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Chicago ordinance paves way for Englewood urban farm
The first urban farm developed under Chicago’s new urban agriculture ordinance broke ground Oct. 14 on a one-acre gravel-covered site in Englewood. Growing Home Inc., which already operates a...
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It’s seed swap season around Chicago
This is the time of year for seed swaps around Chicago. Several groups have swaps of all sorts planned this weekend and next. Chicago Botanic Garden Seed Swap Sunday, Feb. 26 2 to 5 p.m. Details:...
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A simple seed germination test
With seed swap season in full swing, many of us are swooping up all kinds of seeds with visions of nutritious vegetables dancing in our heads. But what if those seeds don’t yield what we’re expecting?...
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One Earth Film Fest April 27-29 in Oak Park/River Forest
To stimulate dialogue and inspire planet-friendly action, Green Community Connections in Oak Park is hosting its first One Earth Film Fest 2012 April 27-29. The planning committee evaluated and...
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Chicago Food hubs connect producers, buyers
The U. S. Department of Agriculture has compiled the first Regional Food Hub Resource Guide, which lists these innovative business models across the country—from Amissville, Va., to Salinas, Calif....
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Urban Farming: Chicago style
Urban farming has taken root all over this city of concrete sidewalks, glass skyscrapers and red-brick bungalows. It’s not unusual to see vegetables growing in raised beds in community gardens on a...
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Putting teeth into a Food Plan for Chicago
More than 350 people from all over Chicago have spent the last 12 months working to draft a healthy food plan for the city. The plan is intended to guide public and private efforts to build a...
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Food+Justice=Democracy meets in Minneapolis Sept. 24-26
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Urban farm to provide “job training and fresh vegetables”
A new 2.6-acre urban farm will be located on this tract of land in East Garfield Park. /Seeding Chicago photo The ground breaking today was merely symbolic, but Chicago’s newest urban farm will be a...
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School gardens to take root with unused NATO funds
Students at 60 Chicago Public Schools soon will be getting lessons in growing food from a Boulder, Colo.-based nonprofit called The Kitchen [Community] (TKC). Mayor Rahm Emanuel is turning over to...
View ArticleOne Earth Film Fest serves up food films
Food is on the menu at this weekend’s One Earth Film Festival. Three films, “Ingredients,” “Food Patriots” and “Soul Food Junkies,” will take up issues related to the dark side of the food industry,...
View ArticleA simple seed germination test
With seed swap season in full swing, many of us are swooping up all kinds of seeds with visions of nutritious vegetables dancing in our heads. But what if those seeds don’t yield what we’re expecting?...
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One Earth Film Fest April 27-29 in Oak Park/River Forest
To stimulate dialogue and inspire planet-friendly action, Green Community Connections in Oak Park is hosting its first One Earth Film Fest 2012 April 27-29. The planning committee evaluated and...
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Chicago Food hubs connect producers, buyers
The U. S. Department of Agriculture has compiled the first Regional Food Hub Resource Guide, which lists these innovative business models across the country—from Amissville, Va., to Salinas, Calif....
View ArticleUrban Farming: Chicago style
Urban farming has taken root all over this city of concrete sidewalks, glass skyscrapers and red-brick bungalows. It’s not unusual to see vegetables growing in raised beds in community gardens on a...
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Putting teeth into a Food Plan for Chicago
An Austin resident prepares to plant vegetable in her community garden plot. /Seeding Chicago More than 350 people from all over Chicago have spent the last 12 months working to draft a healthy food...
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Grow lights are essential for healthy seedlings
By Nancy Traver Guest contributor My daughter bounded up the basement stairs today and jokingly asked, “Hey, Mom, are you growing marijuana down here?” She had spotted my grow light and the tiny green...
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Chicago’s South Shore gets a farmers market
The South Shore Farmers Market will be located in this circle at the Rainbow Beach Park. /Photo Credit: Jason Bryant With the Chicago skyline as a backdrop and the lakeshore at its doorstep, the...
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When nothing grew, soil became prime suspect
After five weeks, the plants in our raised bed have barely grown. /Seeding Chicago Part 1 Installing a new raised bed always raises a gardener’s expectations and hopes for a productive season of...
View ArticleLoyola to host Urban Food Symposium
Food. It’s a topic that keeps expanding. And Loyola University Chicago will add to the national conversation on Saturday, September 7, when it hosts the Urban Food Symposium at its new Institute for...
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