Our summer reading list could go on and on, but since Fourth of July is upon us and there is other beach reading to be done before Labor Day, here are six books that we think would be a solid start for anyone interested in local food and farms:

The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals – Michael Pollan

Small is Beautiful: Economics As If People Mattered – E.F. Schumacher

Food Politics – Marion Nestle

Eco-Farm: An Acres USA Primer – Charles Walters

Farm: A Year in the Life of an American Farmer – Richard Rhodes

Five Acre Farms. Positively Local.