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The Valley of Uggool, where the Irish famine and feast happened
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A Feast and a Famine, by Stephen Reilly

The Irish are renowned storytellers. From Nobel prize winning literature to pub talk we are saturated in stories. We listen...
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farm youth
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Records on the White Door

Finding a role in my family’s small dairy operation is quite literally the oldest goal I can recall from my...
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basket from a homesteader
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Making a Homesteader (nonfiction), by Fable Farms

Lately the thought of homesteading and dreams has been on my mind. I’m part of an online group of homesteaders...
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Steve Adams' piece titled The Beaver Dam
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The Beaver Dam (nonfiction), by Steve Adams

Two creeks converged in a field on the west end of our farm. It was a three-cornered patch with the...
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Maura McElhone's book Falling for a Farmer
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At the Tail End of Calving, by Maura McElhone

The following is an excerpt from Irish writer Maura McElhone’s book Falling for a Farmer (2018), published by Mercier Press. * It...
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Scene from a local tractor drive
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Scenes of the Franklin Tractor Drive, by Cindy Ladage

It was the fourth of July weekend and Doug Edwards and Josh Adkins from Franklin Illinois had set up a...
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Blue tarps and rusting cars can be a part of the rural landscape
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Blue Tarps and Junk Heaps (nonfiction), by Shannon Hayes

“It’s not something we have to create, it’s something we already have. We have to teach people why blue tarps...
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