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When Forrest Pritchard went looking for the unsung heroes of local, sustainable food, he found them at 18 exceptional farms all over the country. In Detroit, Aba Ifeoma of D-Town Farm dreams of replenishing the local ""food desert"" with organic produce. On Cape Cod, Nick Muto stays afloat and eco-friendly by fishing with the seasons. And in Washington State, fourth-generation farmer Robert Hayton confides, ""This farm has been rescued by big harvests. . . . For every one great season, though, you've got ten years of tough."" With more than 50 mouthwatering recipes and over 250 photographs, this unique cookbook captures the struggles and triumphs of the visionary farmers who are Growing Tomorrow.

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An honest book about simple food, grown well and prepared without pretense. Mr. Pritchard is a warm-hearted guide through the varied landscapes. --The Wall Street Journal Pritchard inspires his audience to support local farmers and to consume and/or grow provisions using sustainable practices. This book will appeal to foodies, environmentalists, and gardeners in general. --Library Journal, starred review Highly recommended. --Washington Post This book is fabulous and worth a read if you love small-scale, sustainable farming. --Edible New Orleans One of the most joyous and thought provoking things a culinarian can do is go out into the field and meet the farmers providing our resources. It's inspirational to see that as a farmer, Forrest Pritchard draws the same energy from telling the tales of his colleagues at work. --Mario Batali, chef and co-host of The Chew, and Jim Webster, of The Washington Post, co-authors of America Farm to Table: Simple, Delicious Recipes Celebrating Local Farmers Gorgeous, delectable, and fascinating, Growing Tomorrow provides food for the body, mind, and soul. Engaging to read, easy to cook from, delicious to eat, this is more than a cookbook; it is a meditation on the things that give us life. --Garth Stein, author of New York Times bestseller The Art Of Racing In The Rain It's so important--and so interesting!--to meet the people who grow the very best food in our country. --Deborah Madison, author of Local Flavors: Cooking and Eating from America's Farmers Markets and Vegetable Literacy A beautiful, bountiful tribute to the local heroes who are sustaining America's proud farming heritage and putting fresh, organic food on our tables. Between the captivating farm profiles and the fresh-from-the-field recipes, Growing Tomorrow is sure to inspire future generations of farmers and home cooks everywhere. --Brent Ridge and Josh Kilmer-Purcell from The Fabulous Beekman Boys and Beekman1802.com Any aspiring farmer or consumer of freshly farmed products will get great pleasure from reading this book and admiring its photos. --Marion Nestle, Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University, and author of What to Eat

From goat cheese to wild rice, Growing Tomorrow will show you how today's farmers are producing healthy, delicious food using old-fashioned methods and modern technologies--truly the food we will be eating tomorrow. We get all this in Forrest Pritchard's wonderful writing style and Molly Peterson's beautiful photographs. And the recipes are yummy! --Sally Fallon Morrel, President, The Weston A. Price Foundation and author of Nourishing Traditions It's so important--and so interesting!--to meet the people who grow the very best food in our country. Even if you're a faithful farmers' market shopper it's not easy to grasp what it takes to produce good food--the hassles, the decisions that have to be made, the dependence on that changeable rascal known as weather, the farming life and what it requires, and the accumulated wisdom of generations. Growing Tomorrow is a worthwhile book in every way, including its farm source guide, which you'll definitely want after reading. --Deborah Madison, author of Local Flavors: Cooking and Eating from America's Farmers Markets and Vegetable Literacy Like a flitting honey bee, master farmer/storyteller Forrest Pritchard dips our imagination into the sweet nectar of integrity farmers, pollinating our minds with petals of wisdom and practical application. --Joel Salatin, owner of Polyface Farm featured in Michael Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemma and the documentary Food, Inc., and author of You Can Farm The next best thing to visiting each of the intriguing farms. Did I hear someone say 'road trip'? --Marion Burros, former reporter for the New York Times and cookbook author As someone who has also traveled around the country to visit innovative and sustainable farmers and hear their stories, I can imagine Forrest's delight as he witnesses these landscapes, eats flavorful foods, and connects to the people that steward them. Each farms' story is important--they are a snapshot of both our history and our future, of those that will care for the land, feed us healthy food, and remind us of the importance of hard work and long-term vision. --Rebecca Thistlethwaite, author of Farms with a Future and The New Livestock Farmer This inspiring and highly readable book is full of sustainable farmers raising forest-grown mushrooms, pastured meats, organic fruits and vegetables, and more. The reader will be immediately sucked in by the sparkling photos, will stay for the mouthwatering recipes, and will likely come away with a deeper understanding of what American agriculture can and should be about. --Anna Hess, author of Farmstead Feast and The Weekend Homesteader Who says that nobody is going into farming these days or that you can't make a living growing foods organically and sustainably? Certainly not the 18 pioneers described in this lovely, inspiring book. Forrest Pritchard chose farmers of diverse crops--mushrooms, honey, lobsters, avocados, grain, beef, and more--and tells the personal stories of how they created lives of deep productivity and satisfaction. Any aspiring farmer or consumer of freshly farmed products will get great pleasure from reading this book and admiring its photos. --Marion Nestle, Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University, and author of What to Eat From Ozark mushroom growers to sustainable fishermen on Cape Cod, Forrest Pritchard's Growing Tomorrow shows us that the future of our food supply can actually be found here and now--it's in the hands of the small-scale producers across the country who are working hard to feed their neighbors and keep local food traditions alive. --Carleen Madigan, editor of The Backyard Homestead

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Forrest Pritchard is the New York Times-bestselling author of Gaining Ground: A Story of Farmers' Markets, Local Food, and Saving the Family Farm, as well as Growing Tomorrow, Behind the Scenes with 18 Extraordinary Sustainable Farmers Who Are Changing the Way We Eat, a 2015 finalist for independent-press cookbook of the year. A graduate of the College of William & Mary with degrees in English and Geology, Pritchard is also a full-time organic livestock farmer and seventh-generation producer, serving weekly markets in the Washington DC metro area. He is a popular public speaker, regularly delivering keynotes for colleges and universities, policy groups and consumer audiences, and maintains an active national lecture schedule. His books have been named top reads by NPR, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal and many more.

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