This blessed earth : a year in the life of an American family farm
by Genoways, Ted (Author)
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 n... Full description
- Prologue: Readying the bin
- 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.