Field Trip: My Years on a Johns Island Farm

Change is constant.It'shappening all around us all the time. At this very moment, all across America,cities, towns, and communities are changing. Populations shift, incomesfluctuate, and social norms evolve. Change is a huge concept.And justsouth of Charleston,South Carolina, Johns Islandwas a tiny community until itwasn't. Born-and-raised Johns Island resident Lee Glover tells the story of theevolution of his home from a rural agrarian setting to a rapidly changing seaisland of the Low Country. Traditionally, Johns Island producedmillions of pounds of fresh producethatwas shipped all across America every year. Each summer, migrants and workers ofall description, and in numbers sometimes surpassing the island's totalpopulation, flocked to participate in the harvest. By August, everything wasserenely calm once again. Then, in the late twentieth century, a massive changein industry from agriculture to tourism saw the once-quiet community transforminto something vastly different.FieldTripis a deeply personal documentation of this change topreserve some of the times, events, and people that are rapidly fading intohistory. Through remembrances and shared history, the reader will learnthetrials and joysof growingthe food we eat and the intricacies of working with many different people.Going deeper than just the industrialhistoryof Johns Island, the book isalesson on how fellowshipis one of several essentialingredients to having meaningful and enduring relationships. It is a glue thathelps to hold relationships together during challenging times of change.