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    Post #1 - April 30th, 2022, 11:57 am
    Post #1 - April 30th, 2022, 11:57 am Post #1 - April 30th, 2022, 11:57 am
    With farmers' markets starting up again it is time to start a new thread for this year.

    Lincoln Square will again have Tuesday morning and Thursday afternoon markets starting May 3 and 5 respectively. Tuesday markets now run from 7:00 am to noon (rather than 1:00 pm previously). Tuesday markets are scheduled through November, Thursday through October.

    https://www.lincolnsquare.org/farmers-market

    The grower lists have asterisks for vendors planning to attend May markets. Very few growers will be there in May. Mick Klug Farm and Dotson's Farm are scheduled for both markets. Josh Dotson raises a lot of herb and bedding plants in his greenhouse but probably will not have much in the way of vegetables soon due to the weather pattern in the last few weeks.
  • Post #2 - April 30th, 2022, 3:28 pm
    Post #2 - April 30th, 2022, 3:28 pm Post #2 - April 30th, 2022, 3:28 pm
    Chicago City Markets — 2022 Schedule
    https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/d ... rkets.html
    Never order barbecue in a place that also serves quiche - Lewis Grizzard
  • Post #3 - May 1st, 2022, 6:27 pm
    Post #3 - May 1st, 2022, 6:27 pm Post #3 - May 1st, 2022, 6:27 pm
    Dave or anyone else: if you find a similar list of suburban farmers' markets, I hope you'll post it. I miss the big lists of city and suburban farmers' markets that the Tribune used to print.
    "Your swimming suit matches your eyes, you hold your nose before diving, loving you has made me bananas!"
  • Post #4 - May 10th, 2022, 7:17 pm
    Post #4 - May 10th, 2022, 7:17 pm Post #4 - May 10th, 2022, 7:17 pm
    The WBEZ guide to 70-plus summer farmers markets in Chicago and the suburbs.

    https://www.wbez.org/stories/2022-farme ... c39ffa64dd
    Never order barbecue in a place that also serves quiche - Lewis Grizzard
  • Post #5 - May 13th, 2022, 6:45 am
    Post #5 - May 13th, 2022, 6:45 am Post #5 - May 13th, 2022, 6:45 am
    Why this summer’s best prices on produce might be at your neighborhood farmers’ market
    Unlike commercial farmers, organic farmers say they’ve largely been insulated from the impact of world events and that their prices will be competitive.
    It finally might be Henry Brockman’s year.
    As commercial farmers battle record-high fertilizer prices, seed shortages and huge spikes in gas and construction costs, Brockman — who has operated Henry’s Farm, an organic farm in downstate Congerville since 1993 — has been diversifying, rotating 650 crops and using his own methods without store-bought fertilizer.

    This year, he already has begun loading his truck with spinach and herbs as he does every spring and delivering his produce weekly to the Evanston Farmers’ Market.

    “Pretty much no matter what happens with the economy, it doesn’t really have any effect on me,” said Brockman, whose core business strategy is his CSA, or community-supported agriculture program, which delivers customers weekly farm boxes all season for one upfront fee. He also sells produce at the Evanston market.

  • Post #6 - May 13th, 2022, 12:38 pm
    Post #6 - May 13th, 2022, 12:38 pm Post #6 - May 13th, 2022, 12:38 pm
    Seems like high fuel prices could be a factor for both farmers' markets and CSAs.
    "Your swimming suit matches your eyes, you hold your nose before diving, loving you has made me bananas!"
  • Post #7 - May 13th, 2022, 1:53 pm
    Post #7 - May 13th, 2022, 1:53 pm Post #7 - May 13th, 2022, 1:53 pm
    Hi- Henry operates his truck that he brings to the Evanston market on vegetable oil that I assume he gets for free. He is the only person I know that comes to Evanston that does this though. I don't know how much Henry is bringing to market tomorrow though. He will have a lot more in two weeks. His CSA starts in two weeks. His sister Teresa is bringing a bunch of organic veggie plants up tomorrow. Her plants are wonderful.
  • Post #8 - May 19th, 2022, 2:53 pm
    Post #8 - May 19th, 2022, 2:53 pm Post #8 - May 19th, 2022, 2:53 pm
    Northwest Indiana Farmers Market Guide
  • Post #9 - May 23rd, 2022, 4:02 pm
    Post #9 - May 23rd, 2022, 4:02 pm Post #9 - May 23rd, 2022, 4:02 pm
    Printer’s Row Farmers Market Returns This Weekend
    https://blockclubchicago.org/2022/05/23 ... s-weekend/
    Never order barbecue in a place that also serves quiche - Lewis Grizzard
  • Post #10 - May 23rd, 2022, 10:00 pm
    Post #10 - May 23rd, 2022, 10:00 pm Post #10 - May 23rd, 2022, 10:00 pm
    Volunteer for the Ravinia Farmers Market and/or help in the organic garden.

