It's a Long Road to a Tomato: Keith Stewart

This was an interesting sort of biography centered around one man's decision to start farming. He gets young adults to work on the farm each year as a sort of free experience and sells his produce at farmer's markets. He shows how much work farming is and tries to educate city dwellers on the cost of providing their food. He notes that milk 25 years ago was more expensive than now, yet the cost of cattle and keeping them has risen exponentially. Farmers are the only people who pay retail for everything, yet are expected to sell wholesale. His shares stories about his animals and experiences and it is an educational book about respecting and helping those who produce our food. I did enjoy his numerous quotes The moving finger writes; and having writ moves on; nor all your piety nor wit, Shall lure it back to cancel half a line, Nor all your tears wash out a word of it. by:Omar Khayyam