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ILFMA awards lifetime membership to Deborah Cavanaugh-Grant
The Illinois Farmers Market Association presented its first ever lifetime membership to founding member Deborah Cavanaugh-Grant. Deborah recently retired from her role as ILFMA board member and, as an organization, we couldn’t think of a better person to gift this very special title to than Deborah.
Farm-to-Table Dining!
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...
National CSA Week!
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 favorite farms, ensuring that they would enjoy the products they love while providing the farmers with cash to cover costs of growing that food.
ILFMA Ambassador
The Illinois Farmers Market Association is excited to welcome Bob Benenson as our first ILFMA Ambassador! ILFMA Ambassadors fill a vital role by building enduring relationships with local farmers markets, managers, and vendors, increasing awareness of Illinois farmers markets and local food and promoting ILFMA. Interested in becoming an ILFMA Ambassador? Contact ILFMA at info@ilfma.org for more information.
ILFMA 2022 Winter Farmers Market
Winter is a great time to continue shopping at your favorite farmers market, and/or maybe plan a trip to one that’s new to you!
Many farmers markets across Illinois operate in the winter months. Farmers are employing practices that help extend their growing season, allowing them to bring leafy greens, lettuces, and microgreens to market year round. You’ll often find cold storage fruits and vegetables too. Fresh eggs, meat and poultry, cheese and other dairy products are available all year, and baked goods and other prepared treats know no season! You might be lucky enough to browse through goods made by local artisans and crafters too.
Covid-19 and Farmers Markets
How does the farmers market community respond to COVID-19? What will 2021 farmers markets look like?
Support The Future of ILFMA
As we enter in the next decade, ILFMA remains more committed than ever to growing the farmers market community.
Asparagus!!
Farmers Markets across Illinois are getting ready to launch the 2019 Summer Season! One of the early products is asparagus.
ILFMA Partners; Amanda Panaku
Meet Amanda Pankau. She is the Market Manager for the Monticello Farmers’ Market and is an Energy Campaign Coordinator with Prairie Rivers Network.