Forrest Pritchard
One fateful day in 1996, upon discovering that five freight carsâ€™ worth of glittering corn have reaped a tiny profit of $18.16, young Forrest Pritchard undertakes to save his familyâ€™s farm. What ensuesâ€”through hilarious encounters with all manner of livestock and colorful local charactersâ€”is a crash course in sustainable agriculture. Pritchardâ€™s biggest ally is his renegade father, who initially questions his sonâ€™s career choice and eschews organic foods for sugary mainstream fare. But just when the farm starts to turn heads at local markets, his fatherâ€™s health takes a turn for the worse. With poetry and humor, this timely memoir tugs on the heartstrings and feeds the soul long after the last page is turned.
Nonfiction,Autobiography,Memoir,Food and Drink,Food,Horticulture,Gardening,Science,Agriculture,Biography,Environment,Audiobook,Biography Memoir,Environment,Sustainability
Gaining Ground: A Story of Farmers' Markets, Local Food, and Saving the Family Farm