Schneider Logistics - Greenfeast Food Drive
Greenfeast had a great donation event thanks to Schneider Logistics!
Guidelines For Growing Vegetables Chart
Guidelines For Growing Vegetables Chart
There is nothing quite like the delight of growing your own vegetables. Growing your own vegetables organically ensures healthful produce and saves you the high prices of organically grown produce at the grocery store.
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Mealtime.org
Mealtime.org
The Canned Food Alliance (CFA) has been named as a National Strategic Partner by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion (CNPP). National Strategic Partners support the mission of the USDA CNPP to promote the 2010 US Dietary Guidelines and MyPlate icon.
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Food Pantries
Food Pantries
Here are some of the food banks that can connect you to food pantries in Illinois.
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Illinois Department of Human Services
Illinois Department of Human Services
Illinois created DHS in 1997, to provide our state's residents with streamlined access to integrated services, especially those who are striving to move from welfare to work and economic independence, and others who face multiple challenges to self-sufficiency.
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The Edible Gardens
The Edible Gardens
The Organic Gardener’s flagship project—open to the public and welcoming more than 25,000 visitors annually—is The Edible Gardens, planted and maintained by Green City Market in the Lincoln Park Zoo’s Farm-in-the-Zoo presented by John Deere.
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A Million Acts of Safety
A Million Acts of Safety
Each day you do things to protect yourself, your family, your coworkers and those important in your life. Here’s your chance to share these safety acts with the world. A Million Acts of Safety is about sharing YOUR stories and learning new ways to stay safe at home, at work and on the roads. Join the movement - with a million ideas - and let the world know that safety is important to you.
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Chicago Farms and Projects
Chicago Farms and Projects
Assisting emerging Community Food Centers and urban and small farm projects in the metropolitan Chicago area. By bringing together food related activities that are typically dispersed, an urban farm as a community food center allows for an integrated approach to addressing food security, ecological, nutrition and public health issues.
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Michelle Obama Urges Mayors to Adopt Chicago’s Food-Desert Fight
Michelle Obama Urges Mayors to Adopt Chicago’s Food-Desert Fight
Michelle Obama returned to her hometown yesterday to implore mayors across the U.S. to follow the lead of Chicago, which has shrunk the size of its so-called food deserts, where families can’t easily buy healthy foods.
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