by Liz Carlisle
Clark, Andy, ed. “Medics.” In Managing Cover Crops Profitably. 3rd ed., 152–59. Beltsville, MD: Sustainable Agriculture Network, 2007. http://www.sare.org/Learning-Center/Books/Managing-Cover-Crops-Profitably-3rd-Edition/Text-Version/Legume-Cover-Crops/Medics.
Lloyd, D. L., B. Johnson, K. C. Teasdale, and S. M. O’Brien. “Establishing Ley Legumes in the Northern Grain Belt—Undersow or Sow Alone.” In Proceedings of the 9th Australian Agronomy Conference, edited by D. L. Michalk and J. E. Pratley. Wagga Wagga, Australia: Charles Stuart University, July 20–23, 1998. http://www.regional.org.au/au/asa/1998/3/019lloyd.htm.
Puckridge, D. W., and R. J. French. “The Annual Ley-Pasture System in Cereal-Ley Farming Systems of Southern Australia: A Review.” Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Environment 9 (1983): 229–67.
On the New Western Energy Show:
Chaney, Albert O. “An Examination and Film Documentation of the New Western Energy Show 1976–77.” Master’s thesis, University of Montana, 1978.
On Parathion and Human Health:
Azaroff, L. S., and L. M. Neas. “Acute Health Effects Associated with Nonoccupational Pesticide Exposure in Rural El Salvador.” Environmental Research 80, no. 2 (1999): 158–64.
Garcia, S., A. Abu-Qare, W. Meeker-O’Connell, A. Borton, and M. Abou-Donia. “Methyl Parathion: A Review of Health Effects.” Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health Part B: Critical Reviews 6, no. 2 (2003): 185–210.
Wright, Angus. The Death of Ramón González: The Modern Agricultural Dilemma. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2010.
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On the History of the Alternative Energy Resources Organization and the Northern Plains Resource Council:
AERO Sun Times, Summer 1994 (special twentieth-anniversary issue).
Charter, Anne Goddard. Cowboys Don’t Walk: A Tale of Two. Billings, MT: Western Organization of Resource Councils, 1999.
Cochran, Kye. “Montana Rancher Resists Consolidation Coal Company’s Attempts to Strip Mine His Property.” Mother Earth News, January/February 1979. http://www.motherearthnews.com/nature-and-environment/strip-mining-consolidation-coal-company-zmaz79zsch.aspx.
On Progressive-Era Agrarian Populism and the Farmers Union:
Field, Bruce E. Harvest of Dissent: The National Farmers Union and the Early Cold War. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1998.
Flamm, Michael W. “The National Farmers Union and the Evolution of Agrarian Liberalism, 1937–1946.” Agricultural History 68 (1994): 54–80.
Goodwyn, Lawrence. The Populist Moment: A Short History of the Agrarian Revolt in America. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1978.
National Farmers Union. “National Farmers Union History.” http://www.nfu.org/about-nfu/history.
Pratt, William C. “The Farmers Union, McCarthyism, and the Demise of the Agrarian Left.” Historian 58 (1996): 329–42.
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On the Decline of Public Agricultural Research Funding:
Buttel, Frederick H. “Ever Since Hightower: The Politics of Agricultural Research Activism in the Molecular Age.” Agriculture and Human Values 22 (2005): 275–83.
Kloppenburg, Jack. First the Seed: The Political Economy of Plant Biotechnology. 2nd ed. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2005.
On AERO’s Farm Improvement Club Program:
Matheson, Nancy. “AERO Farm Improvement Clubs.” Journal of Pesticide Reform 13, no. 1 (1993): 11.
Matheson, Nancy. “Montana’s Farm Improvement Clubs Are a Collaborative Learning Community.” Sustainable Farming Quarterly 5, no. 1 (1993): 1–5.
Rusmore, Barbara. “Reinventing Science Through Agricultural Participatory Research.” PhD diss., Fielding Graduate University, 1996.
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On the Growth of the Organic Industry in the 1990s and 2000s:
Howard, Philip H. “Consolidation in the North American Organic Food Processing Sector, 1997 to 2007.” International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture and Food 16, no. 1 (2009): 13–30.
Pollan, Michael. “Behind the Organic Industrial Complex.” New York Times Magazine, May 13, 2001.
Raynolds, L. T. “The Globalization of Organic Agro-food Networks.” World Development 32, no. 5 (2004): 725–43.
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On the Growth of the Conventional Lentil Industry in Saskatchewan:
Saskatchewan Pulse Growers Association. http://saskpulse.com.
Slinkard, A. E., and A. Vandenberg. “Lentil.” In Harvest of Gold: The History of Field Crop Breeding in Canada, edited by A. E. Slinkard and D. R. Knott, 191–96. Saskatoon, SK: University Extension Press, 1995.
