Start with high-confidence agriculture & food systems books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
The Omnivore's Dilemma
Michael Pollan, Scott Brick
Cultivating Food Justice
Alison Hope Alkon, Julian Agyeman
Food Routes
Robyn S. Metcalfe, Donna Postel
How the Other Half Eats
Priya Fielding-Singh PhD, Priya Fielding-Singh
Food Fix
Dr. Mark Hyman MD, Mark Hyman
Food Fix Uncensored
Dr. Mark Hyman MD, Brianna Bella-Hyman
First Majority-last Minority
John Shover
The Eating Instinct
Virginia Sole-Smith
Feeding You Lies
Vani Hari
Turfgrass Science and Management
Robert Emmons, Robert D. Emmons
The American Way of Eating
Tracie McMillan
Unsavory Truth
Marion Nestle
The Town That Food Saved
Ben Hewitt
Fair Food
Oran B Hesterman
On Farms and Rural Communities
Jerry Apps
We Are Eating the Earth
Michael Grunwald