false 255176 <![CDATA[The Land Was Everything: Letters from an American Farmer]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173191959m/255176.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173191959s/255176.jpg The enemies of farming are many, Hanson declares. They number not only drought, insects, fire, and fungi, but also political leaders who are content to watch the fertile countryside be carved into arid seas of look-alike homes, housing consumers who demand factory-issued foods in all seasons. Their demands are met--and, barring disaster, will continue to be met--by corporate agriculture, which, Hanson holds, values appearance over taste and prizes short-term profits over the long-term health of the land. The ascendance of that corporate system of food production means that fewer and fewer small farms can survive, and that agriculture will seem an ever more alien enterprise to the coming generations, conducted far off in the hinterland, "the corporate void where no sane man wishes to live."

This all means, Hanson suggests, that the farmer of old who knew how to fix tractors and fences, how to wage war on predators while shunning the use of poisons, and how to live self-reliantly is a thing of the past. The disappearance of that American archetype is all to the bad. As Hanson writes, "We have lost our agrarian landscape and with it the insurance that there would be an autonomous, outspoken, and critical group of citizens eager to remind us of the current fads and follies of the day." Resounding with righteous fury and good common sense, his book is a call to turn back the clock and set a more civilized table. --Gregory McNamee

]]> 255176 1 247303 20 4 2000 The Land Was Everything: Letters from an American Farmer total:11|5:4|4:5|3:2|2:0|1:0| 11 46 29 3 15262 4.02 1018 188 63000001 1695322 255176 0684845016 9780684845012 3 <![CDATA[The Land Was Everything: Letters from an American Farmer]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173191959m/255176.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173191959s/255176.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/255176.The_Land_Was_Everything_Letters_from_an_American_Farmer 4.18 11 The enemies of farming are many, Hanson declares. They number not only drought, insects, fire, and fungi, but also political leaders who are content to watch the fertile countryside be carved into arid seas of look-alike homes, housing consumers who demand factory-issued foods in all seasons. Their demands are met--and, barring disaster, will continue to be met--by corporate agriculture, which, Hanson holds, values appearance over taste and prizes short-term profits over the long-term health of the land. The ascendance of that corporate system of food production means that fewer and fewer small farms can survive, and that agriculture will seem an ever more alien enterprise to the coming generations, conducted far off in the hinterland, "the corporate void where no sane man wishes to live."

This all means, Hanson suggests, that the farmer of old who knew how to fix tractors and fences, how to wage war on predators while shunning the use of poisons, and how to live self-reliantly is a thing of the past. The disappearance of that American archetype is all to the bad. As Hanson writes, "We have lost our agrarian landscape and with it the insurance that there would be an autonomous, outspoken, and critical group of citizens eager to remind us of the current fads and follies of the day." Resounding with righteous fury and good common sense, his book is a call to turn back the clock and set a more civilized table. --Gregory McNamee

]]> 2000 3 0 false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 10 22:27:46 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 01 08:32:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 37503559 1270051 255176 0684845016 9780684845012 3 <![CDATA[The Land Was Everything: Letters from an American Farmer]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173191959m/255176.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173191959s/255176.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/255176.The_Land_Was_Everything_Letters_from_an_American_Farmer 4.18 11 The enemies of farming are many, Hanson declares. They number not only drought, insects, fire, and fungi, but also political leaders who are content to watch the fertile countryside be carved into arid seas of look-alike homes, housing consumers who demand factory-issued foods in all seasons. Their demands are met--and, barring disaster, will continue to be met--by corporate agriculture, which, Hanson holds, values appearance over taste and prizes short-term profits over the long-term health of the land. The ascendance of that corporate system of food production means that fewer and fewer small farms can survive, and that agriculture will seem an ever more alien enterprise to the coming generations, conducted far off in the hinterland, "the corporate void where no sane man wishes to live."

