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A pair of feisty, dedicated farmers staring down one of the worlds largest companiesand getting goliath to blink firstis the perfect ending to a heartfelt tale of diffleys journey to find her sweet corn. Organic farming works for an empowering conversation about our spiritual food relationshipswith the earth, plants and animals, families and communities. Organic farming works, has already been praised as a compelling, yet sometimes tragic, story of her life as an organic farmer. Turn here sweet corn by atina diffley, 9780816677726, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Her advocacy has addressed the pressures of suburban development, and she successfully led a legal and citizen campaign against the notorious polluters, koch industries, to create an organic mitigation plan. Atina diffley is an organic farmer, educator, and author of the minnesota book award winning memoir, turn here sweet corn. Audible provides the highest quality audio and narration. Diffley is clearly a poet speaking from her heart and yet she has a steel backbone when it comes to meeting the challenges of nature. Turn here sweet corn organic farming works by atina diffley. A memoir of making these essential relationships work in the face of challenges as natural as weather and as unnatural as corporate politics, her book is a firsthand history of getting in at the ground level of organic farming. As atina diffley tells her davidversusgoliath tale, she gives readers everything from expert instruction in organic farming to an entrepreneurs manual on how to grow a business to a legal thriller about battling corporate arrogance to a love story about a single mother falling for a good, bighearted man.

Everyone who lives in an urban or rural community or eats food should read this book. The play is by jim stowell and focuses on the life and memoirs of atina diffley. In very good condition and signed and inscribed by the author. On a higher level this book is a clarion call of a movement driven inexorably forward by the little people on farmsteads all over. Diffley will have two public sessions during her april 15 visit.

Organic farming works by atina diffley 20, paperback at the best online prices at ebay. Her story of the challenges and rewards of organic farming at gardens of eagan is full of places and people we know, wisconsin and minnesota landscapes weve lived in and traveled through, and friends. Atina diffley is an organic consultant organic farming works llc, educator, public speaker, and author of the 2012 memoir, turn here sweet corn. Turn here sweet corn by atina diffley overdrive rakuten. Turn here sweet corn atina diffley published by university of minnesota press diffley, atina. As atina diffley tells her davidversusgoliath tale, she gives readers everything from expert instruction in organic farming to an entrepreneurs manual on how to grow a business, to a legal thriller about battling corporate arrogance, to a love story about a single mother falling for a good, bighearted man. Atina diffleys compelling account of her life as a minnesota organic farmer is.

In 2006, when the diffley s second farm was threatened with eminent domain by a koch industries crude oil pipeline, atina worked with consumers and. Its a classic tale of the little guy fighting the big corporation and of people working hard all their lives only to face the loss of their livelihood. If you want to better understand the current climate of farming in the u. Feb 05, 2018 atina diffley is an organic farmereducator, activist, and author of the 20 minnesota book award winner, turn here sweet corn.

A master class in organic farming, a lesson in entrepreneurship, a love story, and a legal thriller. Turn here sweet corn by atina diffley book trailer youtube. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Her story of the challenges and rewards of organic farming at gardens of eagan is full of places and people we know, wisconsin and minnesota landscapes weve lived in and. It garnered a 20 minnesota book award in the category of memoir. Turn here sweet corn university of minnesota press. Jun 28, 2012 in telling her story of coaxing good food from fertile, organic soil, atina diffley reminds us of an ultimate truth. In telling her story of coaxing good food from fertile, organic soil, atina diffley reminds us of an ultimate truth.

One of the first certified organic produce farms in the midwest, the diffleys gardens of eagan helped to usher in a new kind of green revolution in the. When people ask what i most cherish about farming, what comes is the depth of intimacywith plants and nature, with coworkers in the field and at the stand, with produce buyers and customers, writes diffley, an organic vegetable farmer who founded, with her husband, the consulting business organic. Atina diffley is an organic farmer, a public speaker and author of the 20 minnesota book award winner turn here sweet corn. This is one of the best books ive read in a long time. Jan 01, 2012 atina diffley is an organic consultant organic farming works llc, educator, public speaker, and writer. In 2006, when the diffleys second farm was threatened with eminent domain by a koch industries crude oil pipeline, atina worked with consumers and.

