Mobile market makes stops in Plainfield, neighboring communities.
On a hot, sunny Thursday morning, shoppers lined up at the food truck — and some couldn’t resist gobbling up their purchases right away. But instead of a sweet treat like ice cream, customers were there for locally grown produce, from tomatoes to peaches, onions, cucumbers and potatoes. Thanks to customers who rallied around Amy’s Organics last spring — donating more than $4,000 to help owner Amy Ernst add two new coolers to her mobile produce van — the business has been able to continue serving the Plainfield area. Each week, Ernst loads up the truck with whatever fresh produce is in season, along with grass-fed, antibiotic-free meats, and heads out, making regular stops at neighborhoods and businesses in Plainfield, Oswego, Bolingbrook, …
Organic foods paired with wines and beers will be featured; the Green Market with organic meats, produce and eggs resumes Sept. 17.
Organic and sustainable wines and foods are the nature of business year-round at Wine & Cheese by TCC in downtown Plainfield. Several special events will let you sample and savor the goods even more. The seventh anniversary tasting party from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday will feature wine and beer tastings along with organic food. Tickets for the party, which will be held under a tent in the parking next to Wine & Cheese by TCC, 24104 W. Lockport St., are $10 and include a commemorative wine glass. The Green Market, featuring the sale of local, organic and sustainable farm-fresh produce, meats and eggs, will resume Sept. 17. Held inside the store from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Saturday (except Sept. 10), the Green Market offers different items each …
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oswegoannie
4:17 pm on Thursday, August 9, 2012
Thank you for updating us about this lady and for posting that Amy is at the Plainfield farmer's market on Saturdays - I will make a point to go there early Sat am! more ›