 |  Principles of Environmental Science William P. Cunningham,
University of Minnesota
Mary Ann Cunningham,
Vassar College
Food and Agriculture
Further Readings
| Anderson, L.. (1999). Genetic Engineering, Food and Our Environment.. White River Junction, VT: Chelsea Green Publishers..
A beginner's guide to this controversial topic. | | | |
| Aspelin, A.L.. (1996). Pesticides Industry Sales and Usage 1994 and 1995 Market Estimates -- Preliminary.. Washington, DC: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency..
Data on pesticide use in the United States. | | | |
| Baldwin, A. Dwight Jr., Judith DeLuce, and Carl Pletsch.. (1994). Beyond Preservation: restoring and inventing landscapes.. Minneapolis.: University of Minnesota Press..
A good collection of case studies in landscape restoration. | | | |
| Benbrook, Charles M.. (1996). Pest Management at the Crossroads.. Yonkers, NY: Consumers Union..
An excellent overview of integrated pest management. | | | |
| Benbrook, Charles.. (July 13, 1999.). Evidence of the Magnitude and Consequences of the Roundup Ready Soybean Yield Drag from University-Based Varietal Trials in 1998.. : .
AgBioTech InfoNet Technical Paper #1, Available at http://www.biotech-info.net/RR_yield_drag_98.pdf. | | | |
| Bergensen, H. O.. (1999). Yearbook of International Co-operation on Environment and Development 1999/2000.. New York: Earthscan..
Environmental policies of the WTO and other international agencies. | | | |
| Biot, Yvan and Piers M. Blaikie.. (1995). Rethinking Research on Land Degradation in Developing Countries.. Washington, DC: World Bank.. (Discussion Paper No 289).
A political ecology approach to understanding soil erosion in developing countries. | | | |
| Brown, Kathryn.. (2001). Seeds of Concern. : . (Scientific American 284(4): 50-57.).
First in a series of special reports on the safety of genetically modified food crops. | | | |
| Brown, Lester.. (1997). Who Will Feed China. : . (E Magazine 8(1): 36-41.).
The world's most populous country is industrializing rapidly, and the helter-skelter process is leading to wholesale destruction of cropland and creating a huge international grain deficit. | | | |
| Conway, Gordon.. (2000). Food for All in the 21st Century. : . (Environment January/February: 9-1.).
Environment January/February 2000: 9-1. Suggests policies for a doubly green revolution that could boost crop yields to keep pace with population growth. | | | |
| Conway, Gordon.. (2000). Genetically modified crops: risks and promise. : . (Conservation Ecology 4(1):2 [online] URL: http://www.consecol.org/vol4/iss1/art2.).
Suggestions for actions to improve research, innovation, and acceptance of GMOs (genetically modified organisms) in developing countries. | | | |
| Crawley, M.. (2001). Transgenic Crops in Natural Habitats.. : . (NATURE Vol. 409, No. 6821 (February 8, 2001), pgs. 682-683.).
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| Crosby, Alfred.. (1997). Germs, Seeds, and Animals: Studies in Ecological History.. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe..
A study in how rich countries benefit from biological and agricultural resources of poorer countries. | | | |
| Daniels, Tom and Deborah Bowers.. (1997). Holding Our Ground: Protecting America's Farms and Farmlands.. Covelo, CA:: Island Press..
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| Diamond, J.. (1998). Guns, Germs, and Steel.. New York:: W.W. Norton & Co..
A fascinating look at how the environment has shaped human cultures. | | | |
| Dower, Roger.. (1997). Agriculture, Forestry, Transportation, and Power Production.. Covelo, CA:: Island Press..
A plan for achieving sustainable development in the United States. | | | |
| Gardner, Gary and Brian Halweil.. (2000). Escaping Hunger, Escaping Excess.. : . (World Watch 13(4): 24-35.).
Some of us are overfed while others are starving. What can we do about it? | | | |
| Gollin, Douglas.. (1997). Conserving Genetic Resources for Agriculture: Local Farmers, International Organizations, and Intellectual Property Rights.. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota..
Paper presented to Globalization and Sustainable Livelihood Systems Workshop, Institute for Social, Economic and Ecological Sustainability (ISEES), April 11-12, 1997. | | | |
| Greenpeace.. (1996). "Turning the Tide,". : Greenpeace Quarterly. (1(3):6-8).
