Geneva Green Market: Geneva, Illinois – A Local Food Green Farmers Market

• Who: Terra Brockman, Author and Guest speaker
• What: Green Chatter Matter – Book ” The Seasons on Henry’s Farm”
• When: Tuesday, February 2, 2010 at 7 p.m.
• Where: Inglenook Pantry, 11 North Fifth Street, Geneva IL 60134 630.377.0373

There’s a new, huge movement rolling through Kane County and beyond. Throughout our communities, locals have become ecstatic for year round farm-fresh, regional foods and recipes. Finding viable, fresh alternatives to repetitive grocery store products has become high on our list!

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Karen Stark has a challenge for all suburbanites: eat only locally produced meats, grains, fruits and vegetables this Thanksgiving.

It certainly sounds like a daunting task until Stark, a Geneva mom and coordinator of the town’s winter farmers market, explains that within a 100-mile radius of the ‘burbs you can find farmers raising free-range turkeys and beef, growing sweet potatoes and pumpkins and milling flour for biscuits and pie crusts. Cast the net a little wider and you can enjoy wild rice from Minnesota and cranberries from Wisconsin bogs and chestnuts from Michigan. (read more)  …”Give thanks for food”.

Brine recipe: http://www.moveablefeastgeneva.com/menus/TurkeyBrine.pdf

For more information go to Moveable Feast.

Who: Terra Brockman, Author
What: Book Signing
When: Saturday, December 19th 2009
Where: Community Winter Market at Inglenook Pantry, 11 N 5th St Geneva IL 60134

Terra Brockman was raised in central Illinois, where four generations of her family have farmed. Terra’s younger brother, Henry, grows 650 varieties of vegetables on about 12 acres (between Peoria and Bloomington). There, he and his family with apprentices have bucked the traditional agribusiness conventional wisdom by farming in a way that’s sensible, sustainable and focused on producing healthy, nutritious food that doesn’t damage the land.

Terra Brockman tells the story of her family and their life on the farm in the form of a year-long memoir that takes the reader through each season of life on the farm.

For more information about Terra Brockman or her book, please visit her website at www.terrabrockman.com

Community Winter Market at Inglenook Pantry
11 N 5th St
Geneva IL 60134
630-377-0373
http://www.genevagreenmarket.org/directions

What: Slow Food Harvest Potluck &  Fresh, The Movie

When: Sunday, November 15th; 4:00 -- 6:30pm

Where: Country Garden Cuisine 3n369 Lafox Rd, Campton Hills, IL 60175-7636  

Celebrate the foods of fall and join Slow Food City’s Edge for a harvest potluck supper and screening of the movie FRESH!

Please bring your favorite slow food inspired entree or side dish to share with your friends and neighbors. Fresh, the movie celebrates the farmers, thinkers and business people across America who are re-inventing our food system.

Forging healthier, sustainable alternatives, they offer a practical vision of our food and our planets future. Fresh addresses an ethos that has been sweeping the nation and is a call to action America has been waiting for.

We invite you to learn more about Slow Food City’s Edge, share good food with your neighbors, and understand the importance of eating healthier, locally grown food and how you can participate in this movement.

***In the spirit of Slow Food, please bring your own flatware, plates and cups.
More info at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/88203

Cost: $7.50 -- Covers  refreshments and dessert (to be provided by Inglenook Pantry).

Who: OnPath Financial, LLC

When: Thursday, November 19, 6:00pm – 9:30pm

Where: Heritage Prairie Farm, 2N308 Brundige Road, Elburn Illinois 60119 (map)

OnPath Finanical, LLC welcomes you to a night of “Responsible Living” Thursdsay, November 19th at 6:00 p.m. at Heritage Prairie Farm. Enjoy live music, a locally-grown dinner, and tour of the farm. Sit with friends at a community table or the warm campfire while the sun sets over the fields as you discover ways to promote a responsible society from the way you eat to the way you invest.

Cost: $15 per person and can be paid the night of the dinner.

RSVP: Please RSVP by November 9th to Bob Leoni at 630-584-8100 or bleoni [at] onpathfinancial [dot] com.

This year’s Thanksgiving Localvore Challenge has three turkey vendor options. To place your order either sign up at the Geneva Green Market or contact the vendors directly. Bourbon Reds are $5 per pound,  the Broad Breasted Whites are $4 per pound and the Black Spanish breed $6 per pound.

R Family Farm

R Family Farm
Poplar Grove, IL 61065
815.519.4341 – Cindee
cjrobinson0217 [at] msn [dot] com

• Broad Breasted White Turkeys $4 a lb
  
• Bourbon Red $5/lb
• Delivery Charge to the Community Winter Market, Geneva,  IL.  $1 per pound ($15 maximum) or you can pick up at the R-Family Farm’s Open house, Poplar Grove.
  

