I got out early Saturday morning because I was racing the rain on my first 2024 trip to the Green City satellite market in Chicago’s..

Wednesday brought the sad news that John Peterson, the legendary sustainable farming pioneer from Caledonia, Illinois, is shutting down...

The idea that fresh, local, sustainably produced food at the farmers market is soooo expensive was always an exaggeration. Now, after...

Barb and I had an errand to run in the Loop, so we timed it so we could drop in on the season opener of the venerable Daley Plaza Market...

Yesterday I spent the whole day working at Naturally Chicago’s impressive Pitch Slam and Financing & Innovation Forum. As many of you know..

The Saturday South Loop Farmers Market, in the same-name Chicago neighborhood just south of downtown, has been around for a few years...

Thursday was a lot, but I managed to squeeze in a first-of-the-season visit to the late afternoon/evening Lincoln Square Farmers Market in t

Local Food Forum is pleased and proud to introduce Melvin Parson, the new member of the amazing panel of guest experts joining me and...

Yeah, this is the life. It’s May, the outdoor farmers market season is off to the races (and it happens to be Kentucky Derby day), and...

From May through August, the Alliance is already envisioning its next 50 years and is hosting a series of more than a dozen events...