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Food Entrepreneurs Grow Sweet on Emanuel

Chicago Tribune reporter, Monica Eng, wrote about some of the issues being addressed by Mayor Emanuel’s office and the Chicago Department of Health where food entrepreneurs feel that there is hope in the future for food access, food safety and economic development related to food. To learn more about what she reported read the whole [...]

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Challenge the “Let’s Move” Campaign to Strengthen Food Access through Local Food

Imagine the community economic stimulus if the buying power of SNAP benefits were used to purchase locally grown and sold foods from farmers markets, roadside stands, pick-your-own operations, and grocery stores with local harvests….