The annual Oak Park Farmers Market corn roast is a zero-waste event and serves as a market fundraiser. Four vendors, Smits “The Farm”, Geneva Lakes Produce, Genesis Growers, and Nichols Farm, donated their non-gmo corn to the roast. Farm fresh butter was provided by Brunkow Cheese.
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Dominic Cianciolo, of Oak Park, partially shucks corn husks off before placing them in the roaster on Saturday, Aug. 10, 2019, during the annual corn roast at the Oak Park Farmer's Market on Lake Street. Cianciolo was in charge of this year's event. |
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Volunteers prepare the roasted corn for customers on Saturday, Aug. 10, 2019, during the annual corn roast at the Oak Park Farmer's Market on Lake Street.
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Attendees shake some salt on the freshly roasted corn on the cob on Saturday, Aug. 10, 2019, during the annual corn roast at the Oak Park Farmer's Market on Lake Street.
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Nancy Alexander, of Oak Park, roasts corn on Saturday, Aug. 10, 2019, during the annual corn roast at the Oak Park Farmer's Market on Lake Street.
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Volunteers butter up the corn on Saturday, Aug. 10, 2019, during the annual corn roast at the Oak Park Farmer's Market on Lake Street.
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Dominic Cianciolo, of Oak Park, shucks the last basket of corn on Saturday, Aug. 10, 2019, during the annual corn roast at the Oak Park Farmer's Market on Lake Street.
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ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer
Volunteers pull the husk off of the roasted corn on Saturday, Aug. 10, 2019, during the annual corn roast at the Oak Park Farmer's Market on Lake Street.