This all means, Hanson suggests, that the farmer of old who knew how to fix tractors and fences, how to wage war on predators while shunning the use of poisons, and how to live self-reliantly is a thing of the past. The disappearance of that American archetype is all to the bad. As Hanson writes, "We have lost our agrarian landscape and with it the insurance that there would be an autonomous, outspoken, and critical group of citizens eager to remind us of the current fads and follies of the day." Resounding with righteous fury and good common sense, his book is a call to turn back the clock and set a more civilized table. --Gregory McNamee

]]> 2000 4 0 false Sun Nov 30 09:07:19 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 12 05:56:52 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 30 09:07:19 -0800 2008 16375486 935022 255176 0684845016 9780684845012 3 <![CDATA[The Land Was Everything: Letters from an American Farmer]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173191959m/255176.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173191959s/255176.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/255176.The_Land_Was_Everything_Letters_from_an_American_Farmer 4.18 11 The enemies of farming are many, Hanson declares. They number not only drought, insects, fire, and fungi, but also political leaders who are content to watch the fertile countryside be carved into arid seas of look-alike homes, housing consumers who demand factory-issued foods in all seasons. Their demands are met--and, barring disaster, will continue to be met--by corporate agriculture, which, Hanson holds, values appearance over taste and prizes short-term profits over the long-term health of the land. The ascendance of that corporate system of food production means that fewer and fewer small farms can survive, and that agriculture will seem an ever more alien enterprise to the coming generations, conducted far off in the hinterland, "the corporate void where no sane man wishes to live."

This all means, Hanson suggests, that the farmer of old who knew how to fix tractors and fences, how to wage war on predators while shunning the use of poisons, and how to live self-reliantly is a thing of the past. The disappearance of that American archetype is all to the bad. As Hanson writes, "We have lost our agrarian landscape and with it the insurance that there would be an autonomous, outspoken, and critical group of citizens eager to remind us of the current fads and follies of the day." Resounding with righteous fury and good common sense, his book is a call to turn back the clock and set a more civilized table. --Gregory McNamee

]]> 2000 5 0 false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Mon Feb 25 20:24:21 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 25 20:24:48 -0800 2008 77590630 2938259 255176 0684845016 9780684845012 3 <![CDATA[The Land Was Everything: Letters from an American Farmer]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173191959m/255176.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173191959s/255176.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/255176.The_Land_Was_Everything_Letters_from_an_American_Farmer 4.18 11 The enemies of farming are many, Hanson declares. They number not only drought, insects, fire, and fungi, but also political leaders who are content to watch the fertile countryside be carved into arid seas of look-alike homes, housing consumers who demand factory-issued foods in all seasons. Their demands are met--and, barring disaster, will continue to be met--by corporate agriculture, which, Hanson holds, values appearance over taste and prizes short-term profits over the long-term health of the land. The ascendance of that corporate system of food production means that fewer and fewer small farms can survive, and that agriculture will seem an ever more alien enterprise to the coming generations, conducted far off in the hinterland, "the corporate void where no sane man wishes to live."

This all means, Hanson suggests, that the farmer of old who knew how to fix tractors and fences, how to wage war on predators while shunning the use of poisons, and how to live self-reliantly is a thing of the past. The disappearance of that American archetype is all to the bad. As Hanson writes, "We have lost our agrarian landscape and with it the insurance that there would be an autonomous, outspoken, and critical group of citizens eager to remind us of the current fads and follies of the day." Resounding with righteous fury and good common sense, his book is a call to turn back the clock and set a more civilized table. --Gregory McNamee

]]> 2000 4 0 false Thu Nov 12 16:12:49 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 12 16:12:49 -0800 2009 76225183 300814 255176 0684845016 9780684845012 3 <![CDATA[The Land Was Everything: Letters from an American Farmer]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173191959m/255176.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173191959s/255176.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/255176.The_Land_Was_Everything_Letters_from_an_American_Farmer 4.18 11 The enemies of farming are many, Hanson declares. They number not only drought, insects, fire, and fungi, but also political leaders who are content to watch the fertile countryside be carved into arid seas of look-alike homes, housing consumers who demand factory-issued foods in all seasons. Their demands are met--and, barring disaster, will continue to be met--by corporate agriculture, which, Hanson holds, values appearance over taste and prizes short-term profits over the long-term health of the land. The ascendance of that corporate system of food production means that fewer and fewer small farms can survive, and that agriculture will seem an ever more alien enterprise to the coming generations, conducted far off in the hinterland, "the corporate void where no sane man wishes to live."

