Agroecology as a whole can be hard to pin down for folks looking to learn more about its application and the underpinnings of how it works. We've collected a list of books, geared primarily at folks in North America, which might be helpful in developing a more comprehensive understanding of agroecology from a beginner's perspective, although knowledgeable folks will likely find some great guidance in this list as well! What you'll likely notice about these books is that they're not particularly prescriptive. These books tend to be a blend of philosophy, ecology, and anthropology, and each tends to lend itself more to one of these three categories, which is a good way to organize your interests and research. I would also recommend our own piece on our substack "The Foundations of Agroecology", which helps outline our own perspective on agroecology, and is a good starting point for the subject. Philosophy Tom Wessels "The Myth of Progress" Rosset, Peter, and Miguel A. Altieri. "Agroecology: Science and Politics." M. Kat Anderson "Tending the Wild" Robin Wall Kimmerer "Braiding Sweetgrass" Jessica Hernandez "Fresh Banana Leaves" Patty Krawec "Becoming Kin" Anthropology Tom Wessels "Reading the Forested Landscape" May Theilgaard Watts "Reading the Landscape of America" Howard S. Russell "Indian New England Before the Mayflower" Julia Watson "Lo-TEK Design by Radical Indigenism" Anabel Ford and Ronald Nigh "Maya Forest Garden: Eight Millennia of Sustainable Cultivation of the Tropical Woodlands" William Balleè "Cultural Forests of the Amazon" James Fairhead "Misreading the African Landscape" Stephen Pyne "Vestal Fire" Malcolm Cairns "Voices from the Forest" Omer Stewart "Forgotten Fires" Paulette F. C. Steeves "The Indigenous Paleolithic of the Western Hemisphere" Ecology John Kricher "A Field Guide to the Ecology of Eastern Forests of North America" J. Russell Smith "Tree Crops: A Permanent Agriculture" Indigenous Landscapes "Native Plant Agriculture" Daniel E. Moerman "Native American Ethnobotany" Research Papers: "Indigenizing" Food Sovereignty. Revitalizing Indigenous Food Practices and Ecological Knowledges in Canada and the United States by Charlotte Coté Visions of the food systems to come: Agriculture, Eating, and Ecological Justice in 2050 by Bryan Dale, et al. Abolitionist Agroecology, Food Sovereignty, and Pandemic Prevention by Maywa Montenegro de Wit Agroecology as a Transdisciplinary, Participatory, and Action-Oriented Approach by V Ernesto Méndez, et al. Agroecology in the North: Centering Indigenous food sovereignty and land stewardship in agriculture “frontiers” by Mindy Jewell Price, et al