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“Living Downstream” documentary screens in Chicago Oct. 19

by Lori Rotenberk October 15, 2010 Documentary
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Share Screenings for the new and highly acclaimed documentary “Living Downstream” based on the book by Sandra Steingraber will be held in five Illinois cities beginning Oct. 16. Steingraber, a biologist born and raised in Pekin, Ill., was at 20, diagnosed with bladder cancer. Through investigation and research, Steingraber reveals how the chemicals atrazine, an [...]

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Mixing it up with Erlene The Compost Queen

by Lori Rotenberk October 13, 2010 Composting
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Share 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 [...]

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Financing Local Food: ‘Putting Your Money Where Your Mouth Is’

by Editor May 15, 2010 environment

Share By Susan Richardson From support for supermarkets in neighborhoods with more liquor stores than healthy food choices to efforts to increase the number of USDA certified organic poultry processors, philanthropic organizations are increasingly taking part in a growing movement for sustainable agriculture and access to healthy food.   “This is a time of convergence,” said [...]

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Action Alert – Protect Your Right to Know Which Foods Contain GMOs

by Cassandra West May 4, 2010 environment

Share Please send this URGENT message to U.S. Government leaders to protect your right to know which foods are made from genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Click and send an email today to the Secretaries of State (Clinton), Agriculture (Vilsack), and Health and Human Services (Sebelius). Please try to do this before Wednesday, May 5, but [...]

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Oscar-Nominated Documentary Tackles Food Production

by Editor April 21, 2010 Grocery stores

Share 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, [...]

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"Dirt! The Movie" screens @ Chicago Cultural Center

by Cassandra West March 19, 2010 environment

Share “DIRT! The Movie” explores the wonders of the soil and tells the story of Earth’s most valuable and underappreciated source of fertility. Chicago Community Cinema will present a screening of “Dirt!” 2 p.m. Saturday, March 20 Chicago Cultural Center 78 E. Washington St. In the Claudia Cassidy Theater We hope you will come out [...]

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A garden grew in Woodlawn…and produced this blog

by Cassandra West March 18, 2010 Neighborhoods

Share Seeding Chicago grew from many long dinner conversations between two friends in summer 2009. One friend, Susan, was a new urban farmer, excited by the prospect of growing her favorite vegetables on the 10 x 10 plot she rented in the Woodlawn Community Garden. The other friend, Cassandra, was intrigued by the idea of [...]

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