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Movie: Urban Roots Sunday Dec. 11th
5-8 pmRevolution Brewery
2323 N. Milwaukee Ave. Chicago
A documentary about urban agriculture in Detroit. Tickets $5 at the door. Also, if you bring a canned good to donate to the food drive, you will also receive one free drink ticket!!
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Chicago Food Policy Advisory Council meeting Thursday, Aug. 11
5 - 7:30 p.m.DePaul Center
1 E. Jackson, Room C-100
Will be discussing the newly revised urban agriculture ordinance proposed by Mayor Emanuel and CFPAC's partnership and participation in the Community and Regional Food Systems project.
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Film screening + panel discussion
"Food Deserts in a Land of Plenty"
A new film by Sarah CarlsonThursday, July 7
5:30 - 8:30 p.m.Jane Addams Hull-House Museum
800 S. Halsted, Chicago
Panelists include Illinois Sen. Jacqueline Collins, (21st Dist.), sponsor of the Fresh Food Financing Initiative.
Additional information and to RSVP
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Sustainable Backyard
WorkshopsTuesday, July 26
6- 8 p.m.
Chicago Center for Green Technology
445 N. Sacramento Blvd.
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SOIL CLASSES
Soil Critters Are Good
for Your PlantsMay 17, 6-8 pm
Chicago Center for Green Technology
445 N. Sacramento Blvd., Chicago
Green Tech U Workshops registration
Billions of soil organisms are actively working to recycle organic matter and make plant nutrients available to your hungry plants. The role of these valuable organisms (soil critters) will be looked at and discussed. Discover how the soil foodweb works and get a better understanding of how you can use all these miraculous creatures in your next project. Lynn Bement will show you how to deliver exactly what your landscape needs.
******PLANT SALE
Oak Park ConservatoryMay 7, 8 am-4pm
Oak Park Conservatory
The Friends of the Oak Park Conservatory annual fund raising plant sale will offer a huge variety of plants for every gardener's yard.
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FILM SHOWING
Queen of the Sun:
What are the Bees Telling Us?April 29-May 5
Music Box Theatre
A profound, alternative look into the problems and solutions of the global honeybee crisis
Watch the trailer:
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OPEN HOUSE Environment, Agriculture & Food
Working group
at the University of ChicagoApril 28, 3:30-5 p.m.
Group members will discuss
current research
and ways to get involved
For more information, visit: eaf.uchicago.edu
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Backyard Beekeeping
April 23, 10-Noon
Washington Park Field House
5531 S King Drive
GRAND OPENING
Real Naked FoodsApril 22 (Earth Day)
1909 W Division St., Chicago
A small, full-service grocery store in Wicker Park, specializing in mostly unpackaged organic, local, eco-friendly foods and products for the home.Our new logo
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