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FOOD NON-PROFITS i Register for Everything Local presented by Illinois Farmers Market Association, IL Farm Bureau & IL Specialty Growers...
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Bob Benenson
Sep 252 min read
There's No Place Like Homegrown: The Non-Profits of Farm Aid 2024
FARM AID l One of the most rewarding parts of attending Farm Aid is spending time with food non-profits exhibiting in the Homegrown Village
Bob Benenson
Sep 21 min read
Soul of the Soil Conference Digs Deep on September 23 and 24
SUSTAINABILITY l Preserving and improving the health of our soils is crucial. Learn about a late September conference focused on this issue
Bob Benenson
Aug 261 min read
Chef Cleetus Friedman Honors Late Father with Scleroderma Fundraiser
EVENTS l Chef Cleetus Friedman is holding his 16th annual event to raise money to fight scleroderma, an illness that took his father's life.
Bob Benenson
Aug 261 min read
Illinois Hemp Growers' Fundraiser Outing is Par for the Course
FARM NON-PROFITS l While many non-profits hold dinners and galas, Illinois Hemp Growers Association is raising money with a fun day out...
Bob Benenson
Aug 251 min read
Non-Profit Elawa Farm Sets Annual Dinner, Seeks Farm Manager
FOOD NON-PROFITS l Elawa Farm, a non-profit in Lake Forest, IL, is hosting a leading chef for its annual dinner and is hiring a farm manager
Bob Benenson
Aug 202 min read
Hope is the Word for Chef Tigist Reda's Humanitarian Fundraiser
EVENTS l Tigist Reda (Demera Ethiopian Restaurant) is holding her 4th fundraiser to provide health care in her war-torn native province...
Bob Benenson
Aug 151 min read
Liberty Prairie Non-Profit to Cut Ribbon on Living Laboratory
FOOD NON-PROFITS l Liberty Prairie, a Chicago-area non-profit focused on building a better food system, will soon open its Living Laboratory
Bob Benenson
Aug 143 min read
Northern IL Young Farmers Event: Consider Yourself Part of the Farmily
EVENTS l Northern Illinois Young Farmers Coalition works hard but they take time to play. Learn about their upcoming Farm-ily Reunion...
Bob Benenson
Aug 141 min read
Cooking School Competition to Benefit Chicago's Common Pantry
CHEF PHILANTHROPY l Chicago's The Chopping Block cooking school is holding a competition of its chefs to benefit a local food pantry...
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