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On the History of Black Beluga/Indianhead Lentils:
Beiderbeck, V. O. “Replacing Fallow with Annual Legumes for Plowdown or Feed.” In Proceedings of the Symposium on Crop Diversification in Sustainable Agriculture Systems, 46–51. Saskatoon: University of Saskatchewan, 1988.
Carlisle, Liz. “Making Heritage: The Story of Black Beluga Agriculture on the Northern Great Plains.” Annals of the Association of American Geographers (forthcoming).
Carlisle, Liz. “Pulses and Populism.” PhD diss., University of California, Berkeley, 2015.
On the Tradeoff Between Crop Yield and Nutrient Density:
Benbrook, Charles M. 2007. “The Impacts of Yield on Nutritional Quality: Lessons from Organic Farming.” Paper presented at the American Society for Horticultural Science Colloquium, “Crop Yield and Quality: Can We Maximize Both?” Scottsdale, AZ, July 18, 2007. http://www.organic-center.org/reportfiles/Hort_Soc_Colloquim_July_2007_FINAL.pdf.
Davis, Donald R., Melvin D. Epp, and Hugh D. Riordan. “Changes in USDA Food Composition Data for 43 Garden Crops, 1950 to 1999.” Journal of the American College of Nutrition 23, no. 6 (2004): 669–82.
Fuhrman, Scott. “Nutrient Density.” https://www.drfuhrman.com/library/article17.aspx.
Halweil, B. “Still No Free Lunch: Nutrient Levels in US Food Supply Eroded by Pursuit of High Yields.” Organic Center, 2007. http://www.organic-center.org/reportfiles/YieldsReport.pdf.
On the Expansion of Organic and Conventional Lentil Farming in Montana:
Harmon A., T. Reusch, M. Fox, and M. Gaston. Lentils: Gems in the Treasure State. Bozeman: Montana State University, 2014.
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On Organic Conversion as a Philosophical, Existential Shift:
Bell, Michael. Farming for Us All: Practical Agriculture and the Cultivation of Sustainability. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2004.
Hassanein, Neva. Changing the Way America Farms: Knowledge and Community in the Sustainable Agriculture Movement. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1999.
Kirschenmann, Frederick L. Cultivating an Ecological Conscience: Essays from a Farmer Philosopher. Edited by Constance L. Falk. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2010.
On Intercropping and the Mexican Milpa System:
Gliessman, Stephen R. “Chapter 15: Species Interactions in Crop Communities.” In Agroecology: The Ecology of Sustainable Food Systems. 2nd ed., 205–16. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2006.
Liebman, M. “Polyculture Cropping Systems.” In Agroecology: The Science of Sustainable Agriculture. 2nd ed., edited by Miguel A. Altieri, 205–18. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1995.
Malézieux, E., Y. Crozat, C. Dupraz, M. Laurans, D. Makowski, H. Ozier-Lafontaine, B. Rapidel, S. de Tourdonnet, and M. Valantin-Morison. “Mixing Plant Species in Cropping Systems: Concepts Tools and Models: A Review.” Agronomy for Sustainable Development 29, no. 1 ( 2009): 43–62.
Vandermeer, John. The Ecology of Intercropping. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1989.
Wright, Angus. “Technology and Conflict.” In The Death of Ramón González: The Modern Agricultural Dilemma, 140–87. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2010.
On the Use of Rotations and Cover Crops for Nutrient Management:
Davis, A. S., J. D. Hill, C. A. Chase, A. M. Johanns, and M. Liebman. “Increasing Cropping S
ystem Diversity Balances Productivity, Profitability and Environmental Health.” PLoS ONE 7, no. 10 (2012): doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0047149.
Magdoff, Fred, and Harold van Es. Building Soils for Better Crops. 3rd ed. Beltsville, MD: Sustainable Agriculture Network, 2010. Available for free online at http://www.sare.org/Learning-Center/Books/Building-Soils-for-Better-Crops-3rd-Edition.
Rick, T. L., C. A. Jones, R. E. Engel, and P. R. Miller. “Green Manure and Phosphate Rock Effects on Phosphorus Availability in a Northern Great Plains Dryland Organic Cropping System.” Organic Agriculture 1, no. 2 (2011): 81–90.
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On Weed Ecology, Organic Weed Management, and the Agronomic Challenges Associated with Organic Transition:
Altieri, Miguel A. “Weed Ecology and Management.” In Agroecology: The Science of Sustainable Agriculture. 2nd ed., 283–306. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1995.
