Author Jolene Pisel examines themes of self-worth, identity and purpose in her children's book, "Little Tractor Brown," new from WestBow Press, a rhyming story set on an Iowa farm. Inspired by ...

In preparation for the summer season, our writers, editors, and members have been busy reading. And we have a number of food and farming titles we’re excited to recommend, including memoirs, cookbooks ...

As a first-generation sugar cane farmer and a fourth-generation cattle producer, Amanda Duhon has intimate knowledge of how the nation's meat, grains and produce make their way to grocery shelves and ...

As a boy on the poverty-stricken farm land of Chatham County, N.C., Clarence H. Poe got a proposition from his uncle. “If you’ll pick the leftover cotton in that patch,” he was told, “I’ll give you a ...

BOTETOURT CO, Va. – The Beaver Dam Sunflower Festival kicks off this weekend, and it’s the tenth year for the event. There’s a new book to mark the anniversary. From Seeds to Sunshine: Our Farm’s ...

A new initiative is urging farmers to switch off for just six minutes a day by picking up a book, as concern grows over ...

ROOTS IN THE EARTH—P. Alston Waring and Walter Magnes Teller—Harper ($2.50). This small (202-page) book is big news because it combats a hard-plugged notion that U.S. farms are going to be huge land ...