Organic farming sequesters 1528% more carbon than industrial farming, with a 33% reduction in fossil fuel use. With the support of thousands of informed citizens, expert witnesses, and an organic system plan. Her advocacy has addressed the pressures of suburban development, and she successfully led a legal and citizen campaign against the notorious polluters, koch industries, to create an organic mitigation plan for organic farms in. Atina diffleys memoir turn here sweet corn is a great, absorbing read, even for those of us who cannot grow anything and do not worry about pesticides. Organic farming worksa memoir based on atinas life running. Living in the soil are more undomesticated species than can be found above ground on the entire planet. Turn here sweet corn is a world premiere 90 minute, onewoman play featuring actress megan wells. Author atina diffley tells a farming tale rooted in history. Atina diffley s compelling account of her life as a minnesota organic farmer is deeply moving not only from a personal standpoint but also from the political. Atina diffley is the neighbor we didnt know we had. This book explores the essential relationship between earth, plants, animals, families, and communities through diffleys personal story of building one of the first certified organic farms in the midwest. Atina diffley is an organic vegetable farmer who now educates consumers, farmers, and policymakers about organic farming through the consulting business organic farming works llc, owned by her and her husband, martin.

Jul 10, 2012 atina and martin owned and operated gardens of eagan one of the first certified organic produce farms in the midwest from 19732007, so you can be sure atina knows farming. Organic farming works, atina diffley this is how we preserve and fertilize the soilwith plants, atmospheric nitrogen, and the energy of the sun. Atina diffley is an organic farmereducator, activist, and author of the 20 minnesota book award winner, turn here sweet corn. Turn here sweet corn weaves an odyssey through many common trials of farming, but its strongest thread is formed of atinas bravery in facing each of her lifes crises. Download audiobooks narrated by atina diffley to your device. The awardwinning video documentary turn here sweet corn, filmed when the 5th generation diffley family farm was lost to development, focuses on the loss of greenbelt farmlands to suburbia. Join atina diffley, organic farmer and author of turn here sweet corn. Organic farming works fesler lampert minnesota heritage. Atina diffleys compelling account of her life as a minnesota organic farmer is deeply moving not only from a personal standpoint but also from the political. Atina and martin owned and operated gardens of eagan one of the first certified organic produce farms in the midwest from 19732007, so you can be sure atina knows farming. When people ask what i most cherish about farming, what comes is the depth of intimacywith plants and nature, with coworkers in the field and at the stand, with produce buyers and customers, writes diffley, an organic vegetable farmer who founded, with her husband, the consulting business organic farming works. Read from one perspective, the book is a chronicle of atina diffleys life so far.

If you want some examples on how to keep your children connected to nature, read this book. When the hail starts to fall, atina diffley doesnt compare it. If you want to read some incredible examples of how truth can be stranger than sciencefiction, read turn here sweet corn. In telling her story of working the land, coaxing good food from the fertile soil, atina diffley. Organic farming works, university of minnesota press, 2012. Organic farming works, is a memoir chronicling her life and the story of the organic farm, gardens of eagan, that she and her husband, martin, ran on the edge of the twin cities for many years. Turn here sweet corn hardcover organic farming works.

Chapter 1 cold hard water turn here, sweet corn atina diffley. It garnered a 20 minnesota book award in the category of memoir and creative nonfiction from friends of the saint paul public library. How one organic farmer fought for her rightsand won. One familys quest to build, maintain and protect their organic farm. Organic farming works, published by the university of minnesota press. Atina is an organic farmereducator, activist, and author of the 20 minnesota book award winner, turn here sweet corn. It is the only fertility system that is completely renewable. Turn here sweet corn by atina diffley book trailer.

Our daily food decisions affect the wellness of the land, and the life that lives upon it. Before she became such a force in the organic farming movement, diffley endured her share of sorrows. As her bombarded land turns white, she and her husband martin huddle under a blanket and reminisce. Atina diffley is an organic consultant organic farming works llc, educator, public speaker, and writer. One of the first certified organic produce farms in the midwest. Her new book, turn here sweet corn, is heartfelt, heartwarming. Diffley reveals the evident difficulties of smallscale organic farming but is inspirational about its value to people and the planet. When the hail starts to fall, atina diffley doesnt compare it to golf balls. Review of turn here sweet corn 9780816677719 foreword. Organic farming works feslerlampert minnesota heritage by diffley, atina isbn. How did a little organic farm succeed in court against notorious polluters koch industries. Apr 06, 2012 in atina diffleys new book, turn here sweet corn, we learn what it takes to produce that sort of vegetablethe hard work, the love of the land, the capacity for taking risk, and the joys and pains of a farm family.

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