Further Reading

Much of the best information on using green leaf crops is in out of print or hard to find books. Many of these can be located through university libraries or through inter-library loans. Sometimes out of print books can be purchased through large on-line booksellers, such as Amazon.com or Barnes and Noble.

Leaf Crops

Accessible Gardening for People With Physical Disabilities: A Guide to Methods, Tools, & Plants, by Janeen R. Adil, 1995, 300 pages

Botany for Gardeners: An Introduction and Guide, by Brian Capon, 1992, Paperback, 220 page

Breed Your Own Vegetable Varieties: Popbeans, Purple Peas, and Other Innovations from the Backyard Garden by Carol Deppe, 1993, Paperback, 303 pages

Four-Season Harvest : How to Harvest Fresh Organic Vegetables from Your Home Garden All Year Long, by Eliot Coleman, Kathy Bary (Illustrator), Barbara Damrosch, 1992, Paperback, 224 pages

The Garden Primer, by Barbara Damrosch, Ray Maher, 1988, Paperback, 673 pages

How to Grow More Vegetables : Fruits, Nuts, Berries, Grains, and Other Crops, by John Jeavons 1995, Paperback, 175 pages

The Leaves We Eat: Handbook #31 by John M. Bailey, Published by the South Pacific Commission, Noumea, New Caledonia, Paperback, 97 pages, Out of Print

The Miracle Tree Moringa Oleifera: Natural Nutrition for the Tropics by Lowell J. Fuglie; 1999; Church World Service; Dakar, Senegal; Paperback; 66 pages; ECHO

The New Organic Grower: A Master's Manual of Tools and Techniques for the Home and Market Gardener, by Eliot Coleman, Sheri Amsel (Illustrator), Molly Cook Field (Illustrator) 1995, Paperback, 304 pages

The New Oxford Book of Food Plants by B. E. Nicholson (Illustrator), John G.

Vaughan, Catherine Geissler, 1998, Hardcover, 256 pages

Seed to Seed, by Suzanne Ashworth, David Cavagnaro, 1995, Paperback, 222 pages

Square Foot Gardening : A New Way to Garden in Less Space With Less Work, by Mel Bartholomew, 1981, Paperback, 347 pages

Your Organic Garden (A Rodale Garden Book), by Jeff Cox, 1994, Paperback, 344 pages

Leaf Concentrate

Leaf Protein Concentrates, by H. Graham and L. Telek, ed., AVI Publishing Co. Inc., Westport, CT USA, 1983, Hardback, 840 pages, Out of Print 

Leaf Protein and Its By-products in Human and Animal Nutrition 2nd Ed. by N.W.. Pirie, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 1987, Hardback, 209 pages, Out of Print

Agriculture and Environment

Biochar Systems for Small Holders in Developing Countries, by Sebastin Scholz. et. al., 2014

The Carbon Farming Solution: A Global Toolkit of Perennial Crops and Regenerative Agriculture Practices for Climate Change Mitigation and Food Security, by Eric Toensmeier and Dr. Hans Herren, 2016, 512 pages

Container Gardening, by Joy Louis, 2015

Cornucopia II: A Source Book of Edible Plants, by Stephen Facciola, Kampong Publications, 1870 Sunrise Dr. Vista, CA 92084 USA,1998, Paperback, 713 pages

Edible Leaves of the Tropics 3rd Ed., by Franklin Martin, Ruth Ruberte, and Laura Meitzner, ECHO 17391 Durrance Rd. N. Fort Myers, FL 33917 USA, 1998, Paperback, 198 pages

A Green History of the World: The Environment and the Collapse of Great Civilizations, by Clive Ponting, Penguin Books, NY, 1991, Paperback, 432 pages

The Greening of the Revolution: Cuba's Experiment With Organic Agriculture, by Peter Rosset (Editor), Medea Benjamin (Editor), 1995, Paperback, 85 pages, Out of Print

Growing Food in a Hotter Drier Land, by Gary Nabhan, 2013

Handbook of Legumes of World Economic Importance, by James A. Duke, 1981, Hardback, 345 pages

The Intelligent Gardener, by Steve Solomon, 2013

Methodologies for Screening Soil Improving Legumes, by Marianne Sarrantonio, Rodale Institute, 611 Siegfriedale Road Kutztown, PA 19530 USA, 1991, Paperback, 310 pages, Out of Print

