An illuminating study of America’s agricultural society during the Colonial, Revolutionary, and Founding eras In the eighteenth century, three†‘quarters of Americans made their living from farms. This authoritative history explores the lives, cultures, and societies of America’s farmers from colonial times through the founding of the nation. Noted historian Richard Bushman explains how all farmers sought to provision themselves while still actively engaged in trade, making both subsistence and commerce vital to farm economies of all sizes. The book describes the tragic effects on the native population of farmers’ efforts to provide farms for their children and examines how climate created the divide between the free North and the slave South. Bushman also traces midcentury rural violence back to the century’s population explosion. An engaging work of historical scholarship, the book draws on a wealth of diaries, letters, and other writings—including the farm papers of Thomas Jefferson and George Washington—to open a window on the men, women, and children who worked the land in early America.

Documents the first year spent by the Harvard-graduate author with her new husband on their sustainable farm in the Adirondacks, describing how she withdrew from big-city life to be married in their barn loft, the difficult obstacles they faced attempting to provide a whole diet for one hundred locals, and the rewards of a physical-labor lifestyle.

"Eloquent and detailed...It's hard to have hope, but the organized observations and plans of Hoffman and people like her give me some. Read her book -- and listen." -- Jane Smiley, The Washington Post In her late 40s, Beth Hoffman decided to upend her comfortable life as a professor and journalist to move to her husband's family ranch in Iowa--all for the dream of becoming a farmer. There was just one problem: money. Half of America's two million farms made less than $300 in 2019, and many struggle just to stay afloat. Bet the Farm chronicles this struggle through Beth's eyes. She must contend with her father-in-law, who is reluctant to hand over control of the land. Growing oats is good for the environment but ends up being very bad for the wallet. And finding somewhere, in the midst of COVID-19, to slaughter grass finished beef is a nightmare. If Beth can't make it, how can farmers who confront racism, lack access to land, or don't have other jobs to fall back on hack it? Bet the Farm is a first-hand account of the perils of farming today and a personal exploration of more just and sustainable ways of producing food.

Lovely lined paper note-book & individual accessory for creative people, pupils, students and teachers. Unique & personalized gift idea for your friend, for proud cattle, chicken, corn, crop or dirt farmers, ranchers, agriculturers. Empty little book for men, women & children, farming teams who love humor, funny sayings & quotes, their occupation, job, hobby. Funny journal for your husband, wife, dad, mom, daughter, son, sister, brother, uncle, aunt, a farmer's daughter or son, boy, girl, farmhouse lover who likes his/her market, farm, ranch. Cool birthday, mothers, fathers day or christmas present. Special success dairy. Cover with awesome "best farmer ever" saying, quote. Perfect to write in for journaling, your notes, mindset, inspirational quotes, thoughts, feelings, ideas, successes or objectives. College ruled, 110 pages. Notebook, Notizbuch, Calepin, Cuaderno, Taccuino.

The Man Who Fed the World provides a loving and respectful portrait of one of America's greatest heroes. Nobel Peace Prize recipient for averting hunger and famine, Dr. Norman Borlang is credited with saving hundreds of millions of lives from starvation-more than any other person in history? Loved by millions around the world, Dr. Borlang is recognized as one of the most influential men of the twentieth century.

With humor and pathos, Forrest Pritchard recounts his ambitious and often hilarious endeavors to save his family’s seventh-generation farm in the Shenandoah Valley. Through many a trial and error, he not only saves Smith Meadows from insolvency but turns it into a leading light in the sustainable, grass-fed, organic farm-to-market community. There is nothing young Farmer Pritchard won’t try. Whether he’s selling firewood and straw, raising free-range chickens and hogs, or acquiring a flock of Barbados Blackbelly sheep, his learning curve is steep and always entertaining. Pritchard’s world crackles with colorful local characters—farm hands, butchers, market managers, customers, fellow vendors, pet goats, policemen—bringing the story to warm, communal life. His most important ally, however, is his renegade father, who initially questions his son's career choice and eschews organic foods for the generic kinds that wreak havoc on his health. Soon after his father’s death, the farm becomes a recognized success and Pritchard must make a vital decision: to continue serving the local community or answer the exploding demand for his wares with lucrative Internet sales and shipping deals. More than a charming story of honest food cultivation and farmers’ markets, Gaining Ground tugs on the heartstrings, reconnecting us to the land and the many lives that feed us.

Lovely lined paper note-book & individual accessory for creative people, pupils, students and teachers. Unique & personalized gift idea for your friend, for proud cattle, chicken, corn, crop or dirt farmers, farmerettes, ranchers, agriculturers. Empty little book for men, women & children, farming teams who love humor, funny sayings & quotes, their occupation, job, hobby. Funny journal for your husband, wife, dad, mom, daughter, son, sister, brother, uncle, aunt, a farmer's daughter or son, boy, girl, farmhouse lover who likes his/her market, farm, ranch. Cool birthday, mothers, fathers day or christmas present. Special success dairy with great cover and "best farmer ever" saying, quote. Perfect to write in for journaling, your notes, mindset, inspirational quotes, thoughts, feelings, ideas, successes or objectives. College ruled, 110 pages. Notebook, Notizbuch, Calepin, Cuaderno, Taccuino.