Check out this interview with Anne Hamersky, who took all the photos for Farm Together Now.

Anne in the field...

Chef Kurt Michael Friese of Iowa gives props to Farm Together Now on his fantastic “Real Food For All” blog:

He says: “Enter Farm Together Now: A Portrait of People, Places, and Ideas for a New Food Movement (by Amy Franceschini & Daniel Tucker, Chronicle Books 2010). Here we find not rock stars but real people, true agrarians in the old sense of the word who understand that food, farms and fertility actually matter in a post-industrialized world. Twenty in-depth interviews with farmers of all types from across the country, accompanied by the illuminating and personal photography of Anne Hammersky, make for a revealing set of portraits – an album of the evolving American farm…These stories provide a convincing argument for the proposition that there is indeed life beyond chemical and confinement farming, and that the solution to the problems of agriculture lies in many strong hands working together to bring food to their neighbors.” (read the full review here)

Thanks Kurt!

Thanks to the folks at Redemmas and Indypendent Reader in Baltimore for taping the book reading and discussion from January 5th at 2640. Featuring Farm Together Now co-author Daniel Tucker and numerous local urban agriculture projects in the Baltimore area. Check out the event audio here. Big thanks to the folks from Baltimore Development Cooperative for hosting me on this tour stop and for letting us include their work in the book.

A representative from Charm City Land Trust discusses their work at the Farm Together Now release event at 2640

A new review of the book from a canadian food blogger.

Tonight is the start of a 6 stop east coast tour. Hope that folks will help us spread the word to your friends in these cities hosting Farm Together Now book release events:

• Baltimore, MD* – Wednesday 1/5/11 7pm @ 2640 (RSVP on Facebook)
• Philadelphia, PA* – Thursday 1/6/11 7pm @ Wooden Shoe Books & Records
• Millbrook, NY* – Saturday 1/8/11 1pm @ Merritt Books
• Pocantico Hills, NY* – Sunday 1/9/11 2pm  @ Stone Barns Center’s Winter Market in the Hay Barn
• Brooklyn, NY* – Monday 1/10/11 7pm @ Melville House Books (RSVP on Facebook)
• Washington DC* – Friday 1/28/11 6:30pm @ Busboys & Poets (co-sponsored by National Family Farm Coalition) (RSVP on Facebook)

Blair Randall sent along some photos from Tuesday night’s release party at the Green Arcade on 1/21/10:

Author Amy and Photographer Anne sign books @ Green Arcade

Farm Together Now @ the Green Arcade

We are happy to share the news that GRIST picked their top 10 food books of 2010 and Michael Pollan picked Farm Together Now.

He says:

My favorite book of the season is Farm Together Now: A Portrait of People, Places, and Ideas for a New Food Movement, by Amy Franceschini and Daniel Tucker. It consists of interviews with a wide range of farmers (and activists) who you haven’t heard of. Inspiring without being romantic in the least, it advances the whole conversation about sustainable agriculture and access.