Sustainable Agriculture (MSFS-530)

ALWAYS check your Moodle course page for the complete list of required readings

The course readings provided here are resources in the CIA Library or Open Access

There may be additional readings provided by your instructor.

• Mary K. Hendrickson and Harvey S. James: “The Ethics of Constrained Choice: How the Industrialization of Agriculture Impacts Farming and Farmer Behavior”, Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, 2005 (PDF posted to Moodle)

• “Kiss the Ground”, Big Picture Ranch, 2020

• Dr. D. Tripathi, et al.: Fundamentals of Soil Science, AgriMoon.com, 2013

• TED Talk featuring Lindsey Lusher Shute: Building a Future with Farmers (on YouTube)

• Fred Kirschenmann: “Why Worry About the Agriculture of the Middle?”, The Leopold Institute, 2005

• Linda Qiu, Linda “Farmland Values Hit Record Highs, Pricing Out Farmers”, New York Times, 2022 (Activate your Academic Pass to NY Times using your CIA email here to access NYT for free)

• “Gabe Brown Goes to Congress”, Senate Agriculture Committee, 2021 (on YouTube)

• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations: The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture, 2022 (PDF posted to Moodle)

• Christina Hicks: Harnessing Global Fisheries to Tackle Micronutrient Deficiencies, 2019 (PDF posted to Moodle)

• T. Reid: “Barriers to Beginning Farmer Entry and Development: A Review ofCurrent Studies and Analysis of Cultural, Political, and Geographic Factors”, PhD Dissertation, Michigan State University, 2013