Farmer's Market: Families Working Together

by Marcie R. Rendon, Cheryl Walsh Bellville

Profiles the Thao and the Kornder families as they raise produce to sell at a farmer's market in Minnesota.

48 pages, Library Binding

First published January 1, 2001

About the author

Marcie R. Rendon is an enrolled member of the White Earth Anishinabe Nation. She is a mother, grandmother, writer, and performance artist. A recipient of the Loft's Inroads Writers of Color Award for Native Americans, she studied under Anishinabe author Jim Northrup. Her first children's book is Pow Wow Summer (Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2014). Murder on the Red River is her debut novel.

Reviews

[Linda]

I read this as background for leading a book discussion about Native Americans.

[Crystal]

This non-fiction book gives an in-depth view of two families that bring their food to a farmer’s market to sell. It focuses on the intergenerational aspect of the work. The Thaos are a Hmong family that has recently immigrated and the Kornder family has ancestors that came from Europe in the late 1800s. There is some history shared, but the main focus is on the skills that each family has brought from their culture and how their hard work is contributing to the diversity of the farmer’s market. The pictures are clear, colorful, and add helpful details to the text.

[CFAITC]

Full of colorful photographs, this book describes the efforts of many families who work hard to produce food that is sold at farmers markets.