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Bob Benenson

Nov 181 min read

FOOD NON-PROFITS i Register for Everything Local presented by Illinois Farmers Market Association, IL Farm Bureau & IL Specialty Growers...

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...