Farm hands
Subtitle: hard work and hard lessons from Western New York fields
By: [Tom Rivers]
Publisher: Hodgins Printing
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Batavia, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 153
ISBN-13: 9780984565603
Subjects: Agricultural laborers; Agriculture; Journalists; Agricultural journalists
Other titles: Daily News (Batavia, N.Y.)
Description: Tom Rivers introduces readers to the rigors of farm labor and some of the people who do the grueling work. Rivers, a reporter for The Daily News of Batavia, N.Y., spent a year working a dozen different jobs on various Western New York farms-- picking apples, harvesting cabbage, prepping dairy cows for the show ring, and more.
Notes: "Adapted with permission from The Daily News in Batavia, N.Y."--Title page verso.
Table of contents: title: Missing the big story; title: Finding a host farm and my former physique; title: Planting onions requires fast fingers and strong back; title: Juggling many chores as a night-time milker; title: Seeking a sweet reward : the hunt for cherries; title: Picking berries is picky, prickly, hot, sweaty work; title: Showing animals calls for attention to details; title: Succeeding in the show ring; title: Mixing it up with organic veggie variety; title: Skipping the middle man : fresh food, straight to customers; title: Cutting cabbage proves hardest harvest yet; title: Scrambling to catch up in the cuke rows; title: Learning from a public market pro : "don't be stingy"; title: Picking plump pumpkins is no treat; title: Eating humble pie in the orchard; title: Joining the Jamaicans for a day of apple-picking excellence; title: Hurrying to keep pace (and failing) with the Haitians; title: Testing farm-built endurance on the marathon trail; title: Seeing citizenship : dream for many, fulfillment for few; title: "Paying a price."