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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. We accept Link cards!
(This listing was last updated on Feb 3, 2012)
When and Where
(November-March)
Saturday, February 18, 9:00am-1:00pm
Glenview New Church
74 Park Dr. Glenview, IL 60025
Sunday, February 19, 9:00am-1:00pm
St. John's Episcopal Church
3857 N. Kostner Ave. Chicago, IL 60641
Saturday, February 25, 10:00am-2:00pm
Bethany Evangelical Lutheran Church
9147 S. Jeffery Blvd. Chicago, IL 60617
Sunday, March 4, 9:00am-1:00pm
St. Giles Parish
1025 Columbian Ave. Oak Park, IL 60302
Saturday, March 10, Time 9am-1pm
Sixth Grace Presbyterian Church
600 East 35th St. Chicago, IL 60616
Saturday, March 24, 9:00am-1:00pm
Euclid Avenue United Methodist Church
405 Euclid Ave. Oak Park, IL 60302
Saturday, March 31, 10:00am-2:00pm
Beverly Unitarian Universalist Church
10244 S. Longwood Ave. Chicago, IL 60643
Email us (below) to be put on our email list to receive detailed information about where to find our vendors in the "off" season, and to get a heads-up about markets for the 2011-2012 winter market season. Please include your zip code.
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Funding for Faith in Place Winter Farmers Markets provided by the United States Department of Agriculture
Contact Information
Leila Shooshani & Susan Stevens
org2.democracyinaction.org/o/6265/content_item/wintermarkets
312-733-4640 x 117
Mailing Address:
70 E. Lake, Ste 920
Chicago, IL 60601
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The 2011-2012 Winter Farmers Market season is in full swing! To receive email updates with information on next season's indoor Winter Farmers Markets all over the Chicagoland area, press the EMAIL button on the left; please include your zip code. If you are a member or staffer in a faith community or a farmer in the greater Chicago area and would like to consider hosting or selling at an indoor Winter Farmers Market next season, please email markets@faithinplace.org
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