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Farmers market celebrates 100 years in Aurora

August 09, 2012

One hundred years ago, Aurora reporters were busy previewing the first farmers market to be held in the city, bringing growers with "vegetables of all kinds, fruits, eggs, poultry (dressed and live), butter, cheese" to shoppers for a morning of commerce. The first market brought only one farmer — much later than expected and without enough food. But fast forward a century and that same...

Source: http://dailyherald.com/article/20120809/business/708099837/
 
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