Bob BenensonJun 232 minHome Delivery: Another Way to Avoid Summer HeatFARMS AND FARMERS l Only a few farms in Chicagoland that do delivery. Three Sisters Garden is one that merges local food with convenience.
Bob BenensonJun 203 minShelling Peas is Very Nice in My Pseudo-Amish ParadiseCOOKING l Local Food Forum's Bob Benenson is cooking it old school. He processes food by hand... including his zeal for shelling fresh peas.
Bob BenensonJun 191 minSay It With FloretsVegetables l Broccoli is a delicious and nutritious veggie. Check out a video of tips on how to use broccoli, plus some helpful facts...
Bob BenensonJun 13 minIf Beating the Rain Were an Olympic Sport...I got out early Saturday morning because I was racing the rain on my first 2024 trip to the Green City satellite market in Chicago’s..
Bob BenensonMay 307 minThank You, Farmer JohnWednesday brought the sad news that John Peterson, the legendary sustainable farming pioneer from Caledonia, Illinois, is shutting down...
Bob BenensonMay 255 minI've Got a Big Head (of Lettuce)The idea that fresh, local, sustainably produced food at the farmers market is soooo expensive was always an exaggeration. Now, after...
Bob BenensonMay 236 minHello, Picasso, My Old FriendBarb and I had an errand to run in the Loop, so we timed it so we could drop in on the season opener of the venerable Daley Plaza Market...
Bob BenensonMay 224 minIllinois Rice? It's Nice... and at Green CityYesterday I spent the whole day working at Naturally Chicago’s impressive Pitch Slam and Financing & Innovation Forum. As many of you know..
Bob BenensonMay 184 minSouth Looping You in on Market FunThe Saturday South Loop Farmers Market, in the same-name Chicago neighborhood just south of downtown, has been around for a few years...
Bob BenensonMay 172 minBerry Good News: 1st Strawberries are In!Thursday was a lot, but I managed to squeeze in a first-of-the-season visit to the late afternoon/evening Lincoln Square Farmers Market in t