Recommended Reading from the Linton Farmers’ Market
Local and Traditional Food Cookbooks
by Jennifer McGruther
The Nourished Kitchen not only teaches how to prepare wholesome, nourishing foods, but also encourages a mindful approach to cooking and a celebration of old-world culinary traditions that have sustained healthy people for millennia.
by Jennifer McGruther
In Broth and Stock, Jennifer McGruther, an authority in the traditional foods movement, illustrates why a good broth or stock is the foundation of amazing and wholesome cooking.
by Deborah Madison
Deborah Madison celebrates the seasonality of produce from farmers’ markets across the country in this beautiful and sophisticated cookbook.
by Jodi Liano, Tasha DeSerio and Jennifer Maiser
Cooking from the Farmers’ Market will show you how easy and satisfying it is to practice “farm-to-table cooking” in your own home.
by Jeff Crump and Bettina Schormann
Earth to Table is an extraordinary, gorgeously illustrated collection of reflections and recipes in the tradition of Michael Pollan’s The Omnivore’s Dilemma and Food Matters.
by Janet Fletcher
A celebration of America’s farmers and a guide to joining the eating local movement.
by Michael Pollan
Packed with profound surprises, The Omnivore’s Dilemma has changed the way Americans think about the politics, perils, and pleasures of eating.
by Michael Pollan
This eloquent manifesto shows us how we can start making thoughtful food choices that will enrich our lives, reconsider what it means to be healthy, and bring pleasure back to eating.
by Michael Pollan
Eating doesn’t have to be so complicated. Food Rules brings welcome simplicity to our daily decisions about food.
by Michael Pollan
With Cooked, Michael Pollan closes the seed-to-table loop with a passionate exploration of the satisfying transformation of grilling, braising, baking, and fermenting–and their primal roots.
by Marion Nestle
By explaining how much the food industry influences government nutrition policies, this book will forever change the way we respond to the food industry’s marketing practices.
by Marion Nestle
As an aisle-by-aisle guide to the grocery store, What to Eat has become the definitive guide to making healthy and informed choices about which foods we should and should not eat.
by Jennifer Meta Robinson and J.A. Hartenfeld
This 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.
by Eric Schlosser
This exposé reveals how the fast food industry has altered the landscape of America, fueled an epidemic of obesity, and transformed food production throughout the world.
by Karl Weber
Expanding on the powerful documentary’s themes, the book Food, Inc. will encourage those inspired by the film to learn more about giant agribusiness and how our food is processed.
by Jeffrey M. Smith
Unknowingly, Americans eat genetically modified food every day. In Seeds of Deception Smith describes genetic engineering and explains why it can result in serious health problems.
by Vance Corum, Marcie Rosenzweig & Eric Gibson
The New Farmers’ Market covers the latest tips & trends from leading-edge sellers, managers and market planners all over the country to help you succeed at farmers markets.
by Jane Goodall
The renowned scientist who fundamentally changed the way we view primates and our relationship with the animal kingdom now turns her attention to an incredibly important and deeply personal issue-taking a stand for a more sustainable world.
by Mark Bittman
From the award-winning champion of culinary simplicity comes Food Matters, a plan for responsible eating that’s as good for the planet as it is for your weight and your health.
Homesteading and Traditional Food Lifestyles
by Barbara Kingsolver
This enthralling narrative is about the Kingsolver family, who vowed for one year to only buy locally raised food, grow it themselves, or learn to live without it.
by Kristin Kimball
From a graceful, luminous writer with an eye for detail, this riveting memoir explores a year on a sustainable farm—and the real world epitome of Michael Pollan’s food philosophy.
by Jenna Woginrich
Farm City meets The Omnivore’s Dilemma in Cold Antler Farm, a collection of essays on raising food on a small homestead, while honoring the natural cycle of the “lost” holidays of the agricultural calendar.
by Leigh Tate
Based on her popular homesteading blog, 5 Acres & A Dream, Leigh Tate shares how she and her husband Dan are facing the challenges of trying to establish a self-sufficient homestead.
by Forrest Pritchard
Gaining Ground is a beautiful and nourishing true story of an accomplished self-taught farmer trying to save the family farm with a sustainable, organic operation.
by Pam Dawling
Targeted at serious growers, Sustainable Market Farming is a comprehensive manual for small-scale farmers raising organic crops sustainably on just a few acres.