Chapter 1: The Simple Life? from Bet the Farm: The Dollars and Sense of Growing Food in America by Beth Hoffman
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"Part farm thriller, part historical nonfiction, Bet the Farm keeps readers guessing—will Whippoorwill Creek Farm succeed or fail?—as they learn the realities of farming. Hoffman doesn’t shy away from the benefits of race or privilege as she shares the history of and hopes for American farming. A must-read for anyone with romantic notions about farming!"
--Rachelle Chase, author of Creating the Black Utopia of Buxton, Iowa
"Honest and authentic, Beth Hoffman accomplishes what few authors who write about farms ever achieve: conveying amid the hard work and simple pleasures, the realities of running a tough business. Readers seldom get to view farming so accurately."
--John Piotti, President, American Farmland Trust
