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We hope you have been enjoying Righteous Porkchop. If so, you'll be glad (though likely not surprised) to know Hahn Niman isn't the only one writing on this topic. Here are a few other books you may enjoying exploring:

Deeply Rooted: Unconventional Farmers in the Age of Agribusiness, by Lisa M. Hamilton

A Revolution Down on the Farm: The Transformation of American Agriculture Since 1929, by Paul K. Conkin

The Dirty Life: A Memoir of Farming, Food and Love, by Kristin Kimball

The Fatal Harvest Reader: TheTragedy of Industrial Agriculture, by Andrew Kimbrell

Old McDonald’s FactoryFarm: The Myth of the Traditional Farm and the Shocking Truth About AnimalSuffering in Today’s Agribusiness, by C. David Coats and Michael W. Fox

Animal Factory: The Looming Threat of Industrial Pig, Dairy, and Poultry Farms to Humans and the Environment, by David Kirby

Omnivore’s Dilemma, by Michael Pollan

Beyond FactoryFarming: Corporate Hog Barns and the Threat to Public Health, the Environment,and Rural Communities, by Alexander M. Ervin, et al.

The Vegetarian Myth:Food, Justice and Sustainability, by Lierre Keith

The Jungle, by Upton Sinclair 

Get educated. And let us help. Join us this month for two great programs: a panel discussion at the Marion Public Library, moderated by Lyle Muller from The Gazette, at 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 14; and a Farm to Market Vendor Fair at the Cedar Rapids Public Library at Westdale Mall from 1-5 p.m. on Sunday, April 22.