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On Gold Hill
On Gold Hill: A Personal History of Wheat, Farming, and Family, from Punjab to California | Jaclyn Moyer
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A young South Asian American woman's story of reconnecting with her identity, family, and heritage through sustainable farming In 2012, 25-year-old Jackie Moyerthe daughter of a forbidden marriage between a white American father and a Punjabi American motherleased 10 acres of land in Gold Hill, California, and embarked on a career in organic farming. With a fractured relationship to her heritage, Moyer saw an opportunity for repair when she learned of a nearly lost heirloom wheat variety called Sonora. Sonora wasnt just an heirloom wheat strain; it was her own cultural heirloom. Its history can be traced back to Punjab, the Indian state where Moyers own roots are planted. In growing the grain on her farm, she began to uncover the multigenerational story of her familys resilience. From California to Punjab, the past to the present, Jackie maps her personal story atop the entangled histories of wheat cultivation and the rise of the organic farming movement. With a passion for dismantling the exploitative big-agriculture industry, she examines how the development of high-yielding varieties and chemical fertilizers has harmed our relationship with food, the planet, and each other. Braiding memoir with historical inquiry, On Gold Hill explores the complexities of the immigrant experience, illuminates the ways colonialism and capitalism constrain our food system, and investigates what it means to loseand to reclaimones heritage.
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I have a whole collection of places I am in my books because I have bookmarks in so many!

Gold Hill, CA for On Gold Hill
Newport, RI for The Wedding People
Tokyo for Butter
Columbia, SC for The Garretts of Columbia
The future for Archangels of Funk
Santa Monica, CA for A Pair of Wings
Somewhere in England for You‘d Look Better As a Ghost

Fun idea @Cupcake12 #whereareyoumonday

dabbe And it looks like you have the perfect bookend! 🖤🐾🖤 3mo
BarbaraBB Lots of armchair traveling 🌍 3mo
AnnCrystal 💕🐕💝. 3mo
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It‘s my last night at the cottage this year so while I savor one final evening, I‘m reading this.

dabbe Enjoy! 🩵💙🩵 3mo
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