The Green City Market is a 501 (c)(3) not-for-profit organization that operates a farmers market in
Chicago
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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focusing on local and sustainable farming practices. Green City Market is Chicago's only year-round, sustainable market.
Green City Market was started in 1998 by chef, cookbook author, and ''
Chicago Tribune
The ''Chicago Tribune'' is a daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, owned by Tribune Publishing. Founded in 1847, and formerly self-styled as the "World's Greatest Newspaper" (a slogan for which WGN radio and television a ...
'' columnist Abby Mandel
Green City Market operates as an outdoor market in the south end of
Lincoln Park from May through October. From November through April, Green City Market moves into the
Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum
The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum is a natural history museum located in Chicago, Illinois, and operated by the Chicago Academy of Sciences. The museum traces its history to the founding of the academy in 1857. After a century at a nearby locati ...
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In 2007,
Alice Waters
Alice Louise Waters (born April 28, 1944) is an American chef, restaurateur, and author. In 1971 she opened Chez Panisse, a Berkeley, California restaurant famous for its role in creating the farm-to-table movement and for pioneering Californi ...
named Green City Market one of America's ten best farmer's market
See also
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Chicago farmers' markets
Chicago farmers' markets include approximately 30 open-air markets across neighborhoods with farmers from Illinois, and surrounding states including Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin.
Most of the markets are sponsored by the city and are held on o ...
References
"Green City Market founder Abby Mandel dies."
External links
Website
Cuisine of Chicago
Farmers' markets in the United States
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