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03272cam a2200493 i 4500 001 58E45CAC2A2211EE8FDDFFBB133FDB2A 003 SILO 005 20230724080230 008 210407s2021 dcu b 000 0aeng 010 $a 2021936682 020 $a 164283159X 020 $a 9781642831597 035 $a (OCoLC)1276788827 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OSU $d CLE $d BDX $d IK2 $d JQM $d YDX $d OCLCF $d WIS $d JAS $d UKMGB $d OCLCO $d JQF $d GRR $d JYJ $d OCL $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us-ia $a n-us-ia 050 00 $a S561.6.I8 $b H64 2021 082 04 $a 636.01092 $2 23 100 1 $a Hoffman, Beth $c (Food and agriculture journalist/farmer), $e author. 245 10 $a Bet the farm : $b the dollars and sense of growing food in America / $c Beth Hoffman. 264 1 $a Washington, DC : $b Island Press, $c [2021] 300 $a 259 pages ; $c 21 cm 520 $a "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, 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"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-255). 505 0 $a The simple life? -- Land rich, cash poor -- The land of corn and cattle -- The price of sustainability -- Privilege to farm -- Money matters -- What about subsidies? -- The cattle runaround -- Keeping up with the Joneses -- Everybody does it - off the farm -- A new narrative -- Self-care is key -- Co-farming and community -- Sharing the pie -- People and policy --- Meanwhile, back at the ranch. 600 10 $a Hoffman, Beth $c (Food and agriculture journalist/farmer) 650 0 $a Farms $z Iowa. 650 0 $a Farm management $z Iowa. 650 0 $a Agriculture $x Economic aspects $z United States. 650 0 $a Sustainable agriculture $z United States. 650 6 $a Exploitations agricoles $x Gestion $z Iowa. 650 6 $a Agriculture durable $z EÌtats-Unis. 650 7 $a Farm management. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00921070 650 7 $a Agriculture $x Economic aspects. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00801415 650 7 $a Farms. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00921422 650 7 $a Sustainable agriculture. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01139712 651 7 $a Iowa. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01205835 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 655 7 $a Autobiographies. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919894 655 7 $a Autobiographies. $2 lcgft 941 $a 1 $n 1 952 $l BVPE851 $d 20230724091847.0 $n 10 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=58E45CAC2A2211EE8FDDFFBB133FDB2A 994 $a C0 $b IOZInitiate Another SILO Locator Search