The growing season : how I built a new life--and saved an American farm / Sarah Frey.
"One woman's tenacious journey to escape poverty and create a billion-dollar farming business--without ever leaving the land she loved. The youngest of her parents' combined twenty-one children, Sarah Frey grew up on a struggling farm in Southern Illinois, often having to grow, catch, or hunt her own dinner. She spent much of her early childhood dreaming of running away to Hollywood, Chicago--or really anywhere with central heating. At fifteen, she moved out of her family home and started her own fresh produce delivery business with nothing more than an old pickup truck. Two years later, when the family farm faced inevitable foreclosure, Sarah gave up on her dreams of escape, and, at seventeen, took over the farm and started her own produce company there. Refusing to play by traditional rules, Sarah talked her way into suit-filled boardrooms, made deals with the nation's largest retailers, and became so legendary that the Harvard Business School published a case study on her negotiation skills. Today, Sarah's family-operated company, Frey Farms, has sold more than a billion dollars' worth of fresh produce, beverages, and consumer packaged goods, and has become one of America's largest fresh produce suppliers, with farmland spread across seven states. Thanks to the millions of melons and pumpkins she sells annually, Sarah has been dubbed "America's Pumpkin Queen" by the national press. The Growing Season tells the inspiring story of how a scrappy rural childhood gave Sarah the grit and resiliency to take risks that paid off in unexpected ways. Rather than leaving her community, Sarah found adventure and opportunity in one of the most forgotten parts of our country. With fearlessness and creativity, she literally dug her destiny out of the dirt"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593129395
- ISBN: 0593129393
- Physical Description: xv, 251 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Ballantine Books, [2020]
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The Growing Season : How I Built a New Life--And Saved an American Farm
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Table of Contents
The Growing Season : How I Built a New Life--And Saved an American Farm
Section | Section Description | Page Number |
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Introduction Social Grace | p. ix | |
Chapter 1 | Hunting and Fishing | p. 3 |
Chapter 2 | Growing Wild | p. 23 |
Chapter 3 | Betting the Farm | p. 35 |
Chapter 4 | Through the Eyes of Jesus | p. 41 |
Chapter 5 | A Proper Education | p. 53 |
Chapter 6 | The Melon Route | p. 61 |
Chapter 7 | Chomping at the Bit | p. 77 |
Chapter 8 | Taking the Hill | p. 99 |
Chapter 9 | Frey Farms | p. 111 |
Chapter 10 | Seeds of Hope | p. 127 |
Chapter 11 | Every Which Way | p. 137 |
Chapter 12 | Serious Business | p. 151 |
Chapter 13 | On the Road | p. 167 |
Chapter 14 | Hunting Grounds | p. 183 |
Chapter 15 | Sunshine and Rain | p. 195 |
Chapter 16 | Field Run | p. 207 |
Chapter 17 | The Family Table | p. 223 |
Chapter 18 | Harvest Time Again | p. 233 |
Acknowledgments | p. 249 |