Books for National Agriculture Day

A young South Asian American woman’s story of reconnecting with her identity, family, and heritage through sustainable farming.

A touching, wise and surprising chronicle of the rich inner lives of animals, drawn from Rosamund Young’s extraordinary lifetime as an organic farmer.

As a farmer in Upstate New York and Vermont, Ellyn Gaydos lives on the knife edge between loss and gain. Her debut memoir draws us into this precarious world, conjuring with stark simplicity the lifeblood of the farm. Gaydos asks us to bear witness to the work that sustains us all and to reconsider what we know of survival and what saves us.

A humanitarian leader with more than two decades of experience working for the United Nations takes aim at the global food crisis—revealing how hunger anywhere affects lives everywhere and what steps we can take to change course.

From a pioneer of the regenerative agriculture movement, a memoir-meets-manifesto on betting the farm on a better future for our food, animals, land, local communities, and our climate.

Rosamund Young distills a lifetime of organic farming wisdom, describing the surprising personalities of her cows and other animals.

Since its publication in 1977, The Unsettling of America has been recognized as a classic of American letters.