The End Of The Outdoor Season, Squared
Also, sharing annual appeals from Green City Market and Angelic Organics Center
In This Issue
• 2021 Outdoor Markets: Thanks for the Memories
• Your Donations Go Far with Green City Market & Angelic Organics Learning Center
2021 Outdoor Markets: Thanks for the Memories
We made it all the way to two days before Thanksgiving before grudgingly bringing the curtain down on Chicago’s outdoor market season. I zipped over to Lincoln Square Farmers Market this morning to pick up a few more things for the holiday dinner, wish market manager Elsa Jacobson a happy Thanksgiving, and put one last grace note on one of the best things about publishing Local Food Forum.
Like many of you aficionados, I will miss the atmosphere and the colors and the familiar faces I’ve been seeing every week since the season started in the spring. Maybe on the odd nice winter day I’ll go down to the Green City Market flagship site in Lincoln Park, close my eyes and pretend the tents and tables and all that beautiful, fresh, local produce are all there.
Local Food Forum will keep you posted on the indoor winter markets and the growing number of e-commerce options to buy local year-round. And as Elsa says, it’s not goodbye, it’s see you. As fast as the past seven months have fled, the next season that starts in a little more than five months will be here before we know it.
Your Donations Go Far With These Food Nonprofits
As we announced in yesterday’s Local Food Forum, we will be sharing end-of-year fundraising appeals from nonprofits that do such great work promoting a better food system. Today we kick off this feature with asks from Green City Market and Angelic Organics Learning Center.
All materials that follow were provided by the nonprofit organizations. If you would like us to include your nonprofit appeals, please email bob@localfoodforum.com with a 1-3 paragraph summary, a link to more information or a donation page, and a graphic promoting your campaign (if you have one).
[Note: This service is provided free to our amazing nonprofits, and is not paid advertising.]
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The pandemic didn’t break our food system — it revealed exactly how deeply broken it’s been. Well before the spring of 2020, chronic hunger was normalized; buying produce from halfway around the world was normalized; massive food waste was normalized.
That's why, after 20 months of pandemic life, Green City Market is looking beyond rapid response solutions. They're building a more resilient food system for generations to come by deepening support for local farmers, educating our community about where food comes from and why it matters, and expanding access to nutritious, sustainably-produced food.
But they can't accomplish any of it without your support! You can help build a stronger, more resilient, more sustainable food system right here in Chicago with a tax-deductible donation to Green City Market today.
Plus, anonymous donors have pledged to match all of your donations to Green City Market between now and December 31. Learn more about Green City Market's nonprofit mission and programs and donate today to double your impact.
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Angelic Organics Learning Center is committed to recognizing and celebrating the intersection of the land, the food it yields, the farmers who cultivate it, and the community they nourish as a result. We find the rhythm of this cycle as beautiful as it is vital to our collective futures.
This conviction leads us to support the launch and growth of dozens of local, sustainable farms while providing hands-on food- and farm-based education for thousands of individuals. We strive daily for a dynamic and enduring partnership between farmers and consumers who work towards economies, ecologies and cultures that respect the land and honor the people who work it.
Join us in raising $15,000 before the end of 2021! Please consider making a donation or become a fundraiser, and spread the word by using #RespectEarthHonorFarmers. Your support will ensure that Angelic Organics Learning Center can keep strengthening relationships between eaters and farmers, and regenerating a local farm and food economy that is green, fair, healthy and culturally appropriate.