Stories, Learning & Community

Long Family Press is the publishing imprint of Long Family Markets Foundation Inc., created to develop books and educational resources that connect people with agriculture, food and community.

Our publishing work grows from the same place as our other programs: real questions, real experiences and the people who make our communities stronger.


Stories From the Soil™

Stories From the Soil™ is our children’s agricultural education series featuring Mr. Cluck Cluck. Each story begins with a question children might ask about food or agriculture and follows that question back to the farms, foods, people and processes behind the answer.

From tomatoes and colorful eggs to honeybees and hot peppers, the series helps young readers discover where their food comes from, how it is produced and the people behind it.


Stories From the Soil™ Food Guides

Stories From the Soil™ Food Guides are companion books to our children’s series, written for the grown-ups at the table. Each guide takes one food and goes deeper, covering how it is grown or raised, how to choose it, store it and enjoy it, and what the farmers and producers behind it want you to know. Every guide includes a Meet the Grower interview with a local producer.


There Will Always Be Another Garden

A leadership memoir by Robin Long about leadership, entrepreneurship, community, family, loss and the often unseen work of cultivating community.

Through stories of building, leading and beginning again, the garden becomes a reminder that difficult seasons pass, growth continues and there will always be another garden.


Long Family Market Cookbook – 2025

115+ Recipes Collected from the Long Family Market Community

The Long Family Market Cookbook brings together recipes shared by members of the Long Family Market Community. Created as a celebration of the foods, traditions and people connected through our marketplace, the cookbook represents an earlier chapter in our publishing journey.

Published through Wise Life Books, an imprint of Masterful Person Company Publishing.

Long Family Market Cookbook is available for sale at Long Family Market locations as long as supplies last. Stop by the Foundation tent within the marketplace for more information.