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Farmers Markets

As residents of Chicago, we are really fortunate to have several farmers markets to choose from. It’s the perfect way to get local and fresh produce while getting outside and meeting your neighbors, farmers and other community members. Whether you’re favorite market is right in your neighborhood or you pop over to one of the downtown ones on your lunch hour or you’ve never been to one, we encourage you to get out there and soak up the local flavor while you’re soaking up the sun this season.

Winters Farmer’s Market

Faith in Place sponsors indoor Winter Farmers Markets throughout the Chicagoland area. These markets provided small, local farm producers with additional venues to extend their income beyond the growing season. Hosted by many different congregations and also open to the public, these markets offer consumers an opportunity to purchase cheese, meat and poultry, soap, syrup, honey, wool, raw fibers, vinegars, dried fruits, milled flours, sauces and salsas, preserves, cider, and fresh produce as available.

For the farmers, there is no fee to participate, but they donate 10% of what they take in at the market (after a threshold amount) via Faith In Place to an Illinois Farmer Crisis Fund modeled after Wisconsin’s Harvest of Hope Fund which, for almost 20 years, has been giving monetary gifts of up to $1,000 to farmers in crisis due to illness or unexpected expenses.

When and Where?

Their markets run from November through March

Sunday November 6, 12:00pm-3:00pm Faith Lutheran Church 3801 Madison Ave. Brookfield, IL 60513	Saturday, January 28, 10:00am-2:00pm St. Luke’s Lutheran Church 205 N. Prospect Ave. Park Ridge, IL 60068
Sunday, November 13, 12:00pm-3:00pm Unitarian Universalist Church of Elgin 39W830 Highland Ave. Elgin, IL 60124	Sunday, February 12, Time TBA Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation 303 Dodge Avenue Evanston, IL 60202
Saturday, December 4, 10:00am-2:00pm North Shore Unitarian Church 2100 Half Day Rd. Deerfield, IL 60015	Saturday, February 18, 9:00am-1:00pm Glenview New Church 74 Park Dr. Glenview, IL 60025
Sunday, December 11, 11:30-3:00pm First Evangelical Free Church 5255 N. Ashland Ave. Chicago IL 60640	Sunday, February 19, 10:00am-1:00pm St. John’s Episcopal Church 3857 N. Kostner Ave. Chicago, IL 60641
Saturday, December 17, 10:00am-2:00pm Church of St. Benedicts 909 Lily Cache Ln. Bolingbrook, IL 60440	Saturday, February 25, 10:00am-2:00pm Bethany Evangelical Lutheran Church 9147 S. Jeffery Blvd. Chicago, IL 60617
Saturday, January 14, TBA Unity Temple UU 875 W. Lake St. Oak Park, IL 60301	Sunday, March 4, 8:30am-1:00pm St. Giles Parish 1025 Columbian Ave. Oak Park, IL 60302
Saturday, January 21, 9:00am-1:00pm Lake Street Church 607 Lake St. Evanston, IL 60201	Sunday, March 11, TBA The Center 12700 Southwest Hwy. Palos Park, IL 60464
Sunday, January 22, 10:00am-2:00pm Countryside UU 1025 N. Smith St. Palatine, IL 60067	Saturday, March 24, 9:00am-1:00pm Euclide Avenue United Methodist Church 405 Euclid Ave. Oak Park, IL 60302

61st Street (61st between Dorchester and Blackstone Avenues)

Weekly: Every Saturday
From: May 14, 2011 to Oct 29, 2011
9 am – 2 pm

Andersonville Farmers Market (Berwyn Ave. & Clark)

Weekly: Every Wednesday
From: Jun 22, 2011 to Oct 19, 2011
3 pm – 8 pm

Avondale – Sprouting Out (3300 N. Whipple St)

3 – 6 pm

Jun 15, 2011 : Jun 18, 2011 : Jun 29, 2011 : Jul 2, 2011 : Jul 13, 2011
Jul 16, 2011 : Jul 27, 2011 : Jul 30, 2011 : Aug 10, 2011 : Aug 13, 2011
Aug 24, 2011 : Aug 27, 2011 : Sep 7, 2011 : Sep 10, 2011 : Sep 21, 2011
Sep 24, 2011 : Oct 5, 2011 : Oct 8, 2011 : Oct 19, 2011 : Oct 22, 2011