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April 2010

A young farmer's field of greens and reds and yellows

by Cassandra West April 30, 2010 Green movement

A friend of ours in the western suburbs sent us her 9-year-old daughter’s garden layout (above). We were so impressed with the young farmer’s planning and ambitions that we want to share it with you. Mom Debbie, is an urban–er, suburban–farmer, too. By mid-summer, we expect both mom and daughter will have quite a yield. [...]

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Wholesome Wave Foundation funds 'Link Bucks' at Farmers Markets

by Cassandra West April 28, 2010 Community

Link card users will get more beans for their bucks at Chicago Farmers Market this season thanks to a grant from the Wholesome Wave Foundation to fund a Double Value Coupon Program. Experimental Station and the City of Chicago announced last week a program to accept Link (food stamps) at five city-run farmers markets starting [...]

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Lincoln Park Farmers Market opens May 15

by Cassandra West April 26, 2010 Community

The revamped Lincoln Park Farmers Market starts Sat., May 15 and continues every Saturday from 7am-1pm until Oct. 30 at the Lincoln Park High School parking lot (Armitage & Orchard). The new layout of the market puts vendors on the east half of the parking lot, allowing for patrons to enter and park through the [...]

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Bee Balm buzz at Garfield Conservatory's Green and Growing Fair

by Cassandra West April 25, 2010 Community

We met Mr. Brown Thumb (shy guy wouldn’t let us take his photo) and many other urban gardeners and gardening enthusiasts at Saturday’s Green & Growing Fair at Garfield Park Conservatory. More evidence, we see, that urban agriculture’s roots are getting deeper. You don’t hear the word wholesome much these days, but that’s the best [...]

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5 Chicago Farmers Markets to accept EBT/LINK this season

by Cassandra West April 22, 2010 Community

Five Chicago Farmers Markets have been authorized to accept EBT/LINK cards when the selling season kicks off on May 13, the Mayor’s Office of Special Events announced this week. EBT/LINK service will be available on these days: Tuesdays at Lincoln Square; Wednesdays at South Shore in the ShoreBank parking lot; Thursdays on Daley Plaza; Saturdays [...]

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Oscar-Nominated Documentary Tackles Food Production

by Editor April 21, 2010 Grocery stores

By Susan Richardson Food, Inc., a documentary that explores America’s industrialized food system and its effect on the environment, health, and economy, will be shown tonight, Wednesday, April 21, at 9 p.m. on WTTW 11.   The film, which was nominated for an Oscar, examines major issues surrounding food and food production: factory farming, genetic engineering, pesticides, [...]

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Crops on the corner: Hull-House farm a model for local production

by Cassandra West April 20, 2010 Community

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hi_FO6vG8zk&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00&hd=1] Standing inside a fenced-in space on the UIC campus, you can see Chicago’s tallest building, the Willis Tower (formerly Sears), a black soaring tube of steel and glass pitched stately against a cloudless sky. Cars, buses and trucks whiz by this barren patch on the corner of Taylor and Halsted streets in a city [...]

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May 1 is deadline for farmers market listings on state dept of agriculture website

by Cassandra West April 18, 2010 Farmers markets

To have your farmers market be included and updated on the Illinois Department of Agriculture’s website, contact Delayne Reeves by May 1st. See details below. This information is important for government agencies (local, federal, state) to have an accurate count of farmers markets and where they are located. Decisions about funding, etc., will be made [...]

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