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Posted April 16, 2020
Forbes: Eight Gourmet Provisions To Elevate Your Home Cooking
Written By: Amber Gibson We still have at least a few weeks of mandatory staying at home, and your recipe repertoire may be running thin. You don't necessarily have to embark on a complicated new recipe requiring hours to prepare to impress your quar…
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Posted April 16, 2020
Dining Out: Green City Market Making it Simple to Buy Local in Chicago
Written By: Kaleigh Glaza Trying to eat fresh while you’re at home? It’s easier than you think! You can now #stayathome and still stay connected to your local Midwest farmers by shopping online from Green City Market Delivered, or through…
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Posted April 13, 2020
Chicago Mag: How Illinois Farms Are Staying Afloat
Written By: Maggie Hennessy Trent Sparrow, owner of Catalpa Grove Farm in Dwight, about 80 miles southwest of Chicago,usually doesn’t follow the news too closely. On March 15, he was overseeing the birth of lambs when Governor J.B. Pritzker ann…
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Posted April 13, 2020
Eater: Illinois's Small Farmers Turn to Tech During Pandemic Restaurant Closures
Written By: Naomi Waxman It’s kidding season at Prairie Fruits Farm & Creamery in downstate Champaign. Co-owners Leslie Cooperband and husband Wes Jarrell are, as Cooperband describes it, in the midst of “full-on baby goat madness rig…
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Posted April 7, 2020
Chicago Sun Times: Ah, spring! Fruits, veggies and — social distancing
Written By: Stefano Esposito You’re unlikely to be able to pick up locally sourced toilet paper or artisanal hand sanitizer there, but expect to see farmers markets sprouting up across the city and beyond in the coming weeks. They just might no…
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Posted April 7, 2020
Food & Wine: As Restaurants Close, Farmers Find New Ways to Feed People
Written By: Gabriella Gershenson The stay-at-home orders that swept the country in March and effectively forced the closure of the country’s restaurant industry have translated to economic disaster, not only for restaurants, but for many of the…
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Posted April 2, 2020
Five Ways to Stretch a Farm-Raised Whole Chicken
Winner winner, chicken dinners! This recipe series is a real winner indeed — one, local, sustainably-raised chicken = a full week of meals. No meal prep boredom here, we've got five different ways to serve this chicken that uses the whole bird …
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Posted April 2, 2020
WTTW: Farmers Markets Rally to Create Virtual Hubs for Hard-Hit Local Growers. Here's a Roundup
Written By: Patti Wetli of WTTW Farmers markets have been labeled an “essential” operation during the coronavirus outbreak, which means the markets will go on, in one form or another. Members of the Chicago Farmers Market Collective, a lo…
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Posted April 2, 2020
FOX32: Green City Market launches delivery service
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Posted April 2, 2020
Inside Hook: What Happens to Chicago's Farmers — and Their Markets — During a Pandemic?
Written By: Ari Bendersky of Inside Hook You never realize how important a farmers market is until you’re faced with the reality you may not have a market to visit. This holds true for consumers, of course, but even more so for the people behin…
