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In the past few weeks, Joy Weaver’s gotten pretty good at reading minds. Inside Catalpa Grove Farm Market, near Columbiana, Ohio, Weaver and other ...

Mindy Hanna never had gardened before, but she has a garden bigger than her house. Hanna, who lives in the 1400 block of South Glenwood Avenue, joined the ...

The Illinois Stewardship Alliance is kicking off a local foods campaign, Buy Fresh Buy Local Central Illinois.

Start planning now for a day in the country. Enjoy a meal under the trees with good food and good company in support of Slow Food local activities.

Smile Politely's local food postings, including chef Alisa Demarco's farmer's market watch

This is the blog for Urbana's Market at the Square, the weekly farmers' market in Urbana, Illinois. Fresh produce, meat and dairy products, plants, cut ...

This PowerPoint presentation provides an argument for supporting a community-based food system. It examines the differences between a local, or ...

Information and discussion on how to purchase and market locally grown and processed food

Information and discussion on supporting the producers of locally produced/processed foods

USQI is part of two ongoing studies. One is a study of soil quality in 10 different community gardens in Chicago. The other study is about how people learn ...

Abstract: To assist consumers in understanding food system issues and to help them make informed choices, educators first need to engage their interests. To ...

G. W. Stevenson et al. have developed an analytical framework for interpreting food systems change as a social movement. This framework focuses on the ...

Common Ground Food Co-op is a cooperatively owned grocery store that promotes local and organic production, fosters conscious consumerism, and builds community.

Every Saturday morning May 12th thru November 10th from 7:00 am until noon on the southeast lot of Lincoln Square, Downtown Urbana (Corner of Illinois & Vine ...

The Land Connection is working to create a food system that is truly sustainable -- * one that enables farmers to make a living without handouts, and one that ...