American Idol: Farm Edition

I’m always happy to see a story in one of my local papers about family farming, especially one like this one in this week’s Chicago Tribune that features farmers and a farmgirl connected to CSA projects. Check out the brief mention, but mention nonetheless, of Trader Joe’s employee/Farmgirl Gray Wiechern, who launched Mother Earth Organic Farm. Most of the focus, however, is on Steve Tiwald who founded Green Earth Institute in 2002. The story seems to be a continuation of this blog’s first post about farmers as the new rock stars. The Tribune notes: “Just as celebrity chefs inspire confidence because their patrons know who is cooking their food, a movement is gaining traction to know who is growing the food we eat.”