Books

a collage of holiday book gift guide covers for books on food and farming

Our 2020 Food and Farming Holiday Book Gift Guide

By The Civil Eats Editors

November 30, 2020

We read, reviewed, and recommend more than two dozen food and farming books for your gift-giving pleasure.

By Switching to a Plant-Based Diet, Eric Adams Is ‘Healthy at Last’

By Nadra Nittle

October 9, 2020

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams points to a healthy eating poster at the Lower East Side Girls Club. (Photo credit: Erica Sherman/Brooklyn BP's Office)

Marion Nestle Imagines an ‘Enlightened’ Approach to National Food Policy

By Marion Nestle and Kerry Trueman

September 4, 2020

marion nestle and the cover of her new book, let's ask marion

Tom Philpott Predicts the End of Farming as We Know It

By Twilight Greenaway

August 27, 2020

Tom Philpott and the cover of his new book, Perilous Bounty. Author photo © Gabriel C. Pérez.

‘American Harvest’ Provides a Window on Farm Country

By Twilight Greenaway

July 8, 2020

A collage of photos of author marie mutsui mockett and the cover of her new book, american harvest

Inside the Race for Lab-Grown Meat

By Nadra Nittle

July 8, 2020

A collage of a photo of the author Chase Purdy and the cover of his new book, Billion Dollar Burger

What the History of Salmon Can Tell Us About the Future of the Planet

March 5, 2020

book cover of mark kurlansky's salmon, plus author photo by Sylvia Plachy

For Democrats to Win in 2020, Invest in Rural America, says Jane Kleeb

By Twilight Greenaway

March 4, 2020

jane kleeb harvest the vote book cover

Women’s Rage Finds Power in Protest—and Baking

By Tess Rafferty

February 3, 2020

woman rage baking in protest, hands covered in flour

Our 2019 Food and Farming Holiday Book Gift Guide

By The Civil Eats Editors

December 3, 2019

a montage of food and farming book covers

How ‘Kid Food’ Became Fraught for Parents

By Matthew Wheeland

October 31, 2019

bettina elias siegel and the cover of her book kid food

The Rise of America’s Favorite Berry

By Twilight Greenaway

October 10, 2019

Wage Theft, Slavery, and Climate Change on the Outlaw Ocean

By Gosia Wozniacka

September 27, 2019

Ian Urbina author photo © Jabin Botsford 2019

Jonathan Safran Foer: Stopping Climate Change Starts at Breakfast

September 20, 2019

jonathan safran foer we are the weather book cover and author photo copyright Jeff Mermelstein

Americans Eat More Chicken Than Ever. Leah Garcés is Working to Change the Industry.

By Nadra Nittle

September 9, 2019

photo of leah garcés of mercy for animals and the cover of grilled her new book on animal welfare and factory farms

21 New and Noteworthy Food and Farming Books to Read This Summer

By The Civil Eats Editors

June 18, 2019

a collage of covers of summer reading food and farming books

How America Became the ‘Red Meat Republic’

By Jamison Pfeifer

May 9, 2019

red meat republic by joshua specht cover and author photo

How Farm Policy and Big Ag Impact Farmers in the U.S. and Abroad

March 7, 2019

author timothy wise and his book, "eating tomorrow"

Art Cullen is Bringing Rural Farm Politics to the National Stage

By Twilight Greenaway

March 5, 2019

art cullen and his brother john at the newspaper printing press

We Can’t Go On Like This: An Excerpt from ‘Storm Lake’

March 5, 2019

tractor

More Time in the Kitchen May Not Be the Answer to Feeding Kids Well

March 1, 2019

woman cooking in the kitchen

Feeding the World Without Destroying It

January 10, 2019

eric holt-gimenez and the cover of his new book, can we feed the world without destroying it

‘Freedom Farmers’ Tells the History of Black Farmers Uniting Against Racism

By Cynthia Greenlee

December 20, 2018

monica white and freedom farmers book cover

Civil Eats’ 2018 Holiday Book Gift Guide

By The Civil Eats Editors

December 3, 2018

‘Farming While Black’ is a Guidebook to Dismantle Systemic Racism

November 2, 2018

leah penniman and book cover