Bet the farm the dollars and sense of growing food in America
Beth Hoffman was living the good life: she had a successful career as a journalist and professor, a comfortable home in San Francisco, and plenty of close friends and family. Yet in her late 40s, she and her husband decided to leave the big city and move to his family ranch in Iowa--all for the drea...
| Main Author: | Hoffman, Beth (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, DC :
Island Press,
[2021]
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Table of Contents:
- The simple life?
- Land rich, cash poor
- The land of corn and cattle
- The price of sustainability
- Privilege to farm
- Money matters
- What about subsidies?
- The cattle runaround
- Keeping up with the Joneses
- Everybody does it - off the farm
- A new narrative
- Self-care is key
- Co-farming and community
- Sharing the pie
- People and policy
- - Meanwhile, back at the ranch.