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Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is: Support Our Local Farmers

During my first summer in Chicago, I became a member of Nichols Farm and Orchard CSA (Community Supported Agriculture). A neighbor had recommended the family run farm as a good […]

  • Caroline Huftalen
  • April 15, 2025
    • Food , Markets

    Interview: Moody Teas Tea for All Is a Brand We Can Get Behind

    Tea for all and all for tea, Moody Teas deep commitment to accessibility makes their brand—and exceptional product—something we can all root for year round. You may have seen their […]

  • Caroline Huftalen
  • January 21, 2025
    • Food , Markets , Uncategorized

    Farmers Market Preview: No Bad Strawberry Karma

    I’m someone who is devoted to farmers markets, yearns for the season to begin, eagerly awaits CSA drop days, and luxuriates on the idea of a canvas tote and an […]

  • Caroline Huftalen
  • June 11, 2024
    • Film , Film & TV , Markets , Review

    Review: Steve (Martin): A Documentary in 2 Pieces Explores the Life and Career of an Isolated Man

    In 1980, at the ripe old age of 35, Steve Martin was the most famous and successful stand-up comic in the world. Some likened his popularity to that of a […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • March 28, 2024
    • Food , Markets

    Chicago Markets This Week: Desperately Seeking Strawberries

      One of the best things about farmers markets at the peak of the season is the rainbow of colors in that beautiful, fresh, local produce. We aren’t quite there […]

  • Bob Benenson
  • May 21, 2021
    • Food , Markets

    Chicago Farmers Market Season Hits Full Stride

    The Chicago farmers market season opened on May 1—a delightful and welcome return to normalcy. And with this weekend’s opening days, almost every high-profile market—and many of the cozier neighborhood […]

  • Bob Benenson
  • May 14, 2021
    • Food , Markets

    MCA Farmers Market: Art for Art’s Sake, Honey for God’s Sake

    After a delay caused by the COVID-19 restrictions, the Tuesday SOAR Farmers Market on the plaza outside the Museum of Contemporary Art opened for the summer last week. And with […]

  • Bob Benenson
  • July 2, 2020
    • Food , Markets

    Eating Seasonally in Chicago: Now Playing, Squash

    Early October is a time of transitions. The leaves on the trees were as deep green as mid-summer as I set out on my Saturday walk to Green City Market […]

  • Bob Benenson
  • October 8, 2019
    • Food , Markets

    Daley Plaza: The Art of Supporting Local Farmers – Kicks off May 9

    Every major city has great art, and every major city has farmers markets. Chicago just happens to have both in one place. The Daley Plaza Farmers Market — the anchor […]

  • Bob Benenson
  • May 5, 2019
    • Food , Markets

    Winter at the Market: Root Root Root for the Farm Team

    By Bob Benenson You just have to step outside for a reminder that this is not peak growing season in Chicagoland. Yet a number of our region’s stalwart growers participate […]

  • Guest Author
  • February 26, 2019
    • Food , Markets

    Wicker Park Farmers Market Brings the Taste of Summer Indoors

    Indoor markets are helping us remember those good old days of summer. I long for fresh-baked pastries, fruits of the season, herbs and veggies. Fortunately for us city dwellers, the […]

  • Cynthia Kallile
  • December 14, 2018
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