Brian Reisinger
Brian Reisinger is a farmer’s son and writer from the hills of Midwestern farm country who lives to tell the hidden stories of rural America. An award-winning author, rural policy analyst, columnist, speaker, radio contributor, and consultant.
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- Agriculture
- Food
- Future
- Technology
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About
Brian Reisinger is a farmer’s son and writer from the hills of Midwestern farm country who lives to tell the hidden stories of rural America. An award-winning author, rural policy analyst, columnist, speaker, radio contributor, and consultant, Brian grew up working with his dad on the family farm from the time he could walk. His critically acclaimed nonfiction book Land Rich, Cash Poor tells the story of the disappearing American farmer, weaving the forgotten history of a national crisis affecting every dinner table with his own family’s four-generation fight for survival.
Brian has given a TEDx talk on risks to our food supply, and has appeared on C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal,” CNN, Fox News, National Public Radio, NewsNation, and other news and podcast programming across the country. He’s had fiction published in The Milk House literary magazine and elsewhere, and nonfiction published in USA Today, Newsweek, Yahoo News, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, PBS Wisconsin/Wisconsin Public Radio’s“Wisconsin Life”, Governing magazine, Game & Fish magazine, The Daily Yonder, RealClearPolitics, The Hill, Saving Country Music, and more. Land Rich, Cash Poor was named a C-SPAN Author Series pick, won “Book of the Year” from the nonpartisan Farm Foundation, received a Best Book Award for U.S. History and honorable mention for Best New Nonfiction and Cross-Genre Nonfiction, and won a Readers’ Favorite Book Award. His writing has also won awards from the National Society of Newspaper Columnists, first place in the Seven Hills Literary Contest, a Solas Award, and more.
After growing up working on the farm, Brian worked as a journalist covering economic downturns in the Midwest and South, then as a speechwriter and strategist on Capitol Hill and across the country. Today, alongside independent writing and speaking engagements, he serves as Senior Writer at Platform Communications, a Midwestern-based consulting firm that develops messaging and strategy for thought leaders and organizations working on bipartisan, nonpartisan, and private-sector issues. He also pitches in on the business side of the family farm, and in the farmyard and fields when he can. He lives with his wife and daughter, splitting time between Sacramento, Calif. – America’s farm-to-fork capital, near his wife’s family – and his family’s farm in southern Wisconsin.
Brian spends any spare moment he can find at his cabin in the woods out back of the farm, enjoying the great outdoors and treating his old country music habit.
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Disappearing Farms, Disappearing Food
In this insightful TED talk, Brian Reisinger, a fourth-generation farmer’s son turned journalist and policy expert, explores the complex relationship between technology and agriculture. From his experiences and extensive research, Brian discusses how technological advancements have helped and hindered the American farming landscape over the past few decades. He highlights the double-edged nature of agricultural technology, which has increased yields but also contributed to the disappearance of small and medium-sized farms. Brian presents a vision for the future of farming that embraces innovation while preserving the diversity and resilience of America’s agricultural system. He advocates for scale-neutral technologies, such as gene editing, that could create new opportunities for farmers of all sizes and expand consumer food options. The talk also touches on important related topics like regenerative agriculture, vertical farming, and international trade, offering a comprehensive look at modern agriculture’s challenges and possibilities.