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Lisa M. Hamilton - Lisa M. Hamilton is a writer and photographer who focuses on food and agriculture, particularly the stories of farmers. More

Lisa M. Hamilton is a writer and photographer who focuses on food and agriculture, particularly the stories of farmers. Her work has taken her from castration time on a Wyoming sheep ranch to a meeting of radical plant breeders in Iowa; from dairy farms in the highlands of Bavaria to sacred rice paddies along the coast of Japan. A fellow at the Alicia Patterson Foundation, she is the author of Deeply Rooted: Unconventional Farmers in the Age of Agribusiness (Counterpoint, 2009). Her work has also been published in The Nation, Christian Science Monitor, National Geographic Traveler, Orion, and Gastronomica.

Water Vanishes on Western Farms

By Lisa M. Hamilton
Feb 3 2010, 6:45 AM ET Comment



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Photo by Lisa M. Hamilton


Delta-Mendota Canal, San Joaquin County.
Lisa M. Hamilton explores water's effect on the landscape of California's Central Valley in
Water Vanishes on Western Farms.

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