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Growing Power

From Fast Food Nation to Pro Food Ventures

Rob Smart | Posted 11.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Farms, Retail, Growing Power, The Jungle, Farmers, Food Retail, Will Allen, Upton Sinclair, Business, Fast Food Nation, Innovation, Usda, Slow Money, Michael Pollan, Pro Food, Food Inc., Industrial Food, Sustainable, Organic, The Omnivore's Dilemma, Local, Eric Schlosser, Pro, Investments, Triple Bottom Line, Venture Capital, Entrepreneurship, Business News
Rob Smart

Early pioneers of the sustainable food movement, with dirt on their hands, lessons learned and progress made, have played a critical role in blazing trails for new ventures.

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Chicago's Green Food Resolution Advances

Wesley Epplin | Posted 08.27.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Organic Farming, Food Movement, Chicago City Council, Organic Gardening, Growing Power, Organic Food, Farmers Markets, Chicago Food Deserts, Green Food Resolution, Local Farmers, Local Food Movement, Food, Green Living, Chicago News
Wesley Epplin

Chicago is even closer to beating out the likes of New York and San Francisco in officially resolving to help both the the planet and their citizens by encouraging more sustainable, healthier food options.

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The Politician Who's Ready to Reclaim Our Food Chain Now

Kerry Trueman | Posted 03.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Michael Pollan, Growing Power, Mayor Bloomberg, Foodshed, Sustainability, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, Will Allen, New York City, Food Deserts, Environment, Food, Green Living, Green News
Kerry Trueman

While Obama and Tom Vilsack have given lip service to the merits of Michael Pollan's proposals, our bold Manhattan borough president has been busy actively working to implement them.

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Food Fight Documents The Agri-Culture Wars

Kerry Trueman | Posted 12.07.2008 | Green

Read More: Michael Pollan, Alice Waters, Agribiz, Food Fight, Growing Power, Industrial Agriculture, Green News
Kerry Trueman

The film Food Fight rounds up all the usual suspects to decry this rotten food system, as well as the true foot soldiers in the battle to make real food available to all of us, regardless of income or region.

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Fast, Cheap and Easy: How Fringe Food Hurts Public Health When it's the Only Choice

Mari Gallagher | Posted 10.31.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Fringe Retailers, Fas Cheap and Easy, Fresh Food and Cities, Convenience Food Factor, Public Health, Food, Mainstream Grocers, Chatham Foods, Chicago Food Deserts, Fringe Food, Mainstream Food, Growing Power, Food Deserts, Chicago News
Mari Gallagher

We consider a mainstream grocery store a place where you can support a healthy diet on a regular basis. A fringe food location is the opposite; it is not inherently bad, but when it's the primary food source, local diets and public health suffer.

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Farming Chicago

Progress Illinois | Adam Doster | Posted 10.10.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Grow Local Chicago, Growing Power, Sustainable Food, Urban Farming, Green City Market, Urban Farming Chicago, Sustainable Agriculture, Green Living, Growing Home Chicago, Eat Local Chicago, Growing Home, City Farm, Chicago Food, City Farm Chicago, Chicago Farms, Chicago News

was just past 9 am and the sun was already beating down on the dozen or so teens assembled in a small corner of Chicago's Grant Park. Wisely, Jessica...

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