When shopping for organic food, consumers often report sticker shock and turn away, dismayed at the notion of paying $4 a pound for tomatoes. They're used to the lower prices at the local megasupermarket down the road.
As I strolled the tables of the Rehoboth Beach Farmers Market on a sweltering Tuesday afternoon and sipped a cold glass of freshly made blueberry lemonade, the heady smell of fresh basil, sweet peaches and ripe cantaloupe perfumed the air.
On a recent sweltering Friday morning, Angela Mooney is at the Franklin County Farmers Market, selling tomatoes, peppers and tomatillos that she grew on her five-acre sustainable farm.
Tribune/WGN poll: 77 percent said they made changes to their daily routines to be more 'environmentally conscious' From his bucolic farm on the south side of Naperville, Steve Tiwald can see the imprint of the country's "green movement" on the faces of eager patrons as they arrive each week to collect their boxes of tomatoes, spinach and summer squash.
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From his bucolic farm on the south side of Naperville, Steve Tiwald can see the imprint of the country's "green movement" on the faces of eager patrons as they arrive each week to collect their boxes of tomatoes, spinach and summer squash. When Tiwald launched his community garden on less than 2 acres in the western suburb in 2002, he hoped to spread awareness about the importance of local ...
Tags: Boxes, Chicago Area, Faces, Naperville, Patrons, Poll, S Green, Spinach, Summer Squash, Tomatoes, Western Suburb
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