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Agriculture

The rich soil of agricultural knowledge awaits in books exploring sustainable farming practices, food systems, and the timeless connection between humans and the land they cultivate. Here you'll find practical growing guides, penetrating analyses of modern food production, and urgent discussions about feeding our world's future generations.

Agriculture Book Summaries

Guns, Germs, and Steel
by Jared Diamond • 2005
Eurasia had wheat and an east-west axis. The Americas didn't. Geography decided who conquered whom.
4.04
400k+
🗺️ Macrohistory🌍 Geographic Determinism🧬 Biogeography🔄 Cultural Evolution🏛️ Human Prehistory
Guns, Germs, and Steel Summary
Immersive
Guns, Germs, and Steel
Eurasia had wheat and an east-west axis. The Americas didn't. Geography decided who conquered whom.
by Jared Diamond 2005 498 pages
4.04
400k+ ratings
🗺️ Macrohistory🌍 Geographic Determinism🧬 Biogeography🔄 Cultural Evolution🏛️ Human Prehistory
Fast Food Nation
by Eric Schlosser • 2001
A burger's hidden cost: exploited labor, factory farms, and meat that sickened half a million.
3.75
200k+
🏭 Industrial Food System🐄 Factory Farming⚠️ Food Safety👷 Labor Exploitation🏢 Corporate Power
Fast Food Nation Summary
Fast Food Nation
A burger's hidden cost: exploited labor, factory farms, and meat that sickened half a million.
by Eric Schlosser 2001 400 pages
3.75
200k+ ratings
🏭 Industrial Food System🐄 Factory Farming⚠️ Food Safety👷 Labor Exploitation🏢 Corporate Power
The Secret Life of Groceries
by Benjamin Lorr • 2020
Supermarket abundance rests on debt-bonded truckers, enslaved fishermen, and the illusion of choice.
3.94
15k+
🛒 Grocery Industry⛓️ Food Supply Chains⚒️ Labor Exploitation⚖️ Supply Chain Ethics🧠 Consumer Psychology
The Secret Life of Groceries Summary
The Secret Life of Groceries
Supermarket abundance rests on debt-bonded truckers, enslaved fishermen, and the illusion of choice.
by Benjamin Lorr 2020 336 pages
3.94
15k+ ratings
🛒 Grocery Industry⛓️ Food Supply Chains⚒️ Labor Exploitation⚖️ Supply Chain Ethics🧠 Consumer Psychology
1493
by Charles C. Mann • 2011
Potatoes east, mosquitoes west: the biological upheaval set off by 1492 that still runs the world.
4.12
21k+
🌿 Environmental History🦟 Disease And Empire🌽 Agricultural Revolution🦠 Ecological Exchange🧬 Big History
1493 Summary
1493
Potatoes east, mosquitoes west: the biological upheaval set off by 1492 that still runs the world.
by Charles C. Mann 2011 836 pages
4.12
21k+ ratings
🌿 Environmental History🦟 Disease And Empire🌽 Agricultural Revolution🦠 Ecological Exchange🧬 Big History
Who Owns England?
by Guy Shrubsole • 2019
The secret 1% who own half of England: unmasking the aristocrats, royals, and oligarchs.
4.21
1k+
🏠 Land Ownership🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Land✊ Land Reform🔍 Investigative Journalism💰 Wealth Inequality
Who Owns England? Summary
Who Owns England?
The secret 1% who own half of England: unmasking the aristocrats, royals, and oligarchs.
by Guy Shrubsole 2019
4.21
1k+ ratings
🏠 Land Ownership🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Land✊ Land Reform🔍 Investigative Journalism💰 Wealth Inequality
The Vegetable Gardener's Guide to Permaculture
by Christopher Shein • 2013
Your garden as a forest: the permaculture design that feeds you while it rebuilds itself.
