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Emanuel plans to expand urban agriculture in Chicago

by Editor July 26, 2011 Agriculture

Share Mayor Rahm Emanuel plans to expand community gardens and urban farms to promote economic development, job creation and increase access to healthier food options in Chicago’s food deserts. “It is unacceptable that thousands of Chicagoans live in communities that lack access to fresh foods,” Emanuel said Tuesday during a ribbon-cutting for the urban Iron [...]

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Chicagoan LaDonna Redmond joins Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy

by Cassandra West March 19, 2011 Agribusiness
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Share LaDonna Redmond, the new Food and Justice Senior Program Associate for The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, was back in Chicago this weekend for the Family Farmed Expo. Redmond, who recently relocated to Minneapolis to join IATP, is a Chicago native who built a national reputation around advocating for equitable food access, developing [...]

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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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Food gardens help revitalize Chicago’s Englewood

by Editor July 19, 2010 Community

Share   By Susan Richardson Within earshot of the Green Line on a residential street in Englewood, Dip Ross sells chips and soft drinks and locally grown produce at his food stand. Bell peppers, onions, corn and squash are sold along with beef nachos and snow cones.  The produce comes from Rowan Trees Farm, a [...]

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Shabazz Food Hub connects farms and cities

by Editor May 27, 2010 Community
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Share A young volunteer at Shabazz Food Hub Market Days By Susan Richardson The smell of mustard greens sautéed in olive oil with garlic fills the air in an auditorium at Betty Shabazz International Charter School in Chicago.  People browse and buy produce and seedlings on a Saturday afternoon. It is Market Day at the Shabazz [...]

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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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Michelle Obama takes on food deserts

by Cassandra West April 15, 2010 Community

Share [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEx3LfKS6RY&hl=en_US&fs=1&] First Lady Michelle Obama says “let’s move” on ending food deserts to make sure everyone in the U.S. has access to safe, healthy food. Find out what is being done to combat these nutritional wastelands on a trip to Philadelphia with Mrs. Obama and U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. Learn more [...]

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