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Locally grown, locally produced foods taking hold

by Cassandra West September 18, 2011 Chicago
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Share Take a look around and perhaps you’ve noticed a trend we’ve been following recently: the growth of locally produced specialty foods and drinks. Increasingly, local foods entrepreneurs are moving beyond selling produce fresh from the garden or farm. Many are now turning locally grown produce into condiments, teas, seasonings, herbal tinctures, bath and body [...]

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Healthy food hub opens at Chicago’s Malcolm X College

by Editor October 8, 2010 black farmers
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Share By Susan Richardson Less than a year after opening its second food hub in Chicago, Black Oaks Center for Sustainable Renewable Living recently opened its third hub at Malcolm X College on the city’s West Side. Through biweekly market days, the hub connects residents with fresh produce from regional and national farmers. The Center [...]

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Advocates for Urban Agriculture send a letter to Vilsack

by Cassandra West July 30, 2010 Farmers markets
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Share Chicago’s Advocates for Urban Agriculture sent a letter this week to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack in support of the USDA’s “Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food” initiative. The initiative is designed to create new economic opportunities by better connecting consumers with local producers, but some Republican senators have criticized it, saying [...]

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Philadelphia urban farm grows roots in old industrial neighborhood

by Cassandra West June 20, 2010 Economic development
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Share PHILADELPHIA — Farming in the city isn’t always a viable business model, those who attempt it will admit. Sometimes, though, an urban farmer gets it right—growing not only good, fresh food but building strong community ties along the way. That’s what Greensgrow Farm has done since opening a dozen years ago in one of [...]

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USDA Report: Local Food Markets Growing, Effects on Health Still Unclear

by Editor May 29, 2010 environment

Share By Susan Richardson Farmers markets and other  direct sales of produce to consumers account for a small, but growing, share of U.S. agricultural production, according to a new report by the Economic Research Service, a program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.  “For smaller farms, direct marketing to consumers accounts for a higher percentage [...]

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'Greenest Market' coming

by Cassandra West May 14, 2010 Community

Share Billing itself as Chicago’s “greenest” market, the new Glenwood Sunday Market in Rogers Park opens June 6 at 9 a.m., with a ribbon cutting at 8:30. Food produced by 11 farmers will be offered. All the farmers are and either certified organic or transitioning to organic and come from within 200 radius of Zip [...]

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Wholesome Wave Foundation funds 'Link Bucks' at Farmers Markets

by Cassandra West April 28, 2010 Community

Share 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 [...]

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5 Chicago Farmers Markets to accept EBT/LINK this season

by Cassandra West April 22, 2010 Community

Share 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; [...]

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