Offers a travelogue of the author's trip to family-owned farms across America to help farmers harvest over a dozen food crops, including wheat, cranberries, and Hopi blue corn, and his efforts to form connections with them and the land.

Meet the local farmers who feed America--in stories, photos, and 50 recipes!,--Amazon.com When seventh-generation farmer Forrest Pritchard went looking for the unsung heroes of local, sustainable food, he found them at 18 exceptional farms all over the country. In Detroit, Aba Ifeaoma of D-Town Farm dreams of replenishing the local food desert with organic produce. On Cape Cod, Nick Muto stays afloat and eco-friendly by fishing with the seasons....

The story of family farms who were providing healthy foods to their communities and were forced to stop by agents of government bureaucracies.