Indoor Farmers Market & Café (Sunday, Dec 7)
Most outdoor farmers markets are closed for the season, but the
opportunity for buying fresh, locally grown food and wares from
regional farmers has been extended at an indoor farmers market Sunday,
December 7, from 12 – 3 pm at 5255 N. Ashland Avenue. The First
Evangelical Free Church’s Green Urban Living Class is hosting this
market and an a la carte café with fair trade coffee and lunch items
made from seasonal and local ingredients from the participating farm
vendors.
Participating farmers will offer a wide variety of foods and other
great natural wares. Items include cheese, meat and poultry, yogurt,
honey, soap, vinegars, milled flours, sauces and salsas, preserves,
cider, dried fruits and fresh produce as available . . . in short,
anything that a farm grows or produces from during winter months.
Great gift ideas like knitted mittens, socks, hats and other clothing
as well as comforters, mattress toppers & wool batting are also
available from the farmers. The café will include lunch items and
baked goods that incorporate local ingredients.
This is one of 30 such markets scheduled in Chicago and the suburbs
from November through March by the Churches’ Center for Land and
People (CCLP), a Wisconsin-based nonprofit organization,
www.cclpmidwest.org. This market helps fulfill CCLP’s mission of
strengthening rural communities by connecting rural growers with urban
consumers and bringing people together around issues of food, faith
and sustainability.
First Evangelical Free Church is located in Andersonville at 5255 N.
Ashland Avenue. For more information and dates for the Winter Farmers
Markets & Meals for Hope, please refer to
www.localharvest.org/farmers-markets/M19510. For more
information about First Evangelical Free Church, please refer to
www.firstfree.com or call 773-561-4175.
