Health & Fitness
Winter Market THIS SATURDAY! Vendors Announced!
The Morton Grove WINTER Farmers' Market
is just a few days away!Saturday, December 7th: 9 am - 2 pm
Morton Grove Civic Center, 6140 Dempster St., Morton Grove
~ Local Artisans ~ Holiday Treats ~ Gift Items ~~ Breakfast and Lunch Cafe ~ Cooking Demos ~ Live Music ~THANK YOU to our Indoor Markets Sponsor:
MB Financial Bank
Be sure to visit their booth at the Market!
Here's our VENDOR LINE UP for this Saturday:
- Albo Acres hand spun, hand knit alpaca wool socks, gloves, and more
- Alluring Spectrums stained glass items, wooden items such as keychains and letter openers
- Aunty Jeanne's jams, jellies, and honey
- Backyard Bed and Breakfast hand made wooden birdhouses and decor
- Beijo de Chocolat gourmet chocolates and truffles, baked goods, tea
- Benhart Farm beef, pork, chicken, and turkey, free-range eggs
- Brian Kabat Photography photo prints, greeting cards, calendars, dvds
- Brick Oven Kitchen hummus, pita chips, giardiniera, herbs
- * Buttercream by Julianna gluten free baked goods, made to order GF waffles, hot chocolate, hot holiday tea
- Cheese People, The local, artisan cheese
- * Fusion Spice vegan wraps, vegetarian wraps and baked samosas
- Gretta's Goats organic goat milk soap, goat milk bath salts, raw goat fiber
- Jilly Bean Jar sewn and knit items
- La Spiceria, Inc. gourmet spices, herbs, seeds, grains and unique seasonings
- LAZ Cosmetics all natural bath and body products, hand made sterling silver jewelry, hand blown glass jewelry, hand blown glass marbles and christmas ornaments
- Lester's Bison Farm bison meat, Amish hand rolled butter
- Lil Bit Kit children's baking kits
- Maggie's Munchies elk antlers, bison and beef dog chews, boomer balls, various dog treats
- Maier's Bakery fresh baked goods made right here in Morton Grove
- * Tamales Express tamales, tacos, corn on the cob, mango on a stick, soup, atole (hot drink) and Mexican soft drinks
Baking Demonstrations by Pillsbury Bake Off FINALIST Arlene Erlbach
Arlene will be showing us how to make her award winning cranberry orange dark chocolate flatbread! There will be two demonstrations in the upstairs Market Cafe area.
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Live Acoustic Musical Performances by:
Luz Eco (10 am - 12 noon)
Henry Cisneros and Sylvia Mossell offer a harmonious blend of folky pop music, just right for a laid back Saturday.Jon Weber (12 noon - 2 pm)
Solo guitarist and vocalist performing covers popular with Farmers' Market shoppers.All of our indoor and outdoor markets will continue to offer FREE drawings at the Welcome Booth for your chance to win a MGFM reusable bag filled with goodies from our local vendors. Be sure to fill out a slip at EACH MARKET with your name, e-mail address, and phone number. You can't win if you don't enter! Winners will be notified by e-mail or phone after the Market closes and may pick up their prize during the next Market day.
We once again plan to accept the Link Card and offer Double Value Tokens for qualifying purchases thanks to our Link/SNAP/EBT Sponsors NorthShore University HealthSystems, BMO Harris Bank, Creative Promotional Products, and the USDA.
Thank you to our wonderful Winter Market volunteers!There's still time to e-mail connect@mgfarmersmarket.com to sign up to help on Saturday. We need people to help with:
- Set up (7:30-9:00 am)
- Welcome Booth Shift 1 (9:00-11:30 am)
- Kiddie Corner Shift 1 (9:00-11:30 am)
- Welcome Booth Shift 2 (11:30 am - 2:00 pm)
- Kiddie Corner Shift 2 (11:30 am - 2:00 pm)
- Clean Up (2:00-3:00 pm)
Our regular outdoor season will run Saturday mornings from June 7 - October 18, 2014, 8 am - 12 pm with a pre-season Mother's Day Market on Saturday, May 10, 2014, 8 am - 12 pm.
We are currently looking for vendors selling local food products and artisan gift items for our March indoor market and the 2014 outdoor markets. The Morton Grove Farmers' Market strives to be a local, producer-only Market. All items must be home-grown, handmade, and/or vendor-created from locally-owned operations. Fruits, vegetables and flowers need to be grown within the approximate range of 150 miles of Morton Grove. E-mail peggy@mgfarmersmarket.com for information or an Indoor Market or Regular Season application.
For more information, call 847.750.MGFM, e-mail connect@mgfarmersmarket.com,visit mgfarmersmarket.com, facebook.com/MGFarmersMarket, and follow us on twitter @mgfarmersmarket.
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