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Logan Square Farmers Market 2011

June 15th, 2011 · No Comments

The first weekend of the Logan Square Farmers Market was the weekend I was in Wisconsin, so I missed it… but I made up for it this past Saturday. It’s still early in the season and this has been such a cold wet year. There were a lot of strawberries and tomatoes, lettuce and potted plants.. but not a ton of produce yet. I ended up getting more prepared foods than produce.

Also, at the River Valley Kitchens stand, they accept credit cards with one of those Square iPhone add-ons. I’ve seen them online, but not in person. Seconds after he ran my card I got this receipt texted to me:

Here’s everything I got: Rare Bird strawberry rhubarb preserves ($9), River Valley Kitchens 5-Cheese Garlic Spread ($8), River Valley Kitchens cherry vanilla granola ($6), Crumb olive focaccia bun ($3), Crumb asparagus feta ricotta bun ($3), Golden Rise sourdough ($7), Brockway Farms lettuce ($3), Lyons Fruit Farm strawberries ($6).

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Tuesdays with the Farmers’ Market

July 23rd, 2008 · 4 Comments

Yesterday morning I went back to the Lincoln Square farmers’ market. The farmers’ market is fun for everyone. In the photo above: spot the hipster, spot the kids, the elderly, the middle-aged. My bag felt extra heavy so I weighed it when I got home. 13 pounds! Ouch. Good thing I took the bus.

I wanted to note that these are my favorite vendors:
- Seedling Fruit, South Haven, MI :: Great fruit, esp. berries
- River Valley Kitchen, Burlington, WI :: All sorts of mushrooms
- Lange’s Farm, Elwood, IL :: Excellent variety of high-quality vegetables
- Dotson’s Farm, Linwood, IL :: Good selection of herb plants

This is what I bought at the farmers’ market:
- cherries
- raspberries
- blueberries
- 5 ears of corn
- 2 cucumbers
- 4 beets (A lady saw my beets and asked me how to prepare them. I said “I don’t know! I have to go home and look it up online!”)
- green beans
- tomatoes
- 4 portobello tops (I want to make these)
- portobello salsa with cilantro & key lime
- 4 free cta rides courtesy of Swedish Covenant Hospital (they were handing them out at the nearby Western Brown Line stop and just kept giving me more)

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