R Family Farm raises Broad Breasted White and Bourbon Red Turkeys. Cornish Cross Broilers, and assorted chickens for eggs, goats for milk and meat, and Berkshire pigs.  All of the animals are raised out on pasture, as nature intended.  We also grind and mix our own feed here on the farm.  Each set of animals has their own “mix”.  The chickens and turkeys get raosted soybeans, flax, kelp, a probiotic, and other good things.  The broilers and turkeys are raised in hoop houses to keep them safe from foxes.  The hoop houses are moved every day to fresh grass.

Bourbon Red turkeys are a heritage breed and are excellent in taste. The Bourbons are a very slow growing bird and take 26-28 weeks to reach full growth and will reach up to 14 pounds.

The Broad Breasted White Turkeys are very fast growing and only take 16 to 18 weeks to be ready to eat.  They grow 12 to 30 pounds.  We use NO hormones,  No steroids, and NO antibiotic in any of our feed!  The turkeys are processed at an Amish federally inspected facility.

Hasselmann Family Farm

www.hasselmannfamilyfarm.com
Milledgeville, Illinois
815.493.8630 – Scott
hasselmannfarm [at] gmail [dot] com

Family run farm located in beautiful northwestern, Illinois near the town of Lanark, two hours northwest of Chicago. As fourth generation farmers, they raise Berkshire hogs, Milking Shorthorn cattle, Suffolk sheep, Moscovy ducks, chickens, goats, and Broad Breasted White turkeys.

All their livestock and produce is raised outdoors on pasture in harmony with the natural environment. Their pigs can be pigs and play in the mud and their chickens can be chickens and scratch in the soil.

• The Broad Breasted Whites are $4 per pound
• Delivery Charge to the Community Winter Market, Geneva,  IL.  $1 per pound ($15 maximum)

Grandma’s Farm Fresh Eggs

Sugar Grove, IL 60554
630-466-4616 – Bonnie/Paul
grandmasfarmfresheggs [at] yahoo [dot] com

Grandma’s Farm Fresh Eggs will also be selling turkeys. Our family primarily raises chicken eggs, turkey eggs, quail eggs - all are allowed on pasture or fed hay and grains when not on pasture. Talk to them directly at their booth at the Geneva Green Market to find out more information or via email.

• Black Spanish Heritage Breed $6 a lb includes delivery to the Community Winter Market

Grandma’s farm fresh eggs are produced on our family farm. The farm has been in the family since the 1860s, originally settled by Bonnie’s great great grandparents. Today Paul and Bonnie, along with their three daughters, are raising chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, quail, sheep, and Jersey cows. Our replacement stock is coming more and more from our own flocks. Raising the offspring of those who thrive on a pasture-based system allows us to continually improve our stock. We also grow vegetables following organic principles but are not certified as such. We do not use herbicides, pesticides, or synthetic fertilizers. We re-use, recycle, and compost Read more

Hillside Orchards is a small family farm started in 1836. We have been selling at the South Bend Indiana Farmers Market since it started over 75 years ago. We have sold in Chicago locations since 1991. We specialize in apples, peaches, nectarines, sweet cherries, apricots, and chestnuts for high quality and exceptional taste.

We use consultants to identify a problem and only spray if the threshold is passed. We were the first to use a sprayer that uses a laser to measure the tree and spray the tree not the empty space. We use pruning and other practices to produce high quality good-tasting fruit. We hate spraying as it costs time and money. We use insect pheromones and insect growth regulators and organic materials first. We use other materials second and only the ones that are safe to people, safe to the environment, and are short-lived low leachability, safe to wildlife.

We only apply these materials late at night or early morning to reduce drift and have orchards planted in different directions to take advantage of conditions. We also use buffer areas to prevent drift. We use approximately half of the farm for production. The open land is allowed to rest for several years to build up the soil. We have a five acre woodlot for wildlife. Brush piles are allowed to dry one year to provide wildlife cover and food for the winter. Open fields are not mowed until after pheasants have hatched and left the area. We use integrated pest management and follow the EPA requirements. We use only the newest, safest materials.

In 1998, Paul was named Conservation Farmer of the year by the St. Joseph River Conservation District. In 2002 Paul was given the Michigan Groundwater Stewardship award for ground water protection practices applied on the farm presented by the St. Joseph River Conservation District.

Webb Family Farm returns to the market after the birth of Cathy’s son Daniel on June 26th. We are pleased welcome Daniel into our community as the newest member of one of our small family farms. Here is their sustainability statement:

Webb Family Farms began raising Berkshire hogs in the mid 1940’s in Itasca, IL.  As the area grew, our farm began moving farther west and has been located in Capron, IL since 1990.  Along with changing the location of our farm, we also added raising Heritage Duroc Hogs, Angus Cattle, and Sheep to our Berkshire Hog herd.  With the additions we still remain a small family farm who believes our livestock should be raised the old fashioned way with lots of sunshine, fresh air and TLC!

Webb Family Farms spans over four generations and is dedicated to raising top quality livestock.  Each generation has enjoyed exhibiting the livestock at local, state, and national levels.  We have received many blue and champion ribbons throughout the years.

We would like to offer our blue ribbon pork and sheep directly from our family farm to your family’s table.  We believe that everyone wants food that tastes good and should be able to taste the difference that quality makes.