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Community enjoys
Corn Roast at LB
Farmers’ Market
Alyssa Groh, Editor
It is not every day you
see people eager to eat
corn on the cob at 9 a.m.
on a Friday, but at the Lake
Bluff Farmers’ Market on
Friday, Aug. 11, residents
enjoyed ears of corn at the
annual Corn Roast.
Each year, the Lake Bluff
Farmers’ Market Committee
provides fresh, free
roasted ears of corn for
market attendees as part
of the annual Corn Roast.
Lake Bluff residents and
community members from
surrounding areas waited in
lines for free roasted corn
as part of a tradition for the
village.
Lake Bluff Farmers’
Market Manager Gridley
Swanton said the Corn
Roast has been going on
for the past 18-20 years
and always brings in larger
crowds.
“We have a great market,”
Swanton said. “This
is a big draw and a very
popular event.”
The Corn Roast was
started as a way to bring the
community to the market,
Swanton said. Each year,
the market hosts the Corn
Roast on the second Friday
of August, when the corn
is at its peak. Although the
market begins at 7 a.m., it
takes a while for the corn
to get roasted, so the corn
is not served until about 9
a.m.
The hundreds of ears
of corn are bought by the
Farmers’ Market Committee
from Cashmore Produce
& Ponics, Six Generations
of Farmin’ Local and Twin
Garden Farms, who are all
vendors at this year’s market.
The committee uses its
funds each year to buy the
corn for residents, according
to Swanton.
After buying the corn, it
is roasted for approximately
a half-hour by the firefighters
before it is served
to the community.
Swanton said the Lake
Bluff Fire Department has
been volunteering to roast
and pass out the corn for
the past three or four years.
Sean Bjork, a Lake Bluff
firefighter and resident, has
been on the Farmers’ Market
Committee and agreed to
help roast the corn.
“It is great for them, and
it is great for us,” Swanton
said of the partnership.