3.84
493
🌎 Permaculture Design🌳 Food Forests🪱 Soil Building🌱 Seed Saving🏡 Garden Design
The Vegetable Gardener's Guide to Permaculture Summary
The Vegetable Gardener's Guide to Permaculture
Your garden as a forest: the permaculture design that feeds you while it rebuilds itself.
by Christopher Shein 2013 272 pages
3.84
493 ratings
🌎 Permaculture Design🌳 Food Forests🪱 Soil Building🌱 Seed Saving🏡 Garden Design
The Lean Farm
by Ben Hartman • 2015
Toyota's efficiency system, adapted for the field: all the waste gone, none of the soul.
4.26
417
🚜 Farm Management🏭 Lean Methodology🇯🇵 Toyota Production System🔄 Continuous Improvement🌱 Sustainable Agriculture
The Lean Farm Summary
The Lean Farm
Toyota's efficiency system, adapted for the field: all the waste gone, none of the soul.
by Ben Hartman 2015 382 pages
4.26
417 ratings
🚜 Farm Management🏭 Lean Methodology🇯🇵 Toyota Production System🔄 Continuous Improvement🌱 Sustainable Agriculture
Why Vegan?
by Peter Singer • 2020
Loving dogs while eating pigs is a prejudice, not a preference, with billions of victims.
4.02
500+
🐄 Animal Ethics🏭 Factory Farming🧠 Animal Sentience⚖️ Utilitarianism🍽️ Food Politics
Why Vegan? Summary
Why Vegan?
Loving dogs while eating pigs is a prejudice, not a preference, with billions of victims.
by Peter Singer 2020 80 pages
4.02
500+ ratings
🐄 Animal Ethics🏭 Factory Farming🧠 Animal Sentience⚖️ Utilitarianism🍽️ Food Politics
Food Politics
by Robert Paarlberg • 2010
The hidden policy battles behind every bite, from farm subsidy wars to the GMO divide.
3.49
340
🍽️ Food Politics🌾 Agricultural Policy🍞 Global Hunger💵 Farm Subsidies🚜 Industrial Agriculture
Food Politics Summary
Food Politics
The hidden policy battles behind every bite, from farm subsidy wars to the GMO divide.
by Robert Paarlberg 2010 240 pages
3.49
340 ratings
🍽️ Food Politics🌾 Agricultural Policy🍞 Global Hunger💵 Farm Subsidies🚜 Industrial Agriculture
You Can Farm
by Joel Salatin • 1998
No land? No problem. Three livestock enterprises turn a small farm profitable, stacked right.
4.31
1k+
🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🚜 Small-Scale Farming💼 Farm Entrepreneurship🏪 Direct-Marketing Farms🐔 Pastured Livestock
You Can Farm Summary
You Can Farm
No land? No problem. Three livestock enterprises turn a small farm profitable, stacked right.
by Joel Salatin 1998 480 pages
4.31
1k+ ratings
🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🚜 Small-Scale Farming💼 Farm Entrepreneurship🏪 Direct-Marketing Farms🐔 Pastured Livestock
The Unsettling of America
by Wendell Berry • 1977
America's farming crisis is really a crisis of character. The soil tells the story.
4.33
6k+
🧑‍🌾 Agrarian Philosophy🌍 Land Ethics🚜 Farming Criticism🏘️ Localism⚖️ Moral Economy
The Unsettling of America Summary
The Unsettling of America
America's farming crisis is really a crisis of character. The soil tells the story.
by Wendell Berry 1977 246 pages
4.33
6k+ ratings
🧑‍🌾 Agrarian Philosophy🌍 Land Ethics🚜 Farming Criticism🏘️ Localism⚖️ Moral Economy
The Omnivore's Dilemma
by Richie Chevat • 2015
Most of what you eat begins as corn, and the price tag hides the real cost.
4.03
3k+
🍽️ Food Systems🐄 Factory Farming🇺🇸 American Diet🗳️ Food Politics🌾 Sustainable Agriculture
The Omnivore's Dilemma Summary
The Omnivore's Dilemma
Most of what you eat begins as corn, and the price tag hides the real cost.
by Richie Chevat 2015 352 pages
4.03
3k+ ratings
🍽️ Food Systems🐄 Factory Farming🇺🇸 American Diet🗳️ Food Politics🌾 Sustainable Agriculture
Teaming with Nutrients
by Jeff Lowenfels • 2013
Plants eat through physics, chemistry, and fungi. Feed the biology, not just the soil.
