A Practical Farmers Journey: A History of Community, Stewardship, and Resilience

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The book consists of three promises. The first is the promise that was fulfilled for many immigrants as they came to settle in western Iowa. Many were able to purchase land, start farms, and build new towns and communities. The second promise is how the promise was broken and coincides directly with my lifetime of over 50 years as a farmer. The corporatization and industrialization of agriculture broke that promise by consolidating farms, monocropping, confining livestock, destroying much of the agroecology and abandoning rural communities. The third promise is how to restore the promise which details how we learned to farm in a more thoughtful and sustainable manner (organic agriculture). It details how to combat climate change in agriculture and how to create healthier farms and food systems to restore the unfulfilled promise of rural America.

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Ronald L. Rosmann is owner-operator of Rosmann certified organic family farms.