- 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 newly released 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.
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- Rivers covers agriculture for The Daily News. He said he received good feedback about the newspaper series from readers and farmers, many of whom encouraged him to put the stories in book form. 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.
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- Contact: email watertowertom-at-yahoo-dot-com