Perennial Vegetables, by Eric Toensmeier, 2007

Pests of the Garden and Small Farm: A Grower's Guide to Using Less Pesticide, by Mary Louise Flint, University of California, Davis CA, 1999, Paperback, 276 pages

The Primary Source:Tropical Forests and Our Future, by Norman Myers, 1992, Paperback, 416 pages

Sustainable Agricultural Systems, by Clive A Edwards, Lal Rattan, et. al, Soil and Water Conservation Society, 7515 Northeast Ankeny Rd. Ankeny, Iowa 50021, 1990, Hardback, 696 pages

Teaming with Nutrients, by Jeff Lowenfels, 2014

Tools for Organic Farming, by George McRobie, Ed., Intermediate Technology Publications, London, 1990, Paperback, 77 pages

Tropical Forests and Their Crops, by Nigel J. Smith and J. T. Williams and et al, Cornell University Press, Ithaca NY, 1992, Paperback, 568 pages

Vegetable Production in the Tropics, by C.N Williams, J.O Uzo, and W.T.T. Peregrine, Longman Scientific and Technical Publishing, London, 1991, Paperback, 179 pages, Out of Print

Weed Control: Tropical Agriculturist Series, by E.M Lavabre, MacMillan Press, London, 1991, Paperback, 90 pages

World Vegetables: Principles, Production, and Nutritive Values; Second Ed. by Vincent E. Rubatzky and Mas Yamaguchi, Chapman and Hall Press, NY, 1997, Hardback, 843 pages

Year-Round Indoor Salad Garden, by Peter Burke, 2015

Processing

Appropriate Food Packaging, by Peter Fellows and Barry Axtell,

Transfer of Technology for Development Publishing, Amsterdam, Paperback, 135 pages, Out of Print

On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen, by Harold McGee, Collier Books, NY, 1984, Paperback, 684 pages

Small-Scale Food Processing: A Guide to Appropriate Equipment by Peter Fellows and Ann Hampton, Intermediate Technology Publications, London, 1992, Paperback, 158 pages, Out of Print

Nutrition

Manual on Feeding Infants and Young Children 3rd Ed. by Margaret Cameron and Yngve Hofvander, Oxford University Press, Toronto Ontario Canada, 1983, Paperback, 214 pages, Out of Print

Nutritional Care of the Older Adultby Annette B. Natow and Jo-Ann Heslin, MacMillan Press, NY, 1986, Paperback, 306 pages

Nutrition of the Elderly, by Munro and Schliere, Nestle Nutrition Service, Raven Press, NY,1991, Paperback, Out of Print

Primary Child Care:.A Manual for Health Care Workers: Book One and Two by Maurice King and Felicity King, Oxford Medical Publications, Toronto Ontario Canada, 1991, Paperback, 311 pages and 194 pages, Out of print

Toxic Constituents of Plant Foodstuffs: 2nd Ed, by Irvine E. Liener, Editor, Academic Press, NY, 1980, Hardback, 502 pages, Out of print

Tufts University Guide to Total Nutrition, by Stanley Gershoff, Harper Collins Publishers, NY, 1990, Paperback, 312 pages

Yale Guide to Children’s Nutrition edited, by William V. Tamborlane, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 1997, Paperback, 414 pages

Recipes

Greens Glorious Greens, by Johna Albi and Catherine Wathers, St. Martin’s Press, NY, 1996, Paperback, 276 pages

366 Healthful Ways to Cook Leafy Greens, by Linda Romanelli Leahy, Penguin Books, NY, 1997, Paperback, 389 page 

Training

The Field Directors' Handbook: An Oxfam Manual for Development Workers by Jo Boyden and Brian Pratt, Oxford University Press, Toronto Ontario Canada, 1985, Hardback, 512 pages, Out of print

Helping Health Workers Learn, by David Werner and Bill Bower, The Hesperian Foundation, Palo Alto, CA, 1982, Paperback, c. 400 pages

Humanity Development Library v.2.0 by Humanity Libraries Project, Antwerp, BELGIUM, 1998 from ECHO, c. 160,000 pages from 1,230 publications

VITA Development Publications by Volunteers in Technical Assistance, Arlington, VA, USA, 1998, c. 150 VITA publications