Chicago farmers' markets include approximately 30 open-air markets across neighborhoods with farmers from
Illinois
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, and surrounding states including
Indiana
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,
Michigan
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and
Wisconsin
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.
Most of the markets are sponsored by the city and are held on one day of the week, with the exception of a few of the more popular ones, such as the
Green City Market. Each market is open from 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., unless otherwise indicated. Over time the locations and days of some markets have shifted as the city re-balances coverage to different neighborhoods throughout the week. Most markets begin on the first week of the month listed, but a few begin in the second week of the month.
Chicago City Markets sell fresh seasonal produce, flowers, prepared foods, unique Chicago-made products and rare finds – at Chicago’s longest-running farmers market on Daley Plaza, the historic Maxwell Street Market and community markets in neighborhoods across Chicago.
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Farmers' markets
A farmers' market (or farmers market according to the AP stylebook, also farmer's market in the Cambridge Dictionary) is a physical retail marketplace intended to sell foods directly by farmers to consumers. Farmers' markets may be indoors or o ...
Farmers' markets
A farmers' market (or farmers market according to the AP stylebook, also farmer's market in the Cambridge Dictionary) is a physical retail marketplace intended to sell foods directly by farmers to consumers. Farmers' markets may be indoors or o ...
Farmers' markets in the United States
Farmers' markets, Chicago