Book offers look into the evolution of American farming
By MIKE WALKER
     Agriculture is the primary industry of the world in many ways as it is the first occupation that humans undertook and it is also the one most essential to our lives insofar as that without food, our lives simply will not continue. Yet farming is something oft considered simple and even a trade of bygone days instead of a vital and intricate field that has as many contemporary applications to our lives as it ever has in the history of our nation.
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Local author wins national book award
     UnityFirst, a trusted diversity newswire and online multicultural magazine, has awarded Dr. Jarik Conrad its National Salute to World Class Excellence Award for his new book, The Fragile Mind: How It Has Produced and Unwittingly Perpetuates America's Tragic Disparities (published by AuthorHouse).
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