num_pages: 320
description: Henry's Farm is in central Illinois some of the richest farming land in the world. There Henry Brockman and his family  five generations of farmers including sister Terra  farm in a way that produces healthy nutritious food without despoiling the land. Terra Brockman tells their story in the form of a yearlong diary/memoir  with recipes  that takes readers through each season of life on the farm. Studded with vignettes photographs family stories and illustrations of the farm's vivid plant life the book is a one-of-a-kind treasure that will appeal to readers of Michael Pollan E. B. White Gretel Ehrlich and Sandra Steingraber. The book opens a window into what sustainable farming really entails and why it is vital and relevant to everyone who eats. Though rooted in the rolling oak-hickory hills and fertile fields and flood plains of the Mackinaw River Valley the book ranges widely incorporating literary scientific and culinary reflections occasioned by the week-by-week events of farm life.
language: English
title: The Seasons on Henry's Farm: A Year of Food and Life on a Sustainable Farm
publisher: Agate Surrey