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Deeply Rooted: Unconventional Farmers In The Age Of Agribusiness (2009)

by Lisa M. Hamilton(Favorite Author)

3.81 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1593761805 (ISBN13: 9781593761806)

languge

English

genre

Food & Cookbooks

publisher

Counterpoint

review 1: Profiles of three farmers from across America who are trying to do things differently than their neighbors. I nearly returned the book to the library without finishing, finding that my interest petered out two thirds of the way through, but am happy that I persisted and finished the book; the final section, about the Podol family of North Dakota, was my favourite in the end. A good profile of men and women doing good work in the world.
review 2: Three long profiles of three unconventional farmers. One in Texas, one in New Mexico, and a household in North Dakota. Very inspiring. It is hard to be a farmer in this day and age, and these farmers are bucking that system, which makes it even harder. If you have to choose which milk to buy, and you buy organic, choose... more Organic Valley because it's a coop. Oh, and to borrow from another Goodreads reviewer: most dairy farming in the US takes place not on those picturesque, green-hilled pastures of Wisconsin or Vermont, but on mega-ranches in the bone-dry deserts of New Mexico and Texas? (That's because most dairy cows no longer graze, and dry conditions reduce the likelihood of disease.) And we're talking 3,000 cows per place. Euuehw. less

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