How urban agriculture is taking root and transforming lives
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Revolution 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!!
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.
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
6- 8 p.m.
Chicago Center for Green Technology
445 N. Sacramento Blvd.
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.
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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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Music Box Theatre
A profound, alternative look into the problems and solutions of the global honeybee crisis
Watch the trailer:
Working group
at the University of Chicago
Group members will discuss
current research
and ways to get involved
For more information, visit: eaf.uchicago.edu
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Washington Park Field House
5531 S King Drive
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.
During the summer of 2010, we chronicled the growing season at Hull House Heirloom Urban Farm in Chicago. Here are the videos, featuring farmer Ryan, who runs the farm on the University of Chicago-Illinois campus.
Episode 1: April 18 — What's growing this season
Episode 2: May 18 — Noticing some growth
Episode 3: July 13 —
Height of summer growing season
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