Inheriting her father's 7,000 acre wheat farm in the panhandle of Nebraska, the author accompanies a group of evangelical Christian wheat harvesters through the heartland, peeling back layers of the American story, the politics of food and the culture of the Great Plains.

A behind-the-scenes look and tribute to the hard-working American families who spend each summer harvesting thousands of acres of wheat so people can have food on their tables. Battling high fuel prices, labor shortages, uncooperative weather, and rapid technological advances, these crews face new threats that directly impact our nation's food supply and their livelihood. But they wouldn't dream of doing anything else because they know they are harvesting...