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This book is a love letter to our brothers and sisters growing America. In a profession as old as time, that many look down upon, it has far deeper roots than the days of slavery. The extent of those roots was eye-opening for me! For those of us who grew up on or around the farms, its validation and praise while warning others that returning to an appreciation of nature could be the savior of climate change in restoring biodiversity loss and turning back the clocks, just a little. It explores the generational wealth of the world's most sought-after commodity... And that's land! This book is comprised of poems, essays, excerpts, and narratives of Black farmers from many rich backgrounds and even richer crops! While this was very educational, I didn't find myself bored. It had my undivided attention, perhaps because I have a vested interest. As a grandchild of farmers, this book allowed me a deeper insight into the struggle and business side of the trade, which allows for a much deeper conversation with my elders. I recommend this book to everyone, because I have never seen this story told and it is more than worthy to be heard.

shyster's review against another edition

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informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.75

kp_writ's review against another edition

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Not something that's easy to binge-read, and the formatting of images and poems lends itself more to the kind of book I'd like to read with a physical copy. Will have to return to this later.

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adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

I didn’t realize this was an anthology until I began reading it. Each selection of the anthology centers around Black American, Hispanic American and Native Americans relationship to farming in the United States.The selections are in various forms: personal narratives, interviews, poems and book excerpts. There are pictures throughout of the different people, families and farms that contributed to the anthology.

Many of the accounts contained in the anthology are infuriating. One of the recurring narratives in the book is the role the USDA has played and continues to play in systematically attempting to decrease and eliminate Black farmers from the agriculture business.

There are also hopeful and inspiring accounts in the book. There are narratives regarding programs in urban farming, young farmers setting up co-ops and using the power of social media to expand their businesses.

Excellent read!

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challenging informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.0

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