Mark Schneidewind, manager of the Will County Farm Bureau, looks over his collection in his office in Joliet, IL on Thursday April 12, 2012. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media
Mark Schneidewind, manager of the Will County Farm Bureau, stands outside of his office in Joliet, IL on Thursday April 12, 2012. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media
Mark Schneidewind, manager of the Will County Farm Bureau, stands on the Fritz farm in Joliet, IL on Thursday April 12, 2012. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media
Mark Schneidewind, manager of the Will County Farm Bureau, talks in his office in Joliet, IL on Thursday April 12, 2012. The egg scale came from his grandmother's farm in rural Illinois. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media
Mark Schneidewind, manager of the Will County Farm Bureau, talks in his office in Joliet, IL on Thursday April 12, 2012. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media
JOLIET — Mark Schneidewind has a long metal hook in his office. The hook, Schneidewind explained, was his grandmother’s. She used it to catch the feet of chickens that ran past her on the family’s farm in New Athens, Ill. Schneidewind, 49, grew up working …
