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Bob Benenson
The Long Summer Crop Season Winds Down in Living Color
FARMERS MARKETS l The Chicago area's long peak crop summers is coming to a colorful end, just as the fall foliage colors start popping...
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Bob Benenson
Oct 164 min read
Chicago Region Farmers Market Schedule, October 18-24
FARMERS MARKETS l The photo of our Chicago market haul on Oct. 16 had some beautiful holdouts from the summer season... but not for long...
Bob Benenson
Oct 95 min read
Chicago Region Farmers Market Schedule, October 11-17
FARMERS MARKETS l Some of our summer crops are going strong in October, but the gradual end to Chicagoland outdoor markets is upon us...
Bob Benenson
Oct 82 min read
At Dawn's Early Light, Proof That Some Summer Crops Were Still There
FARMERS MARKETS l A very early morning Chicago market visit showed that some of our summer crops are hanging in there a week into October...
Bob Benenson
Oct 25 min read
Chicago Region Farmers Market Schedule, October 4-10
FARMERS MARKETS l We've had a good long season for some of our summer crops. The clock is ticking though, so check the week's market sked
Bob Benenson
Sep 293 min read
Spirit of Farm Aid: Youthmarket, Compost, Big Apple Orchard
FARM AID l The Farm Aid organization presented its Spirit of Farm Aid Awards the evening before the big Sept. 21 Festival. See who got them.
Bob Benenson
Sep 281 min read
I Got Sunshine (and Local Produce) on a Cloudy Day
FARMERS MARKETS l The last September Saturday dawned gloomy in Chi. That's when our farmers market vendors need us most. My market haul...
Bob Benenson
Sep 266 min read
Chicago Region Farmers Market Schedule, September 27-October 3
FARMERS MARKETS l The O-word — October — has arrived in Local Food Forum's Chicago farmers market schedule. There's still a lot to love...
Bob Benenson
Sep 186 min read
Chicago Region Farmers Market Schedule, September 20-26
FARMERS MARKETS l Fall starts Sunday. There's still quite a bit of summer produce, but don't dally! Check out the Chicago area market sked..
Bob Benenson
Sep 141 min read
Season Overlap Continues at Chicago Farmers Markets
FARMERS MARKETS l Not much change in Chicago: still plenty of summer crops while we transition to fall. Zucchini may be getting scarcer...
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