Menalled, F., C. A. Jones, D. Buschena, and P. R. Miller. “From Conventional to Organic Cropping: What to Expect During the Transition Years.” Montana State University Extension Guide. http://msuextension.org/publications/AgandNaturalResources/MT200901AG.pdf.
Mortensen, D. A., J. F. Egan, B. D. Maxwell, M. R. Ryan, and R. G. Smith. “Navigating a Critical Juncture for Sustainable Weed Management.” BioScience 62, no. 1 (2012): 75–84.
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On the Conflict between Biological Time and Capitalist Time:
Boyd, William, and Michael Watts. “Agro-Industrial Just-in-Time: The Chicken Industry and Postwar American Capitalism.” In Globalising Food: Agrarian Questions and Global Restructuring, edited by Michael Watts and David Goodman, 139–65. London: Routledge, 1997.
Cronon, William. “Railroad Time.” In Nature’s Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West, 74–80. New York: W. W. Norton, 1991.
Mann, S., and J. Dickinson. “Obstacles to the Development of a Capitalist Agriculture. Journal of Peasant Studies 5 (1978): 466–81.
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On Rural “Food Deserts” and Improving Access to Organic Food:
Davio, Stephanie, Chris Ryan, and Jay Feldman. “The Real Story on the Affordability of Organic Food.” Pesticides and You 31, no. 3 (2011): 9–18. http://www.beyondpesticides.org/organicfood/documents/true-cost.pdf.
Larsen, Steph. “Welcome to the Food Deserts of Rural America.” Grist, January 21, 2011. http://grist.org/article/2011-01-21-welcome-to-the-food-deserts-of-rural-america/.
Morton, Lois Wright, and Troy C. Blanchard. “Starved for Access: Life in Rural America’s Food Deserts.” Rural Realities 1, no. 4 (2007): 1–10.
Pollan, Michael. “The Food Movement, Rising.” New York Review of Books, June 10, 2010. http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2010/jun/10/food-movement-rising/.
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On Agriculture and Pollinator Health:
Buchmann, Stephen L., and Gary Paul Nabhan. The Forgotten Pollinators. Washington, DC: Island Press, 1997.
Kremen Lab. University of California, Berkeley. http://nature.berkeley.edu/kremenlab/.
Rosner, Hillary. “Return of the Natives: How Wild Bees Will Save Our Agricultural System.” Scientific American, August 20, 2013. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/return-of-the-natives-how-wild-bees-will-save-our-agricultural-system/.
Xerces Society. http://www.xerces.org.
On US Agricultural Conservation Policy:
Cain, Zachary, and Stephen Lovejoy. “History and Outlook for Farm Bill Conservation Programs.” Choices 19, no. 4 (2004): 37–42. http://www.choicesmagazine.org/2004-4/policy/2004-4-09.htm.
Franklin, Tim. “Land Program Looks Different to Investors, Farmers.” Chicago Tribune, March 30, 1988. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1988-03-30/news/8803040790_1_farmland-ownership-conservation-reserve-program-farm-crisis.
Helms, Douglas, ed. Readings in the History of the Soil Conservation Service. US Department of Agriculture, 1992. http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb1043484.pdf.
Imhoff, Daniel. “The Conservation Era Begins—Again.” In Food Fight: The Citizen’s Guide to the Next Food and Farm Bill. 2nd ed., 48–52. Healdsburg, CA: Watershed Media, 2012.
McGranahan, D. A, P. W. Brown, L. A. Schulte, and J. C. Tyndall. “A Historical Primer on the U.S. Farm Bill: Supply Management and Conservation Policy.” Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 68, no. 3 (2013): 68A–73A.
Orr, Richard. “Generations-old Soil Bank Idea Resurrected.” Chicago Tribune, April 22, 1985. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1985-04-22/news/8501230926_1_conservation-reserve-government-farm-programs-commodity-prices.
Wuerthner, George. “The Problems with the Conservation Reserve Program.” Counterpunch, April 11–13, 2008. http://www.counterpunch.org/2008/04/11/the-problems-with-the-conservation-reserve-program/.
On the Problems with Chemical No-Till:
Mortensen, D. A., J. F. Egan, B. D. Maxwell, M. R. Ryan, and R. G. Smith. “Navigating a Critical Juncture for Sustainable Weed Management.” BioScience 62, no. 1 (2012): 75–84.
Teasdale, J. R., C. B. Coffman, and R. W. Mangum. “Potential Long-Term Benefits of No-Tillage and Organic Cropping Systems for Grain Production and Soil Improvement.” Agronomy Journal 99 (2007): 1297–1305.
