The first thing that hooked me about this book is that it that the author farms just outside of Bismarck. Local connection! I had never heard of him or the farm, but Anna was given the book by someone so we threw it on the bookshelf to read eventually. Then we happened to see Gabe at the recent Pride of Dakota exhibition and said we already had the book, which he had on display. I bought some horseradish beef sticks from him (actually were not amazing tasting...) and made a mental note to read the book soon.
So I brought the book to read over Christmas vacation and it was a great read. It was very interesting to read about advanced or maybe even "hippy" farming techniques. Never have I felt such desire to buy some destitute land and spend 15 years bringing it back to life--hopefully that fades rapidly! I have limited knowledge of the other side of the story (traditional farming) so it would be interesting to hear that perspective. But everything in this book does seem to make sense.