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Agriculture: Selected Online Textbooks

Agricultural Production Economics: The Art of Production Theory Agricultural Production Economics: The Art of Production Theory is a companion book of color illustrations to Agricultural Production Economics (Second Edition, Amazon Createspace 2012) and is a free download.
The Economics of Food and Agricultural Markets (Barkley) Publisher: New Prairie Press/Kansas State University Libraries Last updated: April 16, 2020
Economics of Food and Agriculture This is a heavily‐revised version of an introductory agricultural economics textbook, Economics of Food and Agriculture, that was originally published by Kendall Hunt in 1990. The material is intended for use as a series of classroom presentations for an introductory agricultural economics course.
An Interactive Text for Food and Agricultural Marketing (Thomsen) Publisher: N/A Last updated: April 16, 2020

Soil, Plant and Atmosphere : Concepts, Processes and Applications This textbook presents the concepts and processes involved in the soil-plant-atmosphere system as well as its applications in the water cycle in agriculture. Although reaching the frontier of our knowledge in several subjects, each chapter starts at the graduation level and proceeds to the post-doctoral level. Its more complicated subjects, as math and physics, are well explained, even to readers not well acquainted with these tools. Therefore, it helps students read, understand, and developing their thoughts on these subjects. Instructors also find it an easy book with the needed depth to be adopted in courses related to Soil Physics, Agricultural Management, Environmental Protection, Irrigation and Agrometeorology. It serves also as “lexicon” to engineers and lawyers involved in agricultural, environmental cases.
Soil Biology Primer An online textbook published by the USDA National Resources Conservation Service. A great resource for teaching about soil fertility.
Soils Laboratory Manual - K-State Edition Publisher: New Prairie Press Copyright Year: 2017
Soil Survey Manual The newly updated Soil Survey Manual (issued March 2017), USDA Handbook No. 18, provides the major principles and practices needed for making and using soil surveys and for assembling and using related data. The Manual serves as a guiding document for activities of the National Cooperative Soil Survey (NCSS). Previously published in 1937, 1951, and 1993, the Soil Survey Manual is one of the defining documents for soil survey in the world.

Forest Measurements - An Applied Approach Publisher: LibreTexts Last updated: September 7, 2019
Principles of Agronomy for Sustainable Agriculture This textbook explains the various aspects of sustainable agricultures to undergraduate and graduate students. The book first quantifies the components of the crop energy balance, i.e. the partitioning of net radiation, and their effect on the thermal environment of the canopy. The soil water balance and the quantification of its main component (evapotranspiration) are studied to determine the availability of water to rain fed crops and to calculate crop water requirements. Then it sets the limitations of crop production in relation to crop phenology, radiation interception and resource availability (e.g. nutrients).
Sustainability: A Comprehensive Foundation With “Sustainability: A Comprehensive Foundation”, first and second-year college students are introduced to this expanding new field, comprehensively exploring the essential concepts from every branch of knowledge – including engineering and the applied arts, natural and social sciences, and the humanities.
Toward Sustainable Agricultural Systems in the 21st Century Although this book is available for purchase, it can be viewed for free online here. Toward Sustainable Agricultural Systems in the 21st Century serves as a valuable resource for policy makers, farmers, experts in food production and agribusiness, and federal regulatory agencies.

Landscape Design and Ecosystem Management: Selected Online Textbooks

Introduction to Permaculture Publisher: Open Oregon State Publication date: 2017
Landscape : Pattern, Perception and Process Featuring full colour throughout, this textbook is ideal for anyone studying landscape architecture or any of the disciplines which intersect with the landscape, and which affect it.
Permaculture Design: Tools for Climate Resilience Publisher: Oregon State University Publication date: 2018
Principles and methods in landscape ecology : Toward a Science of Landscape A textbook useful to present the landscape in a multi-vision perspective for undergraduate and graduate students of biology, ecology, geography, forestry, agronomy, landscape architecture and planning. Sociology, economics, history, archaeology, anthropology, ecological psychology are some sciences that can benefit of the holistic vision offered by this textbook.

