This blessed earth : a year in the life of an American family farm

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Label

This blessed earth : a year in the life of an American family farm

Title remainder

a year in the life of an American family farm

Statement of responsibility

Ted Genoways

Creator

• Genoways, Ted

Author

• Genoways, Ted

Subject

• Family farms -- Nebraska -- Case studies
• Farmers -- Economic conditions
• Case studies
• Nebraska
• Family farms

Genre

• Case studies

Language

eng

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 nears, their small family farm--and their entire way of life--are under siege. Beyond the threat posed by rising corporate ownership of land and livestock, the Hammonds are confronted by encroaching pipelines, groundwater depletion, climate change, and shifting trade policies. Add GMOs, pesticides, and fossil fuel pollution to their list of troubles and the question is: can the family farm survive in America?"--Jacket flap

Cataloging source

DNAL/DLC

Dewey number

630.9782/345

Illustrations

• illustrations
• plates

Index

no index present

LC call number

HD1476.U62

LC item number

N25 2017

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography