Later, the pair went through an even more grueling event when their land was under threat of eminent domain by crude oil driller Koch Industries. Before they grew the enterprise, they faced the devastating loss of Martin’s fifth-generation family farm (which was once marked only with the sign “Turn Here Sweet Corn,” giving the book its title), as they watched suburban development encroach on what had once been beautiful, fertile farmland. She delves into what it’s like to be driven by a passion for sustainability and soothed by a connection to the land, while also describing the challenges that organic farmers face in today’s economic climate.ĭiffley and her husband, Martin, founded one of the first certified organic produce farms in the Midwest, a now-sizeable business called Gardens of Eagan. Organic farmer Atina Diffley provides a valuable, compelling look inside this movement. What was once a minor trend is now a mainstream shift that is driving changes for consumers and growers alike. The growing demand for organic fruits and vegetables represents a robust, foundational transformation in our country’s food system. Writing her book is a wake-up call to the real state of our nationalįood supply and why corporate farming and the application of toxicĪtina Diffley now educates consumers, farmers, and policymakersĪbout organic farming through Organic Farming Works, the consultingīusiness she owns with her husband.University of Minnesota Press ( April 2012)
Of the entrepreneurial spirit that overcomes obstacles to build a farm,Ī family, and a living legacy of legal protections for organic farming.Ī gifted writer, Diffley brings fire, passion, and poetry to her Manual of organic farming practices, a legal thriller, and a celebration Who falls in love with a big-hearted farming man it's also a Proposed by the notorious polluters Koch industries.ĭiffley's inspiring book tells the story of a single mother Inches, and the loss of family farmland to the encroachment of suburbia.īut their biggest challenge was yet to come: the threat of eminentĭomain for a crude-oil pipeline slated to run through their land, Year of the hundred-mile-an-hour-winds, the year it rained eleven Known such trauma before-there was the massive hailstorm of 1977, the As Minnesota organic farmers, Atina and her husband, Martin, had it's early June, and the hail has devastated theĬrops. Retrieved from Īn explosion of light followed by a deafening boom rips Atinaĭiffley out of her deep sleep.
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