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In thick of winter, seed swap season heats up

by Cassandra West February 7, 2011 Community
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The snow may keep coming down here in Chicago, but we know the growing season is coming, too. To help gardeners get ready, communities and organizations are hosting seed swaps this month. In the last few years, seed swaps have become popular in the U.S., and they’re growing trend in the U.K., where Seedy Sunday [...]

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One Seed Chicago: Eggplant, radish or swiss chard?

by Cassandra West January 30, 2011 Community gardening

Thinking about what to plant when the growing season finally returns to Chicago? After a long, cold, snowy winter like the one we’ve had here, many local gardeners are dreaming about seeds and soil and sun — and the crops to come. We are. In the meantime, we can make real those dreams by choosing [...]

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Woodlawn garden wins Chicago landscape award

by Editor October 20, 2010 Community gardening

By Susan Richardson The 65th Street and Woodlawn Community Garden recently won first prize in Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley’s Landscape Awards in the vegetable garden category, competing against 13 other gardens. The Cook County Sheriff’s Office, which runs a vegetable garden at the County Jail, and the Fulton Street Flower and Vegetable Garden took [...]

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Mixing it up with Erlene The Compost Queen

by Lori Rotenberk October 13, 2010 Composting
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One day last October as she readied to pitch a bag of food waste—fruit skins and peels—into the abyss of the trash bin, Erlene Howard had a whiff of an idea. Instead of tossing the bag she dropped her last name, Howard, and transformed herself into Erlene The Compost Queen, and in May launched Collective [...]

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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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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 has [...]

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Hen-apalooza: Chicago’s 1st annual Chicken Coop Tour

by Lori Rotenberk October 3, 2010 Chicken farmers
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Whether you’re already raising chickens or pondering keeping a backyard coop and have questions, think Hen-apalooza. What? Hen-apalooza, the first annual Chicagoland Chicken Coop Tour debuting on Sunday, Oct. 3, from 10 a.m. To 3 p.m., bringing you beak-to-beak with 15 backyard coops as well as their owners. Founded by the Chicago Chicken Enthusiasts Google [...]

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Logan Square orchard project moves closer to reality

by Lori Rotenberk September 24, 2010 Community
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By Lori Rotenberk, Seeding Chicago staff Pocked and puddled, all that grows in this vacant site along the Blue Line at Milwaukee Avenue and Logan Boulevard is the amount of debris. Sodden paper, junk food wrappers, a cluster of spent tires set against a graffiti coated concrete wall. Yet, a sign of hope sprouts. Literally. [...]

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Federal grant helps Chicago fight childhood obesity

by Editor September 20, 2010 Health

By Susan Richardson Long before First Lady Michelle Obama put childhood obesity in the national spotlight, the Consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago Children was working to combat this health epidemic.  Last week, the federal government recognized the organization’s work when it announced that it had awarded nearly $6 million to the Consortium, which partnered [...]

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