Lentil Underground Renegade Farmers and the Future of Food in America |
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Author:
| Carlisle, Liz |
ISBN: | 978-1-59240-956-3 |
Publication Date: | Jan 2017 |
Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group
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Imprint: | Avery |
Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $35.00 |
Book Description:
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For the past four decades, third-generation Montana farmer David Oien has been seeding a revolution against corporate agribusiness in the belly of the beast, the American grain belt. They have replaced their wheat and barley with a seemingly odd new crop, the lentil, a legume that has been part of the human diet since Neolithic times, but, until Oien's work, was never grown on Montana farms. In this eye-opening narrative, journalist and food scientist Liz Carlisle chronicles Oien's...
More DescriptionFor the past four decades, third-generation Montana farmer David Oien has been seeding a revolution against corporate agribusiness in the belly of the beast, the American grain belt. They have replaced their wheat and barley with a seemingly odd new crop, the lentil, a legume that has been part of the human diet since Neolithic times, but, until Oien's work, was never grown on Montana farms. In this eye-opening narrative, journalist and food scientist Liz Carlisle chronicles Oien's unlikely emergence as the leader of this agricultural upheaval.