Gaining Ground

A Story Of Farmers' Markets, Local Food, And Saving The Family Farm

Forrest Pritchard, Joel Salatin (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

336 Seiten

2013
The Lyons Press (Verlag)
978-0-7627-8725-8 (ISBN)

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One fateful day in 1996, upon discovering that five freight cars' worth of glittering corn have reaped a tiny profit of $18.16, young Forrest Pritchard undertakes to save his family's farm. What ensues—through hilarious encounters with all manner of livestock and colorful local characters—is a crash course in sustainable agriculture. Pritchard's biggest ally is his renegade father, who initially questions his career choice and eschews organic foods for sugary mainstream fare; but just when the farm starts to turn heads at local markets, his father's health takes a turn for the worse.With poetry and humor, this timely memoir tugs on the heartstrings and feeds the soul long after the last page is turned.

Forrest Pritchard is a professional farmer with degrees in English and Geology from William & Mary. His poems have been published in national literary magazines, and Smith Meadows has been featured on NPR and in the Washington Post. Pritchard is a frequent speaker at conferences and universities. He lives on Smith Meadows in Berryville, VA, with his family, and each weekend his farm serves dedicated customers at local farmers' markets.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	21.7.2013
Verlagsort	Guilford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 203 mm
Gewicht	27 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Garten
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
ISBN-10	0-7627-8725-2 / 0762787252
ISBN-13	978-0-7627-8725-8 / 9780762787258
Zustand	Neuware