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CORN and Sports at the MG Farmers' Market this Saturday 7/26

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Saturday, July 26th is Sports Day with the Morton Grove Park District!

Join us from 8 am – 12 pm at 6210 Dempster St., Morton Grove 

Featured Vendor:  Wright Way Farm

Denny and Susan Wright own and operate The Wright Way Farm five miles west of Beloit, WI. They are dedicated to promoting local and sustainable agriculture. Denny and Susan started The Wright Way Farm in 2005 to share the good things that come out of clean, healthy, and cruelty-free living. All of their vegetables are grown using organic practices and are certified with MOSA.  Great care is taken to not only grow healthy food, but to harvest and store the vegetables properly, ensuring the best possible culinary experience, and maintaining the maximum amount of nutrition as is possible. The road that their food travels from field to table is short, minimizing the environmental impact of meals produced on their farm.

In honor of Wright Way Farm Featured Vendor Week, they will partner with Fusion Spice to offer recipes and prepared food highlighting Wright Way’s beautiful, healthy, and delicious YELLOW SQUASH!

Yellow squash will be 50% off this Saturday – only $1.00 each!

Click here to find out exactly what Wright Way Farm will be bring to our market each week!

Music:  Highland Park Pops

The Highland Park Pops Big Band is a 17-piece jazz band that plays swing tunes, jazz favorites, dance music and big band standards.
  • Community Group:   Mather Lifeways and MG Board of Environmental Health

The Morton Grove Park District presents Sports Day from 10 am – 12 pm

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Morton Grove Park District Sports Day will include representatives from the Park District and their youth sports affiliates including MGBSA promoting their fall activities. There will be games, prizes, giveaways, and informational flyers for both youth and adult sports leagues coming in August including baseball, softball, football, karate, gymnastics, soccer, and more! 

  • The Morton Grove Historical Society will open the Museum from 9 am – 12 pm.

What’s In Season?

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SWEET CORN!, cherries (bing, rainier, and sour), raspberries, blueberries, apricots, beets, kale, kohlrabi, green onions, onions, lettuce, spinach, cabbage, sugar snap peas, green peppers, celery, broccoli, zucchini, turnips, hothouse tomatoes, herbs, and more!

Scroll down for the list of this Saturday’s vendors.

Thank you so much to our Market participants last week:

The Wild Onion String Band, the University of Illinois Extension Master Gardeners, Grace Printing and Mailing, and MB Financial Bank

 

Congratulations to our Burger Bingo Winners:  Andrew Braje, Eleni Karageorgis, Susan Pisula, Frances Hoffman, Ethan Moldofsky, Lynne Garcia, Chris Malcher, and Jamie Rohn.  Thank you to Benhart Farms for donating all the hamburger patty prizes!

Remember to bring your coupon to the Market for $1.00 off a $10 purchase from a single vendor.  

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Upcoming Events: 

  • LAST WEEK TO VOTE:  We have entered the  Farmers’ Market Coalition’s Poster Contest: please vote for our posters by clicking “LIKE” here,  here, and here BY 7/27.  We could win up to $1,000 for the Market!

  • Saturday, July 26th:  Sports Day with the Morton Grove Park District – featured vendor Wright Way Farm

  • Tuesday, July 29th @ 7:00 pm: MGFM Full  Committee Meeting at the MG Public Library’s Baxter Room.  All are welcome.

  • Saturday, August 2nd:  featured vendor Lyons Fruit Farm
    • 8/3 – 8/9: National Farmers’ Market Week:  In honor of this special week, let’s all try to BUY OUT THE MARKET on August 9th!  If everyone takes home one more bag of produce than normal, then our farmers will sell out and be so happy!
    • Saturday, August 9th:  Dance & Music Day with the MG Park District
    • Saturday, August 16th:  featured vendor Bee in Beezyness with God

    Here are the wonderful vendors scheduled for this Saturday:

    Want to VOLUNTEER at the Morton Grove Farmers’ Market?
    If you would like to sign up for a shift (Saturday mornings through October 18th), please e-mail Volunteer Coordinator Lorri at  volunteer@mgfarmersmarket.com  or sign up on VolunteerSpot.com.  We would be happy to provide community service letters upon request.Congratulations to last week’s FREE Drawing Winner!  Remember to enter every week at the Welcome Booth.

    For more information about our calendar, vendors or sponsors, please  

    call 847.750.6436, e-mail connect@mgfarmersmarket.com, or visit our website: www.mgfarmersmarket.com.

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