Humidity isn’t the only thing that August has to offer in Kane and Dupage County. Come and check out a new variety of fresh produce available at the market! Here’s a short list of the fruits and vegetable available in August from Dekalb County, Dupage County, Kane County and Kendall County farms:
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Summer season is here and the Geneva Green Market is in full swing. The month of July in the Fox Valley growing region offers a wide variety of produce that will tantalize your taste buds and diversify your garden. Come to the market to find fresh, local food to enhance your every-day meals! Here’s a brief sample of the fruits and vegetable available in July from Dekalb County, Dupage County, Kane County and Kendall County Illinois farms:
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GENEVA GREEN MARKET - locally grown, minimally processed produce and products will be available at the Geneva Green Market to chefs, foodies and everyday people.
When:
Thursdays
June 26 through October 30, 2008
7:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
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Where:
75 N RIVER LANE, GENEVA IL
Contact:
email us
630.208.9321
What:
Earth Day Festival
Where:
Campton Hills Park, at Peck and Campton Hills Road
When:
Morning Bird Walk … 7:30 - 9:00 a.m.
Ecological Restoration … 9:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Family Fun Fest … 12:00 p.m. -3:00 p.m.
Directions to Campton Hills Park
From the intersection of Campton Hills & Peck Roads, travel west on Campton Hills Road. Use the 2nd park entrance on the left.
Come out and enjoy!
Hoop houses and greenhouses are making it possible to have local food when the ground is still too early to plant. Erehwon Farm, Majestic Nursery and Farm are local farmers bringing herbs, spinach, mixed greens, chard, and container tomatoes to market.
The Geneva Green Market, NFP group is devoted to education of the health-giving nature of locally grown food, local sustainability, and conservation of resources. We are located at the Geneva Green Market, a green Farmers Market in Geneva IL. The Market has local Farmers with in 200 mile radius of Geneva IL. These farmers are dedicated to bringing the freshest from their fields directly to your plate.
Harry Brockman, a farmer in central Illinois who won the National Sustainability Award, stated in his book, Organic Matters:
“It sounds naïve, perhaps even self-important, but in my very small way, I am working to save the world. And every time you eat truly organic food that is grown and sold locally, you too, are working to save the world.”
We feel our farmers at the Geneva Green Market share this sentiment—come be a part of saving the world, one plate at a time.
Karen Stark
Geneva Green Market, NFP
Where:
75 N RIVER LANE, GENEVA IL 60134
When:
Thursdays
June 26 through October 30, 2008
7:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Contact:
email us
630.208.9321
Location is at 75 N. River Lane , in the picturesque park along the west side of the mighty Fox River.
Farmers and products vendors from within 200 miles of Geneva, IL are invited to join the Geneva Green Market.
Chef Jeremy Lycan of Geneva’s Niche Restaurant (recently named one of the top 100 restaurants by Chicago magazine), and Mark Weaver of Geneva’s Inglenook Pantry (recently written up in The Chicago Tribune for their “to-die-for Chicken Tetrazzini”) are both actively involved in getting local chefs to support the Geneva Green Market and buy fresh, locally grown product, as well as offering the public educational information and demonstrations on cooking with fresh produce.
The Geneva Green Market also supports Geneva merchants who offer “green” products, and will actively help those merchants get the word out if they have green products available.
Farmers’ market produce is renowned for being locally-grown and very fresh. People argue farmers’ markets allow farmers to pick produce at the peak of flavor, preserve the nutritional content of fresh produce, and since locally-grown produce does not travel as far to get to your table, the difference in mileage saves fossil fuels.
Farmers’ markets often feature produce grown naturally or organically, meats that are raised humanely on pasture, handmade farmstead cheeses, eggs and poultry from free-range fowl, as well as heirloom produce and heritage breeds of meat and fowl.
Farmers’ markets advocates help farmers stay in business as well as preserve natural resources. Wholesale prices farmers get for their produce are very low, often near the cost of production. Farmers who sell direct to the public without going through a middle man get a better price. It can be shown that the preservation of farmland is important for the health of the environment and water supply. According to the American Farmland Trust, sustainable and managed farms conserve soil and clean water and provide a habitat for wildlife. Moreover, modern farmers’ markets help maintain important social ties, linking rural and urban populations and even close neighbors in mutually rewarding exchange …
Local food (also regional food) or the local food movement is a “collaborative effort to build more locally based, self-reliant food economies - one in which sustainable food production, processing, distribution and consumption is integrated to enhance the economic, environmental and social health of a particular place” [1] and is considered to be a part of the broader sustainability movement. It is part of the concept of local purchasing and local economies, a preference to buy locally produced goods and services. Those who prefer to eat locally grown/produced food sometimes call themselves “localvores” or locavores …
[ source: Wikipedia.org ]
Thursday, June 26 through October 30, 2008 from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m., locally grown, minimally processed produce and products will be available at the Geneva Green Market to chefs, foodies and everyday people.
Interested farmers—please call 630-208-9321 for the 2008 season. We are in the process of sending out information to local farmers, please call or email us to receive information. Thanks and have a great growing season!
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