{"product_id":"land-rich-cash-poor-my-familys-hope-and-the-untold-history-of-the-disappearing-american-farmer-hardcover","title":"Land Rich, Cash Poor: My Family's Hope and the Untold History of the Disappearing American Farmer - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBrian Reisinger\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe hidden history of an economic and cultural catastrophe that is threatening our very food supply--the disappearance of the American farmer.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Taking on this story of heart and hardship, award-winning writer Brian Reisinger weaves forgotten eras of American history with his own family's four-generation fight for survival in Midwestern farm country. Readers learn the truth about America's most detrimental and unexplained socioeconomic crisis: How the family farms that feed us went from cutting a middle-class path through the Great Depression to barely making ends meet in modern America. Along the way, they'll see what it truly takes to feed our country: accidents that can kill or maim; weather that blesses or threatens; resilience in the face of crushing economic crises, from inflation to COVID-19; and the tradition that presses down on each generation when you're not just fighting for your job, you're fighting for your heritage. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With newly analyzed data, sharp historical analysis, conversations with some of modern farming's most notable champions and critics alike, honest debate, and personal storytelling, Reisinger reveals the roots of a problem with stakes as high as they come. A vulnerable food supply chain, soaring prices for American families, environmental and ecological dilemmas, the security of our farmland from foreign adversaries, farmer suicides, addictions, a deepening urban-rural divide, and more worries than ever about what's for dinner. These are all becoming the hallmarks of a food system that has long stood as a modern miracle. \u003ci\u003eLand Rich, Cash Poor\u003c\/i\u003e offers the honest truth about these issues, and a candid look at what we can do about them--before it's too late.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrian Reisinger \u003c\/b\u003eis a writer who grew up on a family farm in Sauk County. He contributes in-depth columns and videos for the Ideas Lab at the \u003ci\u003eJournal Sentinel\u003c\/i\u003e. Reisinger has written about the hidden stories of rural America in a wide range of publications, including\u003ci\u003e USA Today\u003c\/i\u003e via the \u003ci\u003eMilwaukee Journal Sentinel\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eYahoo News\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGame \u0026amp; Fish\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, \u003ci\u003eRealClear Politics\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Hill\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNational Review, \u003c\/i\u003e. Reisinger works in public affairs consulting for Wisconsin-based Platform Communications. He splits his time between a small town in northern California near his wife's family and his family's farm here in Wisconsin. Reisinger studied journalism and political science at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, and has won awards from the National Society of Newspaper Columnists, Seven Hills Review literary magazine, Wisconsin Newspaper Association, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.02 x 9.06 x 5.83 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 20, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44794663174246,"sku":"9781510779983","price":41.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/28rz_JydGy9781510779983.webp?v=1771142103","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/land-rich-cash-poor-my-familys-hope-and-the-untold-history-of-the-disappearing-american-farmer-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}