Here is a list of books Karl thinks every aspiring farmer, composter, plantsperson, or soil steward should look into. They have been important resources in developing Karl's philosophical and practical approaches to life and business.
Farmers of Forty Centuries: Permanent Agriculture in China, Korea and Japan by F.H. King
Physics of Agriculture by F.H. King
Soils and Men: Yearbook of Agriculture 1938 United States Department of Agriculture
An Agricultural Testament Sir Albert Howard
Agriculture by Rudolf Steiner
Soil Microorganisms and Higher Plants by N.A. Krasil’nikov
Soil management: compost production and use in tropical and subtropical environments by H.W. Dalzell, A.J. Biddlestone, K.R. Gray, and K. Thurairajan
Media and Mixes for Container-Grown Plants by A.C. Bunt
Chicken Man by Michelle Edwards
Empty Shells by Thea Lowry
Out of the Earth: Civilization and the Life of the Soil by Daniel Hillel
Sherry and the Sherry Bodegas by Jan Read
Soil & Civilization by Edward Hyams
Starting Early Vegetable and Flowering Plants Under Glass by Charles H. Nissley