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

by Ted Genoways

Book Overview

The family farm lies at the heart of our national identity, yet its future is in peril. Rick Hammond grew up on a small ranch, and for forty years he has raised cattle and crops on his wife's fifth-generation homestead in York County, 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. Rising corporate ownership of land and livestock is forcing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393292576
• ISBN13: 9780393292572
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.3" x 8.3"