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Posted July 27, 2021
Celebrate National Farmers’ Market Week With Green City Market: August 1-7
National Farmers’ Market Week is coming up the first week of August! Farmers’ Market Week is an annual celebration that highlights the vital role farmers’ markets play in our food system. Here’s what’s on the menu for Fa…
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Posted July 2, 2021
Getting Meat to Your Plate
After record-setting droughts in June, your first thought might be about how all that harsh weather will impact summer produce like blueberries and tomatoes. But it also has a major impact on raising livestock — especially when it comes to gras…
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Posted June 28, 2021
Here's Why You Should Get Your CBD at the Farmers' Market
If you, too, did a double take as you noticed jars of cannabis and pre-rolled joints on display amidst the leafy greens and pastel flowers propped against Jacobson Family Farms’ artistic wooden crates, you are not alone. Jacobson sells CBD, or …
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Posted May 13, 2021
Your New Favorite Saturday Brunch Stop: Paper Tiger Eats
Prepared food is back at Green City Market as of 2021, with old faves like raclette from Baked Cheese Haus, Gayle V’s Best Ever Grilled Cheese, bao and lumpia from Noble Fat, and tacos from Cookies & Carnitas returning to the market. New to…
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Posted May 10, 2021
Their Star Is Rising: Welcoming Star Farm to GCM
Green City Market is growing — we're thrilled to welcome Star Farm to our Lincoln Park and West Loop markets this year!Star Farm is an urban farm in 2016 in Back of the Yards working to increase access to local, organic produce. On the farm, th…
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Posted May 6, 2021
Do You Know What's in Your Dog's Treats?
Green City Market is thrilled to welcome several new vendors to our markets this season, including Prairie Wolf, a dog treat vendor using locally-sourced organ meat to encourage the use of the whole animal, preventing food waste and offering a nutrit…
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Posted May 4, 2021
Everything's Coming Up Daisies
Green City Market is thrilled to welcome several new vendors to our markets this season, including Daisies, a vegetable-driven and pasta-focused restaurant located in Logan Square. Chef and owner, Joe Frillman, takes a local, seasonal, and sustainabl…
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Posted April 28, 2021
"Surviving on the Strength of Local Consumption"
Ahead of our 2021 farmers market season, we chatted with Eric Rose of River Valley Ranch in Burlington, Wisconsin about his experience as a small-scale farmer weathering the pandemic. Learn more about the Covid-19 Farmer Relief Fund, and how you can …
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Posted April 21, 2021
Small farm, big impact: Featuring Raya Carr of Mint Creek Farm
Ahead of our 2021 farmers market season, we chatted with Raya Carr of Mint Creek Farm in Stelle, Illinois about her experience as a small-scale farmer weathering the pandemic. Learn more about the Covid-19 Farmer Relief Fund, and how you can provide …
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Posted December 1, 2020
Green City Market Is Building a More Resilient Food System
“Getting a variety of farmers together, farmers that grow an incredible variety of produce, together in one spot on one day and getting them to do that well is a huge undertaking,” remarks Carl Smits of Smits Farms in Chicago Heights, Ill…
