Gaining ground
Subtitle: a story of farmers' markets, local food, and saving the family farm
By: Forrest Pritchard
Publisher: Lyons Press, an imprint of Globe Pequot Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780762787258
Subjects: Sustainable agriculture; Farmers; Farmers' markets; Family farms; Local foods; Biography
Description: Upon discovering that months of backbreaking work and five freight cars' worth of glittering corn have reaped his family's farm a profit of $18.16, young Forrest Pritchard, fresh out of college, resolves to take matters into his own hands. What ensues--through a series of hilarious encounters with all manner of livestock and colorful local characters--is a crash course in sustainable agriculture. Pritchard's biggest ally is his renegade father, who initially questions his son's career choice and rejects organic foods for sugary mainstream fare. But just when the farm starts to turn heads at local markets, his father's health takes a turn for the worse. - p. 2 of cover.