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Four Farmers Project: Barren Fields
King Corn stands alone as the last crop, battered and wind swept. The gaudy tassel top hats of August have long since broken off and blown away.
11.20.08
- Keywords
- sam hurst,
- four farmers project,
- farms + fish,
- agriculture,
- produce
food politics
Four Farmers Project: Hurry Up and Wait
It’s the heart of the corn harvest, and nothing is moving. Farmers worry that their predicament could lead to a genuine disaster.
11.14.08
- Keywords
- sam hurst,
- four farmers project,
- farms + fish,
- agriculture,
- produce
food politics
Four Farmers Project: Blizzard
Farm country is paralyzed. This is the kind of wet, fat-flaked storm that blows so hard the snow sticks and turns to concrete on kitchen window panes.
11.07.08
- Keywords
- sam hurst,
- four farmers project,
- farms + fish,
- agriculture,
- produce
food politics
Four Farmers Project: Value-Added Agriculture
It’s one of the great slippery ideas of modern farming: Take a primary crop, like corn, and use it in a way that makes a more valuable product.
10.30.08
- Keywords
- sam hurst,
- four farmers project,
- agriculture,
- beef,
- produce
food politics
Four Farmers Project: Pheasant Season
As the farmers grow weary, the great, iconic cultural event of the South Dakota harvest season begins.
10.23.08
- Keywords
- sam hurst,
- four farmers project,
- agriculture,
- poultry,
- produce
food politics
Four Farmers Project: Lois Hargens on Cooking Pheasant
Lois Hargens been cooking pheasant for over 50 years, and like her mother before her, she has been guided by one unspoken but overwhelming challenge.
10.23.08
food politics
Four Farmers Project: Waiting for the Rain to Stop
Don’t let the huge machinery fool you. Family farming is one of the last bastions of manual labor in America.
10.17.08
- Keywords
- sam hurst,
- four farmers project,
- agriculture,
- produce,
- environment
food politics
Four Farmers Project: A False Start
As quickly as it began, the soybean harvest ground to a halt. The money is bad enough. What’s worse is that the clock keeps ticking.
10.09.08
- Keywords
- sam hurst,
- four farmers project,
- agriculture,
- produce,
- environment
food politics
Four Farmers Project: The Soybean Harvest Begins
The soybeans are approaching maturity, but who among our four farmers will be first into the field?
10.03.08
- Keywords
- sam hurst,
- four farmers project,
- agriculture,
- produce,
- environment
food politics
Four Farmers Project: Feeling the Pain
Credit is the backbone of American industrial farming, and even organic farmers are being trapped in debt.
09.25.08
- Keywords
- sam hurst,
- four farmers project,
- agriculture,
- produce,
- environment