The reauthorization of the Magnuson Act finally provides some protection for America's fisheries. | | | |
| Hager, A.G.. (1996). "Weed Resistance to Herbicides: Understanding How Resistance Develops in Weeds is the First Line of Defense," Weed Control Manual: Volume 30.. Willoughby, Ohio: Meister Publishing Company..
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| Halweil, Brian.. (2000). "Where Have All the Farmers Gone?". : World Watch. (13(5): 12-28).
As farms become industrialized, those who are the most knowledgeable stewards of the land are being forced into servitude or driven out. | | | |
| Hansen, Laura C. and John J. Obrycki. "Field Deposition of BT Transgenic Corn Pollen: Lethal Effects on the Monarch Butterfly," OECOLOGIA Vol. 125, No. 2 (2000). : . (241-248.).
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| Hardell, Lennart and Mikael Eriksson. (1999). "A Case-Control Study of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma and Exposure to Pesticides,". : CANCER Vol. 85, No. 6. (1353-1360.).
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| Hilbeck, A et al. (1998). "Effects of Transgenic BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS corn-fed prey on Mortality and Development Time of Immature CHYSOPERLA CARNEA (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae).". : ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY Vol. 27, No. 2. (480-487).
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| Hopper, K., et al.. (1997). "Analysis of Breast Milk to Assess Exposure to Chlorinated Contaminants in Kazakhstan,". : Environmental Health Perspectives.
105(11):1250-1254 | | | |
| Iudicello, S. et al.. (1999). Fish, Markets, and Fishermen: The Economics of Overfishing.. Covelo, CA: Island Press.
Why are world fisheries collapsing and what can be done about it? | | | |
| Kratz, Vikky. (A brief but useful summary of what's in our food.). "The Hidden Life of a Biogineered Meal.". Sierra: 2001..
103(1): 24-25. | | | |
| Krimsky, Sheldon and Roger Wrubel.. (1996). Agricultural Biotechnology and the Environment.. Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press.
A comprehensive and thoughtful analysis of both the promise and the hazards of biotechnology as it is being applied in agriculture. | | | |
| Lappe, Marc and Britt Bailey. (1998). Against the Grain : Biotechnology and the Corporate Takeover of Your Food. Covelo, CA: Island Press.
A hard-hitting critique of biotechnology and genetically modified food crops. | | | |
| Lewis, W.J., et al.. (1997). "A total system approach to sustainable pest management,". : Procedures of the National Academy of Sciences, USA. (94(23):12243-12248).
A fundamental shift to a total system approach for crop protection is urged to resolve escalating economic and environmental consequences of combating agricultural pests. | | | |
| Losey, John E. et al.. (1999). "Transgenic Pollen Harms Monarch Larvae.". : NATURE. (Vol. 399, No. 6733 pg. 214.).
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| Manning, Richard.. (2000). Food's Frontier: The Next Green Revolution.. New York: North Point Press.
Hopeful stories of development of sustainable agriculture around the world. | | | |
| McCann, E., et al.. (1997). "Environmental Awareness, Economic Orientation, and Farming Practices: A Comparison of Organic and Conventional Farmers,". : Environmental Management. (21(5):747-758.).
An examination of similarities and differences in awareness of and concern for environmental problems between organic and conventional farmers. | | | |
| Mittal, Anuradha.. (2000.). "Behind Indonesia's Hunger Myth,". : Earth Island Journal. (14(4):32-34.).
Claims of food shortages are used as an excuse for repression | | | |
| Mittal, Anuradha.. (The case for recognizing the human right to food.). "Food Security: A Human Right,". Earth Island Journal: 1997.
12(1):24-26. | | | |
| Musick, J.A. et al.. (2000). "Marine, estuarine, and diadromous fish stocks at risk of extinction in North America (exclusive of pacific salmonoids),". : Fisheries. (25[11]:6 -10).
Makes a case for protection of endangered fish stocks. | | | |
| National Research Council.. (1996). Ecologically Based Pest Management: New Solutions for a New Century.. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.
A good survey of biocontrol. | | | |
| Normile, Dennis. 2000.. (2000). "Hopes Grow for Hybrid Rice to Feed Developing World". : Science (US). (vol 288(5465): 429).
