Area Farmers Reflect On Summer Crop, Look Ahead

NPR Illinois | 91.9 UIS | By Peter Gray

Published November 4, 2013 at 12:55 PM CST

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Springfield shoppers who connect with local growers each summer at the Old Capitol Farmer's Market have stocked up for the cold months ahead.

In these Oct. 26 interviews, Peter Gray caught up with a few vendors at the last Saturday market downtown to hear their thoughts on the summer harvest.

INTERVIEWS from the Old Capitol Farmer's Market:

John Hamilton, independent grower
Mark Hatton, Healing Acres Farm
Mary Elliott, Elliott's Apple Hill Orchard
Garrick Veenstra, Heck's Harvest and Veenstra's Vegetables

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Peter Gray

Peter has a diverse background in public, independent and commercial media production. Beginning in 2011, Peter served as reporter and “Morning Edition” host for WUIS. He completed his work at WUIS in 2014. Prior to his start in public radio, he covered the Illinois legislature for NBC affiliate WANDTV-17 and helped launch Phenom Features, a non-profit apprenticeship film studio. Peter hails from Oswego, Ill., where he grew up watching WTTW-11/PBS.

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