This all means, Hanson suggests, that the farmer of old who knew how to fix tractors and fences, how to wage war on predators while shunning the use of poisons, and how to live self-reliantly is a thing of the past. The disappearance of that American archetype is all to the bad. As Hanson writes, "We have lost our agrarian landscape and with it the insurance that there would be an autonomous, outspoken, and critical group of citizens eager to remind us of the current fads and follies of the day." Resounding with righteous fury and good common sense, his book is a call to turn back the clock and set a more civilized table. --Gregory McNamee

]]> 2000 0 0 false Fri Oct 30 12:17:05 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 12:17:05 -0700 2009 75818501 2696933 255176 0684845016 9780684845012 3 <![CDATA[The Land Was Everything: Letters from an American Farmer]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173191959m/255176.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173191959s/255176.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/255176.The_Land_Was_Everything_Letters_from_an_American_Farmer 4.18 11 The enemies of farming are many, Hanson declares. They number not only drought, insects, fire, and fungi, but also political leaders who are content to watch the fertile countryside be carved into arid seas of look-alike homes, housing consumers who demand factory-issued foods in all seasons. Their demands are met--and, barring disaster, will continue to be met--by corporate agriculture, which, Hanson holds, values appearance over taste and prizes short-term profits over the long-term health of the land. The ascendance of that corporate system of food production means that fewer and fewer small farms can survive, and that agriculture will seem an ever more alien enterprise to the coming generations, conducted far off in the hinterland, "the corporate void where no sane man wishes to live."

This all means, Hanson suggests, that the farmer of old who knew how to fix tractors and fences, how to wage war on predators while shunning the use of poisons, and how to live self-reliantly is a thing of the past. The disappearance of that American archetype is all to the bad. As Hanson writes, "We have lost our agrarian landscape and with it the insurance that there would be an autonomous, outspoken, and critical group of citizens eager to remind us of the current fads and follies of the day." Resounding with righteous fury and good common sense, his book is a call to turn back the clock and set a more civilized table. --Gregory McNamee

]]> 2000 0 0 false Mon Oct 26 15:49:43 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 15:49:43 -0700 2009 75321150 1970652 255176 0684845016 9780684845012 3 <![CDATA[The Land Was Everything: Letters from an American Farmer]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173191959m/255176.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173191959s/255176.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/255176.The_Land_Was_Everything_Letters_from_an_American_Farmer 4.18 11 The enemies of farming are many, Hanson declares. They number not only drought, insects, fire, and fungi, but also political leaders who are content to watch the fertile countryside be carved into arid seas of look-alike homes, housing consumers who demand factory-issued foods in all seasons. Their demands are met--and, barring disaster, will continue to be met--by corporate agriculture, which, Hanson holds, values appearance over taste and prizes short-term profits over the long-term health of the land. The ascendance of that corporate system of food production means that fewer and fewer small farms can survive, and that agriculture will seem an ever more alien enterprise to the coming generations, conducted far off in the hinterland, "the corporate void where no sane man wishes to live."

