Books

So many books, so little time! 
We have an ever-growing FBEA Book List.
Highlighted below are a few of our favorites and new books of interest hot off the press.
Alphabetical by author

Hot Off the Press - 2010

A Nation of Farmers: Defeating the Food Crisis on American Soil
by Sharon Astyk more

Empires of Food: Feast, Famine, and the Rise and Fall of Civilizations
by Evan D.G. Fraser and Andrew Rimas

Instead of Education: Ways to Help People do Things Better
by John Holt

Up We Grow: A Year in the Life of a Small, Local Farm
by Deborah Hodge, Photographed by Brain Harris More

Diet for a Hot Planet: The Climate Crisis at the End of Your Fork and What You Can Do About It
by Anna Lappe

Free for All: Fixing School Food in America
by Sociologist Janet Poppendieck

The Death and Life of the Great American School System
by Diane Ravitch

Pandora's Seed: The Unforeseen Cost of Civilization
By Spencer Wells

Food & Agriculture

Fields of Plenty
by Michael Ableman

Reclaiming the Commons: Community Farms and Forests in a New England Town
by Brian Donahue

The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
by Michael Pollan

Multiple Intelligences: The Theory in Practice
by Howard Gardner

Deschooling Society
by Ivan Illicch

Experiential Learning: Experience as the Source of Learning and Development
by D. A. Kolb

Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder

By Richard Louv

Place-Based Education: Connecting Classrooms & Communities
by David Sobel

Smart by Nature: Schooling for Sustainability
by Michael K. Stone & The Center for Ecoliteracy

Related / Miscellaneous

Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work

by Matthew B. Crawford

Green Sister: A Spiritual Ecology
by Sarah McFarland Taylor