrives in the Egyptian desert. Explores their pioneering a......more

A powerful and heartwarming exploration of cuisine in conflict zones, highlighting the heroic persistence of people stru......more

A scientifically rigorous guide to making the best dietary choices for both our personal health and our environmental fo......more

’All natural: no artificial colours or flavours’. This was an increasingly familiar claim made for the food we bought in......more

Food aid continues to be a high profile, and perhaps the most controversial form of aid. Food Aid Reconsidered: Assessin......more

North Americans love eating meat. Despite the increased awareness of the meat industry’s harms-violence against animals,......more