It's a Long Road to a Tomato

Keith Stewart, already in his early forties and discontent with New Yorks corporate grind, moved upstate and started a one-man organic farm in 1986. Today, having surmounted the seemingly endless challenges to succeeding as an organic farmer, Keith employs seven to eight seasonal interns and provides 100 varieties of fresh produce to the shoppers and chefs who flock twice weekly, May to December, to his stand at Union Square Greenmarket in Manhattanthe only place where his produce is sold. Its a Long Road to a Tomato opens a window into the world of Keiths Farm, with essays on Keiths development as a farmer, the nuts and bolts of organic farming for an urban market, farm animals domestic and wild, and the political, social, and environmental issues relevant to agriculture todayand their impact on all of us.