Bet the Farm
The Dollars and Sense of Growing Food in America
$51.86
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
20 January 2025
Summary
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 dream of becoming a farmer, to put into practice everything she had learned over decades of reporting on food and agriculture. There was just one problem: money.
Half of America’s two million fa…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781642833904 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1642833908 |
| Author: | Beth Hoffman |
| Publisher: | Island Press |
| Imprint: | Island Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 20 January 2025 |
| Weight: | 454g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 127mm |
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“Eloquent and detailed…precise and well-thought-out…Read her book — and listen.” — Jane Smiley, The Washington Post.
About The Author
Beth Hoffman
Beth Hoffman is a beginning farmer on almost 530 acres in Iowa. For the last twenty years, she has worked as a journalist covering food and agriculture. Her work has been aired and published on NPR’s Morning Edition, The Guardian, The Salt, Latino USA, and the News Hour.
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