We thank, foremost, the many farmers and patrons of local food who have shared their time and expertise with us in conversations across the country, at local markets and farms and throughout numerous research projects. We appreciate your observations and thoughtfulness about the journey so far, knowing that life continues to emerge in surprising ways. Special thanks to the people of south-central Indiana and Huntington, West Virginia, for extending their worlds to us. We thank Justin Rawlins for his thoughtful editorial assistance and manuscript preparation and Kevin Naaman for his help with sources. Thanks to Sarah Mincey for essential consultation on theory and Sara Minard, Bridget Masur, Natalie Woodcock, Eric Knackmuhs, Angela Babb, and Megan Betz for able research assistance. Thanks to Sobremesa Farm, Evening Song Farm, and Joseph Donnermeyer for sharing maps and images. Thanks to Steven McFadden for sharing his history of CSAs. Jennifer Roebuck and Dan Schlapbach were generous, as always, with wonderful photographs and good advice.
We are grateful for research funding from Indiana University—the College of Arts and Sciences; the Department of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Studies; the School of Public Health; and the Vincent and Elinor Ostrom Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis—as well as the Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute, the Indiana State Department of Agriculture, and the United States Department of Agriculture.
We appreciate the faith Gary Dunham and Indiana University Press have placed in the project. Gary’s clear-sightedness about salient audiences has helped guide the book to this final form. Thanks to Nancy Lightfoot for shepherding the project and to Jill R. Hughes for her clarifying copyediting.
Many thanks to Bobbi, Rosie, J. D., Grant, and Farmers Anonymous for letting me listen in—you know who you are! Appreciation to the members of Indiana University Faculty Writing Groups and to Mary Magoulick for writing companionship. And thanks, as always, to Jeff Hartenfeld for helping me keep it real.
From James
Thanks to several farmers who are always willing to listen, critique, and explain—Tim Alexander, Rick Dalessandro, Lance Alexander—and to Tony Terhaar. And thank you to Jennifer, for her constant mentorship and teaching.