Founding Farms: Portraits Of Five Massachusetts Family Farms
by Stanley E. Sherer /
1993 / English / EPUB
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With each passing year, the number of family farms in the United
States diminishes. Fewer people have the persistence and
ingenuity to wrest a livelihood from the land in an era of
corporate ownership and mass production. yet some family farms
survive.
With each passing year, the number of family farms in the United
States diminishes. Fewer people have the persistence and
ingenuity to wrest a livelihood from the land in an era of
corporate ownership and mass production. yet some family farms
survive.
Through words and photographs, this book documents the long lives
of five of the oldest farms in Massachusetts. Each has remained
in the same family for more than two, sometimes three, centuries
and each has a distinctive history. The devotion to land and
family heritage is palpable in the stories these five families
tell.
Through words and photographs, this book documents the long lives
of five of the oldest farms in Massachusetts. Each has remained
in the same family for more than two, sometimes three, centuries
and each has a distinctive history. The devotion to land and
family heritage is palpable in the stories these five families
tell.
Stan Sherer's remarkable photographs depict the activities of
family members as they go about their daily labors, planting
crops, feeding animals, applying new technologies to ancient
tasks, and coping with the vagaries of weather an state
regulations. Michael E. C. Gery's narrative traces how the farms
began, what has sustained them through the generations, and how
the families who run them today feel about their past, present,
and future. These stories are told largely through the words of
the people themselves.
Stan Sherer's remarkable photographs depict the activities of
family members as they go about their daily labors, planting
crops, feeding animals, applying new technologies to ancient
tasks, and coping with the vagaries of weather an state
regulations. Michael E. C. Gery's narrative traces how the farms
began, what has sustained them through the generations, and how
the families who run them today feel about their past, present,
and future. These stories are told largely through the words of
the people themselves.
The result is a complex portrait that moves beyond traditional
stereotypes to reveal the realties of family farm life in an
increasingly urbanized society.
The result is a complex portrait that moves beyond traditional
stereotypes to reveal the realties of family farm life in an
increasingly urbanized society.