4.30
399
🌿 Organic Gardening🧪 Soil Science🔬 Plant Biology🌱 Plant Nutrition🕸️ Soil Food Web
Teaming with Nutrients Summary
Teaming with Nutrients
Plants eat through physics, chemistry, and fungi. Feed the biology, not just the soil.
by Jeff Lowenfels 2013 250 pages
4.30
399 ratings
🌿 Organic Gardening🧪 Soil Science🔬 Plant Biology🌱 Plant Nutrition🕸️ Soil Food Web
Drawdown
by Paul Hawken • 2017
100 existing solutions, modeled and ranked: the plan to reverse global warming is already here.
4.40
4k+
🌍 Climate Reversal💰 Environmental Economics🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🍃 Carbon Sequestration🔄 Circular Economy
Drawdown Summary
Drawdown
100 existing solutions, modeled and ranked: the plan to reverse global warming is already here.
by Paul Hawken 2017 240 pages
4.40
4k+ ratings
🌍 Climate Reversal💰 Environmental Economics🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🍃 Carbon Sequestration🔄 Circular Economy
The Organic Farmer's Business Handbook
by Richard Wiswall • 2009
The business manual organic farmers actually need: plan for profit, track costs, and pay yourself.
4.08
157
🥕 Organic Farming Business🚜 Small Farm Management💰 Farm Finance📋 Farm Business Planning🌱 Sustainable Agriculture
The Organic Farmer's Business Handbook Summary
The Organic Farmer's Business Handbook
The business manual organic farmers actually need: plan for profit, track costs, and pay yourself.
by Richard Wiswall 2009 224 pages
4.08
157 ratings
🥕 Organic Farming Business🚜 Small Farm Management💰 Farm Finance📋 Farm Business Planning🌱 Sustainable Agriculture
Farmacology
by Daphne Miller • 2013
How farms taught a physician to rethink health, from the soil up.
4.28
1k+
🌱 Soil Health🚜 Food Systems🦠 Microbiome Health🌿 Holistic Medicine🔄 Systems Thinking
Farmacology Summary
Farmacology
How farms taught a physician to rethink health, from the soil up.
by Daphne Miller 2013 304 pages
4.28
1k+ ratings
🌱 Soil Health🚜 Food Systems🦠 Microbiome Health🌿 Holistic Medicine🔄 Systems Thinking
Feeding You Lies
by Vani Hari • 2019
They copied tobacco's playbook, funded the science, and hid sugar. Your weapon: the ingredient list.
4.15
1k+
🧪 Food Additives🍬 Sugar Addiction🏭 Big Food Industry🌿 Organic Farming🏛️ Food Politics
Feeding You Lies Summary
Feeding You Lies
They copied tobacco's playbook, funded the science, and hid sugar. Your weapon: the ingredient list.
by Vani Hari 2019 328 pages
4.15
1k+ ratings
🧪 Food Additives🍬 Sugar Addiction🏭 Big Food Industry🌿 Organic Farming🏛️ Food Politics
Should We Eat Meat?
by Vaclav Smil • 2013
Meat grew our brains. Its modern scale now threatens the planet. A quantified middle path.
3.52
500+
🏭 Industrial Agriculture🌡️ Meat And Climate🧬 Evolution Of Diet🍽️ Food Systems🥬 Meat Alternatives
Should We Eat Meat? Summary
Should We Eat Meat?
Meat grew our brains. Its modern scale now threatens the planet. A quantified middle path.
by Vaclav Smil 2013 282 pages
3.52
500+ ratings
🏭 Industrial Agriculture🌡️ Meat And Climate🧬 Evolution Of Diet🍽️ Food Systems🥬 Meat Alternatives
The New Organic Grower
by Eliot Coleman • 1989
How to make a living from five acres by farming with nature, not against it.
