Upcoming Reads
February 2020: Eating NAFTA: Trade, Food Policies, and the Destruction of Mexico*
March 2020: Eating Animals*+
April 2020: The Fate of Food: What We’ll Eat in a Bigger, Hotter, Smarter World*+
May 2020: The Food Explorer: The True Adventures of the Globe-Trotting Botanist Who Transformed What America Eats*+
June 2020: Unnaturally Delicious: How Science and Technology are Serving Up Super Foods to Save the World*
July 2020: The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South*+
August 2020: Butter: A Rich History*
September 2020: The Fault Lines of Farm Policy*
October 2020: Size Matters: Why We Love to Hate Big Food*
November 2020: Lab Girl*+
December 2020: Baking Powder Wars: The Cutthroat Food Fight that Revolutionized Cooking*
* Kindle version available
+ Audible audiobook available
On Our Reading List
Below are books that have piqued our interest or been recommended through the Suggest a Book page on the website. You may see them as future #AgBookClub reads. 😉
- Bringing it to the Table: On Farming and Food
- Eating NAFTA: Trade, Food Policies, and the Destruction of Mexico
- Eight Flavors: The Untold Story of American Cuisine
- In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto
- Three Squares: The Invention of the American Meal
Book Shelf (Past Reads)
September 2017
Book: Bread, Wine, Chocolate: The Slow Loss of Foods We Love
Bread, Wine, Chocolate Reading Guide
Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟 (4/5)
October 2017
Book: $2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ (3/5)
November/December 2017
Book: The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl
The Worst Hard Time Reading Guide
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐✨ (4.5/5)
January 2018
Book: Grocery: The Buying and Selling of Food in America
AgBookClub Review
Grocery Reading Guide
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5/5)
February 2018
Book: The Food Police: A Well-Fed Manifesto About the Politics of Your Plate
AgBookClub Review
The Food Police Reading Guide
Rating: ⭐⭐✨ (2.5/5)
March 2018: The Man Who Fed the World
April 2018: No More Food Fights
May/June 2018: The Last Hunger Season
July/August 2018: Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman: Conservation Heroes of the American Heartland
September 2018: Midwest Maize: How Corn Shaped the U.S. Heartland
October 2018: In Meat We Trust: An Unexpected History of Carnivore America
November/December 2018: Seeds of Science: Why We Got It So Wrong on GMOs
January 2019: J.C. Penney: The Man, The Store, and American Agriculture
February/March 2019: The Omnivore’s Dilemma
April 2019: Tomorrow’s Table: Organic Farming, Genetics, and the Future of Food
May 2019: The Long Haul: A Trucker’s Tails of Life on the Road*+
June 2019: Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal*+
July 2019: 40 Chances: Finding Hope in a Hungry World*+
August 2019: Dream Differently: Candid Advice for America’s Students*+
September 2019: Grain Dust Dreams*
October 2019: Unsavory Truth: How Food Companies Skew the Science of What We Eat*+
November 2019: The American Way of Eating: Undercover at Walmart, Applebee’s, Farm Fields and the Dinner Table*+
December 2019: The Dirty Life: A Memoir of Farming, Food, and Love*+
January 2020: Food Bullying: How to Avoid Buying B.S.*
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