SPOONER, WI — This Thursday at 8:30a (CST), DrydenWire founder Ben Dryden will welcome special guest Brian Reisinger, author of the new book Land Rich, Cash Poor, to DrydenWire Live! for a live-streamed conversation about the ongoing economic and cultural crisis facing American farmers.
The discussion will center on the critical issue of disappearing American farmers, a crisis that threatens the nation’s food supply. Reisinger’s book Land Rich, Cash Poor explores this hidden history, weaving together forgotten stories with his own family’s four-generation battle to keep their farm alive in Sauk County, Wisconsin.
As an award-winning writer, speaker, and consultant, Reisinger brings a personal perspective on rural America’s challenges, making his book a vital look at the struggles many farming families face today.
The conversation will run for about 45 minutes and will be available to watch live on DrydenWire's Facebook page. For those unable to tune in, a recording will be published on DrydenWire's YouTube channel, and website later in the day.
To learn more about Brian Reisinger and his book Land Rich, Cash Poor, visit his website here.
Land Rich, Cash Poor
Land Rich, Cash Poor weaves forgotten eras of history with the four-generation fight for survival of the author’s family in Midwestern farm country. Readers learn the truth about America’s most detrimental and unexplained socioeconomic crisis: How our family farms went from cutting a middle-class path through the Great Depression to barely making ends meet in modern America. Along the way, they see the working-class grit it takes to survive life on the farm and feed our country: accidents that kill or maim; weather that blesses or threatens; resilience against crushing economic crises, from depressions and recessions to COVID-19; and the tradition that presses down on each generation when you’re not just fighting for your job, you’re fighting for your heritage. With new historical analysis, honest talk with modern farming’s biggest champions and critics, and personal storytelling, Land Rich, Cash Poor reveals how the hollowing out of rural America affects every dinner table. A vulnerable food supply chain, food prices for American families soaring far beyond the rate of inflation, environmental and ecological dilemmas, the security of our farmland, a mental health crisis that includes farmer suicides and addictions, a deepening urban-rural divide, and more. Land Rich, Cash Poor unearths this crisis and its solutions—before it’s too late.
Last Update: Sep 18, 2024 10:15 am CDT
