Todd Parnell

Pig Farm Todd Parnell

Pig Farm is a taste of the present spread over two centuries past, eight generations of the fictional Snarkle clan in all, grounded in the truth of a non-fictional travesty. It's an historical tall tale set in the context of a real life environmental tragedy, along side America's first national river, the Buffalo.

Follow young Jebediah Snarkle and his family from his homeland in Tennessee to the newly minted state of Arkansas, where they discover Large Creek, and "the most beautiful place on earth." His family's competition with the Hensbells through decades and generations over everything from sustainable agriculture to money and politics simmers throughout, bursting forth in spurts of violence and greed, and even intermarriage.

At its core, Pig Farm is a recounting of how an ill-conceived and stupidly permitted pig CAFO along side America's first national river might have come to be.