This Blessed Earth: A Year in the Life of an American Family Farm

ISBN: 0393356450

Author: Genoways, Ted

Condition: New

Winner of the Stubbendieck Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize2019 selection for the One Book One Nebraska and All Iowa state reading programs"Genoways gives the reader a kitchen-table view of the vagaries, complexities, and frustrations of modern farmingInsightful and empathetic." Milwaukee Journal SentinelThe family farm lies at the heart of our national identity, and yet its future is in peril. Rick Hammond grew up on a farm, and for forty years he has raised cattle and crops on his wifes fifth-generation homestead in Nebraska, in hopes of passing it on to their four children. But as the handoff nears, their family farmand their entire way of lifeare under siege on many fronts, from shifting trade policies, to encroaching pipelines, to climate change. Following the Hammonds from harvest to harvest, Ted Genoways explores the rapidly changing world of small, traditional farming operations. He creates a vivid, nuanced portrait of a radical new landscape and one familys fight to preserve their legacy and the life they love. 8 pages of illustrations