Agricultlore (Working Title) (August 2009):
Stories of people growing food in America
By Amy Franceschini and Daniel Tucker, Photography by Anne Hamersky
To be published by Chronicle Books in late 2010.
We want to change the way the food system works! Agricultlore meets with people
across the country who are challenging the conventions of industrialized farming and exclusive green economies.
This part-travelogue, part-oral history, part-creative exploration of food politics will introduce readers to twenty groups working in agriculture and sustainable food production in the U.S. Throughout 2009 the authors visited twenty farms from coast to coast, talking to farmers about their engagement in sustainable food production, public policy and community organizing efforts. Interviews and photo essays with each farm/garden/project will illustrate the inspiring histories, unique characters and everyday struggles of life on these farms. The colorfully illustrated book will be introduced with a historical account of farming, an introduction by a guest author, and will be accompanied by a supplementary website. It is through sharing diverse voices from the contemporary farm that this book will inspire and cultivate a new wave of agrarians. Half of the author’s profits will be put into a fund to encourage like-minded documentary projects.
The Farms:
City Slickers (Oakland, CA); Freewheeling Farms (Santa Cruz, CA); South Central Farmers Feeding Families (LA, CA); Tryon Farm (Portland, OR); Native Seeds (Patagonia, AZ); Acequia Institute (San Luis, CO); Georgia Citizens Coalition on Hunger (Atlanta, GA); Mountain Garden (Burnsville, NC); Jim Knopik (Fullerton, NE); Sandhill Farm (Northeast, MO); AquaRanch (Flanagan, IL); Angelic Organics Learning Center (Caledonia, Rockford and Chicago, IL); Joel Greeno (Kendall, WI); Hidden Haven/On The Fly Farms, Foxglove and God’s Gang (Union Pier, MI and Chicago, IL); Participation Park (Baltimore, MD); Anarchy Apiaries (Hudson Valley, NY); Wild Hive Farms (Clinton Corners, NY); Nuestras Raices (Holyoke, MA); and Diggers’ Mirth Collective Farm (Burlington, VT).
