A day of workshops and speakers which will bring us together – leaders, volunteers, students, advocates, cooks, gardeners, and greenies of all shades. Come share your ideas and work together!
meet other Fox River Valley environmental groups and volunteers so that we can help each other and work together more effectively in our missions
hear experts in various fields so we become more knowledgeable,
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”.
Giving thanks to the season’s harvests was a centuries-old tradition held by most cultures around the world. After the autumn harvest, communities held long feasts celebrating the season’s harvest and gatherings for the winter months. It wasn’t till the mid-1600’s that Thanksgiving, as we know it today, began to take shape. Fasting forward several hundred years, it was as recently as 1941 that President Roosevelt signed a bill that established the fourth Thursday of every November as Thanksgiving Day. This has been followed by every state in the union since 1956. Today Thanksgiving still remains centered around food and feasting surrounded by family and friends.
In the spirit of giving and being thankful we at the Geneva Green Market, NFP and would like to take this opportunity to thank all the chiefs, GGM, NFP members, merchants and volunteers whose continual hard work and dedication make this market feasible season after season. We would especially like to thank our faithful farmers, vendors and customers. Join us in Thanking our farmers and in showing how much we appreciate them in providing fresh food from there fields to our tables.
If you haven’t ordered your Thanksgiving Day turkey there is still time to do so. Visit us at genevagreenmarket.org/farmers. If you did not pre-order a turkey, there will be some turkeys available for purchase at the market on a first come, first serve basis. Come early to get yours.
Feeling overwhelmed by your big bird? Join us from 9-12 as “Talk Turkey to Me” author Renee Ferguson joins us to answer your turkey questions. She will have copies of her book available for purchase. Full of how- to’s, how not to’s, tips, instructions and recipes that can be used year round. A great resource to have on hand for those times Renee can’t personally be in your kitchen. She will sign copies, which can be a nice, personalized hostess gift.
If all this talk of turkey got your tummies rumbling be sure to stay afterwards as Jennifer Downing of Nourish shows you how to dry brine and bake a Black Spanish turkey. She’ll also show you a few excellent sides that will pair up perfectly with your bird. The best part is that’ll you’ll find most of the ingredients right at the market. After a tasty sample, enjoy a wine sample from Galena Cellars Vineyard & Winery-Geneva. All this should provide great inspiration for our 3rd annual Thanksgiving Localvore Challenge. Deadline for submissions is December 1st.
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
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.
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.
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
September 26th, 2009 Heritage Prairie Market is pleased to host the 4th annual Hog Roast/Barn Dance Fundraiser supporting the missions of the Center for Rural Psychology and Heartland Counseling. Enjoy an evening on the farm with live music by The Common Taters, barn dancing, farm tours, games for kids, farm animals, roast pork with all the fixin’s, fountiful sides, local beer and wine by the glass, s’mores by the bonfire and watch the sunset over the fields.
Date: Saturday, September 26 Time: 4:00-8:00 pm
Place: Heritage Prairie Farm
Sponsors include: Heritage Prairie Farm, Old Second Bank, Bob Jass Chevrolet, Michael Greenen CPA,Two Brothers Brewery, Fox Valley Winery
Tickets: Adults $35, College $20, Kids pay their age; To order tickets online, go towww.brownpapertickets.com/event/77765. Tickets are also available at Heritage Prairie Market, 2N308 Brundige Road, Elburn.
The Center for Rural Psychology is a not-for-profit organization that advocates for the mental health needs of under-served rural areas and provides direct services to Kane County through Heartland Counseling, its main clinic and training site.
Home-grown in Kane County Found at the Geneva Green Market
In April of 2007 a group came together to form the Geneva Green Market, Not for Profit Group, a 501 (c) 3 that is devoted to education of the health-giving nature of locally grown food, sustainability and conservation of resources.
Local farmers offering locally grown food from within a 200-mile radius. Diverse arrays of products are offered, from organic baked good to free range eggs, hormone-free beef, pork, lamb, chicken, flowers, seasonally vegetables and raw/artisan cheeses. Free cooking demos and kid’s educational events.
When: June 4, 2009 through end of October 2009, every Thursday from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Terra Brockman was raised in central Illinois, where four generations of her family have farmed. Terra’s younger brother, Henry, 
