Farm Hands by Tom Rivers in its Second Printing

After nearly selling out the first printing of 1,500 copies, Farm Hands is now in its second printing of 1,600 copies!

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