granted with permission from So Shall You Reap: Farming and Crops in Human Affairs, Solbrig, Otto T., and Dorothy J., © Island Press, 1994. Published by Island Press, Washington, D.C. and Covelo, California
| Prologue | xi |
| Early FoodAcquisition | 3 |
| From Hunter-Gatherers to Farmers | 15 |
| Early Agriculture | 32 |
| DomesticatingPlants | 66 |
| TheRise of Civilization | 86 |
| Agriculture Spreads to Europe | 106 |
| TheMedievalFarm | 126 |
| Sugarcane and lndustrial Agriculture | 143 |
| A New Kind of Farm | 181 |
| ContemporaryFarming | 204 |
| TheFuture of Food | 226 |
| Notes | 253 |
| Bibliography | 269 |
| Acknowledgments | 273 |
| Index | 274 |