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Author | : Beth Hoffman |
Publisher | : Island Press |
Total Pages | : 274 |
Release | : 2021-10-05 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 164283159X |
"Eloquent and detailed...It's hard to have hope, but the organized observations and plans of Hoffman and people like her give me some. Read her book -- and listen." -- Jane Smiley, The Washington Post In her late 40s, Beth Hoffman decided to upend her comfortable life as a professor and journalist to move to her husband's family ranch in Iowa--all for the dream of becoming a farmer. There was just one problem: money. Half of America's two million farms made less than $300 in 2019, and many struggle just to stay afloat. Bet the Farm chronicles this struggle through Beth's eyes. She must contend with her father-in-law, who is reluctant to hand over control of the land. Growing oats is good for the environment but ends up being very bad for the wallet. And finding somewhere, in the midst of COVID-19, to slaughter grass finished beef is a nightmare. If Beth can't make it, how can farmers who confront racism, lack access to land, or don't have other jobs to fall back on hack it? Bet the Farm is a first-hand account of the perils of farming today and a personal exploration of more just and sustainable ways of producing food.
Author | : Arthur Geisert |
Publisher | : HarperCollins |
Total Pages | : 73 |
Release | : 2010-05-24 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 0547488149 |
On today's farm, B is for barn cat...E is for erosion...G is for grinding feed, and I is for...inoculate? In 26 beautifully detailed spreads, acclaimed illustrator Arthur Geisert takes readers on a literal journey following a real road in Iowa (County Road Y31) through the ins and outs of America's farmland. This isn't your grandfather's farm book. It still features pigs, hay, and other familiar farm residents, but you'll see a very different kind of quicksand and traffic jam here...Along the bottom of each page is a continuous panorama that totals nearly forty feet of art. Country Road ABC is a unique and funny look at America's present-day farmland.
Author | : Third Floor Quilts |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 2019-02-25 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780578404783 |
Author | : Mark V. WETHERINGTON |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2020-12-15 |
Genre | : Cooking |
ISBN | : 9781442269279 |
Written from the perspective of ordinary people, this book traces the history of agriculture in the United States from the earliest colonists until today. The first concise history of American agriculture in 25 years, Mark V. Wetherington focuses attention on recent developments such as the decline of tobacco, green revolution, farm-to-table, and food security.
Author | : John Opie |
Publisher | : U of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 1994-01-01 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 9780803286078 |
"This book provides fascinating insights into how present-day American land legislation has evolved. In doing so the author identifies the many problems that the family farmer has had to face over the past two centuries at the hands of the weather, unstable product prices, and corrupt and venal politicians."--Journal of Agricultural Economics. "A provocative, learned, polemical contribution to the debate on the nature of the farm problem and the means to solve it. Throughout our history, Opie, a historian, convincingly argues, contradictory goals have produced contradictory policies that are the sources of our current problems."--Science. "This important volume offers a reinterpretation of public lands history as it relates to contemporary farm policy. . . . [Opie's] signal contribution is to examine and evaluate the many policy strands of a twentieth-century safety net designed by Congress to sustain the family farm."--Journal of American History "Bright, passionate, and entirely convincing."--Journal of Rural Studies "The Law of the Land has made a significant contribution to agricultural and public policy history by pointing out that American ideals have shaped policies and assigned roles that have often left farmers and farmland vulnerable."--Public Historian "The five years that have passed since this book was first published have been enough to conclude that John Opie can reconstruct the past and predict the future. . . . Many of the problems he foresaw have come to pass and some of the solutions he discussed have been adopted. . . . Anyone interested in the basic environment will find that this volume gives a clear picture of how we got to where we are today in the use and misuse of natural resources. . ."--Environmental History Review. A professor of history at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, John Opie is also director of the Center for Technology Studies and founding editor of Environmental History Review. His other publications include Ogallala: Water for a Dry Land (Nebraska 1993).
Author | : Randy Leffingwell |
Publisher | : Motorbooks International |
Total Pages | : 191 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 9780760313701 |
Original ads, historic design drawings, and factory photographs tell the definitive story of the American tractor's development, mechanical innovations, groundbreaking designs, and company histories. Best-selling author Randy Leffingwell researched and photographed restored classics and one-of-a-kind experimental models from coast-to-coast to deliver the goods on American farm tractor. This is the book that started it all! Previous hardcover edition (0-87938-532-4 pub 1991) has sold a staggering 150,000!
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Release | : 199? |
Genre | : Agriculture and state |
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Home page for the private, nonprofit organization founded to protect our nation's farmland.
Author | : Richard Lamb Allen |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 348 |
Release | : 1849 |
Genre | : Agriculture |
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Author | : Lowry Nelson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 1954 |
Genre | : History |
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No detailed description available for "American Farm Life".
Author | : John Williams Streeter |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 432 |
Release | : 1904 |
Genre | : Agriculture |
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