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"Genoways gives the reader a kitchen-table view of the vagaries, complexities and frustrations of modern farming. ... Insightful and empathetic." -- Milwaukee Journal SentinelThe 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 family farm -- and their entire way of life -- are under siege on many fronts, from shifting trade policies, to encroaching pipelines, to climate change. Following the Hammonds from harvest to harvest, Ted Genoways explores the rapidly changing world of small, traditional farming operations.
About the Author
Ted Genoways (born 1972) was the editor of the Virginia Quarterly Review from 2003 to 2012. He graduated from Nebraska Wesleyan University, Texas Tech University with an MA, and from the University of Virginia with an MFA. His work has appeared in DoubleTake, New England Review, Ploughshares.
