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Highwood's Evening Gourmet Farmers Market Continues to Expand - New Produce and Cheese Vendors!

The City of Highwood is proud to announce the addition of a few amazing vendors to its weekly Evening Gourmet Farmers Market - Twin Garden Farms and Prairie Pure Cheese!

 

Twin Garden Farms will provide some of the freshest produce to Highwood's Farmers Market patrons starting Wednesday, July 25th. Based out of Harvard, Illinois, on over 200 acres of land, Twin Garden Farms has been a family-run operation since 1954. They have just about every vegetable you can imagine, including the best sweet corn in the Midwest - Mirai sweet corn! For more information, please visit them at www.twingardenfarms.com

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Prairie Pure Cheese is a partnership between the Aves Farm. The Aves farm is a 100 year old dairy farm located in Belvidere, IL with 90 heads of cows. One of the owners, Brian, is a large animal veterinarian from Woodstock, IL with a PhD in dairy nutrition. He tells the Aves what to feed the cattle so they are healthy, produce great tasting milk and large volumes of it, without the use of growth hormones.

They will be featuring the finest cheeses, including their signature cheese, Butterkase, which is a soft, quick melting cheese that tastes like macaroni and cheese. It makes great mac-n-cheese and will be used in the "Best Ever Grilled Cheese" prepared right at the market! Other fine cheeses will be a mild, fresh tasting Cheddar, a sweet and nutty Swiss, a Feta and Basil Tomato Feta (in both blocks and crumbles) and a new Blue Cheese which was just added in June (available in blocks or crumbles). Stop by for a sample of any cheese - these cheeses are so delicious they have to come with a warning that they do become habit forming! For more information, please visit them at www.prairiepurecheese.com

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Highwood's Evening Gourmet Farmers Market is held in Everts Park every Wednesday from 4-9pm, through September 12th. In conjunction with the North Shore Flea Market and Art in the Park, this farmers market has something for everyone - whether it be fresh produce, antiques, baked goods, art, local food, live music, or libations! For more information, please visit http://celebratehighwood.com/farmersmarket.html, or call 847-432-6000. 

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