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Fernwood Symposium, Openlands Lakeshore Preserve and The Local Beet’s 2011 CSA list

February 27, 2011 Next week: An all-star lineup at a great gardening event…in Michigan! If you’re a gardening fan and you live in Chicago, you know what’s happening next Saturday. Yes, it’s Fernwood’s Spring Garden Symposium at the Fernwood Botanical Gardens … Continue reading

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Voting in Chicago, caring for natives in McHenry, and delivering fresh food throughout Chicagoland

February 20, 2011 If you live in Chicago, please exercise your right to vote this Tuesday I was thinking about Chicago’s municipal election as I sat in City Hall last Monday, listening to witnesses testify in 49th Ward Alderman Joe … Continue reading

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The USDA unleashes GE alfalfa and sugar beets: What’s ahead for the Organic Community?

February 6, 2011 First alfalfa, now sugar beets. Are the GMO floodgates open? Enviros were shocked but probably not surprised when, on January 27, USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack said that farmers could proceed with planting genetically altered alfalfa without restrictions. … Continue reading

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