From 1964 through 1982

The book cover of "Breaking Hard Ground" by Dianna Hunter

From 1964 through 1982, Minnesota lost a third of its family farms. During the 1980s, the decline accelerated and reached crisis proportions. Breaking Hard Ground contains 31 edited oral history accounts telling the stories of activists Lou Anne Kling and Anne Kanten and a group of family farmers whom the two women organized to become advocates for themselves and their communities. Edited and with an introduction by Dianna Hunter. Foreword by Carol Bly. ISBN 0-93100-42-5

The tapes and transcripts of these oral histories are archived at the Minnesota Historical Society. To view the catalog information on a file stored at this site, click here.
The book is available for $12.95 from Holy Cow! Press, Post Office Box 3170, Mount Royal Station, Duluth, MN 55803.

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