Fear of Falling (2016)
“This was the last of the acreage they would plant in tomatoes for this season. In two weeks the crews that Mica had hired would arrive along with the tomato plants. They would work from dawn till the last vestiges of evening light remained to get the plants from the conveyor belt into the holes.
Because Mica had finalized a new contract with Red Gold Tomatoes, they’d decided to plow this unused acreage to bring their total to over three hundred acres of tomato production. If the crop did we...ll, Rafe and Mica stood to eclipse their father’s best contract year by over a ton. Red Gold expressed a need for thirteen tons of tomatoes in order to produce twenty million cans.
Rafe was surprised at how much the challenge excited him. He drove his tractor to the southern border of the precise rows he’d spent all day turning. He switched off the engine and watched the sun as it settled easily below the horizon. Spring birds chirped in the tall windbreak pines to the west.MoreLess
Because Mica had finalized a new contract with Red Gold Tomatoes, they’d decided to plow this unused acreage to bring their total to over three hundred acres of tomato production. If the crop did we...ll, Rafe and Mica stood to eclipse their father’s best contract year by over a ton. Red Gold expressed a need for thirteen tons of tomatoes in order to produce twenty million cans.
Rafe was surprised at how much the challenge excited him. He drove his tractor to the southern border of the precise rows he’d spent all day turning. He switched off the engine and watched the sun as it settled easily below the horizon. Spring birds chirped in the tall windbreak pines to the west.MoreLess
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