Reading list for Agroecology syllabus developers: General reading
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Dated: October 2025
Author: University of Vermont
This is a selection of useful papers around the design of courses and syllabi for agroecology related courses.
Nordstrom, K. L., Horner, C. E., Méndez, V. E., Izzo, V., Carpenter, N., Faulkner, J. W., & Caswell, M. (2022). An undergraduate agroecology research fellows program engages co-learning through participatory action research. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 5, 760995.
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Horner, C. E., Morse, C., Carpenter, N., Nordstrom, K. L., Faulkner, J. W., Mares, T., ... & McCune, N. (2021). Cultivating pedagogy for transformative learning: a decade of undergraduate agroecology education. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 5, 751115.
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Marta G. Rivera-Ferre, David Gallar, Ángel Calle-Collado, Vania Pimentel (2021). Agroecological education for food sovereignty: Insights from formal and non-formal spheres in Brazil and Spain. Journal of Rural Studies. Volume 88, December 2021, Pages 138-148
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Maughan, C., & Anderson, C. R. (2023). “A shared human endeavor”: farmer participation and knowledge co-production in agroecological research. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 7, 1162658.
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Wezel, A., Bellon, S., Doré, T., Francis, C., Vallod, D., & David, C. (2009). Agroecology as a science, a movement and a practice. A review. Agronomy for sustainable development, 29, 503-515.
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Mendez, V. E., et al., Eds. (2016). Agroecology: A Transdisciplinary, Participatory, and Action-Oriented Approach. Boca Raton, FL, CRC Press.
McCune, N., & Rosset, P. M. (2021). Agroecology and La Via Campesina. The Journal of Peasant Studies, 48(7), 1315-1340.
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Moreno Cely, A., Cuajera-Nahui, D., Escobar-Vasquez, C. G., Torrico-Vallejos, D., Aranibar, J., Mendieta-Perez, R., & Tapia-Ponce, N. (2023). Transforming higher education in Bolivia by linking two contra-hegemonic movements: agroecology and the Decolonial turn. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 36(7), 1386-1403.
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An undergraduate agroecology research fellows program engages co-learning through participatory action research
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/sustainable-food-systems/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2021.760995/full
Cultivating pedagogy for transformative learning: a decade of undergraduate agroecology education
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/sustainable-food-systems/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2021.751115/full
Agroecological education for food sovereignty: Insights from formal and non-formal spheres in Brazil and Spain
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0743016721002989
“A shared human endeavor”: farmer participation and knowledge co-production in agroecological research
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/sustainable-food-systems/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2023.1162658/full
Agroecology as a science, a movement and a practice. A review.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/41699743_Agroecology_as_a_Science_a_Movement_and_a_Practice
(Paid access required) Agroecology: A Transdisciplinary, Participatory, and Action-Oriented Approach
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10440046.2012.736926
(Paid access required) Agroecology and La Via Campesina
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21683565.2019.1600099
Transforming higher education in Bolivia by linking two contra-hegemonic movements: agroecology and the Decolonial turn
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/351914256_Transforming_higher_education_in_Bolivia_by_linking_two_contra-hegemonic_movements_agroecology_and_the_Decolonial_turn
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