All Seasons FarmFarmer: Jill Rendleman
Location: Cobden Specialities: Certified organic vegetables, and gorgeous greens Growing Practices: Certified Organic Fun Facts: Jill grows many of her beautiful greens under movable plastic high tunnels Website: all-seasons-farm.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AllSeasonsFarm 
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Mustard Seed SowersFarmer: Orlan Mayes
Location: Carbondale Specialities: Greens and cut herbs Growing practices: Sustainable Fun facts: Orlan grows food at urban plots around the Carbondale area. Urban agriculture isn't restricted to big cities like St. Louis or New York. It can and IS happening right here in Carbondale! 
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La Colina Linda/ Plant a SeedFarmers and Bakers: Kathy Ward and Jeri Kinser
Location: Cobden Specialities: Gluten free, vegan baked goods and assorted produce Growing Practices: Sustainable Fun Facts: Kathy and Jery cate gluten free vegan meals at their BnB, La Colina Linda, using local, seasonal ingredients sourced from fellow farmers at the farmers market! Facebook: www.facebook.com/PlantAVegSeed www.facebook.com/LCLBBFarm 
Jeri Kinser and apprentice baker Beth making thumbprint cookies before a market.
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Miller Tater FarmFarmer: Don Miller
Location: Makanda Specialities: Sweet potatoes, and seasonal produce Growing Practices: no pesticides, some chemical fertilizers Fun Facts: Don grew two varieties of sweet potatoes this year that are known for their sweetness. These sweet potatoes are sweeter than the average beauregard varieties found at supermarkets and have a deep orange flesh. 
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Wild Alaska Salmon and Seafood |
Eagle Point Bath and Body |
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Producer: Tony Wood and Healther Huffman
Location: Bristol Bay, Alaska Specialities: Wild caught Alaska Salmon Fun Facts: Wild Alaska's methods of fishing are designed to catch only the sustainable resource salmon, other species of fish and other wildlife are not harmed or caught. As the salmon are caught, the fish are delivered on ice to shore straight from our boat on a daily basis and are at once cleaned and hand-processed by our own processing team. This is called a “wet process”.The salmon is then immediately “flash frozen”, meaning that the product is deep frozen very quickly after the catch and packaged in vacuum sealed bags to lock in all of the quality and freshness and is constantly kept at ideal temperature and conditions so we can deliver fresh salmon to you anytime of year. Website: http://wildalaskasalmonandseafood.com |
Maker: Dan Druszkowski
Location: Goreville Specialities: Handcrafted soaps, lotions, and salves |
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River to River FarmFarmers: Tam and John Primmran
Location: Tunnel Hill Specialities: Fresh ginger and turmeric, goats milk soaps and lotions Growing Practices: Sustainable practices Fun Facts: All of Tam's soaps are made in small batches to ensure freshness and quality. Facebook: www.facebook.com/River-to-River-Farm-248214748541426/?fref=ts 
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Union Springs FarmFarmer: Tim Francis
Location: Cobden Specialities: Micro greens, wheat grass, and sustainably grown produce Growing Practices: Sustainable Fun Facts: Tim is a woodturner by trade and makes beautiful bowls like the one pictured below. 
