Farmers' Market - Corn Roast

The Oak Park Farmers' Market is held every Saturday from opening day through October in the Pilgrim Congregational Church parking lot at 460 Lake Street.

Here is what's happening at the Market this week:

Corn Roast

• Enjoy fresh-picked corn from market growers sold by the ear hot off the roaster from about 8:30 a.m. to noon at the Farmers' Market's annual Corn Roast. Be sure to bring cash as credit cards are not accepted when purchasing roasted corn, which will be sold for $2 per ear. This year the Market is using all compostable materials, so be sure to compost the cobs, wrappers and take-away bags! The following vendors are donating sweet corn for the roast: Genesis Growers, Geneva Lakes Produce, Smits "The Farm" and Nichols Farm and Orchard. Nordic Creamery is providing the summer butter. Click here for more information.

Vendor notes:

• Genesis Growers:  Although thieves picked many of their organic watermelon and cantaloupes from their field in the middle of the night, they will try to bring what they can this week. Also, they are offering their first tomatillos, poplano peppers. And baby greens and carrots are back.
• Katic Breads: Specialty Bread: Deli Rye. Specialty Croissant: Caramel-Hazelnut Croissant.
• Geneva Lakes Produce: The first shelling beans are here along with eggplant and, of course, more watermelon.
• Nichols Farm and Orchard: First summer apples have arrived - Zeststar and Tydeman’s Red - and loads more Mirai sweet corn. 
• Brunkow Cheese: Fire-Roasted Hatch Chile Baked Cheese is new this week (featuring the renown Hatch Chile Pepper from Hatch Valley, New Mexico).  Bakedcheeshaus/Brunkow makes it seasonally when the Hatch harvest arrives and will offer it for the next month or so.
• Hardin Farm: The first juicy Shiro plums are here.
• Dennanne Apiaries/Three Bees Honey: Aside from their raw unheated local honey, they are offering their best-selling salve for aches and pains. This herbal infusion is completely natural and safe to use. Ask beekeeper Konni about all the ways honey can improve your life.