{"product_id":"shenandoah-valley-apples-scott-jost-9781938086748","title":"Shenandoah Valley Apples","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe first photo-text book ever published on the history of Shenandoah Valley apples.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough oral histories and color photographs from apple orchards and workplaces in the Shenandoah Valley and Blue Ridge regions of Virginia, \u003ci\u003eShenandoah Valley Apples\u003c\/i\u003e explores the history, current conditions, and possible future of apple growing in the Shenandoah Valley and Blue Ridge regions of Virginia. The book explores questions such as: What was apple growing like in early Virginia agriculture? How has the apple industry changed over time? What are the greatest challenges currently faced by growers? What are the most satisfying aspects of work in the apple industry? What are the greatest hopes of apple growers for the future?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShenandoah Valley Apples relays a historical and cultural legend exemplified by relationships between people and land in the context of an economy that has always been regional, national, and international in nature. It also describes a unique present in which economic pressures, international trade, and encroaching development are changing those people and that land with unprecedented severity and speed. At the same time, proud stories of adaptation, perseverance and success are also part of the picture. \u003ci\u003eShenandoah Valley Apples\u003c\/i\u003e preserves the legacy of one of Virginia's most important and rapidly disappearing cultural landscapes. It also raises awareness of and concern for broader issues that affect agriculture and land use everywhere.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe photographs and oral histories included in \u003ci\u003eShenandoah Valley Apples\u003c\/i\u003e were made in Albermarle, Augusta, Botetourt, Clarke, Frederick, Madison, Nelson, Rockingham, Shenandoah and Warren counties in Virginia. The perspectives featured include those of first through fifth generation apple growers. The orchards that were photographed range from a nine-acre roadside operation to mid-sized orchards on diversified family farms to some of the nation's largest commercial orchards.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Scott Jost\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1938086740\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781938086748\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e George F Thompson Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/20\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.20h x 12.30w x 0.70d","brand":"Scott Jost","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44054426222847,"sku":"9781938086748","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c6865770-12f3-445b-a978-0ade811b0f98.jpg?v=1685029902","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/shenandoah-valley-apples-scott-jost-9781938086748","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}