Letters to a Young Farmer by Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture

Author:Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture [Hodgkins and Martha]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Published: 2017-03-13T04:00:00+00:00

The Lexington Herald-Leader last Sunday…published a major piece on the effects of the current downturn in the coal industry… Perhaps the most telling statement quoted came from Karin Slone of Knott County whose husband lost his job in the mine…finally found a job in Alabama and the family had to leave their home. Karin said, “There should have been greater efforts to diversify the economy earlier.”

[Fifty] years ago and more Harry tried…everything he could think of to encourage diversity. My heart goes out to those families who yet again are being battered by a major slump in available jobs…. Again they are not being exploited, but discarded.

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