The title of “This Blessed Earth: A Year in the Life of an American Family Farm’ by Ted Genoways will be the November read for the local Book Club. This book is the 2019 One Book One Nebraska selection. The Library has copies available for interested readers.
The family farm lies at the heart of our national identity, and yet its future is in peril. Rich Hamond grew up on a farm, and for forty years he has raised cattle and crops on his wife’s fifth-generation homestead in Nebraska, in the hopes of passing it on to their four children. But as the handoff nears, their family farm and their entire way of life are under siege on many fronts, from shifting trade policies, to encroaching pipelines, to climate change. Following the Hammonds from harvest to harvest, Ted Genoways explores the rapidly changing world of small, traditional farming operations. He creates a vivid portrait of a radical new landscape and one family’s fight to preserve their legacy and the life they love.
The book discussion on this title will be held on November 18th at 2 p.m. We hope to see you there!