Nutrition & Food Science: Selected Open Textbooks

Basic Foundation of Nutrition for Sports Performance Publisher: LibreTexts Last updated: June 3, 2018
Concepts of Fitness and Wellness Publisher: University System of Georgia Copyright Year: 2018

Food Analysis The book is ideal for undergraduate courses in food analysis and is also an invaluable reference to professionals in the food industry. General information chapters on regulations, labeling, sampling, and data handling provide background information for chapters on specific methods to determine chemical composition and characteristics, physical properties, and objectionable matter and constituents. Methods of analysis covered include information on the basic principles, advantages, limitations, and applications. Sections on spectroscopy and chromatography along with chapters on techniques such as immunoassays, thermal analysis, and microscopy from the perspective of their use in food analysis have been expanded.
Food Safety, Sanitation, and Personal Hygiene Food Safety, Sanitation, and Personal Hygiene is one of a series of Culinary Arts open textbooks developed to support the training of students and apprentices in British Columbia’s foodservice and hospitality industry. Although created with the Professional Cook, Baker and Meatcutter programs in mind, these have been designed as a modular series, and therefore can be used to support a wide variety of programs that offer training in foodservice skills.
Meat Cutting and Processing for Food Service This book is intended to give students a basic understanding of the various types of meat and poultry used in the food service industry, and of how the terminology used by retail, wholesale, and food service customers varies.
Textbook on Food Science and Human Nutrition : For Undergraduates This textbook is divided into three parts Unit-I: Introduction to Food and Nutrition, Unit-II: Nutrients, and Unit-III: Deals with Effect of Cooking on Food, Nutritional Improvement of Food and Labelling. This book covers the subject of Basic and Applied Nutrition in Food Technology, Food Science and Technology, Food and Nutrition. In this book special emphasis is given to food constituents, nutrients and labelling. The book contains the FSSAI guidelines on labelling. This book can serve as textbook for undergraduates and as a valuable reference source for teachers.

Human Nutrition Publisher: LibreTexts Compilation Date: 2020
Kansas State University Human Nutrition Flexbook Publisher: Kansas State University Copyright Year: 2018
Textbook on Food Science and Human Nutrition : For Undergraduates This textbook is divided into three parts Unit-I: Introduction to Food and Nutrition, Unit-II: Nutrients, and Unit-III: Deals with Effect of Cooking on Food, Nutritional Improvement of Food and Labelling. This book covers the subject of Basic and Applied Nutrition in Food Technology, Food Science and Technology, Food and Nutrition. In this book special emphasis is given to food constituents, nutrients and labelling. The book contains the FSSAI guidelines on labelling. This book can serve as textbook for undergraduates and as a valuable reference source for teachers.

Community Nutrition for Developing Countries The primary aim of Community Nutrition for Developing Countries is to provide a book that meets the needs of nutritionists and other health professionals living and working in developing countries. Written by both scholars and practitioners, the volume draws on their wealth of knowledge, experience, and understanding of nutrition in developing countries to provide nutrition professionals with all the information they require.
Culinary Nutrition : the Science and Practice of Healthy Cooking The first textbook specifically written to bridge the relationship between food science, nutrition and culinology, Culinary Nutrition: The Science and Practice of Healthy Cooking uses a comprehensive format with real-life applications, recipes and color photographs of finished dishes to emphasize the necessity of sustainably deliverable, health-beneficial and taste-desirable products. With pedagogical elements to enhance and reinforce learning opportunities, this book explores what foods involve the optimum nutritional value for dietary needs including specific dietary require.
Intermediate Nutrition Publisher: LibreTexts Last updated: June 23, 2019
Introduction to Nutrition Publisher: LibreTexts Compilation Date: 2020
Nutrition Publisher: LibreTexts Compilation Date: 2020
Principles of Nutrition Textbook, Second Edition Publisher: University System of Georgia Publication Date: 2018