Farmers' Markets of the Heartland

Janine MacLachlan

• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Year: 2012
• Print ISBN: 9780252078637
• eBook ISBN: 9780252094194
• Topic: Art
• Subtopic: Agribusiness

A visual feast of the Midwest's homegrown bounty

In this splendidly illustrated book, food writer and self-described farm groupie Janine MacLachlan embarks on a tour of seasonal markets and farmstands throughout the Midwest, sampling local flavors from Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. She conducts delicious research as she meets farmers, tastes their food, and explores how their businesses thrive in the face of an industrial food supply. She tells the stories of a pair of farmers growing specialty crops on a few acres of northern Michigan for just a few months out of the year, an Ohio cattle farm that has raised heritage beef since 1820, and a Minnesota farmer who tirelessly champions the Jimmy Nardello sweet Italian frying pepper. Along the way, she savors vibrant red carrots, slurpy peaches, vast quantities of specialty cheeses, and some of the tastiest pie to cross anyone's lips.

Informed by debates about eating local, seasonal crops, organic farming, sanitation, and biodiversity, Farmers' Markets of the Heartland tantalizes with special recipes from farm-friendly chefs and dozens of luscious color photographs that will inspire you to harvest the homegrown flavors in your own neighborhood.

Index

The index that appeared in the print version of this title was intentionally removed from the eBook. Please use the search function on your eReading device to search for terms of interest. For your reference, the terms that appear in the print index are listed below.

Academy for Global Citizenship (Chicago, Ill.)

Achatz, Grant

Agrarian Book Club

agribusiness: California Central Valley growing region; commodity crops and; conventional dairy farming; industrial eggs; land distribution practices and; post–World War II expansion strategies; USDA crop subsidies. See also economy

alcoholic beverages. Recipe: Midwest Manhattan

Alex Nemeth and Son Orchard (Milan, Mich.)

Allen, Darina

Allen, Erika

Allen, Will

American Farmland Trust

American Livestock Breeds Conservancy (ALBC)

Anderson, Donita

Andres, Richard

Angelic Organics (Caledonia, Ill.)

animal husbandry: birthing practices; free-range farming; genetic diversity; grass-fed/pasture-raised cattle farming; health-based breeding; heritage breeds; humane farming; moveable-pasture farming; no-hormones/no-antibiotics farming

antibiotics (in farming)

apple cider

apples (varieties of)

artisan/artisanal products

Athens Farmers’ Market (Athens, Ohio)

bakeries: at Cuyahoga Valley Countryside Conservancy; Floriole (Chicago, Ill.); Mill Pond Bakery (Chelsea, Mich.); Pekara Bakery (Champaign, Ill.); wood-fired-oven baking

Ball canning jars

Ballymaloe Cookery School (Ireland)

bandaged cheddar cheese

Bandstra, Jason and Mike

barbecue sauce

Barber, Dan

Barbour, Christine

Bare Knuckle Farm (Northport, Mich.)

Barnes, Becky and Isaac

Barnham, Jim

Barsness, Judi

Batali, Mario

Baumgardner, John and Cathy

Bayless, Rick

Becker, Jude

Becker Lane Organic Pork (Dyersville, Iowa)

Beebout, Jill

Belloc Lowndes, Portia

Beranger, Jeanette

Berens, Abra

Berry, Wendell

biodiversity

biodynamic farming

Birtles, Teresa

black beans

Black Dog Farm

Blauer, Gabe

Bleu Mont Dairy (Blue Mounds, Wisc.)

Bloomington Community Farmers’ Market (Bloomington, Ind.)

blueberries

Blue Gate Farm (Chariton, Iowa)

Blue Skies Berry Farm (Brooklyn, Wisc.)

Boehnlein family (Scott, Kristen, and children)

Boone Farmers’ Market (Boone, Iowa)

Bowser, Rodger

Bralts, Lisa

breakfast/brunch (recipe): Poached Farm Egg Over Crisp Polenta and Summer Vegetable Relish

Briggs Orchard (Saginaw, Mich.)

Broad Ripple Farmers’ Market (Indianapolis, Ind.)

Brockman, Henry

Brockman, Terra

broker markets

Brunty, Jeff

Brunty Farms (Akron, Ohio)

Bumbaris, George

Burton, Patrick and Tim

Burton’s Maplewood Farm (Medora, Ind.)

Café Palmira (Minneapolis, Minn.)

canning

caponata—Italian eggplant salad

Capriole Farmstead Goat Cheese (Greenville, Ind.)

Carmel Farmers’ Market (Indianapolis, Ind.)

Carmody, Dan

Carpenter, Dwight

Carpenter, Jeanne

Carpenter’s Organics (Allen, Mich.)

Caruso, Vanessa

Caskey, Kevin

Caveny, John

Caveny Farm (Monticello, Ill.)

Centennial Farms (Augusta, Mo.)

certification: Certified Naturally Grown; Midwest Organic Services Association (MOSA); Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association (OEFFA). See also “natural” products; organic farming

Certified Naturally Grown

cheese. See dairy products

Cheese Underground

chefs: author’s experience with; chef demonstrations at markets; cooking schools; farmer-chef “speed dating”; as market directors; markets as food politics forums

—Particular chefs: Barsness, Judi; Bayless, Rick; Bowser, Rodger; Caskey, Kevin; Enyart, Brian; Finch, Jeff; Foust, Michael; Friese, Kurt Michael; Hammel, Jason; Haney, Paula; Higgins, Michael; Kahan, Paul; Langton, Brenda; Miller, Tory; Nischan, Mi...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Dedication
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Introduction
• Chicago
• Michigan
• Ohio
• Indiana
• Illinois
• Missouri
• Iowa
• Minnesota
• Wisconsin
• What Is Next?
• Index