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Author:
Genoways, Ted, author.
Title:
This blessed earth : a year in the life of an American family farm / Ted Genoways.
Edition:
First edition.
Publisher:
W.W. Norton & Company,
Copyright Date:
2017
Description:
226 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Subject:
Family farms--Nebraska--Case studies.
Farmers--Economic conditions.
Work--Philosophy.
Farm life--Nebraska.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Agriculture & Food.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING--Sustainable Agriculture.--Sustainable Agriculture.
Farmers--Economic conditions.
Family farms.
Nebraska.
Family farms--Nebraska--Case studies.
Farm life--Nebraska.
Work--Philosophy.
Case studies.
Case studies.
Case studies.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-226).
Contents:
Epilogue: Welcome news. Part one: Bringing in the beans -- Interlude: Working cows -- Part two: The homeplace -- Interlude: Branding calves -- Part three: Seeds of change -- Interlude: The poker run -- Part four: Irrigation nation -- Interlude: The tri-state -- Epilogue: Welcome news.
Summary:
"The 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 wife's fifth-generation homestead in Nebraska, in hopes of passing it on to their four children. But as the handoff nears, their small family farm--and their entire way of life--are under siege. Beyond the threat posed by rising corporate ownership of land and livestock, the Hammonds are confronted by encroaching pipelines, groundwater depletion, climate change, the fickle demands of the marketplace, and shifting trade policies. Add GMOs, pesticides, and fossil fuel pollution to their list of troubles and the question is: can the family farm survive in America?"--Jacket flap.
ISBN:
0393292576
9780393292572
OCLC:
(OCoLC)989123914
LCCN:
2017025062
Locations:
NYPE343 -- Charles City Public Library (Charles City) — Copies: 21
CDPF771 -- Clive Public Library (Clive) — CBC 630.97 GEN — Copies: 6 — Kit notes: BOCD available for request
IAOX771 -- State Library of Iowa (Des Moines) — Copies: 10 — Kit notes: +CD
TKPE492 -- Maquoketa Public Library (Maquoketa) — Copies: 12
AXPF626 -- Oskaloosa Public Library (Oskaloosa) — Copies: 10
SKPC094 -- Sumner Public Library (Sumner) — Copies: 2
SMPE094 -- Waverly Public Library (Waverly) — Copies: 9

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