In the early 1980s, farmers were suffering through the worst economic crisis to hit rural America since the Great Depression. Desperate, they called Sarah Vogel, a young lawyer. Sarah brought a national class action lawsuit, which pitted her against the Reagan administration's Department of Justice, in her fight for family farmers' rights. A story about justice and holding the powerful to account, The Farmer's Lawyer shows how the farm economy we all depend on almost fell apart and what we can learn from Sarah's battle as a similar calamity looms large on our horizon once again.