Progress towards high-yielding rice varieties at the International Rice Research Institute in the Philippines. | | | |
| Norse, E. and L. Watling.. (1999). "Clearcutting the Ocean Floor,". : Earth Island Journal. (29-32).
Trawling for bottom fish is destroying ocean habitat. | | | |
| Pimentel, D. W.C. Olsen, ed.. (1995). "Protecting Crops," in The Literature of Crop Science,. Ithica, NY and London: Cornell University Press. (49-66).
A good survey of agricultural pesticide use in world agriculture. | | | |
| Postel, Sandra.. (2001). "Growing More Food with Less Water.". : Scientific American. (284(2): 46-51.).
Argues that if the world hopes to feed growing populations, irrigation must become less wasteful and more widespread. | | | |
| Rissler, Jane and Margaret Mellon. (1996.). The Ecological Risks of Engineered Crops. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press.
Suggests ways to evaluate ecological risks of genetically modified organisms. | | | |
| Rogers, P., et al.. (1999). "Biological Warfare against Crops,". : Scientific American. (280(6): 70-75.).
Intentionally releasing organisms that kill an enemy's food crops is a potentially devastating weapon of warfare and terrorism. | | | |
| Rosset, Peter and Medea Benjamin.. (1994). Greening the Revolution: Cuba's Experiment with Organic Agriculture. Melbourne, Australia: Ocean Press..
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| Royal Society of Canada. (2001). ELEMENTS OF PRECAUTION: RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE REGULATION OF FOOD BIOTECHNOLOGY IN CANADA. : Ottawa: Royal Society of Canada.
Available from the Royal Society at (Ottawa, Canada) phone: (613) 991-6990 or at http://www.rsc.ca/foodbiotechnology/-GMreportEN.pdf. | | | |
| Saxena, Deepak, et al,. "Insecticidal Toxin in Root Exudates from BT Corn,". NATURE Vol. 402, No. 6761 (December 2, 1999), pg. 480. Genetically modified: corn plants can contaminate soil..
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| Schettler, Ted, et al. 1999. Generations at Risk: Reproductive Health and. the Environment. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. Presents evidence that toxic. chemicals can have lifelong, even intergenerational effects on human reproduction: and development..
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| Smil, Vaclav.. (2000.). Feeding the World: A Challenge for the Twenty-First Century.. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press..
How will we feed ten billion people? | | | |
| Steinfeld, Carol. Cunningham, William P., et al. eds.. (1997). " Permaculture," in Environmental Encyclopedia 2e. Detroit, MI: Gale Research..
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| U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (2000). "Biopesticide Fact Sheet: BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS Cry1Ab Delta-Endotoxin and the Genetic Material Necessary for Its Production (Plasmid Vector pCIB4431) in Corn [Event 176],". : EPA Publication No. 730-F-00-003..
Available at http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/biopesticides/factsheets/fs006458t.htm | | | |
| Vorley, Bill and Dennis Keeney, eds.. (1998). Bugs in the System; Reinventing the Pesticide Industry for Sustainable Agriculture.. Covelo, CA: Island Press..
The realities of pesticide production and use, the leverage points for change, and potential consequences of sustainability. | | | |
| Walsh, Lance P. et al. (2000). "Roundup Inhibits Steroidogenesis by Disrupting Steroidogenic Acute Regulatory (StAR) Protein Expression,". : ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES. (Vol. 108, No. 8 pgs. 769-776.).
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| Whitefield. (2000.). Permaculture in an Nutshell.. White River Junction, VT: Chelsea Green Publishers.
A beginner's guide to permaculture. | | | |
| Whiteside, M.. (1999). Living Farms: Encouraging Sustainable Smallholders in Southern Africa.. New York: Earthscan.
An interdisciplinary look at land security and sustainability of family farms in South Africa. | | | |
| Wolfenbarger, L. L. and P.R. Phifer. (2000). "The Ecological Risks and Benefits of Genetically Engineered Plants.". : SCIENCE Vol. 290 No. 5499.
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| World Bank. 1996.. Integrated Pest Management: Strategy and Policy Options for Promoting Effective Implementation. Environmentally Sustainable Development. Suggestions for promoting IPM.. : .
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