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Great Lakes Farm Food Distributor
Looking to Buy Local Food?
The Common Market expanded to the Great Lakes! We are a nonprofit wholesale food distributor based in Chicago, and we are ready to connect communities and institutions—schools, hospitals, colleges, universities—with food grown by local farmers and producers who care about their people, their community and their planet!
When you partner with us at The Common Market Great Lakes, you will enter into a fully transparent partnership. We will happily share exactly how the food is grown, who grew it, and where it's coming from—it will come printed on every local delivery!
We look forward to learning about your local food goals!
Get in touch today: (312) 432-6575 or email greatlakes@thecommonmarket.org.
Who We Serve
The Common Market in Illinois, Michigan and Beyond!
The Common Market Great Lakes works with a wide variety of wholesale and retail customers to help increase access to sustainable farm foods grown in the region.
- Colleges & Universities
- Community Organizations
- Corporate Cafeterias
- Early Childcare
- Elder Care Facilities
- Hospitals
- Private Schools
- Public Schools
- Restaurants
- Retailers
Great Lakes in the news
- The Rockefeller Foundation supports regenerative school meals in the Great Lakes
- Over $4.7 Million in Grants Awarded by the Chicago Region Food System Fund in 2025
- Illinois schools fight to bring local food to students’ plates
- The Common Market Great Lakes Receives Lake Michigan School Food System Innovation Hub Grant
- The Common Market acquires the operations of Local Foods