Off-season/Year-round Farmers' Markets

Mick Klug Farms and Ellis Family Farms will be selling many varieties of apples, pears, and apple cider!

Growing Power will be bringing salad mix, kale, collards, chard, microgreens, squashes, eggplants.....

At the Gorman Farm, this week, they are harvesting kale, collards, Swiss chard, fall squashes (acorn, butternut, spaghetti, delicata), potatoes, pickles, cucumbers, yellow and green zucchini, Brussels sprouts, beets, bell peppers, some broccoli, onions, tomatoes, garlic, parsley, mint, and pumpkins for pumpkin pies and for carving!

The Urban Canopy has promised us collards, lacinato kale, chard, red and golden beets, green tomatoes, black cherry tomatoes, Fairytale eggplants, radishes, bell peppers, Red Mars onions, Spanish sweet white onions, garlic, butternut squash, spaghetti squash, Yukon Gold potatoes, Norland Red potatoes, turnips, oregano and wheatgrass! From River Valley Ranch, they will be selling white button, crimini, portobello, and shiitake mushrooms, as well as River Valley salsas, pasta sauce and granola.

This week at Mike & Clare's Farm, they are harvesting Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, celeriac, leeks, potatoes and greens!

Antiquity Oaks will be bringing bok choi, sweet peppers, jalapenos, baby cabbage, French sorrel, fresh sage, fresh oregano, goat milk soaps, wool dryer balls, and sheep and llama blend yarn.

John Bailey Honey will be selling his delicious seasonal honeys and jams, canned peaches, pickled beets (with and without jalapenos), apple sauces, pickled okra, garlic, beeswax candles and more!

This week, Sitka Salmon will be offering wild-caught and flash-frozen coho salmon, keta salmon, salmon burger meat (flaked salmon), Pacific cod, black cod, albacore tuna, dusky rockfish, spot prawns, smoked king salmon and smoked black cod.

To meet your need for organic, pasture-raised meats, the Market offers Faith's Farm and Mint Creek Farm products. You will find pork, beef, chicken, duck, lamb, goat, and more!

This week, Organic Bread of Heaven will be introducing their NEW 'Heavenly Pumpkin Granola'! You will also find their full selection of organic, vegan breads, sweets and pizzas!

Build Coffee will again be selling outside and inside. Outside at the Market, Build Coffee will be selling cold brew coffee and an array of Publican Bakery boules and baguettes. Inside (around the corner on Blackstone), Build will offer their full espresso menu and delicious Fabiana's pastries!

Hearth & Market will be celebrating the season with their Fall Harvest Pizza featuring a pear, ratatouille-style squash and root vegetables topped with Gruyère cheese. They will also be creating a 3-Cheese Heirloom Tomato Pizza with microgreens and maple-smoked bacon, as well as a Meatball Special Pizza with crispy spigarello and Mint Creek organic beef. And, to top it off, the Apples & Cinnamon Dessert Pizza!

Again, no specifics yet about what Pleasant House Bakery will be bringing, but undoubtedly a variety of delectable breads, pastries and breakfast and lunch pies!

Throughout the month of October, SenTEAmental Moods will be serving the season favorite—Pumpkin Chai! SenTEAmental Moods roasts Illinois-grown pumpkins and blends them with black tea, chai spices, fresh organic cream, and locally made cardamon syrup—which you can top off with a hand-crafted marshmallow. In addition, you will find your other favorite hot and iced brews. Don't forget to use your rewards cards! Despite last week's abysmal weather, two reward card-users were awarded free drinks!

From 10am-1pm, at the Market School, it's PUMPKIN CARVING TIME! Come to the Market School tent with your child, pick up a voucher for $5 off on the purchase of a pumpkin from Gorman Farm Fresh Produce, and bring it back to the Market School tent to carve. Experimental Station volunteers will be there with all of the carving tools and assistance you need!

At 10:30am, stop at the Chef Demo tent and learn how to prepare Jerk Veggie Tacos!

At 11:30am, join Dr. A of School Girls Rock! for a FREE yoga lesson on the lawn.

leek wrote:The Logan Square (Chicago) farmer's market is outdoor through Oct 29. The Indoor Logan Square Farmers Market Season is hosted by Emporium Arcade Bar at 2363 N. Milwaukee at Fullerton and runs every week there until the outdoor season starts again in March.
Please note: you'll need to bring a valid form of ID to enter. Those under 21 will need to be accompanied by an adult.
https://www.facebook.com/LoganSquareFarmersMarket

"Pick up winter produce, meats, cheeses, fish, and other locally produced goods! Prepared food will be available, highlighting local products. Visitors can get drinks and black coffee from the bar. "

NFriday wrote:I am impressed with Experimental Station's farmers market and other projects going on in Woodlawn. I noticed that Mint Creek Farms sells at the farmer's market there. Mint Creek also comes to the Evanston market, where there is a demand for their product. I was interested in buying some ground turkey from them a few weeks ago, and it was $12 a pound. I realize it is organic, but are there that many people that visit the Woodlawn market who can afford their meat? It sounds like a fair amount of the people who visit the market are on the LINK program. They double the amount you can spend at the farmer's market there if you are on the LINK program, but from looking at their site, it looks like you can only use your LINK vouchers on fruits and veggies, which I assume means you can not use them on meat, and how can anybody that is on food stamps afford $12 a pound meat?

It sounds like a wonderful market though, and I like the fact that they actually encourage people on the LINK program to come there. They also go into one of the elementary schools in Woodlawn, and try to get kids turned on to fruits and veggies. Evanston also matches purchases made with a LINK card, but they do not publicize it as much as they probably should. I also noticed that Glenview matches purchases, as well as some other suburban markets such as Park Ridge. Thanks, Nancy