This collection of poems offers an intriguing glimpse into the reflections of a young organic farmer with a mind as fertile as the Iowa soil he nurtures. These are not simple homespun rhymes, but poems that express a discerning array of insights and emotions elicited by life close to the land. There is grief over the appalling loss of family farms and our bankrupt wildlife; admiration of the prairie, where “perennials reign”; anger and despair over the damage done to soil, food, and human health by Big Ag; and humor and delight in the imagery of kids as “shoelace seed-savers,” soil microbes “taking winter siesta,” and many others. There is (justified) cynicism here, but there is also a good deal of hope in the authors determination to farm and live in a healthier way. —Kathy Woida, author of (Iowa’s Remarkable Soils: The Story of Our Most Vital Resource and How We Can Save It.)