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Building for Growth
Improving Illinois' Food System Infrastructure
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 FamilyFarmed.org, in partnership with Neumann Family Services, is excited to announce the greater Chicagoland extension of our Building for Growth project.
Building for Growth encourages and supports infrastructure development in Illinois to help fruit and vegetable growers as well as artisan food producers to expand their business and increase their revenue. A primary goal of the project is to create a packing house and community kitchen resource planning guide for use by stakeholders throughout Illinois- including growers, regional planners, and entrepreneurs.
As part of our research, we are conducting two feasibility studies for community kitchens, one in Tazewell County and one in Chicago. A community kitchen can go a long way toward alleviating some of the barriers growers and food artisans face when attempting to build or expand their business with value-added products. It can also serve as economic development catalyst for the community, employees, and stakeholders engaged in business there.
FamilyFarmed.org has just released the community kitchen survey for greater Chicagoland farmers and food entrepreneurs.
Know of someone that might be interested in the proposed facility? Please forward this along!
To take the survey, please click here.
For more information, please click here .
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Visit FamilyFarmed.org on Green Street at Lollapalooza!
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 Familyfarmed.org is thrilled to have been chosen as a Green Street exhibitor at Lollapalooza. Green Street is the public face of Lollapalooza's environmental initiatives where you can shop eco-friendly goods from the Green Street Art Market, taste Farm-to-Festival offerings at the Farmers Market, get involved with a noble cause, and of course visit with the team at FamilyFarmed.org! So be sure to step out of the sun and learn about the great work being done by all of the Green Street organizations.
Find FamilyFarmed.org at Lollapalooza's Green Street August 5, 6 & 7 from 11am to 8pm.
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Growing Home Summer Open House
|  Join Growing Home on August 6 for their annual Summer Open House. Visit the Wood St farm, and enjoy all the fruits (and veggies) of their labor of love!
Enjoy a cookout, cooking demos, gardening demonstrations and more! Please RSVP to Seneka Kern, here. 12-3 pm 5814 S Wood, Chicago, IL Co-sponsored by the Chicago Chapter of the Social Enterprise Alliance. |
Awesome Food Microgrants
|  A new microgrant program from The Awesome Foundation will directly target efforts to support "food awesomeness" across the globe.
The program is called Awesome Food, and will be offering a monthly $1,000 grant to businesses and organizations that have creative and groundbreaking ideas involving food. The application is simple and has no deadline!
Are you interested in being a trustee? Awesome Food is now accepting applications for individuals interested in supporting their project. More information is available here.
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An Interview with Jim Slama
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This past month, FamilyFarmed.org's President, Jim Slama, was interviewed by OpEd News about his work and the importance of good, local food.
It's a great resource for those wishing to learn about the great work of Jim and FamilyFarmed.org.
To read the interview, click here.
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O'Hare Apiary Makes Headlines!
| FamilyFarmed EXPO exhibitor Sweet Beginnings has made headlines with a new apiary at O'Hare International Airport.
It's the first apiary at an airport in the United States and consists of 33 hives. The hives are part of the O'Hare Modernization Project, and will support the fantastic work Sweet Beginnings does offering transitional jobs to those facing employment barriers.
More information about the O'Hare apiary and Sweet Beginnings can be found here.
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Localfest! A Fundraiser to Support Local Economies
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 Growing Films presents a fundraiser to build awareness for developing local solutions to food scarcity and support local economies.
In support of GROW, a movie that explores the grassroots development of regional food systems, this fundraiser will help defray editing costs.
August 10, 2011
6pm, Lincoln Hall
2424 N Lincoln Ave
Chicago, IL 60614
More information, please click here.
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