What do Meliora Cleaning Products and Chicago Market have in common? They both care a lot about what goes into the products we use in our day-to-day lives. Meliora's focus is on products that WORK and get the job done, and they are picky about the ingredients they choose to do the work.

We at Chicago Market were proud to host Peterson Garden Project's Ninth Annual Edible Plant Sale this past weekend! In addition to the hundreds of people that came through our location at Wilson & Broadway to purchase organic seedlings, we were able to welcome an awesome 10 new Chicago Market Owners who signed up in support of building a locally-focused, sustainably-minded, and community-connected grocery store in our space!

Bridget Walsh of City Grange joined us yesterday for an online workshop all about urban gardens and landscaping. She shared what we need to know to assess our sites and how to select the perfect plants, incorporate native and pollinator plants, and more for our upcoming projects!

Kasey Eaves of Vivant Gardening Services joined us yesterday for the latest in her series of online workshops on growing and gardening. Our topic was the very seasonal one of seed starting indoors so we can get our gardens started confidently and keep seedlings strong and healthy until it's time to transplant.

Tamara Mannelly of Oh Lardy joined us yesterday for an online workshop all about fermented foods, including how they can benefit a healthy lifestyle and how to quickly and easily make them at home!

Let Chicago market help you make Valentine's Day a little sweeter (and a little easier)! Our farmers at Hazzard Free Farm and Pecatonica River Honey have pulled together a box of goodies for you and your Valentine meant to inspire and delight.

Kasey Eaves, of Vivant Gardening Services, joined us yesterday for an online workshop on growing and harvesting beginner-friendly superfoods known as microgreens. We learned how to supplement our winter diets with a continuous supply of fresh, super fast-growing, and highly nutritious greens from the comfort of our homes!

2021 is chugging along and Chicago Market is doing the same! As of our last month's pickup - we've sold more than $7000 worth of products from our group of farmers - and that number is growing every day! We've seen many, albeit masked, familiar faces at our monthly pickups and are excited to see you making us a part of your regular shopping. 

I am excited to pledge an additional donation to Chicago Market for our upcoming campaigns. 

Bridget Williams, of Bridget's Northwoods Bakery, joined us this week for an online workshop all about decorating holiday cookies. We started with learning how to achieve perfect consistency with our icing, then moved on to flooding techniques and several other tips and tricks to decorate with confidence!