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Goats in the City
Get a firsthand experience of the famous Harambee Goats. One of the earliest domesticated animals, goats have been providing for human beings for thousands of years. Join us for a chance to participate in a unique project that is exploring the role goats can play in both vacant lots and your own back yard. You…
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What’s on Your Plate?
A screening of the film “What’s on Your Plate” will be shown at the Austin Town Hall Auditorium, 5610 W. Lake St., Chicago, at 12pm on June 18th, 2011. Here’s a link to the trailer, http://www.whatsonyourplateproject.org/about/watch. This event is open to anyone, but is especially a great opportunity for parents and their children. It is…
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FRESH, THE MOVIE
New thinking about what we’re eating FRESH, the Movie Sunday ▪ March 20 ▪ 6:00-8:00pm Euclid Ave UMC, 405 S. Euclid Ave, Oak Park Sponsored by the Green Action Task Force @ Euclid Avenue UMC The movie, FRESH, features farmers, thinkers and business people across America who are re-inventing our food system. Each has…
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Sustainability and Community Resilience Presentation February 2nd
Sustainability and Community Resilience Healthy Food Hub Market Day Sat. Feb. 5th, 12-2 7823 S. Ellis, Chicago IL (enter from the rear parking lot) This past summer, you may have heard different people talking about the Healthy Food Hub CSA and wondered what it is all about. One of the reasons that the local food…
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BUGS (Building Urban Gardens) Class Starts January 29, 2011
HAPPY NEW YEAR! If you want to take the Building Urban Gardens (BUGs) classes in 2011 you need to sign up now. NeighborSpace will subsidize the complete costs of the class. Just tell Julie that you are a NeighborSpace gardener and the name of your garden when you sign up. Don’t wait. Do it today.…
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Green Community Connections: Tues, Sept 7, 2010
A notice about a local group interested in sustainably minded getting together shared with us by Sally Stoville and Dick Alton, Root-Riot Regulars at Harambee. – Amy + Seamus ________________________________________________________________ Green Community Connections: a forum for sustainability advocates Tuesday, September 7, 2010 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM Hassler Hall at Euclid Avenue United Methodist Church…
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iPhone Garden App for Math Challenged Gardeners
Haven’t tried it but thought this looked interesting. For the math challenged gardeners among us, there’s an app for that. The Garden Buddy iPhone garden app features a number of handy calculators as well as useful planting information. Using the native GPS location services on the iPhone, it provides location-based real…
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Providence Baptist Church Farmers Market
Hi Everyone, Ms. Jones of the Harambee garden is inviting anyone from Root riot to participate in a farmers market that is being held at the Original Providence Baptist Church located at 515 S. Pine, Chicago, IL 60644. (Just a few The market will be taking place this Saturday from 9am until Noon and all…
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Our Good Works and Reputation are Spreading!
Our good works and reputation are spreading! On Friday, July 30, Cook County Commissioner Earlean Collins and Frederick Douglass High School Principal Dr. Deborah Crump did a walkthrough tour of our garden. As a follow-up, Root Riot Harambee was mentioned in a Chicago CBS News story. http://cbs2chicago.com/local/crime.fighting.initiatives.2.1840118.html#comments
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Chicken Talk with Jennifer Murtoff
On Thursday, July 22nd Jennifer Murtoff of Home to Roost gave a talk about raising chickens in an urban environment. Murtoff brought 2 chickens in a travel pen. Both were hens. Roosters are illegal in Chicago; they crow all the time, not just in the morning. You don’t have to have a rooster for hens…
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