family farms

A pictorial essay of the American family farm, focusing on the daily lives of three families in Massachusetts, Georgia, and Iowa.

Surveys the history of American farming since the 1960s and examines the effects of the farm crisis on different segments of the population.

The author examines the extreme changes in agriculture in America and the ways in which large corporations have taken over pushing small farmers deeper into debt by forcing them to grow too much of the wrong crops.

A collection of photographs that presents a nostalgic look at farming and rural life in the United States.

Describes a farm couple and their struggle to wrest a livelihood from the land, despite the hardship and economic challenge.

A memoir in which the author, stung by her father's death, searches out the history of her family, and the lives of other farmers and immigrant workers who populated New England's Merrimack Valley during the industrial textile age.

A pictorial essay of the American family farm, focusing on the daily lives of three families in Massachusetts, Georgia, and Iowa.

Describes how George Washington built his farm at Mount Vernon, discussing his experiments with seeds, fertilizers, and tools and presenting related letters and diary entries.