"A farmers' market is an act of reconnection."

Looking for some summer reading? Check out some of these titles on local food.

• Like the quote above? Find it and many funny cooking experiments in Plenty: One Man, One Woman, and a Raucous Year of Eating Locally, by Alisa Smith and J.B. Mackinnon.
• Concerned about how our nation is dealing with poverty and hunger, and what it means to our communities when we lack accessible and affordable sources of nutritious food? Read Closing the Food Gap: Resetting the Table in the Land of Plenty, by Mark Winne.
• The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan. A detailed search to find out how our food is produced.