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Posted February 21, 2019
Food for Your Heart & Health: Guest Blog from AMITA Health
There is no better place to shop for your health and your heart than Green City Market. This week we asked Lindsay Colman, Registered Dietitian at AMITA Health, to give us some tips on heart healthy market foods. Just as our New Year’s Resolve …
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Posted February 21, 2019
Midwest-Inspired French Pastries: Vendor Spotlight on Verzenay
A Saturday morning visit to Green City Market isn’t complete without a stop for freshly made breakfast pastries. Bakeries like Verzenay Patisserie take our farmers’ bounty and incorporate it into seasonal tarts, quiche, muffins, and scone…
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Posted February 21, 2019
Friday is CSA Day!
The best part of getting a present is the anticipation of what is inside the box. If you know about Community Supported Agriculture, then you know what a gift a CSA membership can be. Tomorrow, February 22, is CSA Day. Local Harvest suggests that ove…
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Posted February 13, 2019
Q&A with Farmer Jon of Healthy Soil Compost
Nutritious food and sustainable food systems starts with healthy soil. That’s why at every Green City Market location and event, you’ll find composting receptacles to collect organic waste like food scraps and paper plates. With the help …
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Posted February 8, 2019
Come to the Table Dinner: ADAPT Recap
On Monday evening, we kicked off the 2019 Come to the Table Dinner Series at Uncommon Ground. The theme of our first dinner was “Adapt,” and focused on how small farms and food businesses are adjusting to the proliferation of “local…
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Posted December 19, 2018
2018 Holiday Entertaining Guide
Showcase ingredients from local farmers and artisans in your holiday spreads! Happytizers: The Perfect Plan for Holiday Happy Hour Charcuterie: Looking for the perfectly cured meats for your charcuterie board? Don’t miss Underground Meats and t…
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Posted December 5, 2018
2018 Holiday Gift Guide
Support Midwest growers and small businesses with gifts from the farmers market. Give the Gift of Green City Market: We are thrilled to unveil the new Green City Market gift certificates this season. Gift certificates are available to purchase in inc…
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Posted November 13, 2018
True or False: Farmers relax all winter
Whilst we'd love it to be true, our off-season doesn't mean several months off work in a vacation home somewhere warm, sleeping in and sipping happy hour cocktails. Even if our children would allow us the sleeping in (anyone with toddlers will unders…
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Posted November 7, 2018
Blue Corn Enchiladas, Smoked Potato Gnocchi and 20+ fall-inspired dishes at A (Mostly) Veggie Affair
This week, WGN TV and NBC 5 Chicago hosted A (Mostly) Veggie Affair chefs in their studio kitchens to demonstrate their dishes for our fall fundraiser on Thursday, November 8th. Each chef prepared a dish using seasonal produce from local Green City M…
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Posted October 30, 2018
Watch #GCMVeggieAffair Chefs live on WGN-TV & NBC 5 this week!
Green City Market’s fall fundraiser, A (Mostly) Veggie Affair, is fast approaching on Thursday, November 8th at Lakeshore Beverage. To kick-off the event, we're excited to have participating chefs doing cooking demonstrations on live TV! Each c…
