Joan Oberndorf, Author at Illinois Farmers Market Association

Celebrating National Farmers Week: Three Illinois Markets With Different Styles But Shared Goals

Aug 21, 2022 | Meet Me At The Market, News

National Farmers Market Week — August 7-13 this year — celebrates the role that the more than 300 Illinois farmers markets and the more than 8,000 markets nationwide play in helping build a better food system and supporting local economies. Each farmers market is as...

Farm-to-Table Dining!

Jul 11, 2022 | News

Farm-to-Table Dining: Feed Your Soul, Support Your Local Producers For generations, most restaurants have obtained the ingredients for the meals they serve their customers from wholesalers and distributors, and more often than not, those ingredients had...

Shop for local milk, cheese, and dairy near you during Dairy Month

Jun 1, 2022 | Meet Me At The Market, News

Make Mother’s Day extra special with locally-grown flowers

Apr 28, 2022 | News

With Mother’s Day, school graduations and the traditional start of wedding season, May is a big time for flower growers. So our featured farm this month is Flora Bay Farm, located just south of Carbondale in southern Illinois. Courtney Smith switched careers from...

National CSA Week!

Feb 24, 2022 | Meet Me At The Market, News

CSAs – Know your Farmer, Know Your Food Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA) was at the cutting edge as consumer interest in buying food directly from local farmers started to build. True believers eagerly subscribed to receive CSA boxes from their...

Celebrating National Farmers Week: Three Illinois Markets With Different Styles But Shared Goals

Farm-to-Table Dining!

Shop for local milk, cheese, and dairy near you during Dairy Month

Make Mother’s Day extra special with locally-grown flowers

National CSA Week!

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