FARMERS MARKETS l Peak summer produce season is awesome, but the transition between summer and fall is like a taste of both seasons. No sour grapes, for sure...

LOCAL FOOD NEWS l Local Food Forum and Natural Awakenings Chicago are collaborating on a feature, Local Food Dispatch, which highlights regional event and food info

WATERMELON l The legend of the Sword in the Watermelon began with the first delivery of a fruit of immense size. Tackling a 22-lb. melon isn't pretty but it is tasty

FARMERS MARKETS l A tour of Chicago's Green City Market featured Local Food Forum, Naturally Chicago, Green City's executive director, and two chef-philanthropists

LOCAL FOOD l It's one of my favorite annual rituals: receiving a watermelon of immense size from one of my favorite Illinois farmers. Get a load of this 22-pounder..

FARMERS MARKETS l The show and pop-up market presented by Ravinia summer music festival and Ravinia Farmers Market Aug. 20 can be the dream concert picnic...

LOCAL FOOD l One of my favorite times of the year is when I receive my first humongous watermelon from my farmer friend at Three Sisters Garden in Kankakee, Illinois

FARMERS MARKETS l Local Food Forum got its first 2025 sighting of watermelons at a Chicago market, checking off one of the few favorite summer crops to hit town...

FARM NON-PROFITS l Just Roots, a Chicago urban farming non-profit, is receiving an award for its community arts project at its farm in south suburban Sauk Village...

URBAN FARMING l The latest in my series about the beauty of growing season at Chicago's Just Roots urban farm, where I do a bi-weekly CSA subscription pickup...