Politics & Prose at Busboys and Poets, Takoma, presents Forrest Pritchard to discuss his new book Growing Tomorrow: A Farm-to-Table Journey in Photos and Recipes Behind the Scenes with 18 Extraordinary Sustainable Farmers Who Are Changing the Way We Eat.
Pritchard’s Gaining Ground told the spirited story of how he took over his family’s struggling farm. Now a full-time organic farmer, Pritchard regularly speaks, writes, and blogs on “I Support Farmers’ Markets,†about running Smith Meadows, one of the nation’s first sustainable, free-range enterprises. His new book travels throughout the country, celebrating the lives and work of eighteen people who have made invaluable contributions to this eco-friendly food movement; here are their visions, their challenges—their recipes.
