Chicagoland Farmers Markets This Week
Summertime, and the markets are busy
Note to Readers
I’ll be giving the newsletter the day off tomorrow for a planning day, but I will be sending out a question thread because I need your input.
National Farmers Market Week (August 1-7) begins in less than two weeks, and we’ll be providing a lot of coverage. I attend multiple markets and my sense from the crowds attending is that the resurgence of interest in local food that arose during the pandemic is going strong. But those are only my observations — I need yours as well to see if your experiences this year have been similar.
Part of my hopes for Local Food Forum is that it will become a platform for a community conversation about building a better food system. So far it has been slow going, but this time your comments will help shape our coverage. Please look for the thread in your email tomorrow and share your thoughts.