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Green Earth’s Fall Community Market
September 19, 2021 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Green Earth’s Fall Community Market
Sunday, September 19th
1:00pm – 4:00pm
McDonald Farm
10S404 Knoch Knolls Rd
Naperville, IL 60565
Green Earth Harvest invites you to McDonald Farm to explore all the wonderful things happening here! You’ll find our farm stand, featuring our seasonal, organic vegetables grown right here at McDonald Farm, along with our farm family partners (who visit our farm throughout our farmshare season) and a few other specially-curated local businesses showcasing their market goodies we are certain you’ll enjoy:
- Flat Tire Farm — 5th generation MI fruit farmers focused on sustainable agriculture
- Sweet Pea’s Stems — specialty flower bunches grown right here at McDonald Farm
- Hufendick Farm — local & humanely raised meats, eggs and milk (2:30-4PM)
- Brian Severson Organics — delicate & delicious organic grains, flour & baked goods
- Thyme & Place — an incubator farm with herbs & teas grown here at McDonald Farm
- JL Honeybee Farm — featuring honey from hives here at McDonald Farm
- New Moon Vegan — delicious vegan treats made with love in Fox Valley
- Fermentum — featuring fermented pickles, giardiniera, kimchi and beet Kvass
- Sandhill Coffee — ethically-sourced, locally sold coffee beans from around the world
Get to know The Conservation Foundation and our other local community partners including Midwest SOARRING Foundation’s Native American artifacts and dancers (2pm performance), Loaves & Fishes, Pure Prairie Organics, A Drop in the Desert and The Resiliency Institute.
Grab a Market Passport (completed passports will be entered to win a prize), meander through the market, bring the kiddos to enjoy children’s activities, take a self-guided tour of the farm or sign up for one of our specific guided tours to get to know our unique non-profit organization a bit better. We’ll be hosting free 30-minute guided tours of our organic farm, conservation areas, Nature Rx walks, as well as Family Mini-Adventures on the Farm — pre-register below!
We hope you’ll come out to enjoy the afternoon at McDonald Farm and celebrate fall with us at the “best kept secret in Naperville”!
Family Mini-Adventures on the Farm (no charge) at 1:00, 1:30, 2:00, 2:30 and 3:00pm
Green Earth Harvest Farm Tour at 1:15pm
The Conservation Foundation Tour at 2:15pm
The Resiliency Institute’s Nature Rx Forest Bathing at 3:00pm
The Resiliency Institute’s Edible Forest Garden Tour at 3:30pm
