Farmers talk of their frustrations and opportunities in this personal glimpse into rural life today. Readers will discover insights into the expensive, complicated and often emotional business of farming and ranching. "One way to understand what is happening in farming today is to listen to those who are involved in it," write Green and Coomber. That is what they do, and invite their readers to do, in Unwanted Bread. Here is the story of farming and ranching today as told by farmers and ranchers, along with astute commentators who know the country well. Visually striking, thought-provoking photographs accompany the interviews and essays. "If we could sit down with a farmer over coffee and listen to his or her story," Green and Coomber say, "we'd begin to understand the challenge farmers are facing today." So pour yourself some coffee, and help yourself to Unwanted Bread.

About the author: James Coomber is a professor of English and chair of the English Department at Concordia College, where he taught since 1966. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin at Madison and for many years chaired the Concordia Conference on Reading and Writing. Sheldon Green is the senior writer in the Office of Communications at Concordia College. He has been the editor of the Hazen Star weekly newspaper and North Dakota Horizons magazine and helped edit, design and photograph the five-volume North Dakota Centennial Book series.

Image description: The image on the cover shows a photograph in the center of the cover with a white background around it. The photograph shows a farm scene, with in the foreground a flock of sheep looking at the two people in the middle throwing bread in the air. Behind them, a classic red barn and a blue sky. The title is shown above the photograph, and the authors' names are listed under the photograph.