This all means, Hanson suggests, that the farmer of old who knew how to fix tractors and fences, how to wage war on predators while shunning the use of poisons, and how to live self-reliantly is a thing of the past. The disappearance of that American archetype is all to the bad. As Hanson writes, "We have lost our agrarian landscape and with it the insurance that there would be an autonomous, outspoken, and critical group of citizens eager to remind us of the current fads and follies of the day." Resounding with righteous fury and good common sense, his book is a call to turn back the clock and set a more civilized table. --Gregory McNamee

]]> 2000 4 0 false Wed Oct 21 19:41:33 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 19:41:33 -0700 2009 73854027 126162 255176 0684845016 9780684845012 3 <![CDATA[The Land Was Everything: Letters from an American Farmer]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173191959m/255176.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173191959s/255176.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/255176.The_Land_Was_Everything_Letters_from_an_American_Farmer 4.18 11 The enemies of farming are many, Hanson declares. They number not only drought, insects, fire, and fungi, but also political leaders who are content to watch the fertile countryside be carved into arid seas of look-alike homes, housing consumers who demand factory-issued foods in all seasons. Their demands are met--and, barring disaster, will continue to be met--by corporate agriculture, which, Hanson holds, values appearance over taste and prizes short-term profits over the long-term health of the land. The ascendance of that corporate system of food production means that fewer and fewer small farms can survive, and that agriculture will seem an ever more alien enterprise to the coming generations, conducted far off in the hinterland, "the corporate void where no sane man wishes to live."

This all means, Hanson suggests, that the farmer of old who knew how to fix tractors and fences, how to wage war on predators while shunning the use of poisons, and how to live self-reliantly is a thing of the past. The disappearance of that American archetype is all to the bad. As Hanson writes, "We have lost our agrarian landscape and with it the insurance that there would be an autonomous, outspoken, and critical group of citizens eager to remind us of the current fads and follies of the day." Resounding with righteous fury and good common sense, his book is a call to turn back the clock and set a more civilized table. --Gregory McNamee

]]> 2000 0 0 false Thu Oct 08 08:35:11 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 08:35:11 -0700 2009 71455274 846793 255176 0684845016 9780684845012 3 <![CDATA[The Land Was Everything: Letters from an American Farmer]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173191959m/255176.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173191959s/255176.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/255176.The_Land_Was_Everything_Letters_from_an_American_Farmer 4.18 11 The enemies of farming are many, Hanson declares. They number not only drought, insects, fire, and fungi, but also political leaders who are content to watch the fertile countryside be carved into arid seas of look-alike homes, housing consumers who demand factory-issued foods in all seasons. Their demands are met--and, barring disaster, will continue to be met--by corporate agriculture, which, Hanson holds, values appearance over taste and prizes short-term profits over the long-term health of the land. The ascendance of that corporate system of food production means that fewer and fewer small farms can survive, and that agriculture will seem an ever more alien enterprise to the coming generations, conducted far off in the hinterland, "the corporate void where no sane man wishes to live."

This all means, Hanson suggests, that the farmer of old who knew how to fix tractors and fences, how to wage war on predators while shunning the use of poisons, and how to live self-reliantly is a thing of the past. The disappearance of that American archetype is all to the bad. As Hanson writes, "We have lost our agrarian landscape and with it the insurance that there would be an autonomous, outspoken, and critical group of citizens eager to remind us of the current fads and follies of the day." Resounding with righteous fury and good common sense, his book is a call to turn back the clock and set a more civilized table. --Gregory McNamee

]]> 2000 0 0 false Wed Sep 16 14:00:37 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 14:00:37 -0700 2009 65531892 2481343 255176 0684845016 9780684845012 3 <![CDATA[The Land Was Everything: Letters from an American Farmer]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173191959m/255176.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173191959s/255176.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/255176.The_Land_Was_Everything_Letters_from_an_American_Farmer 4.18 11 The enemies of farming are many, Hanson declares. They number not only drought, insects, fire, and fungi, but also political leaders who are content to watch the fertile countryside be carved into arid seas of look-alike homes, housing consumers who demand factory-issued foods in all seasons. Their demands are met--and, barring disaster, will continue to be met--by corporate agriculture, which, Hanson holds, values appearance over taste and prizes short-term profits over the long-term health of the land. The ascendance of that corporate system of food production means that fewer and fewer small farms can survive, and that agriculture will seem an ever more alien enterprise to the coming generations, conducted far off in the hinterland, "the corporate void where no sane man wishes to live."

