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New Farmers Market By Just Food Initiative Coming To Aurora
The area nonprofit is committed to bringing "sustainable and just food systems, as well as resorting quality and equality" to food supply.
AURORA, IL — A new farmers market is joining the lineup of healthy and sustainable market options in Aurora. Organized by Batavia-based nonprofit Just Food Initiative of the Fox Valley, the inaugural Fresh Start Community Market will take place during the afternoon of Aug. 7.
Vendors will set up in the parking lot of St. Athanasios Greek Orthodox Church, 1855 E. Fifth Ave., to offer visitors clean and green food from 1-5 p.m. Children's activities will be available as well as free seminars meant to educate visitors on growing their own food and eating healthy, organizers said Thursday.
Organizers' goal with the market was to place emphasis on clean and green food and diversity, according to a news release. Vendors tapped for the market come from various cultural backgrounds and will sell organic vegetables, wild-caught fish, heirloom flours, fresh juices and grass-fed meats, among other items.
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"This will be a different type of market," Cindy Sansale, deputy executive director of Just Food and a certified farmers market manager, said in a statement. "Those living in the southeast area of Aurora have limited options when it comes to buying healthy food at a location close to their home. We hope to bring some options to this population and invite anyone with a passion for healthy food to check out our offerings as well."
LINK will be an accepted form of payment at the market, and shoppers will have a chance to earn double dollars. Organizers will also be providing coupons from local restaurants supported by Just Food Initiative on a first-come, first-served basis.
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Last year, the nonprofit hosted its first Giving Tuesday campaign as a way to raise funds to start a farmers market. Kathy Balcazar, the organization's coordinator of projects, press and philanthropy, told Patch in November that staff hoped to have the market ready to go by the summer of 2022.
In less than a month, that goal will become a reality.
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