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Four Farmers Project: Barren Fields

King Corn stands alone as the last crop, battered and wind swept. The gaudy tassel top hats of August have long since broken off and blown away.
Sam Hurst
11.20.08
Keywords
sam hurst,
four farmers project,
farms + fish,
agriculture,
produce
food politics

Four Farmers Project: Hurry Up and Wait

It’s the heart of the corn harvest, and nothing is moving. Farmers worry that their predicament could lead to a genuine disaster.
Sam Hurst
11.14.08
Keywords
sam hurst,
four farmers project,
farms + fish,
agriculture,
produce
food politics

Four Farmers Project: Blizzard

Farm country is paralyzed. This is the kind of wet, fat-flaked storm that blows so hard the snow sticks and turns to concrete on kitchen window panes.
Sam Hurst
11.07.08
Keywords
sam hurst,
four farmers project,
farms + fish,
agriculture,
produce
food politics

Four Farmers Project: Value-Added Agriculture

It’s one of the great slippery ideas of modern farming: Take a primary crop, like corn, and use it in a way that makes a more valuable product.
Sam Hurst
10.30.08
Keywords
sam hurst,
four farmers project,
agriculture,
beef,
produce
food politics

Four Farmers Project: Pheasant Season

As the farmers grow weary, the great, iconic cultural event of the South Dakota harvest season begins.
Sam Hurst
10.23.08
Keywords
sam hurst,
four farmers project,
agriculture,
poultry,
produce
food politics

Four Farmers Project: Lois Hargens on Cooking Pheasant

Lois Hargens been cooking pheasant for over 50 years, and like her mother before her, she has been guided by one unspoken but overwhelming challenge.
Sam Hurst
10.23.08
Keywords
sam hurst,
four farmers project,
poultry,
culinary culture,
cooking + technique
food politics

Four Farmers Project: Waiting for the Rain to Stop

Don’t let the huge machinery fool you. Family farming is one of the last bastions of manual labor in America.
Sam Hurst
10.17.08
Keywords
sam hurst,
four farmers project,
agriculture,
produce,
environment
food politics

Four Farmers Project: A False Start

As quickly as it began, the soybean harvest ground to a halt. The money is bad enough. What’s worse is that the clock keeps ticking.
Sam Hurst
10.09.08
Keywords
sam hurst,
four farmers project,
agriculture,
produce,
environment
food politics

Four Farmers Project: The Soybean Harvest Begins

The soybeans are approaching maturity, but who among our four farmers will be first into the field?
Sam Hurst
10.03.08
Keywords
sam hurst,
four farmers project,
agriculture,
produce,
environment
food politics

Four Farmers Project: Feeling the Pain

Credit is the backbone of American industrial farming, and even organic farmers are being trapped in debt.
Sam Hurst
09.25.08
Keywords
sam hurst,
four farmers project,
agriculture,
produce,
environment