Shannon and Eve work to feed people, not livestock or cars.
Their operation is an exception to the sprawling corn and bean fields that dominate the landscape. Outside, Shannon and Eve tend to arugula, broccoli, peas and radishes using intensive planting and heavy rotation techniques - never pesticides or synthetic fertilizer. Lettuces and Asian greens emerge on stacks of hydroponic troughs and spinach in a warm hoop house. (Photo by Coburn Dukehart / Wisconsin Watch) Eve Mingalone is seen with their son Klein Mingalone, 3, in the hoop house at their business Ramshackle Farm in Harvard, Illinois, on Oct. Now in their second season, she and Eve, 35, grow more than 45 varieties of vegetables at their business, Ramshackle Farm, in Harvard, Illinois. “That means everything to me,” Shannon said. The teen who stood in the middle of the Mingalones’ booth and said, “This makes me feel safe.” The middle-aged woman who confided that her daughter is transgender. Shannon, 34, hopes it means something for them to see LGBTQ professionals out and succeeding. Sometimes, when parents and their teenagers pass the booth, the adults glance, then speed ahead. They hang strings of pride flags and sell rainbow stickers to help pay for gender-affirming care, like hormone replacement therapy, for Eve. Shannon and Eve Mingalone avow that their farmers market booth is “very gay.” Read Bennet’s dispatch on how this story helped him challenge stereotypes of the rural Midwest.It was originally published in Wisconsin Watch on Dec 26 2022. Editor’s note: This story is a product of the Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk, an editorially independent reporting network based at the University of Missouri School of Journalism in partnership with Report For America and funded by the Walton Family Foundation.
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