Batavia, N.Y. newspaper reporter Tom Rivers wrote a first-person series about farm work in 2008 that won state and national awards. Now the series, with more background and other information, is compiled in this book, Farm Hands: Hard work and hard lessons from Western New York fields.The 168-page book includes 101 pictures. Some of them were not published in the newspaper. ... Several farmers have told Rivers they hope the book will gain a wide audience, helping to educate Americans on the challenges of producing food and the grueling work needed to harvest fruits and vegetables.

 "...Tom has not only been a friend to agriculture by reporting on local events within our community, but by taking a leap out of his comfort zone working as a farm hand, dairy laborer, onion planter, apple picker and cabbage harvester." —Steve Hawley, NYS Assemblyman

"...It truly is a well-written eye opener to the 'hapless American'." —Tonya Gens DeLand

(from farmhandsbook.com)

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