4.41
1k+
🍃 Organic Farming🥬 Market Gardening🪱 Soil Health🌡️ Season Extension🚜 Small-Scale Farming
The New Organic Grower Summary
The New Organic Grower
How to make a living from five acres by farming with nature, not against it.
by Eliot Coleman 1989 340 pages
4.41
1k+ ratings
🍃 Organic Farming🥬 Market Gardening🪱 Soil Health🌡️ Season Extension🚜 Small-Scale Farming
Fibershed
by Rebecca Burgess • 2019
Your closet is an emissions machine. A 150-mile wardrobe turns it into a carbon sink.
4.07
421
🧵 Sustainable Fashion🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🏘️ Local Economies🔗 Textile Supply Chains🌍 Carbon Sequestration
Fibershed Summary
Fibershed
Your closet is an emissions machine. A 150-mile wardrobe turns it into a carbon sink.
by Rebecca Burgess 2019 288 pages
4.07
421 ratings
🧵 Sustainable Fashion🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🏘️ Local Economies🔗 Textile Supply Chains🌍 Carbon Sequestration
Energy and Civilization
by Vaclav Smil • 2017
A week of American energy use matches a year of Nigerian. The history behind that gap.
4.09
4k+
⚡ Energy History⚙️ History Of Technology🏭 Industrial Revolution🛢️ Fossil Fuels🌍 Big History
Energy and Civilization Summary
Energy and Civilization
A week of American energy use matches a year of Nigerian. The history behind that gap.
by Vaclav Smil 2017 552 pages
4.09
4k+ ratings
⚡ Energy History⚙️ History Of Technology🏭 Industrial Revolution🛢️ Fossil Fuels🌍 Big History
The Practical Permaculture Project
by Sophie McKay • 2022
Feed your family from a backyard that waters itself, builds soil, and heals the land.
4.29
138
🌀 Permaculture🥕 Organic Gardening🌱 Soil Health💧 Water Management🌻 Companion Planting
The Practical Permaculture Project Summary
The Practical Permaculture Project
Feed your family from a backyard that waters itself, builds soil, and heals the land.
by Sophie McKay 2022 159 pages
4.29
138 ratings
🌀 Permaculture🥕 Organic Gardening🌱 Soil Health💧 Water Management🌻 Companion Planting
Carrots Love Tomatoes
by Louise Riotte • 1975
Every plant has allies and enemies. The pairings that build a thriving garden without chemicals.
4.04
2k+
🌱 Companion Planting🍂 Organic Gardening🐞 Natural Pest Control🪱 Soil Health📐 Garden Planning
Carrots Love Tomatoes Summary
Carrots Love Tomatoes
Every plant has allies and enemies. The pairings that build a thriving garden without chemicals.
by Louise Riotte 1975 224 pages
4.04
2k+ ratings
🌱 Companion Planting🍂 Organic Gardening🐞 Natural Pest Control🪱 Soil Health📐 Garden Planning
The Permaculture Garden
by Graham Bell • 1994
A garden that hardly needs you: design it like a forest once, harvest for decades.
3.88
103
🌀 Permaculture🌳 Forest Gardening🪱 Soil Health💧 Water Conservation🥬 Perennial Vegetables
The Permaculture Garden Summary
The Permaculture Garden
A garden that hardly needs you: design it like a forest once, harvest for decades.
by Graham Bell 1994 174 pages
3.88
103 ratings
🌀 Permaculture🌳 Forest Gardening🪱 Soil Health💧 Water Conservation🥬 Perennial Vegetables
Pandora's Seed
by Spencer Wells • 2010
Farming gave us civilization. It also gave us chronic disease, overstimulation, and fundamentalism.
3.76
1k+
🧬 Evolutionary Mismatch🌾 Agriculture's Costs🧫 Recent Human Evolution🫀 Diseases Of Civilization🧪 Genetic Ethics
Pandora's Seed Summary
Pandora's Seed
Farming gave us civilization. It also gave us chronic disease, overstimulation, and fundamentalism.
by Spencer Wells 2010 256 pages
3.76
1k+ ratings
🧬 Evolutionary Mismatch🌾 Agriculture's Costs🧫 Recent Human Evolution🫀 Diseases Of Civilization🧪 Genetic Ethics
Gardening When It Counts
by Steve Solomon • 2006
Most gardening books assume cheap inputs and grocery stores. This one assumes the day both are gone.
