Recommended Books on Agricultural Geography

Clay, Jason. 2004. World Agriculture and the Environment: A Commodity-by-Commodity Guide to Impacts and Practices. Washington, D.C., and Covelo, CA: Island Press. The book describes the environmental effects resulting from the production of 22 major crops; it is global in scope and encyclopedic in detail.

Grigg, David B. 1995. An Introduction to Agricultural Geography, 2nd ed. London: Routledge. A comprehensive introduction to the human and environmental factors that influence how agriculture and agricultural practices differ from place to place.

Middleton, Nick, and David S. G. Thomas (eds.). 1997. World Atlas of Desertification, 2nd ed. London: Arnold. Look at the cartographic evidence and decide for yourself whether the deserts of the world are enlarging at the expense of agricultural lands.

Millstone, Erik, and Tim Lang. 2003. The Penguin Atlas of Food. New York: Penguin Books. This book is packed with information on global agriculture on a wide range of topics, including genetically modified crops, fast food, organic farming, and more, all presented in brilliantly detailed maps.

Sachs, Carolyn E. 1996. Gendered Fields: Rural Women, Agriculture, and Environment. Boulder, CO: Westview Press. An exploration of the commonalities and differences in rural women’s experiences and their strategies for dealing with the challenges and opportunities of rural living.

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Sauer, Carl O. 1969. Seeds, Spades, Hearths, and Herds. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. The renowned American cultural geographer presents his theories on the origins of plant and animal domestication—the beginnings of agriculture.