The UA zoning ordinance was NOT on the Zoning committee meeting agenda on March 3, and we don’t yet have word when they plan to address it, but we keep asking. See More Info below. We’ll talk about all of this at the 6th Annual Chicago Food Policy Summit...
Vote now at One Seed Chicago for your favorite seed. One Seed Chicago is an urban greening project. People, just like you, vote for a favorite seed and One Seed Chicago mails you the seeds for free. Grow them in your garden or a community garden in your neighborhood....
Ever wish Famers Markets lasted all year round so you could see the actual person who grew your wintry vegetables, made your tasty preserves or baked your delicious breads even when the weather outside is frightful? Ever wish that if you had a particularly rough one...
The last place you expect to see a vegetable garden is behind tall fences topped off with razor wire, but at the Cook County Jail there is a 13 thousand square-foot vegetable garden grown by inmates. This vegetable garden is a joint effort by The Cook County...
Though urban farming has been around since the days of Machu Picchu, urban gardens are only recently becoming popular in U.S. cities. To make you immediately nostalgic for those quickly disappearing summer days, Causecast wanted to take a look at the five American...
If you’re a gardener you probably look at a lot of books and magazines with hand models who have perfectly manicured nails holding tools, plants, seedlings or produce. If you’re anything like me you probably laugh at such ridiculousness. Anyone who spends...