4.05
500+
🔨 Subsistence Gardening🌱 Organic Gardening🧪 Soil Fertility🌾 Seed Saving💧 Water Conservation
Gardening When It Counts Summary
Gardening When It Counts
Most gardening books assume cheap inputs and grocery stores. This one assumes the day both are gone.
by Steve Solomon 2006 360 pages
4.05
500+ ratings
🔨 Subsistence Gardening🌱 Organic Gardening🧪 Soil Fertility🌾 Seed Saving💧 Water Conservation
The Lies of the Land
by Steven Conn • 2023
Farmers and crisis don't define rural America. Military bases, chains, and suburbia do.
3.98
148
🌾 Rural America📜 Agrarian Myths⏳ Nostalgia Politics🏘️ Suburban Expansion🏚️ Deindustrialization
The Lies of the Land Summary
The Lies of the Land
Farmers and crisis don't define rural America. Military bases, chains, and suburbia do.
by Steven Conn 2023 320 pages
3.98
148 ratings
🌾 Rural America📜 Agrarian Myths⏳ Nostalgia Politics🏘️ Suburban Expansion🏚️ Deindustrialization
Ravenous
by Henry Dimbleby • 2023
The food system feeds 8 billion while fueling obesity, chronic disease, and a third of emissions.
4.35
1k+
🏭 Food Systems🧃 Ultra-Processed Food🔬 Nutrition Science🏥 Public Health Crisis⚖️ Food Inequality
Ravenous Summary
Ravenous
The food system feeds 8 billion while fueling obesity, chronic disease, and a third of emissions.
by Henry Dimbleby 2023 332 pages
4.35
1k+ ratings
🏭 Food Systems🧃 Ultra-Processed Food🔬 Nutrition Science🏥 Public Health Crisis⚖️ Food Inequality
Grass, Soil, Hope
by Courtney White • 2014
Carbon is not the enemy: the ranchers and farmers burying it to save the climate.
4.04
168
🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🪱 Soil Restoration🌬️ Carbon Sequestration🏙️ Urban Agriculture🐂 Holistic Management
Grass, Soil, Hope Summary
Grass, Soil, Hope
Carbon is not the enemy: the ranchers and farmers burying it to save the climate.
by Courtney White 2014 244 pages
4.04
168 ratings
🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🪱 Soil Restoration🌬️ Carbon Sequestration🏙️ Urban Agriculture🐂 Holistic Management
Net Zero
by Dieter Helm • 2020
Why UN climate talks can't cut emissions, and how taxing carbon consumption can.
3.84
270
🏷️ Carbon Pricing📈 Market-Based Environmentalism📦 Consumption Emissions🌳 Natural Sequestration⚡ Electricity Market Reform
Net Zero Summary
Net Zero
Why UN climate talks can't cut emissions, and how taxing carbon consumption can.
by Dieter Helm 2020 329 pages
3.84
270 ratings
🏷️ Carbon Pricing📈 Market-Based Environmentalism📦 Consumption Emissions🌳 Natural Sequestration⚡ Electricity Market Reform
The One-Straw Revolution
by Masanobu Fukuoka • 1975
A manifesto that argues plowing, weeding, and fertilizing are optional. Thirty years of proof.
4.33
9k+
🌱 Sustainable Agriculture☮️ Zen Philosophy🧱 Soil Health🎯 Minimalism🚫 Anti Consumerism
The One-Straw Revolution Summary
The One-Straw Revolution
A manifesto that argues plowing, weeding, and fertilizing are optional. Thirty years of proof.
by Masanobu Fukuoka 1975 181 pages
4.33
9k+ ratings
🌱 Sustainable Agriculture☮️ Zen Philosophy🧱 Soil Health🎯 Minimalism🚫 Anti Consumerism
Harvesting Rainwater for Your Homestead in 9 Days or Less
by Renee Dang • 2022
From roof to tap in nine days: the 7-step plan for harvesting your own clean rainwater.
