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Article: FARMERS MARKET OPENS FOR SEASON
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- The Beacon News - Aurora (IL)
- Article date:
- June 19, 2000
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AURORA -- The weekly farmers' market is a summertime staple for city dwellers anxious to pick up homegrown berries, juicy field-ripened tomatoes and glistening white onions.
Since 1912, farmers from throughout Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin have traditionally been selling fresh fruits and vegetables to loyal customers at the city's open-air market.
"It's a way to get to the farm," said Madeline Liss of Aurora at the opening day of Aurora's Farmers Market over the weekend.
"It also offers a change in pace from a daily routine."
Time has changed the farmers market.
In 1921, gardeners still used horse-drawn wagons.
Housewives liked to buy chickens and ducks, and an occasional live goose.
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