Venterea, R. T., J. M. Baker, M. S. Dolan, and K. A. Spokas. “Carbon and Nitrogen Storage are Greater Under Biennial Tillage in a Minnesota Corn-Soybean Rotation.” Soil Science Society of America Journal 70 (2006): 1752–62.
On the Financialization of Food:
Clapp, Jennifer. Food. Cambridge, UK: Polity Press, 2011.
Isakson, S. R. “Food and Finance: The Financial Transformation of Agro-food Supply Chains.” Journal of Peasant Studies (2014): doi: 10.1080/03066150.2013.874340.
Russi, Luigi. Hungry Capital: The Financialization of Food. Hampshire, UK: John Hunt, 2013.
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On Farming for Better Soil Water Holding Capacity:
Magdoff, Fred, and Harold van Es. Building Soils for Better Crops. 3rd ed. Beltsville: Sustainable Agriculture Network, 2010, esp. 53–55, 92, 195. Available for free online at http://www.sare.org/Learning-Center/Books/Building-Soils-for-Better-Crops-3rd-Edition.
Merrill, S. D., D. L. Tanaka, J. M. Krupinsky, M. A. Liebig, and J. D. Hanson. “Soil Water Depletion and Recharge Under Ten Crop Species and Applications to the Principles of Dynamic Cropping Systems.” Agronomy Journal 99 (2007): 931–38.
On Genetically Modified Organisms and the GMO Debate:
Benbrook, Charles M. “Impacts of Genetically Engineered Crops on Pesticide Use in the U.S.—The First Sixteen Years.” Environmental Sciences Europe 24, no. 1 (2012): 1–13. http://www.enveurope.com/content/24/1/24.
Schurman, Rachel, and William Munro. Fighting for the Future of Food. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2010.
Union of Concerned Scientists. “Genetic Engineering in Agriculture.” http://www.ucsusa.org/food_and_agriculture/our-failing-food-system/genetic-engineering/.
On Crop Insurance and Access to Credit for Diversified and Organic Farmers:
O’Hara, Jeffrey K. Ensuring the Harvest: Crop Insurance and Credit for a Healthy Farm and Food Future. Washington, DC: Union of Concerned Scientists, 2012. http://www.ucsusa.org/assets/documents/food_and_agriculture/ensuring-the-harvest-full-report.pdf.
On Farmers and Health Insurance:
Brasch, Sam. “Why Don’t Young Farmers Get Insured?” Modern Farmer, March 24, 2014. http://modernfarmer.com/2014/03/obamacare-imperfect-lifeline-new-farmers/.
Chang, Kuo-Liang, George L. Langelett, and Andrew W. Waugh. “Health, Health Insurance, and the Decision to Exit from Farming.” Journal of Family and Economic Issues 32, no. 2 (2011): 356–72.
Zheng, Xiaoyong, and David Zimmer. “Farmers’ Health Insurance and Access to Health Care.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 90, no. 1 (2008): 267–79.
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On Community Supported Agriculture:
Henderson, Elizabeth, and Robyn Van En. Sharing the Harvest: A Citizen
’s Guide to Community Supported Agriculture. Rev. and expanded ed. White River Junction, VT: Chelsea Green, 2009.
Hinrichs, C. C. “Embeddedness and Local Food Systems: Notes on Two Types of Direct Agricultural Markets.” Journal of Rural Studies 16, no. 3 (2000): 295–303.
Local Harvest. “CSA Directory.” http://www.localharvest.org/csa/.
On Conservation on Working Lands:
Charnley, Susan, Thomas Sheridan, and Gary P. Nabhan, eds. Stitching the West Back Together: Conservation of Working Landscapes in the American West. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2014.
Quivira Coalition. http://quiviracoalition.org/.
Sayre, Nathan F. Working Wilderness: The Malpai Borderlands Group and the Future of the Western Range. Tucson, AZ: Rio Nuevo Press, 2005.
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On Values-Based Supply Chains:
Food Hubs and Values-Based Supply Chains, University of California, Davis. http://asi.ucdavis.edu/sarep/sfs/VBSC.
Roep, Dirk, and Han Wiskerke. Fourteen Lessons about Creating Sustainable Food Supply Chains. Rural Sociology Group. Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen University, 2006.
Stevenson, G. W., and R. Pirog. “Values-Based Supply Chains: Strategies for Agrifood Enterprises of the Middle.” In Food and the Mid-Level Farm: Renewing an Agriculture of the Middle, edited by Thomas A. Lyson, G. W. Stevenson, and Rick Welsh, 119–43. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2008.
On Large-Scale and Policy Solutions for Transforming the Food System:
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy. http://www.iatp.org/.
La Via Campesina. http://viacampesina.org/en/.
National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition. http://sustainableagriculture.net/.
