Within a decade, nearly half of all American farmland will change hands as an older generation of farmers steps aside. In their place, a groundswell of new growers will face numerous challenges, including soil degradation, insufficient income, and investors devouring farmland at a staggering pace. These new farmers are embracing regenerative agriculture--the holistic approach to growing food that restores the soil and biodiversity--in the movement to reclaim our health and the planet's. But can their efforts help reverse an epidemic of diet-related disease, food inequality, and even climate change?

To answer that question and more, award-winning journalist Jennifer Grayson embedded herself in a groundbreaking farmer training program, then embarked on this investigative journey. The diverse array of farmers, graziers, and food activists whom she profiles here are working toward better, more sustainable foodways for all. From a one-acre market garden in Oregon to activists reviving food sovereignty in South Carolina, A Call to Farms tells the captivating story of these new agrarians finding hope and purpose in reconnecting to the land and striving to improve the future of American food.

Since the rise of artificial formula, we have turned a biological process into a never-ending controversy: A mother breastfeeding her three-year-old son on the cover of Time magazine sets off a firestorm. Facebook takes down photos of women nursing, citing the content as offensive. The pope weighs in, urging mothers to nurse their children in church or elsewhere without thinking twice.

So how did we get here? What are the consequences of surrendering eons of human evolution for a mode of feeding so alien? Growing up, journalist Jennifer Grayson thought nothing of the fact that she was bottle-fed. But when she became a mother, Grayson considered the impact of missing out on this profound connection. Her book is a worldwide search for answers about the first, most fundamental experience of newborn life.

From biblical times to eighteenth-century France, from modern-day Mongolia to inner-city Los Angeles--Unlatched uncovers astonishing cultural, corporate, political, and technological factors at the heart of our contemporary breastfeeding disconnection.

Gracie May, a sixteen year old girl, has to help care for the family ranch and her younger siblings after the untimely death of her Mother. Her future looks bleak until a young cowboy joins the ranch hands. She can't help falling in love with him, but has to keep her distance. How does she cope with her role within the family and the unexplained emotions that she has for this young man who has entered her life?

Bart Lonigan knew from the first moment he saw Emily that she was the one he would marry and raise a family with, but her father had something else to say about that. Just a simple blacksmith's assistant, he didn't have much to offer, but his love. He called on her after a random occurrence saw him in possession of the blacksmith shop. But he found another man had taken interest in Emily. When they butted heads the man vowed his revenge. He left Bart for dead in the middle of the dessert. His strength and love for Emily could only carry him so far in this harsh land. Would Bart make it back to Emily or will this savage land claim another good man before his time?

Alex Monegan, a war veteran at the age of twenty three had grown tired of eastern civilization and had come out west to take up a new job as Ranch Manager at an eighty thousand acre spread. He was the new man in town and hadn't gone unnoticed, but lost no time in impressing his new boss. His boss's daughter impressed him more. Things were looking up and he couldn't wait to get started.