Berry, W. 1981. The Gift of Good Land. San Francisco: North Point Press. A series of essays on a variety of topics ranging from Amish farms to sheep and scythes by one of America's best environmental writers.

Conway, G. R., and J. N. Pretty. 1991. Unwelcome Harvest: Agriculture and Pollution. London: Earthscan Publications, Ltd. Modern intensive agriculture has resulted in widespread pollution. New models are needed.

Fukuoka, M. 1978. One Straw Revolution: An Introduction to Natural Farming. Emmaus, PA: Rodale Press. An account of one man's successful experiments in organic gardening.

Gliessman, S. R., ed. 1990. Agroecology: Researching the Ecological Basis for Sustainable Agriculture. New York: Springer Verlag. Describes ecological basis of agriculture, soil conservation, nutrient restoration, and biological pest control.

Goldsmith, E., et al. (November/December) 1993. "GATT and Third World Agriculture," The Ecologist 23, no. 6:219. The general agreement on tariffs and trade, dominated by the industrial nations of the world, works to undermine and destabilize domestic agriculture in developing countries.

Grant, C. A., and G. P. Lafond. (May) 1993. "The Effects of Tillage Systems and Crop Sequences on Soil Bulk-Density and Penetration Resistance on a Clay Soil in Southern Saskatchewan," Canadian Journal of Soil Science 73, no. 2:223. An interesting comparison of no-till, minimum-till, and conventional tillage on soil compaction and water content of clay soils.

Hamilton, N. D. (Spring) 1993. "Issues Shaping the Future," William Mitchell Law Review 19, no. 2:265. Raises some interesting questions about the right to farm and duties of stewardship from owning or using farmland.

Harwood, R. R. 1990. "A History of Sustainable Agriculture," in Sustainable Agricultural Systems. Edited by C. A. Edwards, et al. Ankeny, IA: The Soil and Water Conservation Society. A readable survey of sustainable agriculture through history.

Hildyard, N., et al. 1991. "Declaration of the International Movement for Ecological Agriculture," The Ecologist 21, no. 2:1107. A special issue devoted to a critique of the FAO and modern, high-technology agriculture.

Jackson, W., W. Berry, and B. Colman. 1984. Meeting the Expectations of the Land: Essays in Sustainable Agriculture and Stewardship. San Francisco: North Point Press. An eloquent and insightful discussion of sustainable farming.

Postel, S. 1990. "Saving Water for Agriculture," in State of the World 1990. Washington, DC: Worldwatch Institute. A good discussion of water use in agriculture and its associated problems.

Reagnold, J. P., R. I. Papendick, and J. F. Parr. (June) 1990. "Sustainable Agriculture," Scientific American 262, no. 6:112. Describes environmental and economic rewards of alternative agriculture.

Schneiderman, H. A., and W. D. Carpenter. (April) 1990. "Planetary Patriotism: Sustainable Agriculture for the Future," Environmental Science and Technology 24, no. 4:466. The director of biotechnology for the Monsanto Corp. argues that transgenic plants and animals are essential to feed the world.

Shiva, Vandana. 1991. The Violence of the Green Revolution. London: Zed Books. An angry but persuasive look at Third World agriculture, ecology, and politics.

Soule, J. D., and J. Piper. 1992. Farming in Nature's Image: An Ecological Approach to Agriculture. Covelo, CA: Island Press. A detailed look at the pioneering work on permaculture at Wes Jackson's Land Institute in Kansas.

Stutz, B. (March/April) 1993. "The Landscape of Hunger." Audubon 95, no. 2:54. Protecting the world's food supply means preserving the land that produces it.

Waller, H. (Spring) 1990. "Family Farms, Safe Food, and the Environment," Earth Island Journal 5, no. 2:32. A warning that loss of family farms threatens our environment and our food supply.