Reading List
Fall 2005
Please read these PRIOR TO the start of the field portion of the class.
Note: These readings have been selected to provide a range and variety of perspectives and background information. One of our goals is to provide a common set of background information and vocabulary as we begin the course. Another goal is to provide the range of perspectives.
Tools for Discussion and Analysis
Washington State Dept of Agriculture. 2004. Washington State Agriculture Production by County. AGR PUB 120-126
Washington State Dept of Agriculture. 2004. Washington State Food Processing Industry Gross Sales and Employment by County. AGR PUB 120-127
Davis, Barbara Gross. 1993. Leading Discussions, Ch. 8 in Tools for Teaching. Jossey-Bass Inc., San Francisco. pp.64-65.
Anonymous. Distribution of Agricultural Products. (a food systems diagram)
Bland, W.L. draft 2003 (7/22). Agroecosystem analysis revisited. (unpublished manuscript)
A draft manuscript developed for a similar course to this Field SFS course, but that focuses solely on the farm level (rather than the larger food system). This should provide language and a conceptual frameworkour studies as well.
Conway, G.R. 1990. Concepts. Ch. 2 in Agroecosystem Analysis for Research and conepts. Winrock International Institute for Agriculture, Morrilton, Arkansas.
(based on Conway, GR. 1985. Agroecosystem Analysis. Agricultural Administration, 20:31-55.)
Other Readings
Altieri, Miguel A. 1995. Toward sustainable agriculture. Ch. 18 in Altieri, M.A. Agroecology – The science ofsustainable agriculture, 2nd ed.. Westview Press, Boulder, CO. pp. 367-379
This is the final chapter within one of the key books in the agroecology literature, written by one of the keyscientists in the discipline. The book was originally published in 1987, with 2nd edition coming out in 1995.
Berry, Wendell. 1995. Farming and the global community. Ch. 1 in Another Turn of the Crank. Counterpoint Press.
Clancy, Kate. 2000. Reconnecting farmers and citizens in the food system. In: Lockeretz, William. Visions of American Agriculture. Iowa State University Press, Ames, Iowa. pp. 47-58.
This reading comes from a book which is “…a selection of writings on social and economic evolution in the agricultural sector. It looks to the future and offers creative solutions to problems that agriculture willbe facing.” -book jacket
Daily, G. C., S. Alexander, P.R. Ehrlich, L. Goulder, J. Lubchenco, PA. Matson, HA Mooney, S. Postel, S.H. Schneider, D.Tilman, and G.M. Woodwell. 1997. Ecosystem services: Benefits supplied to humansocieties by natural ecosystems. Issues in Ecology, 2, Spring 1997.
Danborn, David B. 2000. Past visions of American Agriculture. In: Lockeretz, William. Visions of American Agriculture. Iowa State University Press, Ames, Iowa. pp. 3-16.
Parker, Rick. 2003. Overview of food science. Ch. 1 in: Introduction to Food Science. Delmar, Albany, NY. Pp. 3-19.
Schlosser, Eric. 2002. Why the fries taste so good. Ch 5 in: Fast Food Nation. Harper Collins Publishers Inc., NY pp 111-131.
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