Posted in Blog on May 7th, 2010
Composting is an obvious and inexpensive technique that would improve our soil and food quality while keeping rotting food out of landfills. Constructing vegetable bins on parking lots or vacant lots and using the rich compost as organic soil would be a win for everyone. Putting a compost bin on every corner and educating people [...]
Posted in Events Calendar on Apr 29th, 2010
Title: Open Lands – Community Vegetable Gardening Workshop @ Mess Hall Location: Mess Hall, 6932 N Glenwood, Chicago, IL Description: Mess Hall’s calendar doesn’t have much information on this event but if you’re in the neighborhood stop by. This is about doing the work, not writing about doing the work. Start Time: 2:00 p.m. Date: [...]
Posted in Housing Resources - local on Feb 28th, 2010
The Waterside Co-op is a 4 bedroom, 107 yr old, organic Victorian house in Lincoln Square/Ravenswood, near Campbell and Sunnyside, near public transportation. It’s across the street from a huge organic community garden where we grow raspberries and mint. We participate in and co-ordinate environmental, justice, and peace initiatives (not all at the same time) [...]
Posted in Blog on Feb 3rd, 2010
Traffic moves, buses run. Buildings, except for the abandoned businesses, look pretty much the same. Grocery stores are loaded with food that is colorfully packaged but synthetic and devoid of nutrients. On my route anyway, if you visited from outer space five years ago and again this week, things look pretty much the same. Scratch [...]
Posted in Blog on Nov 17th, 2009
The entire country seems to be having a deer in headlights moment: stunned with fear. With our social fabric rent to shreds, if there ever was a time for a new model, this is it. Cooperative community diners pose an elegant solution that may solve myriad problems on many levels. The diners of my youth [...]
Posted in Events Calendar on Nov 16th, 2009
Title: Study & Dialogue Series: Menu for the Future, Session 6 – Choices for Change Location: Location: Euclid Ave UMC, 405 S Euclid Ave, Oak Park Link out: Click here Description: Food is a central part of our social, cultural and even spiritual lives! It’s the “elephant in the room” in our health care debate, [...]
Posted in Events Calendar on Oct 30th, 2009
Title: Study & Dialogue Series: Menu for the Future, Session 5 – Towards a Just Food System Location: Euclid Ave UMC, 405 S Euclid Ave, Oak Park Link out: Click here Description: Food is a central part of our social, cultural and even spiritual lives! It’s the “elephant in the room” in our health care [...]
Posted in Events Calendar on Oct 30th, 2009
Title: Study & Dialogue Series: Menu for the Future, Session 4 – You Are What You Eat Location: Euclid Ave UMC, 405 S Euclid Ave, Oak Park Link out: Click here Description: Food is a central part of our social, cultural and even spiritual lives! It’s the “elephant in the room” in our health care [...]
Posted in Blog, Events Calendar on Sep 30th, 2009
Food is a central part of our social, cultural and even spiritual lives! It’s the “elephant in the room” in our health care debate, it’s integral to many of our ecological concerns, and it’s the most basic sign of inequality among the various peoples of the world. Join us this fall for one or all [...]
Posted in Blog on Jun 4th, 2009
The hard reality of the economic implosion has not been lost on the food marketers. McDonald’s advertises that you can get a sandwich, fries and a soft drink for less than $5. Snickers’ new slogans include Hungerency, Snack Sum Yum, others. Subliminal advertising is very effective. When people are hungry to begin with, it packs [...]