The War in the Country: How the Fight to Save Rural Life Will Shape Our Future

by Thomas F. Pawlick

Rural life in North America has changed dramatically since the days of the family farm, when people worked the same land for generations, let their cows graze in pastures and their chickens scratch in dirt, and sold their produce locally. The few remaining small farmers now struggle to survive, strangled by debt and a rash of complex regulations designed to drive them out of business. In their place are corporate-backed factory farms with little understanding...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1553653408
• ISBN13: 9781553653400
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Greystone Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.4"