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Outdoor Season Wraps Up Saturday at Green City, Lincoln Park Market
FARMERS MARKETS l The curtain comes down on the Chicago region's outdoor market season. Three (of the peak 100+) are open this Saturday, then it's wait til next year
Bob Benenson
6 days ago2 min read
Green City Market Moves Its Winter Market (a Couple of Blocks)
WINTER FARMERS MARKETS l Green City Market, a flagship of the Chicago region's farmers market community, is moving its winter season market — but not very far...
Bob Benenson
Nov 102 min read
Local Food Forum Chicago Region Farmers Market Tracker
FARMERS MARKETS l The outdoor Chicago farmers markets is winding down. Most will be over by the end of October. Use our Farmers Market Tracker and don't miss out...
Bob Benenson
Oct 196 min read
Adios, Market Picasso: One More Spin at Chicago's Daley Plaza
FARMERS MARKETS l Chicago's historic Daley Plaza Farmers Market resembles most other markets. What set it apart is that those stands surround a famous work of art...
Bob Benenson
Oct 162 min read
News to Me: Giant Pink Banana Squash is an Actual Thing
PRODUCE l Illinois' Three Sisters Garden grows some rare types of produce... such as the pink banana winter squash in this article. Also, a farmers market peek...
Bob Benenson
Oct 83 min read
It's Fall: Market Bounty Continues, But Get Those Summer Crops Soon
FARMERS MARKETS l It's suddenly fall. We're still in the transitional season between summer and fall crops, but the former are in fade mode... get 'em while you can
Bob Benenson
Sep 241 min read
Ch-ch-changes: Fall Crops Filter in a Third of the Way Through September
FARMERS MARKETS l There was a moment during a visit to a Chicago farmers market that crystallized the summer-fall transitional season: pumpkins next to sweet corn
Bob Benenson
Sep 101 min read
Pippin Fresh: A Favorite Apple Variety Meets Its Season
FARMERS MARKETS l September means the beginning of the year's main apple season. And that means the arrival of Cox's Orange Pippin, a favorite of this writer...
Bob Benenson
Sep 94 min read
Fantasy Campfire: Green City's Chef BBQ Drew 3,000+ to Outdoor Feast
FARMERS MARKETS l There are many great chef tasting events in Chicago. Green City Market's annual Chef BBQ fundraiser, held September 4, is in a league of its own...
Bob Benenson
Sep 83 min read
Apple Appeal Hits Chicago Market as the Seasons' Overlap Expands
FARMERS MARKETS l Chicago folks are in the midst of the slow transition between the summer and fall seasons. That explains why there are lots more apples each week..
bob51386
Sep 32 min read
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