4.04
26
🚿 Rainwater Harvesting🏡 Off-Grid Living💧 Water Self-Sufficiency🔧 Diy Water Systems🌻 Modern Homesteading
Harvesting Rainwater for Your Homestead in 9 Days or Less Summary
Harvesting Rainwater for Your Homestead in 9 Days or Less
From roof to tap in nine days: the 7-step plan for harvesting your own clean rainwater.
by Renee Dang 2022 169 pages
4.04
26 ratings
🚿 Rainwater Harvesting🏡 Off-Grid Living💧 Water Self-Sufficiency🔧 Diy Water Systems🌻 Modern Homesteading
Backyard Winter Gardening
by Caleb Warnock • 2013
Grow salads in January without a heated greenhouse. The low-tech method that fed Paris in winter.
3.83
186
🥬 Winter Gardening🪟 Cold Frame Gardening🏡 Food Self-Sufficiency⚙️ Low-Tech Gardening🐞 Organic Pest Control
Backyard Winter Gardening Summary
Backyard Winter Gardening
Grow salads in January without a heated greenhouse. The low-tech method that fed Paris in winter.
by Caleb Warnock 2013 176 pages
3.83
186 ratings
🥬 Winter Gardening🪟 Cold Frame Gardening🏡 Food Self-Sufficiency⚙️ Low-Tech Gardening🐞 Organic Pest Control
Too High to Fail
by Doug Fine • 2012
The trillion-dollar drug war failed. One California county's cannabis economy shows why.
3.75
259
🗳️ Drug Policy Reform💰 Cannabis Economics💊 Medical Marijuana🌱 Sustainable Agriculture🏘️ Local Economies
Too High to Fail Summary
Too High to Fail
The trillion-dollar drug war failed. One California county's cannabis economy shows why.
by Doug Fine 2012 368 pages
3.75
259 ratings
🗳️ Drug Policy Reform💰 Cannabis Economics💊 Medical Marijuana🌱 Sustainable Agriculture🏘️ Local Economies
Moveable Feasts
by Sarah Murray • 2007
Rome needed grain ships. Cities need container ports. How moving food built the modern world.
3.55
205
📜 Food History🌍 Global Food Trade📦 Food Logistics📊 Supply Chain History❄️ Cold Chain Logistics
Moveable Feasts Summary
Moveable Feasts
Rome needed grain ships. Cities need container ports. How moving food built the modern world.
by Sarah Murray 2007 272 pages
3.55
205 ratings
📜 Food History🌍 Global Food Trade📦 Food Logistics📊 Supply Chain History❄️ Cold Chain Logistics
Sowing Seeds in the Desert
by Masanobu Fukuoka • 2012
Our farms are making deserts. A hands-off method for restoring them with seeds and clay.
4.34
500+
🧑‍🌾 Regenerative Agriculture🌳 Permaculture Philosophy🌱 Ecological Restoration🚜 Anti-Industrial Agriculture🧘 Nature Spirituality
Sowing Seeds in the Desert Summary
Sowing Seeds in the Desert
Our farms are making deserts. A hands-off method for restoring them with seeds and clay.
by Masanobu Fukuoka 2012 219 pages
4.34
500+ ratings
🧑‍🌾 Regenerative Agriculture🌳 Permaculture Philosophy🌱 Ecological Restoration🚜 Anti-Industrial Agriculture🧘 Nature Spirituality
A Pocket Guide to Sustainable Food Shopping
by Kate Bratskeir • 2021
Your grocery cart can fight climate change: one small change at a time, without the guilt.
4.13
124
🥗 Sustainable Eating🛒 Ethical Consumerism🗑️ Food Waste Reduction🟢 Greenwashing🏷️ Label Literacy
A Pocket Guide to Sustainable Food Shopping Summary
A Pocket Guide to Sustainable Food Shopping
Your grocery cart can fight climate change: one small change at a time, without the guilt.
by Kate Bratskeir 2021 144 pages
4.13
124 ratings
🥗 Sustainable Eating🛒 Ethical Consumerism🗑️ Food Waste Reduction🟢 Greenwashing🏷️ Label Literacy
The Profitable Hobby Farm
by Sarah Beth Aubrey • 2010
Your hobby farm can earn real money. The business blueprint for making local food pay.
