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Farmers' Market Book Growing Food, Cultivating Community

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ISBN-10: 0253219167

ISBN-13: 9780253219169

Edition: 2007 (Annotated)

Authors: Jennifer Meta Robinson, Jeff A. Hartenfeld, Jennifer Roebuck, Dan Schlapbach

List price: $19.95
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The Farmers' Market Book examines this national phenomenon through the story of the market in Bloomington, Indiana, and considers the social, ecological, and economic power of farmers' markets generally. Authors Jennifer Meta Robinson and J. A. Hartenfeld describe farmers' markets as a rewarding intersection of rural and urban lives, sustaining and healing both our communities and our relationship to the land. While they may seem nostalgic or idealistic, these markets are both current and forward-looking, cultivating a fresh, diverse space and recognizing the personal differences of community members. These common grounds are intimate and socially complex, representing far more than a place…    
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Book details

List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 5/1/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 271
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.540

Jennifer Meta Robinson directs Campus Instructional Consulting and the award-winning Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Program at Indiana University and has been closely involved with the Bloomington Farmers' Market since 1991. She lives in Solsberry, Indiana.J. A. Hartenfeld has been a grower since 1979 and a vendor at the Bloomington Farmers' Market for 29 years. He lives in Solsberry, Indiana.Daniel Schlapbach is Associate Professor of Fine Arts and Director of the Photography Program at Loyola College in Baltimore. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland.Jennifer Roebuck is an independent illustrator whose mixed media work has been exhibited nationally. She lives in Baltimore, Maryland.

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Settings
Vendor Notes
Markets Past
New Markets
The Bloomington Farmers' Market
People
Vendor Notes
Market Customers
Market Growers
Market Generations
Harvests
Vendor Notes
New Farms, New Farmers
Market Futurer
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index