This all means, Hanson suggests, that the farmer of old who knew how to fix tractors and fences, how to wage war on predators while shunning the use of poisons, and how to live self-reliantly is a thing of the past. The disappearance of that American archetype is all to the bad. As Hanson writes, "We have lost our agrarian landscape and with it the insurance that there would be an autonomous, outspoken, and critical group of citizens eager to remind us of the current fads and follies of the day." Resounding with righteous fury and good common sense, his book is a call to turn back the clock and set a more civilized table. --Gregory McNamee

]]> 2000 0 0 false Thu Jul 30 08:28:41 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 08:28:41 -0700 2009 64103944 194689 255176 0684845016 9780684845012 3 <![CDATA[The Land Was Everything: Letters from an American Farmer]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173191959m/255176.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173191959s/255176.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/255176.The_Land_Was_Everything_Letters_from_an_American_Farmer 4.18 11 The enemies of farming are many, Hanson declares. They number not only drought, insects, fire, and fungi, but also political leaders who are content to watch the fertile countryside be carved into arid seas of look-alike homes, housing consumers who demand factory-issued foods in all seasons. Their demands are met--and, barring disaster, will continue to be met--by corporate agriculture, which, Hanson holds, values appearance over taste and prizes short-term profits over the long-term health of the land. The ascendance of that corporate system of food production means that fewer and fewer small farms can survive, and that agriculture will seem an ever more alien enterprise to the coming generations, conducted far off in the hinterland, "the corporate void where no sane man wishes to live."

This all means, Hanson suggests, that the farmer of old who knew how to fix tractors and fences, how to wage war on predators while shunning the use of poisons, and how to live self-reliantly is a thing of the past. The disappearance of that American archetype is all to the bad. As Hanson writes, "We have lost our agrarian landscape and with it the insurance that there would be an autonomous, outspoken, and critical group of citizens eager to remind us of the current fads and follies of the day." Resounding with righteous fury and good common sense, his book is a call to turn back the clock and set a more civilized table. --Gregory McNamee

]]> 2000 0 0 false Sun Jul 19 11:32:36 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 11:32:36 -0700 2009 59276328 2285860 255176 0684845016 9780684845012 3 <![CDATA[The Land Was Everything: Letters from an American Farmer]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173191959m/255176.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173191959s/255176.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/255176.The_Land_Was_Everything_Letters_from_an_American_Farmer 4.18 11 The enemies of farming are many, Hanson declares. They number not only drought, insects, fire, and fungi, but also political leaders who are content to watch the fertile countryside be carved into arid seas of look-alike homes, housing consumers who demand factory-issued foods in all seasons. Their demands are met--and, barring disaster, will continue to be met--by corporate agriculture, which, Hanson holds, values appearance over taste and prizes short-term profits over the long-term health of the land. The ascendance of that corporate system of food production means that fewer and fewer small farms can survive, and that agriculture will seem an ever more alien enterprise to the coming generations, conducted far off in the hinterland, "the corporate void where no sane man wishes to live."

This all means, Hanson suggests, that the farmer of old who knew how to fix tractors and fences, how to wage war on predators while shunning the use of poisons, and how to live self-reliantly is a thing of the past. The disappearance of that American archetype is all to the bad. As Hanson writes, "We have lost our agrarian landscape and with it the insurance that there would be an autonomous, outspoken, and critical group of citizens eager to remind us of the current fads and follies of the day." Resounding with righteous fury and good common sense, his book is a call to turn back the clock and set a more civilized table. --Gregory McNamee

