Forrest Pritchard, author of Gaining Ground
Do family farms still matter? That’s the question taken up by Parade this week in their feature of Forrest Pritchard, author of Gaining Ground: A Story of Farmers’ Markets, Local Food and Saving the Family Farm. Forrest Pritchard recounts his experiences on his own family farm, Smith Meadows, and how after seventeen years of both triumph and heartbreak, his business is stronger than ever. Even so, Forrest Pritchard reminds us that high-yield industrial agriculture still dominates the field. Only 1% of the country still lives on a farm, as opposed to 50% just two generation ago. Forrest Pritchard urges Americans to ask what they value about their food, and where it comes from, with hope that a new wave of farmers dedicated to sustainable agriculture can give us all better choices at the grocery store.
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