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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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- Posted April 2, 2020 FOX32: Green City Market launches delivery service Watch at fox32chicago.com.
- 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…
- Posted April 2, 2020 WGN: Green City Market has an app that will get your groceries delivered to your doorstep Watch at wgntv.com.
- 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…
- Posted March 30, 2020 NBC5: How to Make Farm Fresh Vegetable Soup Cafe 5: How to Make Farm Fresh Vegetable Soup Green City Markets’ Chef Educator Lisa Kalabokis teaches viewers how to make vegetable white bean soup, all made using local ingredients. Click here to watch on nbcchicago.com.