{"product_id":"land-rich-cash-poor-my-familys-hope-and-the-untold-history-of-the-disappearing-american-farmer-9781510779983","title":"Land Rich, Cash Poor: My Family's Hope and the Untold History of the Disappearing American Farmer","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe hidden history of an economic and cultural catastrophe that is threatening our very food supply--the disappearance of the American farmer.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Taking on this story of heart and hardship, award-winning writer 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 inflation 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With newly analyzed data, sharp historical analysis, conversations with some of modern farming's most notable champions and critics alike, honest debate, and personal storytelling, Reisinger reveals the roots of a problem with stakes as high as they come. A vulnerable food supply chain, soaring prices for American families, environmental and ecological dilemmas, the security of our farmland from foreign adversaries, farmer suicides, 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. \u003ci\u003eLand Rich, Cash Poor\u003c\/i\u003e offers the honest truth about these issues, and a candid look at what we can do about them--before it's too late.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Skyhorse Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/20\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781510779983\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.02lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.71d","brand":"Brian Reisinger","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44391895433397,"sku":"9781510779983","price":28.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_7dbbb0eb-17c0-4528-b4be-97e4225dd80c.jpg?v=1719949142","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/land-rich-cash-poor-my-familys-hope-and-the-untold-history-of-the-disappearing-american-farmer-9781510779983","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}