2010 Seasonal Produce, Food & Flower Vendors

Aleece's Pita Chips

Alice Anthony

Avanti Foods

Walnut Cheese was founded in 1932 as a market for the milk produced by surrounding dairy farmers.  Today there is a daily production of 50,000 pounds of milk into cheese.  We produce Colby, Longhorn, Muenster, Havarti, Pepper Jack, Calico, Cheddar, Mozzarella, Fresh Mozzarella, String Cheese, Cheese Curds, and many flavored Cheddars, Muensters and Cheese Spreads.  We have kept the tradion of blue ribbons for our cheese at the Illinois State Fair for over 50 years.  In 1964, we formed Avanti Foods to produce Gino's frozen pizza.  Our authentic Swiss Chalet built in 1964 is home to our offices and Cheese & Specialty Gift Shop.

www.avantifoods.com
800-243-3739

BLUHAVEN FARM

BLUHAVEN FARM, owned and operated by Darin & Keri Blunier and their 7 children,  produces healthy, high quality produce and popcorn.  The Bluniers have been in the homegrown popcorn business since the early 1970's and added produce in 1999.  

We work to improve soil health and quality produce by using crop rotation, integrated pest management, hand cultivation, and composting.  We strive to produce the hightest quality produce and popcorn using biological and natural methods.  Our popcorn has been a family tradition for over 30 years and is grown using traditional methods.  Our popcorn is naturally dried, and we hand clean each ear of corn because no pesticides are sprayed on the corn.  This assures the best possible quality of our product!

309-249-2192
309-361-1122

Braker's Dozen

The mouth-watering aroma of something delicious baking—yeasty fresh bread, sweet cookies, spicy cinnamon rolls—conveys the mind to thoughts of a more peaceful time and place.  For generations our family has enjoyed not only the fragrance, but the flavor of freshly baked breads, rolls, and sweets.  Now we would love to share this flavor of homemade goodness with you to rekindle those past memories, or to give you the opportunity to start a new taste experience.

All of our baked goods are made from scratch using fine, fresh ingredients and special care, so you can enjoy truly homemade goodness—fresh from our home baker

Gardening is another activity our family has enjoyed through the years.  We are also glad to offer at the market naturally grown vegetables and flowers, fresh from our garden.

We hope to see you at the market,

Glen and Audrey Braker

And the rest of the dozen Brakers

Cookie Shack

The Cookie Shack is a family owned and operated business located at 3034 N. Wisconsin.  Owners, Brenda and Lee Ware, will be selling made from scratch cookies, cakes, brownies, cinnamon rolls, and breads.  "We are a bakery that is community oriented.  We offer baking classes and cookie decorating sessions for groups and families.  We particiatpe in other events such as the Taste of Peoria, Taste of Bradley, Raphsody in Bloom and Bark in the Park."

"We are a family dedicated to making sure our customers are more than satisfied with our baked goods and service!"
 

www.cookieshackbakery.com
309-682-8171

Crow Creek Farm

Kathy Corso

DMG Bee Haven Farm

Dan & Miseon Grillot

From the Field Cooking School

Featuring fresh baked goods using real everything!  Ask about Bill's local meats vacuum packed and frozen for your convenience.

www.fromthefieldcookingschool.com
309-263-6020

Garden Spot Produce

Garden Spot is your green light to healthy living.  We are 5th generation local growers.  We specialize in a variety of flavorful heirlooms, raised organically on 30 acres, one mile west of Princeville on Rt 90.  We have been serving Peoria and surrounding communities with our fresh produce since the 1930's.  We recently expanded our business to provide local restaurants and other establishments with our healthy organically grown produce to better our community.  We appreciate your business!

Great Harvest Bread

Sam & Stephanie Polito

Green Acres Herb Farm

Greengold Acres

Featuring free range brown eggs (come early!) and chicken, grass fed beef, organic fruits and vegetables, fruit pies, and berries.  

Hartz Produce

Lyndon Hartz of Hartz Produce, located in Wyoming, IL, brings a huge selection of fresh produce to the RiverFront each week.

"Everything on my farm is grown in an environmentally sound way.  No synthetic fertilizers, pesticides or herbicides.  I use rotations, cover crops, legume crops, compost and fish/seaweed based fertizers to build the soil that feeds my crops.  I believe now is the perfect time for this country to move away from an industrialized food system that is broken and return to a local, earth-based food system that builds soils naturally."

www.hartzproduce.com

238-0966

Jenkins Farm Market

L & L Produce

Leon Sherwood and his wife Linda grow a great selection of fresh vegetables including beans, cucumbers, peppers, tomates, beats, onions, spinach, kale, bok-chois, and lettuces.  New this year:  parsley and arugula!
With our practices of sustainability, we try to keep the land as it was meant to be without harsh chemicals and pesticides.  We use liquid fish fertilizer for our fertilization program, liquid kelp for natural purposes and a combination of both in certain circumstances. 

309-547-3473 or 309-371-5476
e:mail:  lnlproduce@aol.com

Organic Pastures

Organic Pastures, owned & operated by Larry & Marilyn Wettstein, is a third generation, small, organic family farm with rolling pastures, lush with a variety of grasses and legumes,  located in Eureka.  "We choose a farming method that improves and builds the soil surrounding the plants and animals.  No antibiotics or hormones are used and all the livestock are raised the old fashioned way - outside in the sunshine, with a shelter but not confined in a building.  We truly believe that as stewards of the soil, it is our responsibility to provide the healthiest food available.  All our farming practices are based on sustainable agriculture and are organically certified in accordance with the National Organic Program standards."

A variety of certified organic beef, pork, lamb and chicken meat packages will be available at the market.  We personally schedule all our meat for processing at a small local facility that meets all USDA organic requirements.  You will taste the difference!

 309-467-6006

Peoria Bread Company

Peoria Bread Company was started in 2006 by Dave Koehler and Nora Sullivan. The goal was to provide nutritious bread and baked goods made with 100% organic flour. All the breads, and most baked goods, are vegan - made with soy margarine and egg replacers. We never use preservatives of any kind, and never use high-fructose corn syrup.

www.peoriabreadcompany.com
309-655-0944

Plow Creek Farm

Plow Creek Farm is a diverse, organically managed (we farm according to organic principles but are not organically certified) farm located just outside Tiskilwa.  In addition to selling our products at farmers' markets, we also offer U-pick strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, and raspberries.  We strive to grow top-quality berries and produce while being good stewards of the soil through sustainable agriculture and animal husbandry.  Plow Creek Farm has been around since 1980 and is committed to offering our customers delicious, healthful, pesticide-free berries and produce.
www.plowcreekfarm.com
815-646-4862

White Chimney Farm

My goal is to provide Certified Naturally Grown produce of the old "Heirloom Varieties" from Organically Certified Seed whenever available.  I am attempting to accomplish this by using the Spin (Small Plot Intensive Relay) Farming Method of planting.  In using this method, there is a freshly harvested supply of produce for each market week, and this keeps the crop rotation active for the best soil health.  Only certified, all natural fertilizers are used along with all natural, mostly home made compost. 

www.whitechimneyfarm.org