3.71
157
🚜 Small Farm Business🥕 Local Food Movement🌱 Sustainable Agriculture📋 Farm Marketing🤝 Cooperative Models
The Profitable Hobby Farm Summary
The Profitable Hobby Farm
Your hobby farm can earn real money. The business blueprint for making local food pay.
by Sarah Beth Aubrey 2010 288 pages
3.71
157 ratings
🚜 Small Farm Business🥕 Local Food Movement🌱 Sustainable Agriculture📋 Farm Marketing🤝 Cooperative Models
40 Chances
by Howard G. Buffett • 2013
Forty planting seasons. What a farmer learned about why food aid fails and what actually works.
3.83
500+
🌍 International Development🌾 Sustainable Agriculture🏞️ Soil Conservation📜 Land Rights🛒 Market-Based Aid
40 Chances Summary
40 Chances
Forty planting seasons. What a farmer learned about why food aid fails and what actually works.
by Howard G. Buffett 2013 464 pages
3.83
500+ ratings
🌍 International Development🌾 Sustainable Agriculture🏞️ Soil Conservation📜 Land Rights🛒 Market-Based Aid
Inquiries into the Nature of Slow Money
by Woody Tasch • 2008
Fast money erodes soil and community. The argument for investing at the speed of compost.
3.57
198
🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🏘️ Local Food Systems💰 Sustainable Investing🐌 Slow Food Movement⏳ Patient Capital
Inquiries into the Nature of Slow Money Summary
Inquiries into the Nature of Slow Money
Fast money erodes soil and community. The argument for investing at the speed of compost.
by Woody Tasch 2008 240 pages
3.57
198 ratings
🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🏘️ Local Food Systems💰 Sustainable Investing🐌 Slow Food Movement⏳ Patient Capital
Hatching & Brooding Your Own Chicks
by Gail Damerow • 2013
Incubation specs, brooder setups, and hatch-failure fixes for five poultry species in one manual.
4.34
142
🐔 Poultry Keeping🐄 Animal Husbandry🏡 Homesteading Skills🌱 Self-Sufficiency🚜 Small-Scale Farming
Hatching & Brooding Your Own Chicks Summary
Hatching & Brooding Your Own Chicks
Incubation specs, brooder setups, and hatch-failure fixes for five poultry species in one manual.
by Gail Damerow 2013 240 pages
4.34
142 ratings
🐔 Poultry Keeping🐄 Animal Husbandry🏡 Homesteading Skills🌱 Self-Sufficiency🚜 Small-Scale Farming
The Fight in the Fields
by Susan Ferriss • 1997
How a migrant farmworker built a movement so large that 40,000 people marched at his funeral.
4.00
99
🏭 Labor History🌎 Chicano History🌾 Agricultural Labor✊ Grassroots Organizing☮️ Nonviolent Resistance
The Fight in the Fields Summary
The Fight in the Fields
How a migrant farmworker built a movement so large that 40,000 people marched at his funeral.
by Susan Ferriss 1997 352 pages
4.00
99 ratings
🏭 Labor History🌎 Chicano History🌾 Agricultural Labor✊ Grassroots Organizing☮️ Nonviolent Resistance
Creating a Forest Garden
by Martin Crawford • 2010
A garden that works like a forest: seven edible layers, self-building soil, zero tillage.
4.44
433
🌳 Forest Gardening🔄 Permaculture🌱 Perennial Food Systems🧩 Polyculture Design🪱 Soil Ecology
Creating a Forest Garden Summary
Creating a Forest Garden
A garden that works like a forest: seven edible layers, self-building soil, zero tillage.
by Martin Crawford 2010 384 pages
4.44
433 ratings
🌳 Forest Gardening🔄 Permaculture🌱 Perennial Food Systems🧩 Polyculture Design🪱 Soil Ecology
Nature's Metropolis
by William Cronon • 1991
The grain and hogs flowing through Chicago didn't just feed the nation, they rewired the continent.
