reclaiming homegrown pleasures in a global supermarket
Halweil, Brian
2004
Argues that America's system of buying foods at low prices from foreign countries is hurting both the economy and health of America and urges the government to begin buying fresh foods from American sources.
Text and color photos describe two Midwest farm families--the Kornders, of German and Polish descent, and the Thaos, who are Hmong--and the work they do at home and at the farmer's market.
On Saturdays in the summer, Laura goes with her family to help sell their produce at the farmers' market and spend a little time with her friend Betsy.
The Benson family is so busy preparing for their day at a farmers' market that they not only forget to feed the cow, they leave the farmyard gate open and the hungry cow follows them, making a mess of the market.
