The Kane County Chronicle did a cover story featuring the Fox Valley Farmers Markets and local food on August 8, 2008 entitled Think Local, Eat Local: Fueled by‚ buy local trend, farmers markets remain popular choice, by Jonathan Bilyk:
For more than 25 years, she and her husband, Phil, had hawked their homegrown produce at the Downers Grove farmers market.
But as fuel costs grew, the couple, owners of Stojan Produce in Maple Park, had to cut one of their weekly market appearances loose.
And Downers Grove was the one to go this year, swapped for a weekly appearance at the Campton Hills open-air market.
So, Stojan said she is happy to see that business at the other seven markets at which she and her husband vend their produce – including the markets in St. Charles, Batavia and Elburn – appears to be holding steady or, in some instances, picking up this year.
“We seem to be going along smoothly,” Stojan said. Read More…
