Bet the farm the dollars and sense of growing food in America /
"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,...
| Main Author: | Hoffman, Beth (Food and agriculture journalist/farmer), |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Washington, DC :
Island Press,
[2021]
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| Physical Description: |
259 pages ; 21 cm. |
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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.