On Gold Hill: A Personal History of Wheat, Farming, and Family, from Punjab to California

Description: "A young South Asian American woman's story of reconnecting with her identity, family, and heritage through sustainable farming"--

Review Quotes: "Legacies of land and family reach across generations and continents in Jaclyn Moyer's compelling more-than-memoir On Gold Hill. You will never bite into a piece of bread or visit your local farmers' market in quite the same way again."
--Meera Subramanian, author of A River Runs Again: India's Natural World in Crisis, from the Barren Cliffs of Rajasthan to the Farmlands of Karnataka

"I will urge everyone I know to read On Gold Hill, a riveting and necessary book. Jaclyn Moyer deftly balances the global dilemma around farming and food production with a narrative of family discovery and reconciliation. Her book is intricate, meticulously researched, and sweetly tender. It brims with grace."
--Debra Gwartney, author of I Am a Stranger Here Myself

"On Gold Hill is clear-eyed and beautifully written, capturing the sincerity of the local and organic food movement even as it refuses, with good reason, to romanticize it. Moyer explores a series of connected histories--the evolution of wheat, the rise of the organic farming movement, and the displacement and migration of her own family--with insight and intelligence. This is, without question, the best memoir of farm and family I have ever encountered."
--Claire Boyles, author of Site Fidelity