Tuesday, August 7, 2012
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, …
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Coordinator Susan Bostanche said vendors will rotate as new types of produce are in season.
Shoppers looking for fresh local produce will have some surprises in store at this year’s Plainfield Farmers Market, which kicks off Saturday at the corner of Lockport Street and Route 59. The market will be open from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays through Sept. 29. This year promises more produce, which will rotate as new items are in season, according to organizer Susan Bostanche, owner of Sunnyside Antiques. “The market’s going to be changing all the time,” she said, with fresh flowers coming in July and sweet corn and pumpkins by mid-July to August. This year will see a mix of both new and longtime vendors, said Bostanche. Shoppers can expect fresh fruits and vegetables from Peter Rubi Produce Market owner Brandon Graves. Bostanche will be…
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Every Thursday, the Will County forest preserve market on Book Road sells locally grown fruits, veggies, poultry and homemade food products.
Most people head to the air-conditioned aisles of the supermarket to get their produce. Some are signing on for upstart services like Amy’s Organics, which delivers locally grown veggies right to their neighborhood. A growing number frequent local farmers markets for fresh fare. But there’s another tucked-away little spot on Plainfield’s northern fringes where you can stock up on vittles the old-fashioned way. Just go right to the farm - Riverview Farmstead Market, that is. “It’s a way to connect people with where their food is coming from,” Sarah Stephens an interpretive specialist for the Forest Preserve District of Will County, told us the day we stumbled onto the market on Book Road between 119th and 111th streets. Riverview Farmstead …
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S Book Rd & W 119th St, Plainfield, IL
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Saturday, June 18, 2011
Organizer Susan Bonstanche promises there will be 40-some stands every Saturday, and that they'll all be staying from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The fourth annual downtown Plainfield Farmers Market opened for business Saturday on a beautiful sun-splashed morning, offering enough fruits, vegetables, herbs, spices, breads, flowers, bird houses and lawn ornaments to satisfy any local resident's desires. It was a successful launch and one that market co-organizer Susan Bostanche said she hopes sends a strong message to all of their market patrons: “We’ll be here.” “The big problem that I had last year was vendors leaving early,” said Bostanche, who is also the curator of downtown's Sunny Side of the Street Antiques. “That will kill this market faster than anything. So that’s why this year we’re saying to everyone, ‘You can’t leave early. We can’t leave until one o’clock.’” So rest …
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W Lockport Rd & S Route 59, Plainfield, IL
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Wednesday, June 8, 2011
With village board's blessing, the market resumes on June 25 and the farm stands will open in mid-July.
Two Plainfield favorites -- the weekly downtown farmers market and Keller Farmstand markets -- will be returning this summer. The Plainfield Village Board OK'd plans Monday that will allow the farmers market to be open every Saturday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. June 25 through Sept. 25 and for Keller to set up produce stands from noon to 6 p.m. daily from mid-July through Labor Day. The market is located at Lockport Street and Route 59, its home for the last four years. The farmstands are on U.S. 30 near Interstate 55 and on Route 59 north of 127th Street. Although the board was generally enthusiastic about the farmers market, some questions were raised about the low number of produce vendors last year and the increasing number of non-produce …
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W Lockport Rd & S Route 59, Plainfield, IL
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S Route 59 & W 127th St, Plainfield, IL
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W Lincoln Hwy & W Frontage Rd, Plainfield, IL
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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 ›