Forty Acres Fresh Market

Forty Acres Fresh Market is an independent, Black-woman-owned grocery business dedicated to making high-quality, fresh food more accessible to Chicago residents regardless of zip code. Founded by Liz Abunaw in 2018 in response to a lack of nourishing food options on Chicago’s West Side, we offer a flexible, personalized grocery experience with seasonal pop-up markets, year-round produce delivery, and our 10,000 square feet Austin neighborhood grocery store to bridge barriers to access. The name Forty Acres Fresh Market calls back to the promise of General Sherman’s Special Field Order 15, colloquially known as “40 acres and a mule,” as a reminder that as descendants of this country’s first farmers, fresh food is a birthright.