Hanson's 3 residential acres are surrounded by a 40 acre working vineyard that grows grapes for raisins. He was born on the property, helped his dad maintain the property and work the vineyard.
He still lives there. And still works the vineyard. He has a farmer's respect for the land and the hard work to gain a living from it.
He may be an academic...but he's no "city boy".
correct!!! VDH comes from a farming family and is still farming as best he can. He is retired now from the California university system where he taught for 30-40 years
IOW he comes from the land is not an urban dilettante