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Gaining ground, a story of farmers markets, local food, and saving the family farm, Forrest Pritchard

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Gaining ground, a story of farmers markets, local food, and saving the family farm, Forrest Pritchard

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Gaining ground

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

842846499

Responsibility statement

Forrest Pritchard

Sub title

a story of farmers markets, local food, and saving the family farm

Summary

One fateful day in 1996, upon discovering that five freight cars’ worth of glittering corn have reaped a tiny profit of $18.16, young Forrest Pritchard undertakes to save his family’s farm. What ensues—through 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 eschews 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. With poetry and humor, this timely memoir tugs on the heartstrings and feeds the soul long after the last page is turned

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