The cold outside might make you think that farmers’ market season is over, but there are plenty of ways to purchase locally grown and regionally-created food year round. Here are a few upcoming possibilities. Plant Chicago in Back of the Yards offers year-round indoor markets, usually scheduled biweekly, with a limited number of vendors inside […]
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Farmers’ markets keep communities thriving
Picking up produce and enjoying a Chicago summer
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R. Kelly is allegedly running an abusive ‘cult,’ and other Chicago news
Also, new Chicago Water Department emails show attempts at firearms deals and jokes about the city’s gun violence.
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Reader’s Agenda Sun 1/13: Indoor farmers’ markets, Nerds at Heart, and Jonathan Safran Foer
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Sunday, January 13, 2013
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Farmers’ Markets: where to go for your greens
This year there are more farmers’ markets to choose from than ever, from Green City Market and the large city-sponsored one in Federal Plaza to markets in so-called food deserts like Pullman and Lawndale. Our annual guide follows. MONDAY Loyola 3:30-6 PM, 6/6-10/17, 6542 N. Sheridan TUESDAY City Farm Market Stand 3-6:30 PM Tue-Fri, 7/12-9/30, […]
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The Reader’s 2011 Chicago Summer Guide
The best food, booze, beaches, concerts, festivals, and activities in Chicago – and beyond
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Chef Demo: Paul Virant at Green City Market
Paul Virant offers a seasonal cooking demonstration at the Green City Market on Wednesday.
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Why are farmers’ market peaches so fuzzy?
Peaches look a little funny. Probably you’ve noticed. The kind term would be velvety. The word you usually hear is fuzzy.
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Doughnut Peaches
At Green City Market, we had doughnut peaches for about five minutes Saturday morning. Doughnut peaches are also called Saturn peaches, a fitting name for their otherworldly shape. You would be forgiven if out of skepticism you dismissed the doughnut peach as a gimmick. I mean, of course it’s a gimmick. But it’s also a […]
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Cherry season begins
Summer means the height of travel season and fresh, local fruit. Hard choices must be made.
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Are they safe to eat?
When you’re selling at the farmers’ market, there’s always the danger that people will overshare.