num_pages: 240
description: Winner of the Stubbendieck Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize2019 selection for the One Book One Nebraska and All Iowa state reading programsGenoways gives the reader a kitchen-table view of the vagaries complexities and frustrations of modern farmingInsightful and empathetic.  Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 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 wifes fifth-generation homestead in Nebraska in hopes of passing it on to their four children. But as the handoff nears their family farmand their entire way of lifeare 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. He creates a vivid nuanced portrait of a radical new landscape and one familys fight to preserve their legacy and the life they love. 8 pages of illustrations
language: English
title: This Blessed Earth: A Year in the Life of an American Family Farm
publisher: W. W. Norton & Company