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The Chicken Cooperative Tour, Aug 1st
Our local Chicken Expert just sent this info… The Center for Sustainable Community (in Stelle, IL) is hosting a coop tour on August 1. It includes a tour of their land, including the chicken co-op. CSC is an intentional community created by a group of Rogers Park residents. About 2+ hours south of Chicago, it…
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Updated: Learn from Others: Visit Local Gardens, July 31st
Hello Everyone, (updated July 28th) Saturday, July 31st is the date we dedicated to touring other community gardens. This is a part of our educational series at Root-Riot to help us learn from what others are doing. This will allow us to talk to other gardeners to get advice and ideas to help us in…
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Two Interesting Stories About Food Production
Here are the two radio pieces mentioned at the Wednesday Root Riot Harambee team meeting. Both radio pieces were on WBEZ earlier this week (7/12/2010) about aspects of food production. They touched on topics that have been discussed at the Harambee garden over the last couple of weeks, and I thought others might find them interesting. You should be…
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Core Learning Session Sat & Sun Jun 12 & 13.
Hello Everyone, The second session in the Root-Riot Core Learning Series takes place this weekend. On Saturday, June 12th at 2:30 PM at the Madison and Grove site or Sunday, June 13th at 2:30 PM at the Harambee site (Race and Waller). Each day will have a different speaker but similar topics will be covered.…
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July 16: Garden In A City
City Farm: Garden in a City Friday July 16th 2:00 PM $15/29 At Clybourn & Division Some of Chicago’s finest restaurants get their produce from City Farm, a sustainable vegetable farm bordering the remains of Cabrini-Green. The Resources Center has transformed a bleak vacant lot into a rich landscape, using innovative techniques to reverse waste…
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First time Gardners Session II!
Click here for the Pete’s New Gardening Beginner Lesson Sometimes when someone speaks they make you think about the world in a different way. Pete has such a wealth of information about gardening and we are lucky that he sharing it with the Root-Riot Regulars. Pete’s constant council throughout his talk was to…
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