Library Guides: Agriculture (Plants & Crops) Research Guide: Sustainable

Encyclopedias and other Reference

Sustainable Agriculture and Food by Jules Pretty
Call Number: S494.5 S86 S864 2008
ISBN: 9781844074082
Publication Date: 2007-12-07
print only. This is a 4 volume set with the respective subtitles of 1)History of ag and food, 2) Ag and the environment, 3) Ag and food systems, 4) Policies, processes and institutions
Rodale's Ultimate Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening by Fern Marshall Bradley (Editor); Barbara Ellis (Editor); Ellen Phillips (Editor)
Call Number: SB453.5 R645 2009
ISBN: 9781594869174
Publication Date: 2009-02-03
print only. 2 copies; 1 in GEN and 1 in REF

Organic FAQs
Answers to Frequently Asked Questions related to organic food and farming.
What is Sustainable Agriculture?
From SARE.

e-books

The Virtues of Ignorance: Complexity, Sustainability, and the Limits of Knowledge
By Bill Vitek and Wes Jackson. Electronic book accessible to ISU affiliated users only. There is also a print version available in the Parks Library.
SARE - free e-books
SARE: Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education. all e-books are freely downloadable pdf files.
Agri-Culture: Reconnecting People, Land, and Nature
By Jules Pretty in 2002. Electronic book accessible to ISU affiliated users only.
Toward Sustainable Agriculture for the 21st Century
Published in 2010, from the National Academies Press. Look for the link to "download free pdf."

Print books at Parks Library

Farming in the Dark by Rhonda R. Janke
Call Number: S494.5 S86 J35x 2008
ISBN: 1934269182
Publication Date: 2008-04-01
Interviews with farmers, including their opinions of land grant universities and extension agents.
Sustainable Agriculture Reviews by Eric Lichtfouse
Call Number: online only
ISBN: 3319480065
Publication Date: 2017

Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture
The Center, based out of ISU, was created to conduct research on the environmental & socioeconomic impacts of farming practices and to help develop profitable farming systems that preserve natural resources and the environment.
Land Institute
Their purpose is to develop an agricultural system with the ecological stability of the prairie and a grain yield comparable to that from annual crops.
Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE)
Organic Farming Research Foundation