glenview farmers market
Saturdays, June 18-October 22, 2022 • 8 am-12 pm
Historic Wagner Farm 1510 Wagner Road, Glenview, IL 60025
847 657 1506
glenview farmers market
The Glenview Farmers Market builds a sustainable, intelligent, dynamic, and ethical food system with local farms at its core. It is our mission to ensure that all residents of Glenview and the surrounding areas have access to the freshest, healthiest local food in a fun environment the entire family can enjoy.
Grown within 200 miles of Glenview, our local vendors sell seasonal produce, as well as meat, eggs, cheese, bread, pastries, fresh cut flowers, coffee, chocolates, French pastries, smoked fish, herbs and spices, honey and empanadas.
Located at Historic Wagner Farm, Glenview Farmers Market provides a wonderful opportunity to combine healthy food shopping with a visit to a working early 20th-century farm. The Heritage Center, the farm grounds and restrooms open at 10 am. Stop by the farm to check out our new Agriculture Adventure Playscape and Sensory Gardens.
Parking
Free parking is available in the Saints Peter & Paul Greek Orthodox Church and Historic Wagner Farm lots. There is absolutely no parking on Wagner Road. Please cross the street at the crosswalk for utmost safety. Wagons will be available for you to use at the market and to take your purchases back to your vehicle in the parking lot. There will be designated spots in the parking lot to return the wagons. Volunteers will come and collect them periodically. You can also take any available wagon from the parking lot and bring it over to the market to use.
Back again for 2022!
The Community Table features local non-profit organizations. Live entertainment is provided by local musicians. If you/your group is interested in scheduling a date during the market season contact Paula Hamvas. Please note performers are not compensated by the market.
learn more about the Glenview Farmers Market
The Glenview Farmers’ Market was started in 1988 by the Glenview Women of Today as a way of providing the community with healthy and fun food options. Every Saturday, farmers, flower growers, and residents would gather at Jackman Park to enjoy the fresh air and support local businesses. In 2007, the Glenview Park District began to manage the weekly shopping event. Since the most natural place to hold a farmer’s market is at a farm, the Park District moved its food marketplace to Historic Wagner Farm.
Our vendors are very supportive of the Northfield Township Food Pantry, making weekly donations of their fresh produce.
2022 Market Dates
June 18
June 25
July 2
July 9
July 16
July 23
July 30
August 6
August 13
August 20
August 27
September 3
September 10
September 17
September 24
October 1
October 8
October 15
October 22
Glenview Farmers Market LINK Program
Double your purchasing power with LINK MATCH VOUCHERS that match your electronic benefits dollar for dollar. When you shop at the Glenview Farmers Market, you benefit from food that’s fresher and more flavorful. It’s the best food you can bring home to your family! You will meet the friendly farmers who grow the food you buy. They would love to answer your questions about how to prepare anything at their booths.
How to Use Your LINK Card at the Farmers Market
- Head to the Link Table located on the north porch of the Heritage Center as you enter the market.
- Use your LINK Card (SNAP) to purchase as many RED $1 wooden tokens as you’d like, and you will be given a matching number of LINK Match vouchers each worth $1 ($25 limit per swipe, multiple swipes are allowed) Both RED tokes and LINK Match vouchers will act as “cash” at the Farmers Market.
- LINK Match vouchers may ONLY be used for FRUITS and VEGETABLES.
What You Can Buy with Your RED Tokens
- Fruits and vegetables
- Breads
- Meat, poultry & fish
- Dairy products
- Maple & Honey products
- Seeds and plants that produce foods
- Jams, jellies, sauces, soups, etc.
- Baked goods: wrapped, labeled and intended for home consumption
What You CANNOT Buy with Your RED Tokens or LINK Match vouchers
- Any nonfood items such as pet foods, soaps, clothing
- Vitamins, supplements, medicines
- Hot foods
- Food intended to be eaten at the market
What to Do with Leftover Tokens
Option 1: You may keep unused RED tokens and LINK Match vouchers and use them next time you shop at the Glenview Farmers Market. LINK Match vouchers may also be used at other participating Farmers Markets.
Option 2: Same-day refunds of unused RED (SNAP) tokens back onto your Link Card may be made at the token booth but you must have your matching LINK Match vouchers to turn in as well. We can only refund RED tokens which have a matching LINK Match voucher. LINK Match vouchers cannot be exchanged for benefits or cash, and are only usable at participating Farmers Markets.
NOTE: Leftover LINK Match vouchers will be unusable after the market’s last day of the season.
Thank You to Our Generous Supporters
Thank you to Glenview Bank & Trust® and Rotary Club of Glenview Sunrise for their generous support of this program. Thank you to Northfield Township Food Pantry for their help in publicizing the Link program and to our generous supporters. The LINK Match program is being made available through a generous grant from the Experimental Station’s LINK UP ILLINOIS program. The Experimental Station seeks to increase the affordability and accessibility of nutritious foods sold at Illinois farmers markets for low-income Illinoisans, rebuilding linkages between local agricultural producers and consumers. Link Up Illinois is a program that helps achieve this goal by providing farmers markets across the state with funding for Double Value Coupon incentive programs for Link Card (Illinois’ SNAP program, formerly known as “food stamps”) shoppers. Link Up Illinois also provides participating markets with training and technical assistance for implementing these programs successfully.
The Glenview Farmers Market could not operate without the support of the community. Here are some ways YOU can get involved.
Volunteer
If you would like to make a difference in promoting our local food system, come be a volunteer at the farmers’ market! Volunteers are needed on Saturday mornings from mid-June through mid-October. Available shifts are 7-10 am and 9:30 am-12:30 pm. Must be a minimum of 16 years old to volunteer at the market. To volunteer please email wfvolunteers@glenviewparks.org.
Donate a Farm to Food Pantry Basket
Partner with our “Feeding Glenview” initiative and donate a basket of produce to the local food pantry. It’s $25 for a basket filled with a week’s work of produce from the farm’s own crops. We will handle the harvesting a delivery of the baskets. Donate one basket up to an entire season or any amount in between.
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Make a Monetary Donation
While the Glenview Farmers Market receives support from the Glenview Park District, it relies heavily on grants and donations. Show your generous support for the Glenview Farmers Market by making a donation to the Friends of Wagner Farm, the official support group of Historic Wagner Farm. Friends of Wagner Farm is a 501 (c)(3). All donations are tax-deductible. Please earmark your donation for the Glenview Farmers Market.
Friends of Wagner Farm website
