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    Ep. 070: Do The Best You Can With What You’ve Got: An Agricultural Ethic for Life

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    Jerry Apps is Professor Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the author of more than 35 books. He is a storyteller and historian, joining the Forgotten America podcast to share about his life growing up on a dairy farm in rural, central Wisconsin. Born during the Great Depression, his youth inspired much of his subsequent work and his love for rural America. He joins Garrett to discuss his upcoming book, Farms & Rural Communities: An Agricultural Ethic for the Future. If you’ve ever enjoyed listening to a beloved grandparent tell stories of their childhood, you’ll particularly enjoy this episode which dives into the history of family farming and much of the forgotten history of rural life in America.
     
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    Purchase a copy of his new book from Fulcrum Books. Signed copies are available.
     
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    Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy
     
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