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By Brian Brett ISBN: 9781553658030format: Paperback pages: 384 publisher: D&M Publishers Inc. pub. date: 2011-02-19 |
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For twenty years writer Brian Brett has tended a small island farm, affectionately named Trauma Farm. Poetic and evocative, this illuminating memoir of his experiences allows readers to reconnect with the land and get closer to the source of our food.
Beginning naked in darkness, Brian Brett moves from the tending of livestock, poultry, orchards, gardens, machinery, and fields to the social intricacies of rural communities and, finally, to an encounter with a magnificent deer in the silver moonlight of a magical farm field. Brett understands both tall tales and rigorous science as he explores the small mixed farm -- meditating on the perfection of the egg and the nature of soil while also offering a scathing critique of agribusiness and the horror of modern slaughterhouses. Whether discussing the uses and misuses of gates, examining the energy of seeds, or bantering with his family, farm hands, and neighbours, he remains aware of the miracles of life, birth, and death that confront the rural world every day.
Trauma Farm tells a story that is poetic, passionate, practical, and frequently hilarious, providing an unforgettable portrait of one farm and our separation from the natural world, as well as a common-sense analysis of rural life.
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