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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


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Evanston farmers market stand promotes change with baked goods

October 31, 2022

Every Saturday in the summer and fall, shoppers at the Downtown Evanston Farmers’ Market gravitate towards the bright red Misericordia Hearts and Flour Bakery tent, where they can pick up mini loaves...

A visual look at the Downtown Evanston Outdoor Farmers’ Market

October 18, 2019

Owners and employees of Not Just Cookies, Lyons Fruit Farm and Green Fire Farm discuss the unique goods they bring to the Downtown Evanston Outdoor Farmers’ Market, which closes Nov. 2.

John Brandell, owner of Frosty Productions, sells his honey and maple products to customer Ronda Patino. He is a vendor every week at the Evanston Ecology Center Indoor Farmers' Market.

Small businesses are ‘embraced’ at Evanston’s indoor farmers’ market

February 10, 2019

Every Saturday morning from December to April, the Evanston Ecology Center comes alive as vendors set up for the city’s indoor farmers’ market. Businesses from across the Midwest and Chicagoland area...

An employee prepares a crepe at SpoonFest last year. Gotta B Crepes, an Evanston creperie, will be opening a restaurant location at 2901 Central St. later this year.

Local crepe business to open location on Central Street

May 16, 2018

It’s been 13 years since Ryan Jones and his wife Kathia Jones met working at the now-closed Magic Pan Crepe Stand in Northbrook. Since then, the couple has gone from making crepes at the national creperie...

Downtown Evanston kicks off Farmers’ Market

May 24, 2014

Students and residents shopped at the Downtown Evanston Farmers' Market, which opened on May 10. Farmers sold locally sourced food near the intersection of University Place and Oak Avenue. The market will...

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