]]> 2000 0 0 false Thu Jun 11 09:19:18 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 09:19:18 -0700 2009 44196318 1607212 255176 0684845016 9780684845012 3 <![CDATA[The Land Was Everything: Letters from an American Farmer]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173191959m/255176.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173191959s/255176.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/255176.The_Land_Was_Everything_Letters_from_an_American_Farmer 4.18 11 The enemies of farming are many, Hanson declares. They number not only drought, insects, fire, and fungi, but also political leaders who are content to watch the fertile countryside be carved into arid seas of look-alike homes, housing consumers who demand factory-issued foods in all seasons. Their demands are met--and, barring disaster, will continue to be met--by corporate agriculture, which, Hanson holds, values appearance over taste and prizes short-term profits over the long-term health of the land. The ascendance of that corporate system of food production means that fewer and fewer small farms can survive, and that agriculture will seem an ever more alien enterprise to the coming generations, conducted far off in the hinterland, "the corporate void where no sane man wishes to live."

This all means, Hanson suggests, that the farmer of old who knew how to fix tractors and fences, how to wage war on predators while shunning the use of poisons, and how to live self-reliantly is a thing of the past. The disappearance of that American archetype is all to the bad. As Hanson writes, "We have lost our agrarian landscape and with it the insurance that there would be an autonomous, outspoken, and critical group of citizens eager to remind us of the current fads and follies of the day." Resounding with righteous fury and good common sense, his book is a call to turn back the clock and set a more civilized table. --Gregory McNamee

]]> 2000 0 0 false Sat Jan 24 13:18:21 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 13:18:21 -0800 2009 37638480 1686260 255176 0684845016 9780684845012 3 <![CDATA[The Land Was Everything: Letters from an American Farmer]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173191959m/255176.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173191959s/255176.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/255176.The_Land_Was_Everything_Letters_from_an_American_Farmer 4.18 11 The enemies of farming are many, Hanson declares. They number not only drought, insects, fire, and fungi, but also political leaders who are content to watch the fertile countryside be carved into arid seas of look-alike homes, housing consumers who demand factory-issued foods in all seasons. Their demands are met--and, barring disaster, will continue to be met--by corporate agriculture, which, Hanson holds, values appearance over taste and prizes short-term profits over the long-term health of the land. The ascendance of that corporate system of food production means that fewer and fewer small farms can survive, and that agriculture will seem an ever more alien enterprise to the coming generations, conducted far off in the hinterland, "the corporate void where no sane man wishes to live."

This all means, Hanson suggests, that the farmer of old who knew how to fix tractors and fences, how to wage war on predators while shunning the use of poisons, and how to live self-reliantly is a thing of the past. The disappearance of that American archetype is all to the bad. As Hanson writes, "We have lost our agrarian landscape and with it the insurance that there would be an autonomous, outspoken, and critical group of citizens eager to remind us of the current fads and follies of the day." Resounding with righteous fury and good common sense, his book is a call to turn back the clock and set a more civilized table. --Gregory McNamee

]]> 2000 0 0 false Thu Nov 13 12:26:48 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 13 12:26:48 -0800 2008 35093999 949162 255176 0684845016 9780684845012 3 <![CDATA[The Land Was Everything: Letters from an American Farmer]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173191959m/255176.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173191959s/255176.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/255176.The_Land_Was_Everything_Letters_from_an_American_Farmer 4.18 11 The enemies of farming are many, Hanson declares. They number not only drought, insects, fire, and fungi, but also political leaders who are content to watch the fertile countryside be carved into arid seas of look-alike homes, housing consumers who demand factory-issued foods in all seasons. Their demands are met--and, barring disaster, will continue to be met--by corporate agriculture, which, Hanson holds, values appearance over taste and prizes short-term profits over the long-term health of the land. The ascendance of that corporate system of food production means that fewer and fewer small farms can survive, and that agriculture will seem an ever more alien enterprise to the coming generations, conducted far off in the hinterland, "the corporate void where no sane man wishes to live."

