This reading list was compiled from the extensive reading lists found on a few other Slow Food Sites, from the "Roots of Change" website, and from personal collections within the convivium. We have provided links to facilitate purchase or lending (from the Central Valley Libray System, if available) of these books. If you choose to use the library system, and find that the book you wish to read is not available in your local branch, you may request a copy through the system that will be transferred temporarily to your local branch for a miniscule fee.
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Sustainability:
A Philosophy of Adaptive Ecosystem Management
by Bryan G. Norton |
University Of Chicago Press; New Ed edition
November 1, 2005
ISBN-10: 0226595218 |
NOT YET in the
Valley Library System
From Amazon |
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Dialogue:
The Art Of Thinking Together
by William Isaacs |
Doubleday Business; 1 edition
September 14, 1999
ISBN-10: 0385479999 |
NOT YET in the
Valley Library System
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Sharing the Harvest:
A Citizens Guide to Community Supported Agriculture, Revised and Expanded
by Elizabeth Henderson and Robyn Van En |
Chelsea Green Publishing; Rev Exp edition
November 1, 2007
ISBN-10: 193339210X |
From the Valley Library System
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Coming Home to Eat:
The Pleasures and Politics of Local Foods
by Gary Paul Nabhan |
W. W. Norton & Company
November 2002
ISBN-10: 0393323749 |
NOT YET in the
Valley Library System
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Together at the Table:
Sustainability And Sustenance in the American Agrifood System
by Patricia Allen |
Pennsylvania State University Press
May 30, 2007
ISBN-10: 0271029773 |
NOT YET in the
Valley Library System
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Agroecology:
The Ecology of Sustainable Food Systems
by Stephen R. Gliessman |
CRC; 2 edition
November 15, 2006
ISBN-10: 0849328454 |
NOT YET in the
Valley Library System
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Momentum:
Igniting Social Change in the Connected Age
by Alison H. Fine |
Jossey-Bass
September 29, 2006
ISBN-10: 0787984442 |
NOT YET in the
Valley Library System
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Natural Capitalism:
Creating the Next Industrial Revolution
by Paul Hawken,
Amory Lovins,
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L. Hunter Lovins |
Back Bay Books; 1st edition
October 12, 2000
ISBN-10: 0316353000 |
From the Valley Library System
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World Agriculture and the Environment:
A Commodity-By-Commodity Guide To Impacts And Practices
by Jason Clay |
Island Press; 1 edition
March 1, 2004
ISBN-10: 1559633700 |
NOT YET in the
Valley Library System
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The Earthscan Reader in Sustainable Agriculture Jules Pretty (Editor) |
Earthscan Publications Ltd.
November 2005
ISBN-10: 1844072363 |
NOT YET in the
Valley Library System
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The Wealth of Networks:
How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom
by Yochai Benkler |
Yale University Press
October 23, 2007
ISBN-10: 0300125771 |
NOT YET in the
Valley Library System
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Sustainable Capitalism:
A Matter of Common Sense
by John Ikerd |
Kumarian Publishers
August 17, 2005
ISBN-10: 1565492064 |
NOT YET in the
Valley Library System
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Ecoagriculture:
Strategies To Feed The World And Save Wild Biodiversity
by Future Harvest,
Jeffrey A. McNeely,
&
Sara J. Scherr |
Island Press; 1 edition
November 1, 2002
ISBN-10: 1559636459 |
From the Valley Library System
From Amazon |
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The Ecology of Commerce
by Paul Hawken |
Collins
June 3, 1994
ISBN-10: 0887307043 |
NOT YET in the
Valley Library System
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The Farm as Natural Habitat:
Reconnecting Food Systems With Ecosystems
by Nina L. Bradley (Foreword), Dana L. Jackson (Editor), Laura L. Jackson (Editor) |
Island Press; 1 edition
April 1, 2002
ISBN-10: 1559638478 |
NOT YET in the
Valley Library Systemm
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Interactions Between Agroecosystems and Rural Communities
Edited by Cornelia Flora |
CRC; 1 edition
February 5, 2001
ISBN-10: 0849309174 |
NOT YET in the
Valley Library System
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Fields That Dream:
A Journey to the Roots of Our Food
by Jenny Kurzweil |
Fulcrum Publishing
September 15, 2005
ISBN-10: 155591506X |
NOT YET in the
Valley Library System
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Hungry for Profit:
The Agribusiness Threat to Farmers, Food, and the Environment
by Fred Magdoff,
John Bellamy,
& Foster Frederick Buttel |
Monthly Review Press
September 1, 2000
ISBN-10: 1583670165 |
NOT YET in the
Valley Library System
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The Principles of Sustainability
by Simon Dresner |
Earthscan Publications Ltd.
October 2002
ISBN-10: 185383842X |
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Valley Library System
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Facilitating Sustainable Agriculture: Participatory Learning and Adaptive Management in Times of Environmental Uncertainty
by N. G. Roling (Editor), M. A. E. Wagemakers (Editor) |
Cambridge University Press; 1st edition
October 9, 2000
ISBN-10: 0521794811 |
NOT YET in the
Valley Library System
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Confronting the Coffee Crisis:
Fair Trade, Sustainable Livelihoods and Ecosystems in Mexico and Central America
Edited by Christopher M. Bacon, V. Ernesto Méndez, Stephen R. Gliessman, David Goodman, & Jonathan A. Fox |
The MIT Press
February 29, 2008
ISBN-10: 0262524805 |
NOT YET in the
Valley Library System
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Turning to One Another:
Simple Conversations to Restore Hope to the Future
by Margaret J. Wheatley |
Berrett-Koehler Publishers; 1 ed
January 9, 2002
ISBN-10: 1576751457 |
NOT YET in the
Valley Library System
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Leadership and the New Science:
Discovering Order in a Chaotic World
by Margaret J. Wheatley |
Berrett-Koehler Publishers; 3rd ed.
September 1, 2006
ISBN-10: 1576753441 |
From the Valley Library System
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Agroecology in Action:
Extending Alternative Agriculture through Social Networks
by Keith Douglass Warner |
The MIT Press
January 1, 2007
ISBN-10: 0262731800 |
NOT YET in the
Valley Library System
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Agri-Culture:
Reconnecting People, Land
and Nature
by Jules Pretty |
Earthscan Publications Ltd. September 26, 2002
ISBN-10: 1853839256 |
NOT YET in the
Valley Library System
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Sustainability: Life Chances and Livelihoods
by M. Redclift |
Routledge; 1 edition December 2, 1999
ISBN-10: 0415196175 |
NOT YET in the
Valley Library System
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Presence
by Peter M. Senge. Joseph Jaworski, C. Otto Scharmer, Betty Sue Flowers |
Nicholas Brealey Publishing Ltd
June 2, 2005
ISBN-10: 1857883551 |
NOT YET in the
Valley Library System
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The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook
by Peter M. Senge, Art Kleiner, Charlotte Roberts, Rick Ross, & Bryan Smith |
Doubleday Business; 1 ed.
June 20, 1994
ISBN-10: 0385472560 |
From the Valley Library System
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