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Jen's JoeRoaster: Jen LeDuc
Location: Murphysboro Specialities: Locally roasted and brewed coffee Fun Facts: Jen's Joe's cups are all biodegradable or recyclable. Even her new Jen's Joe Solos (k-cups) can be recycled. Many of her beans are fair trade or certified organic. Website: jensjoe.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/JensJoe 
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Flyway Family FarmFarmers: Mike and Jessica Hatfield
Location: Makanda Specialities: Gourmet and medicinal mushrooms Growing Practices: Sustainable Fun Facts: Mushrooms at Flyway Family Farm are grown both outdoors on inoculated logs in the woods, and indoors in a sterile grow room specially designed to grow picture perfect mushrooms. Facebook: www.facebook.com/FlywayFamilyFarmMushrooms 
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Lick Creek BeefFarmer: Josh Buccheit
Location: Lick Creek Specialities: Grass fed beef, heritage breed pork Fun Facts: Grass fed animals require a lot of grass and hay to eat. Approximately half of the 400+ acres of J Buchheit Farm is used for pasture and hay production. In addition to pasture grazing, Josh also uses a process called silvo-pasturing where he grazes animals in the forest. Website: www.lickcreekbeef.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/Lick-Creek-Beef-Pork-296613042431 
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Mario's Mama Pet TreatsMaker: Natalie Branca
Location: Carbondale Specialities: Homemade pet treats made with natural ingredients Fun Facts: Natalie and her family became concerned about the contents of the pet food and treats that are on the market after the many stories of pets becoming gravely ill or even dying from treats. They saw a need for fresh, wholesome treats and special occasion products for pets and this is when Mario's Mama was born. Mario is a rescue black lab mix that is pictured below! Facebook: www.facebook.com/MariosMamaPetBakery Website: www.mariosmamapetbakery.com 
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SIU Sustainable FarmFarmer: April Vigardt and SIU student workers
Location: Carbondale Specialities: Asian greens, unique and heirloom varieties, late season tomatoes Growing practices: Sustainable Fun facts: SIU Sustainable farm often conducts research at their farm site. The delicious Asian greens available this season were part of a research grant to help area farmers choose which varieties do best in this climate and which varieties customers prefer. Tasty and educational! |
Countrysprout OrganicsFarmers: Bruce and Maryanne Chrisman
Location: Carbondale Specialities: Winter carrots, organic produce, and healing plant oils Growing Practices: Certified Orgnaic Fun Facts: Bruce and Maryanne got into organic farming back in the 1970's. They grew sprouts commercially and sold them throughout the region, hence the name Countrysprout. Now days, Countrysprout is best know for their extra crunchy carrots and Maryanne's skin care made with healing plant oils. 
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Hollow Pumpkin FarmFarmer: Steve Smith
Location: Anna Specialities: Winter greens Growing Practices: Sustainable Fun Facts: Steve's been sustainably farming on the same piece of land south of Anna since 1976. Steve keeps an impressive 5 acres in production on his farm, planting many successions of each variety of plant to avoid pest issues. |
Shade Tree FarmGrowers: Pam and Ed Hickam
Location: Carbondale Specialities: Winter produce Fun Facts: Ed and Pam got their start with a roadside stand on Skyhawk Road before selling at the Community Farmers Market. |
Dierks Farm Grassfed Beef and ProduceFarmers: Pam and Larry Dierks
Location: Ava Specialities: Grass Fed Beef Fun Facts: Dierks Family Farm is intergenerational, being the 4th or 5th generation of Dierks to farm their land. Violet, Larry's mother, is still an active member of the family farm business! 
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Flora Bay FarmFarmer: Courtney Smith
Location: Carbondale Specialities: Fresh and dried herbs, tintures, and winter produce Fun Facts: Flora Bay Farm is a diverse micro-farm specializing in cut flowers, hops and herbs. 2016 marks the farm's second growing season and a recent addition: a high tunnel! Growing practices include intensive companion planting, cover cropping and multi-layer mulching. Flora Bay is free from applied chemicals, herbicides and pesticides and is pollinator friendly. 
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Bearden's Backacres FarmFarmer: Jennifer Bearden
Location: Tamaroa Specialities: Goat's milk soaps Fun Facts: Bearden's specialize in 100% natural luxurious soaps that contain at least 30% milk from their herd of Alpine, Nubian, and Nigerian Dwarf goats. In addition to goats, the Beardens also have chickens, turkeys, pigs, bees, a mustang, a burro, and several guard dogs that watch over their 20 acre Tamaroa farm and our 5 acre Belleville farm. 
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Silver Moon SkincareMaker: Donna Wendt
Location: Murphysboro Specialities: Soaps, lotions, arnica cream, facial care, and baby care. All of the products are vegan and not tested on unsuspecting animals. Fun Facts: Silver Moon Skincare has been lovingly hand crafted in Southern Illinois for more than 15 years. All of the ingerdients in the products are well researched and the products themselves have been tried before being offered to the public. 
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