    Farmers Market is Wednesdays June 1 -October 26, 2022 from 7am-11am

    Location is Jen Jensen Park, Highland Park (to the east of the Ravinia Train Station).

    website: https://www.raviniafarmersmarket.com

    Volunteers are needed for customer service and other roles.

    See this webpage for more information and to fill out an application.

    https://www.raviniafarmersmarket.com/volunteer


    Volunteers are needed for the "Organic teaching garden"

    organicteachgardenhp.org

    Contact Ed Kugler for more details: raviniafm@gmail.com
    Cathy2

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  • Post #11 - May 24th, 2022, 2:53 pm
    Post #11 - May 24th, 2022, 2:53 pm Post #11 - May 24th, 2022, 2:53 pm
    Outdoor Markets
    After being cooped up all winter, it is time to get outside and celebrate summer with Delightful Pastries.

    Beat the heat with delicious treats, pastries, fresh-baked bread, quiches, and the best croissants in town.
    Meet us at:
    Division Street Market
    Saturdays, May 7 - October 29, 2022
    7:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

    Location
    100 W. Division St.
    (Division St. & Dearborn Pkwy.)
    Daley Plaza City Market
    Thursdays, May 12 - October 27, 2022
    7:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

    Location
    50 W. Washington St., Chicago
    (Washington & Dearborn)

    Pre-order by phone, and pick up fresh at the markets.
    Call us at (773) 545-7215 to place your order ahead.
    Cathy2

    "You'll be remembered long after you're dead if you make good gravy, mashed potatoes and biscuits." -- Nathalie Dupree
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  • Post #12 - May 25th, 2022, 1:35 pm
    Post #12 - May 25th, 2022, 1:35 pm Post #12 - May 25th, 2022, 1:35 pm
    Chicago Tribune list of 57 markets is now on their web site. The list comes sorted by name of market but can be sorted by city or day of week. The market names have links to informational web sites, many of which seem to have very little useful information.
  • Post #13 - May 25th, 2022, 2:52 pm
    Post #13 - May 25th, 2022, 2:52 pm Post #13 - May 25th, 2022, 2:52 pm
    We were out in Woodstock recently for their Saturday morning market - advertised as #1 in Illinois. Long on charm due to its town square location but I'm starting to feel like farmer's markets are starting to get homogeneous. Still early in the season so I'll reserve judgment until the veggies start to make an appearance.

    We were in Sicily several years back and they had a regular rotation of markets in various villages. They meant it literally because it was the same vendors moving from place to place (including mobile dairy and butcher trucks with sides that swung out to create awnings).

    Starting to feel like that's where everything's heading. Same faces in a different location.
  • Post #14 - June 2nd, 2022, 1:41 pm
    Post #14 - June 2nd, 2022, 1:41 pm Post #14 - June 2nd, 2022, 1:41 pm
    (Corrected)Skokie Farmer’s Market opening Sunday 7:30-12:30.
    Last edited by Dave148 on June 2nd, 2022, 2:41 pm, edited 1 time in total.
    Never order barbecue in a place that also serves quiche - Lewis Grizzard
  • Post #15 - June 2nd, 2022, 2:38 pm
    Post #15 - June 2nd, 2022, 2:38 pm Post #15 - June 2nd, 2022, 2:38 pm
    The Skokie Farmers Market starts on Sunday. I double checked because Saturday would be better for me....
  • Post #16 - June 4th, 2022, 1:35 pm
    Post #16 - June 4th, 2022, 1:35 pm Post #16 - June 4th, 2022, 1:35 pm
    Just made my first trip of the year to the Palatine Farmers' Market. Always a lovely experience. This time of year, mostly plants for starting one's own garden or meat, fish, and baked goods, but also a few early crops -- asparagus and green garlic, both of which I got -- along with a potted sage plant.

    Also pleased to see a booth for the local history museum. My two loves -- food and history. :)
    "All great change in America begins at the dinner table." Ronald Reagan

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  • Post #17 - June 17th, 2022, 9:36 pm
    Post #17 - June 17th, 2022, 9:36 pm Post #17 - June 17th, 2022, 9:36 pm
    For those people who go to the Ravinia market, I just found out today that K & K Farms will not be there this year. They will still be at Lake Bluff, Evanston and Libertyville. They are bringing strawberries to the Evanston market tomorrow.

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