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Reading list for Agroecology syllabus developers: Agroecology learning

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Dated: October 2025

Author: University of Vermont

Rosset, P., Val, V., Barbosa, L. P., & McCune, N. (2019). Agroecology and La Via Campesina II. Peasant agroecology schools and the formation of a sociohistorical and political subject. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, 43(7-8), 895-914.
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David, C., & Bell, M. M. (2018). New challenges for education in agroecology. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, 42(6), 612-619.
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Anderson, C. R., Maughan, C., & Pimbert, M. P. (2022). Transformative agroecology learning in Europe: building consciousness, skills and collective capacity for food sovereignty. In Critical adult education in food movements (pp. 11-27). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.
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Dale, B. (2023). Food sovereignty and agroecology praxis in a capitalist setting: the need for a radical pedagogy. The Journal of Peasant Studies, 50(3), 851-878.
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Nicklay, J. A., Perrone, S. V., & Wauters, V. M. (2023). Becoming agroecologists: A pedagogical model to support graduate student learning and practice. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 7, 770862.
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Lieblein, G., et al. (2007). "Educational Perspectives in Agroecology: Steps on a Dual Learning Ladder toward Responsible Action." North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture Journal(March 2007). 
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Francis, C. A., et al. (2020). "Transformative education in agroecology: student, teacher, and client involvement in colearning." International Journal of Agriculture and Natural Resources 47(3): 280-294. 
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Nicol, P. (2020). Pathways to scaling agroecology in the city region: Scaling out, scaling up and scaling deep through community-led trade. Sustainability, 12(19), 7842.
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Agroecology and La Via Campesina II. Peasant agroecology schools and the formation of a sociohistorical and political subject

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New challenges for education in agroecology. Agroecology and Sustainable Food System

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Transformative agroecology learning in Europe: building consciousness, skills and collective capacity for food sovereignty

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(Paid access required) Food sovereignty and agroecology praxis in a capitalist setting: the need for a radical pedagogy

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Becoming agroecologists: A pedagogical model to support graduate student learning and practice

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/sustainable-food-systems/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2023.770862/full

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Educational Perspectives in Agroecology: Steps on a Dual Learning Ladder toward Responsible Action

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Transformative education in agroecology: student, teacher, and client involvement in colearning

https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2641&context=agronomyfacpub

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Pathways to scaling agroecology in the city region: Scaling out, scaling up and scaling deep through community-led trade

https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/19/7842

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