It’s a wrap! Our 2015 Oak Park Farmers’ Market season, the 40th, has come to a close.
For making this one of the best markets ever, I thanks go to:
All the vendors for coming each week (especially the ones who strived to come despite crop loss from torrential rains);
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| Flooding at Geneva Lakes |
The hardworking market staff who make the market work each week both on the scene and behind the scenes;
The devoted members of the commission who help staff the market and develop/present programming and special events;
Friends of the market who help man the info booth, sell t-shirts and assist with special events including Corn Roast;
The new Shawnash Institute which is working to make the market more accessible to our low-income neighbors;
The commission’s new community partners who’ve helped with those special events, especially new children’s activities and Go Green Days;
The chefs at Eyrie, part of Robert Morris University, for cooking the delicious Stone Soup: A spicy black bean and kale chili and a creamy squash soup with shallots and apples;
Pilgrim Congregational Church for hosting the market on their lot and offering fresh-made donuts each week;
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| Rare chocolate donuts are served at special times throughout the season. |
The dedicated Farmers’ Market band players near the donuts and out front for livening up the market even if rain drives them into the church basement;
And you, the Oak Park area community, for your strong support (even on rainy days);
We’ll be back in May. Until then, if you’d like to volunteer or become involved with the market in some way, please reach out to me (I’m chair of the market commission) or the Market Manager at farmersmarket[at]oak-park[dot]us.
Post was back dated to coincide with the close of the market.
Virtual Farmgirl 