The nonprofit Rogers Park Business Alliance (RPBA) announces 23 vendors for the 2023 season of the Glenwood Sunday Market which will operate every Sunday from June 4 to October 29 (closed on June 25 and August 20), from 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. on the southbound Glenwood Avenue between Morse and Lunt Avenues, on the west side of the CTA Red Line Morse stop. The market offers a variety of products ranging from meat, produce, dairy, honey, pickles, bakeries, sweets, tofu, flowers, coffee, to popsicles, with five new vendors added this year. A ribbon-cutting ceremony will take place on the opening day, Sunday, June 4, at 8:45 a.m., with State Representative Kelly Cassidy, representatives from the 49th Ward office, and Rogers Park Business Alliance Executive Director Sandi Price.
This year’s new vendors include Bennett Farms, Los Rodriguez Farm LLC, Kikwetu Kenya Coffee Company, Primordia Foods, and Yang Town Farm. 18 neighbors’ favorites will return: Bennison’s Bakery, Blacksmith Acres LLC, Finn’s Ranch, Hardin’s Family Farm, Honey Works, Katherine Anne Confections, Lyons Fruit Farm, Mickii’s Baking, Mike & Clare’s Farm, Milwaukee Homegrown, Mindful Baking, pHlour Bakery, Phoenix Bean LLC, Stamper Cheese Company, That Pickle Guy, The Urban Canopy, The Stick Up, and Urban Tables INC.
For the past 13 consecutive years, Glenwood Sunday Market has helped sustain the local food system and provided a significant revenue stream for local farmers and food producers: last year, 21 participating vendors served 34,000 shoppers. Glenwood Sunday Market combats food insecurity in Rogers Park and strives for social justice through food access: in 2022, the Market gave away nearly $41,000 in double dollar matching grants to food insecure shoppers, hundreds of pounds of healthy food at no cost to neighbors in need via a weekly food recovery program in partnership with Food Not Bombs and was able to raise over $46,000 in funding toward food accessibility programs. Donations for the 2023 Glenwood Sunday Markets can be made at www.glenwoodsundaymarket.org/donate.
All vendors accept cash and many of them accept credit and debit cards. LINK Cards and other SNAP cards are also accepted at GSM, with a grant match program continuing in 2023: every $25 LINK transaction will be matched with an additional $25, thanks to the generous grant from LinkUp Illinois. Dogs will be allowed in the market area with leashes on short lengths. The Market will be monitoring and following the City of Chicago’s public health and safety guidelines.
Glenwood Sunday Market is a program of the nonprofit Rogers Park Business Alliance, with a vision to create an equitable, ethical, and secure local food system. Composed entirely of farmers and food artisans that work within 200 miles of Rogers Park, GSM’s mission is to make sustainable, regionally produced foods accessible to the whole community. Glenwood Sunday Market is committed to economic, environmental, and social sustainability in Rogers Park, the city and region. For more information, visit www.glenwoodsundaymarket.org.
Rogers Park Business Alliance is a nonprofit organization that has served Chicago’s diverse Rogers Park neighborhood for 30 years. RPBA works to cultivate and sustain a thriving economic environment in Rogers Park, serving businesses and residents with a variety of public events and business initiatives. RPBA programs include the GROW/PROGRESANDO entrepreneurial training program, the Illinois Small Business Development Center at Rogers Park Business Alliance, annual Best of Rogers Park awards, Chalk Howard Street Festival, Taco Crawl, and the Glenwood Sunday Market farmers market. For more information, visit RPBA.org.