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Chicago farm and market help transform lives

— September 5, 2022

Cars and city buses whiz by on a nearby street as local farmers and food vendors chat with customers amid the green trees and paved paths of Lincoln Park. Skyscrapers peeking…

Community gardens fight food insecurity close to home
— August 24, 2022

Illinois is home to some of the most fertile soils in the world. No one should go hungry here. Every year, Illinois Extension staff and Master Gardener volunteers around the state fight…
Online marketplace opens door for farm-fresh food deliveries
— January 8, 2022

A farmer supplier describes Market Wagon as DoorDash for farm products. The company’s CEO and co-founder explains his idea as an online farmers market that delivers to shoppers’…
Green tomatoes: Fruit of the vegetable patch
— September 17, 2020

Every year, my small vegetable garden produces far more tomatoes than I can possibly use. As the season wanes, an abundance of green tomatoes forlornly hang on the vine looking for…
Road Trips: Famers markets that produce loyal followings
— July 8, 2020

When you have a craving for corn, hankering for honey or appetite for apples, a farmers market may be just the place for you. This week’s Road Trips page provides a look at some of…

Help food pantries by safely donating fresh produce
— July 5, 2022

When home gardens are bursting with an overabundance of fresh produce, growers start looking for ways to share their bounty. Backyard gardeners can help feed their community by donating…
Radishes: The nutritional powerhouse
— April 13, 2021

I was looking for a new spring vegetable to explore (move over asparagus and spring peas) and discovered a wealth of information about radishes. I should have titled this article “Everything…
Tasty and healthy vegetable ribbon salad
— September 10, 2020

Wrap up the last of summer’s harvest with colorful ribbons of orange, green, yellow and red. Abundant zucchini, summer squash and carrots can be woven together with fettuccine pasta…