Land rich, cash poor : my family's hope and the untold history of the disappearing American farmer / Brian Reisinger.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York, NY : Skyhorse Publishing, [2024]Description: 258 pages ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781510779983
- 1510779981
- My family's hope and the untold history of the disappearing American farmer
- Reisinger (Family : Sauk County, Wis.)
- Reisinger, Brian
- Family farms -- United States
- Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- United States
- Rural families -- United States
- Family farms -- Wisconsin -- Sauk County
- Exploitations agricoles familiales -- États-Unis
- Agriculture -- Aspect économique -- États-Unis
- Familles rurales -- États-Unis
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Agriculture & Food (see also POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Agriculture & Food Policy)
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Agriculture & Food Policy (see also SOCIAL SCIENCE / Agriculture & Food)
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs
- HD1476.U5 R45 2024
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adult Book | Phillipsburg Free Public Library | Adult Non-Fiction | New Books | 338.10973 REI | Available | 36748002577908 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
2025 Farm Foundation Book of the Year Award Winner
C-SPAN Author Series Most Important Book of 2024
The hidden history of an economic and cultural crisis that is threatening our very food supply--the disappearance of the American farmer. Critically acclaimed with praise from across the political spectrum, Land Rich, Cash Poor reveals the urgent, unflinching truth.
"An anthem to the family farm in America." -- AP News
"A beautiful book. You won't want to put it down." -- Peter Slevin, contributing writer for The New Yorker
"Well worth reading for those who care about what we eat and where it comes from." -- Mike Gousha, Emmy-award-winning journalist and PBS documentarian
Taking on this working-class story of heart and hardship, award-winning writer and rural policy expert Brian Reisinger weaves forgotten eras of American history with his own family's four-generation fight for survival in Midwestern farm country. Readers learn the truth about America's most detrimental and unexplained socioeconomic crisis: How the family farms that feed us went from cutting a middle-class path through the Great Depression to barely making ends meet in modern America. Along the way, they'll see what it truly takes to feed our country: accidents that can kill or maim; weather that blesses or threatens; resilience in the face of crushing economic crises, from depressions and recessions to COVID-19; and the tradition that presses down on each generation when you're not just fighting for your job, you're fighting for your heritage.
With newly analyzed data, sharp historical analysis, conversations with some of modern farming's most notable champions and critics alike, honest debate on both sides of the aisle and everywhere in between, and personal storytelling, Reisinger reveals how the hollowing out of rural America is affecting every single American dinner table. Food prices soaring far beyond the rate of inflation, a vulnerable food supply chain, environmental and ecological dilemmas, the security of our farmland from foreign adversaries, a mental health crisis that includes farmer suicides and addictions, a deepening urban-rural divide, and more worries than ever about what's for dinner. These are all becoming the hallmarks of a food system that has long stood as a modern miracle. The critically acclaimed Land Rich, Cash Poor offers the truth and what we can do--before it's too late.
Includes bibliographical references.
Chapter 1. This land -- Chapter 2. Down in that hole -- Chapter 3. The forgotten depression -- Chapter 4. The tortured path -- Chapter 5. Back-breaking work -- Chapter 6. Deadly weather -- Chapter 7. A tale of two farms kids -- Chapter 8.The century of recessions -- Chapter 9. Holding on -- Chapter 10. COVID crash -- Chapter 11. A once and future family farm: the road to revival.
"The hidden history of an economic and cultural catastrophe that is threatening our very food supply-the disappearance of the American farmer"-- Provided by publisher.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Introduction: Spring Water (1)
- Chapter 1 This Land (13)
- Chapter 2 "Down in That Hole" (25)
- Chapter 3 The Forgotten Depression (41)
- Chapter 4 The Tortured Path (59)
- Chapter 5 Back-Breaking Work (77)
- Chapter 6 Deadly Weather (99)
- Chapter 7 A Tale of Two Farm Kids (121)
- Chapter 8 The Century of Recessions (143)
- Chapter 9 Holding On (165)
- Chapter 10 Covid Crash (187)
- Chapter 11 The Road to Revival (209)
- Epilogue (237)
- Final Note on Mental Health (241)
- Acknowledgments (243)
- Endnotes (247)