Gene Logsdon farms on thirty-two acres in Upper Sandusky, Ohio, a mile from his boyhood home. He is the author of more than twenty books, including a novel, "The Lords of Folly"; a cultural study, "The Mother of All the Arts"; and a discourse of pasture farming, "All Flesh Is Grass." Logsdon has also written hundreds of essays for such publications as "Utne" magazine, "Mother Jones," "Orion," and "Whole Earth Review."