This all means, Hanson suggests, that the farmer of old who knew how to fix tractors and fences, how to wage war on predators while shunning the use of poisons, and how to live self-reliantly is a thing of the past. The disappearance of that American archetype is all to the bad. As Hanson writes, "We have lost our agrarian landscape and with it the insurance that there would be an autonomous, outspoken, and critical group of citizens eager to remind us of the current fads and follies of the day." Resounding with righteous fury and good common sense, his book is a call to turn back the clock and set a more civilized table. --Gregory McNamee

]]> 2000 0 0 false Sun Oct 12 00:32:18 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 12 00:32:18 -0700 2008 32428409 1072616 255176 0684845016 9780684845012 3 <![CDATA[The Land Was Everything: Letters from an American Farmer]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173191959m/255176.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173191959s/255176.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/255176.The_Land_Was_Everything_Letters_from_an_American_Farmer 4.18 11 The enemies of farming are many, Hanson declares. They number not only drought, insects, fire, and fungi, but also political leaders who are content to watch the fertile countryside be carved into arid seas of look-alike homes, housing consumers who demand factory-issued foods in all seasons. Their demands are met--and, barring disaster, will continue to be met--by corporate agriculture, which, Hanson holds, values appearance over taste and prizes short-term profits over the long-term health of the land. The ascendance of that corporate system of food production means that fewer and fewer small farms can survive, and that agriculture will seem an ever more alien enterprise to the coming generations, conducted far off in the hinterland, "the corporate void where no sane man wishes to live."

This all means, Hanson suggests, that the farmer of old who knew how to fix tractors and fences, how to wage war on predators while shunning the use of poisons, and how to live self-reliantly is a thing of the past. The disappearance of that American archetype is all to the bad. As Hanson writes, "We have lost our agrarian landscape and with it the insurance that there would be an autonomous, outspoken, and critical group of citizens eager to remind us of the current fads and follies of the day." Resounding with righteous fury and good common sense, his book is a call to turn back the clock and set a more civilized table. --Gregory McNamee

]]> 2000 3 0 false Tue Sep 09 08:05:33 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 09 08:05:49 -0700 2008 30946909 1408203 255176 0684845016 9780684845012 3 <![CDATA[The Land Was Everything: Letters from an American Farmer]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173191959m/255176.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173191959s/255176.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/255176.The_Land_Was_Everything_Letters_from_an_American_Farmer 4.18 11 The enemies of farming are many, Hanson declares. They number not only drought, insects, fire, and fungi, but also political leaders who are content to watch the fertile countryside be carved into arid seas of look-alike homes, housing consumers who demand factory-issued foods in all seasons. Their demands are met--and, barring disaster, will continue to be met--by corporate agriculture, which, Hanson holds, values appearance over taste and prizes short-term profits over the long-term health of the land. The ascendance of that corporate system of food production means that fewer and fewer small farms can survive, and that agriculture will seem an ever more alien enterprise to the coming generations, conducted far off in the hinterland, "the corporate void where no sane man wishes to live."

This all means, Hanson suggests, that the farmer of old who knew how to fix tractors and fences, how to wage war on predators while shunning the use of poisons, and how to live self-reliantly is a thing of the past. The disappearance of that American archetype is all to the bad. As Hanson writes, "We have lost our agrarian landscape and with it the insurance that there would be an autonomous, outspoken, and critical group of citizens eager to remind us of the current fads and follies of the day." Resounding with righteous fury and good common sense, his book is a call to turn back the clock and set a more civilized table. --Gregory McNamee

]]> 2000 0 0 false Fri Aug 22 18:42:09 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 22 18:42:09 -0700 2008 30026148 446570 255176 0684845016 9780684845012 3 <![CDATA[The Land Was Everything: Letters from an American Farmer]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173191959m/255176.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173191959s/255176.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/255176.The_Land_Was_Everything_Letters_from_an_American_Farmer 4.18 11 The enemies of farming are many, Hanson declares. They number not only drought, insects, fire, and fungi, but also political leaders who are content to watch the fertile countryside be carved into arid seas of look-alike homes, housing consumers who demand factory-issued foods in all seasons. Their demands are met--and, barring disaster, will continue to be met--by corporate agriculture, which, Hanson holds, values appearance over taste and prizes short-term profits over the long-term health of the land. The ascendance of that corporate system of food production means that fewer and fewer small farms can survive, and that agriculture will seem an ever more alien enterprise to the coming generations, conducted far off in the hinterland, "the corporate void where no sane man wishes to live."

