02673cam a2200397 4500 497997993 TxAuBib 20110511120000.0 130813s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2009008229 9781416599302 1416599304 9781439182420 pbk. 1439182426 pbk. 9781439117583 ebk. 1439117586 ebk. 40017005059 (OCoLC)233544975 DNAL/DLC DLC YDX BTCTA YDXCP IK2 VP@ YUS IG# GDC STF CDX BUR WG4 CCPL TxAuBib Masumoto, David Mas. Wisdom of the last farmer : harvesting legacies from the land / David Mas Masumoto. Harvesting legacies from the land. 1st Free Press hardcover ed. New York : Free Press, 2009. xiii, 238 p. ; 24 cm. Family heirloom -- The price of perfection -- Second sons -- The last orchard -- Calling your father a weed -- Living with insults -- Resilience -- Learning to lean, walking on uneven ground -- Shoveling sand -- Back in the saddle again -- Season of dirt -- Perfect junk -- The art of going slow : French plowing -- Hardpan economics -- Falling down -- Welding -- Killing an orchard to save the farm -- The sweat thesis -- The hands of caregivers -- Farming with ghosts -- Missing stories -- Fields of gold -- Places where we belong -- How many harvests left? -- Coming home -- Names we wear -- Abandoning a vineyard -- Preservation -- Day is done. In this memoir, the author finds the natural connections between generation and succession, fathers and children, booms and declines as he tells the story of his family and their farm. He sees the price the family has paid to grow complex heirloom peaches--when the market rewards tasteless, big, and red fruits--and the challenges of maintaining traditions and integrity while working in the modern, high-pressure agricultural marketplace. As his father's health declines along with the profitability of the family farm, the author moves beyond economic concerns to questions of life, death, and renewal. Adult. 20110511. Masumoto, David Mas. Peach growers California Biography. Organic farmers California Biography. Farm life California. https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0913/2009008229-d.html Publisher description https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0913/2009008229-s.html Sample text