4.26
3k+
🌿 Environmental History🗺️ Economic Geography🏙️ Urban Systems📦 Commodity History🏭 Industrial Food
Nature's Metropolis Summary
Nature's Metropolis
The grain and hogs flowing through Chicago didn't just feed the nation, they rewired the continent.
by William Cronon 1991 592 pages
4.26
3k+ ratings
🌿 Environmental History🗺️ Economic Geography🏙️ Urban Systems📦 Commodity History🏭 Industrial Food
Cannabis Jobs
by Andrew Ward • 2020
Six-figure jobs hide in cannabis compliance, extraction, and marketing. No plant experience needed.
3.82
11
🪴 Cannabis Industry🔄 Career Change🚪 Career Entry📜 Regulatory Compliance💼 Freelance Careers
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Cannabis Jobs
Six-figure jobs hide in cannabis compliance, extraction, and marketing. No plant experience needed.
by Andrew Ward 2020 156 pages
3.82
11 ratings
🪴 Cannabis Industry🔄 Career Change🚪 Career Entry📜 Regulatory Compliance💼 Freelance Careers
All New Square Foot Gardening
by Mel Bartholomew • 1981
A grid-based method that uses 80% less space and 90% less water, and yields more food.
4.16
8k+
🏡 Small Space Gardening🪴 Raised Bed Gardening🥕 Vegetable Gardening📐 Intensive Planting🌿 Vertical Gardening
All New Square Foot Gardening Summary
All New Square Foot Gardening
A grid-based method that uses 80% less space and 90% less water, and yields more food.
by Mel Bartholomew 1981 272 pages
4.16
8k+ ratings
🏡 Small Space Gardening🪴 Raised Bed Gardening🥕 Vegetable Gardening📐 Intensive Planting🌿 Vertical Gardening
The Populist Moment
by Lawrence Goodwyn • 1978
A democratic mass movement rose among farmers, until a hollow silver crusade stole its platform.
3.80
335
🌾 Agrarian Movements🗳️ American Populism🏛️ Gilded Age Politics🤝 Cooperative Economics💵 Monetary Reform
The Populist Moment Summary
The Populist Moment
A democratic mass movement rose among farmers, until a hollow silver crusade stole its platform.
by Lawrence Goodwyn 1978 384 pages
3.80
335 ratings
🌾 Agrarian Movements🗳️ American Populism🏛️ Gilded Age Politics🤝 Cooperative Economics💵 Monetary Reform
Sweetness and Power
by Sidney W. Mintz • 1985
Royal luxury to factory fuel: how sugar, slavery, and empire built the modern Western diet.
3.78
2k+
📦 Commodity Histories⛓️ Slavery And Capitalism🍽️ Food Anthropology🏝️ Colonial Economies🍞 Dietary Transformation
Sweetness and Power Summary
Sweetness and Power
Royal luxury to factory fuel: how sugar, slavery, and empire built the modern Western diet.
by Sidney W. Mintz 1985 304 pages
3.78
2k+ ratings
📦 Commodity Histories⛓️ Slavery And Capitalism🍽️ Food Anthropology🏝️ Colonial Economies🍞 Dietary Transformation
Why David Sometimes Wins
by Marshall Ganz • 2008
No money, no power. The farm workers still beat the Teamsters. What they had was better.
3.99
177
✊ Labor Movements♟️ Movement Strategy🧠 Organizational Learning🏘️ Community Organizing☮️ Nonviolent Resistance
Why David Sometimes Wins Summary
Why David Sometimes Wins
No money, no power. The farm workers still beat the Teamsters. What they had was better.
by Marshall Ganz 2008 368 pages
3.99
177 ratings
✊ Labor Movements♟️ Movement Strategy🧠 Organizational Learning🏘️ Community Organizing☮️ Nonviolent Resistance
Grocery
by Michael Ruhlman • 2017
A $650 billion engine. How the American grocery store shapes our health, culture, and daily lives.
3.78
3k+
🛒 Grocery History🍩 Processed Food📢 Food Marketing🔬 Nutrition Science🍳 Home Cooking
Grocery Summary
Grocery
A $650 billion engine. How the American grocery store shapes our health, culture, and daily lives.
by Michael Ruhlman 2017 307 pages
3.78
3k+ ratings
🛒 Grocery History🍩 Processed Food📢 Food Marketing🔬 Nutrition Science🍳 Home Cooking
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