This all means, Hanson suggests, that the farmer of old who knew how to fix tractors and fences, how to wage war on predators while shunning the use of poisons, and how to live self-reliantly is a thing of the past. The disappearance of that American archetype is all to the bad. As Hanson writes, "We have lost our agrarian landscape and with it the insurance that there would be an autonomous, outspoken, and critical group of citizens eager to remind us of the current fads and follies of the day." Resounding with righteous fury and good common sense, his book is a call to turn back the clock and set a more civilized table. --Gregory McNamee

]]> 2000 5 0 false Wed Aug 13 07:20:52 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 13 07:20:52 -0700 2008 26010825 1282458 255176 0684845016 9780684845012 3 <![CDATA[The Land Was Everything: Letters from an American Farmer]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173191959m/255176.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173191959s/255176.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/255176.The_Land_Was_Everything_Letters_from_an_American_Farmer 4.18 11 The enemies of farming are many, Hanson declares. They number not only drought, insects, fire, and fungi, but also political leaders who are content to watch the fertile countryside be carved into arid seas of look-alike homes, housing consumers who demand factory-issued foods in all seasons. Their demands are met--and, barring disaster, will continue to be met--by corporate agriculture, which, Hanson holds, values appearance over taste and prizes short-term profits over the long-term health of the land. The ascendance of that corporate system of food production means that fewer and fewer small farms can survive, and that agriculture will seem an ever more alien enterprise to the coming generations, conducted far off in the hinterland, "the corporate void where no sane man wishes to live."

This all means, Hanson suggests, that the farmer of old who knew how to fix tractors and fences, how to wage war on predators while shunning the use of poisons, and how to live self-reliantly is a thing of the past. The disappearance of that American archetype is all to the bad. As Hanson writes, "We have lost our agrarian landscape and with it the insurance that there would be an autonomous, outspoken, and critical group of citizens eager to remind us of the current fads and follies of the day." Resounding with righteous fury and good common sense, his book is a call to turn back the clock and set a more civilized table. --Gregory McNamee

]]> 2000 0 0 false Tue Jul 01 08:40:23 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 01 08:40:23 -0700 2008 24439873 1235363 255176 0684845016 9780684845012 3 <![CDATA[The Land Was Everything: Letters from an American Farmer]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173191959m/255176.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173191959s/255176.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/255176.The_Land_Was_Everything_Letters_from_an_American_Farmer 4.18 11 The enemies of farming are many, Hanson declares. They number not only drought, insects, fire, and fungi, but also political leaders who are content to watch the fertile countryside be carved into arid seas of look-alike homes, housing consumers who demand factory-issued foods in all seasons. Their demands are met--and, barring disaster, will continue to be met--by corporate agriculture, which, Hanson holds, values appearance over taste and prizes short-term profits over the long-term health of the land. The ascendance of that corporate system of food production means that fewer and fewer small farms can survive, and that agriculture will seem an ever more alien enterprise to the coming generations, conducted far off in the hinterland, "the corporate void where no sane man wishes to live."

This all means, Hanson suggests, that the farmer of old who knew how to fix tractors and fences, how to wage war on predators while shunning the use of poisons, and how to live self-reliantly is a thing of the past. The disappearance of that American archetype is all to the bad. As Hanson writes, "We have lost our agrarian landscape and with it the insurance that there would be an autonomous, outspoken, and critical group of citizens eager to remind us of the current fads and follies of the day." Resounding with righteous fury and good common sense, his book is a call to turn back the clock and set a more civilized table. --Gregory McNamee

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