Fields That Dream: Journey to the Roots of Our Food

by Jenny Kurzweil

The first book devoted to exploring the lives and experiences of the small-scale sustainable farmer.

Genres: Nonfiction, Agriculture

216 pages, Paperback

First published September 15, 2005

About the author

Jenny Kurzweil is a writer and editor for the Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS), a non-profit organization that promotes graduate education in the sciences for minority students. Before becoming a writer, Jenny spent ten years as a cook. She started her cooking career on an environmental education program's organic farm where she worked with the farm team to create seasonally based menus. Later she was involved with the planning and development of an all-organic bakery and then became a manager and chef for a small café and catering company. Throughout her cooking career, her positions emphasized contact between the chef and the consumer/customer, providing her with a crucial understanding of the key relationship between a producer and consumer that is so vital to the farmer's market system. Jenny earned a BA from the University of Washington with an emphasis on women's studies and creative writing. She lives in Santa Cruz, California with her partner and their family.

Reviews

[Hedgebrook]

Publisher Comments:
Fields That Dream explores the lives of refugees, immigrants, former chefs, insurance brokers, and union organizers who are now small-scale sustainable farmers. Each chapter of the book combines the story of a farmer who sells at a successful farmers market with a social/cultural history of agriculture in the United States. Although based in Seattle, the farmer's stories resonate on a national level as they speak about expansion and conventional agriculture. Ultimately, Fields That Dream is a celebration of community and shows how small-scale farmers work to bridge the ever-widening gap between rural and urban areas.

[Ethicurean Reads]

Portraits of refugees, immigrants, former chefs, insurance brokers, and union organizers who are now small-scale sustainable farmers. Each chapter combines the story of a farmer who sells at a successful farmers market with a social/cultural history of agriculture in the United States.

[Josh Hildrent · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing book great pictures keep writing!!!!