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b"Today, we are setting the table with a discussion about land. Agricultural land, and the problem of the fast disappearance of this land across our country. \\n\\nOur guest is Brooks Lamb, Author of Love for the Land, Lessons from Farmers Who Persist in Place. Published through Yale University Press. This book is deeply related to Tennessee, Southern, and American agriculture.\\n\\nAt its core,\\xa0Love for the Land\\xa0shares the power and potential of people-place relationships. To do so, the\\xa0book explores why some small and midsize farmers continue to care for their land, even in the face of tremendous adversity. In terms of adversity, he pays particular attention to farmland loss from sprawl and haphazard development, agricultural consolidation, and, for farmers of color, injustices in the past and present.\\xa0\\n\\nDespite these challenges, some small and midsized farmers persevere. In dozens of interviews with farmers in\\xa0two Tennessee counties, which serve\\xa0as microcosms of agrarian communities across the country, Brooks found that love for the land and devotion to place -- virtues that align with Wendell Berry's writings on imagination, affection, and fidelity -- fuel their persistence and stewardship. \\nBrooks writes that we need to better support these farmers -- and that we all have something to learn from them, no matter where we live.\\n\\nIf you are moved by this podcast to help with this crucial problem of farmland loss - and are thinking about year-end-giving - there is an organization that Brooks is closely aligned and works with that is actively addressing farmland loss and conversion in the Volunteer State, this organization is called American Farmland Trust. We have also placed a link directly to that organization on our website too. It is Farmland.org"