🏘️ Local Food Systems

Books championing the movement toward regional, sustainable food networks — from farm-to-table philosophy to the economics and ecology of eating close to home.

Soil Not Oil

by Vandana Shiva • 2008

Biofuels starve people, carbon markets fake progress, the real climate solution is under your feet.

4.08

535

🏭 Industrial Agriculture ⚖️ Environmental Justice 🌾 Food Sovereignty 🌱 Organic Farming 🌿 Seed Saving

Soil Not Oil

Biofuels starve people, carbon markets fake progress, the real climate solution is under your feet.

by Vandana Shiva 2008

4.08

535 ratings

🏭 Industrial Agriculture ⚖️ Environmental Justice 🌾 Food Sovereignty 🌱 Organic Farming 🌿 Seed Saving

The Feast Nearby

by Robin Mather • 2011

Job gone, marriage over: one woman, $40 a week, a year of eating what grew nearby.

3.79

2k+

🥬 Seasonal Eating 🍳 Culinary Memoir 💰 Frugal Living 🌿 Seasonal Living 🐌 Slow Food Movement

The Feast Nearby

Job gone, marriage over: one woman, $40 a week, a year of eating what grew nearby.

by Robin Mather 2011

3.79

2k+ ratings

🥬 Seasonal Eating 🍳 Culinary Memoir 💰 Frugal Living 🌿 Seasonal Living 🐌 Slow Food Movement

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 💰 Sustainable Investing 🐌 Slow Food Movement ⏳ Patient Capital 🌍 Ecological Economics

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

3.57

198 ratings

🌱 Regenerative Agriculture 💰 Sustainable Investing 🐌 Slow Food Movement ⏳ Patient Capital 🌍 Ecological Economics

Everything I Want To Do Is Illegal

by Joel Salatin • 2007

Government says raw milk and teenage farmhands are crimes. One sustainable farmer's legal war.

4.20

2k+

🧑‍🌾 Sustainable Agriculture 🏭 Factory Farming Critique 🌾 Agrarianism 🚜 Farming Memoirs 🗽 Libertarian Thought

Everything I Want To Do Is Illegal

Government says raw milk and teenage farmhands are crimes. One sustainable farmer's legal war.

by Joel Salatin 2007

4.20

2k+ ratings

🧑‍🌾 Sustainable Agriculture 🏭 Factory Farming Critique 🌾 Agrarianism 🚜 Farming Memoirs 🗽 Libertarian Thought

Folks, This Ain't Normal

by Joel Salatin • 2011

Food that travels 1,500 miles, animals that never graze, costs hidden: a farmer's case for normal.

4.21

5k+

🌱 Sustainable Agriculture 🌍 Soil Regeneration 🗳️ Food Politics 🐄 Pasture-Based Farming 🍂 Seasonal Eating

Folks, This Ain't Normal

Food that travels 1,500 miles, animals that never graze, costs hidden: a farmer's case for normal.

by Joel Salatin 2011

4.21

5k+ ratings

🌱 Sustainable Agriculture 🌍 Soil Regeneration 🗳️ Food Politics 🐄 Pasture-Based Farming 🍂 Seasonal Eating

The Sheer Ecstasy of Being a Lunatic Farmer

by Joel Salatin • 2010

Soil, animals, and bank account agree: the 'lunatic' farmer is the only sane one left.

4.26

462

🌱 Regenerative Agriculture 🌍 Soil Health 🐄 Grass-Based Farming 🗳️ Food Politics 📖 Farm Memoir

The Sheer Ecstasy of Being a Lunatic Farmer

Soil, animals, and bank account agree: the 'lunatic' farmer is the only sane one left.

by Joel Salatin 2010

4.26

462 ratings

🌱 Regenerative Agriculture 🌍 Soil Health 🐄 Grass-Based Farming 🗳️ Food Politics 📖 Farm Memoir

How to Thrive in the Next Economy

by John Thackara • 2015

A design movement is ditching ‘less harm’ for an economy that restores soil, water, and community.

3.78

246

🌱 Regenerative Economy 🏡 Ecological Design 📉 Post-Growth Economics 🪱 Soil Restoration 💧 Watershed Management

How to Thrive in the Next Economy

A design movement is ditching ‘less harm’ for an economy that restores soil, water, and community.

by John Thackara 2015

3.78

246 ratings

🌱 Regenerative Economy 🏡 Ecological Design 📉 Post-Growth Economics 🪱 Soil Restoration 💧 Watershed Management

The Art of Fermentation

by Sandor Ellix Katz • 2012

Vegetable fermentation has zero documented illnesses. The science of why, and how to start yourself.

4.43

5k+

🫙 Fermentation 🧂 Food Preservation 🦠 Gut Health 🌿 Spontaneous Fermentation 🧪 Food Science

The Art of Fermentation

Vegetable fermentation has zero documented illnesses. The science of why, and how to start yourself.

by Sandor Ellix Katz 2012

4.43

5k+ ratings

🫙 Fermentation 🧂 Food Preservation 🦠 Gut Health 🌿 Spontaneous Fermentation 🧪 Food Science

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