Horn introduces us to a Montana rancher, a Kansas wheat farmer, a Mississippi River barge captain, and some commercial fishermen/shrimpers who are working tirelessly to create environmentally-friendly, sustainable, and profitable businesses in the increasingly complicated food industry. Each has sacrificed their own time and money successfully brokering mutually-beneficial compromises between philosophically divergent neighbors, business leaders, government officials, scientists, community activists, environmentalists to help effectively manage interconnected natural resources and to regenerate lands and waters that have been harmed by past overuse. I found it inspiring, informative, and refreshingly balanced. I would have liked to see a convenient consolidated list of recommended advocacy groups/organizations/web sites at the end of the book just in case a reader had the desire to chip in and help one of these important causes, but otherwise I thought it was very well done. A recommended read for all. ( )