Anne Ford — who is, by the way, a great example of a writer-as-polymath and whose work I always enjoy for its thorough, open-minded take on whatever it is that has captured her attention — has a nice piece in this week’s Reader on my friend Nance Klehm. This passage handily sums up why I … Continued
Karen Lehman and the Illinois Fresh Taste Initiative have launched a blog, the practically titled Good Food for All. In their own words (because I have to get back to work): “Good Food for All is a resource space for all those in the Greater Chicago Foodshed and beyond wishing to learn and engage with others in … Continued
(photo from GRG) The blog Green Roof Growers has a nice post about the Greenhouses of Hope at the Pacific Garden Mission. I work here once a week but wasn’t around for the planter project. I did spend most of last Monday sanding down some nice new worm bins, though — so if you’re in the market for a worm … Continued
When I worked at the Reader it was often hard to find time to go to the grocery store, and in summer I envied my friends their leisurely trips to the weekday farmers’ markets and their hefty Angelic Organics boxes bursting with CSA bounty. Envied, that was, until Vera Videnovich stepped up to the plate. … Continued
Mike Gebert’s latest Sky Full of Bacon podcast explores the rising popularity of urban foraging. Check it out to hear chef Art Jackson and artist-gardener extraordinaire Nance Klehm discuss the food to be found beneath your feet–and to remember what the city looked like in September, before that bacon sky turned mud-grey and the streets filled up with … Continued
Passing this on from Nance: The Greenhouses of Hope at Pacific Garden Mission, offers a pound of worms to the Chicagoland community for a $20 donation. We sell very nice untreated often reclaimed wood worm bins 1.5 cubic foot, ‘under-the-sink’wormerie w/ ~1000 worms for $75 9 cubic foot ‘bench warmer’ wormerie w/ 2,500 worms for … Continued
Sunday about 20 plant nerds converged on Gompers Park, at the far-northwest corner of Foster and Pulaski, for Nance‘s final foraging walk of the season. We walked into this thick stand of lambs quarters right off the bat; if you’re looking, it’s at the south end of a little bridge at the southwest corner of … Continued
Passed on from the master gardeners’ list-serv. Hey, it worked for Old MacDonald. Dean’s Forum: Urban Farming Solutions Wednesday, November 5th 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. UIC School of Public Health Auditorium A presentation by: Dickson Despommier, PhD Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University Local Panelists Rodger Cooley, Heifer International Erika Allen, Growing Power Orrin Williams, Growing Home Dr. Despommier’s … Continued