Community Winter Market (Geneva)

Darkness enshrouds the earth at 5pm and the temperature is falling like the Bears' chances of making the playoffs. But you can still purchase locally grown food from locally grown people!

Allow me to pass along a message from the Geneva Green Market:

What was formerly known as the Geneva Winter Market is now the Community Winter Market sponsored by the Geneva Green Market, NFP. The Community Winter Market will feature fresh, local food throughout the winter and is scheduled to be open from 9 am through 1 pm on Saturdays, beginning November 7. It will be located at Inglenook Pantry, 11 N 5th St, Geneva IL 60134.

On Saturday, November 21st, the Community Winter Market will be hosting its annual Thanksgiving Localvore Challenge. Participating vendors will have the majority of the ingredients you will need to eat an entirely local Thanksgiving dinner. Sign up early for local free-range turkeys.

For the months of November and December the market will be held every Saturday for the first three weeks of each month. Check out the web site for future days in 2010.

Featured farmers/producers: Curds and Whey Cheese Shop, Erehwon Farm, Esther's Place, Farm direct Black Angus, Grandma's Farm Fresh Eggs, Hasselmann Family Farm, Inglenook Pantry, Robinson Family Farm, Stojan's Vegetables, Tomato Mountain Farm, Twin Gardens, and Webb Family Farm.

SIDE NOTE: I chuckle each time I encounter the word 'Localvore' because I imagine it's a picky dinosaur who refuses to eat tourists.