URBAN FARMING l Summer-like heat greeted a late September visit to a Chicago urban farm. Cold weather is inevitable, but for now, the growing season remains robust..

FOOD NON-PROFITS l Four reasons to attend Illinois Stewardship Alliance's fundraising feast Saturday on a farm in Naperville. And delicious food is only one of them

FARM AID l The press event that preceded the Farm Aid 2025 concert featured stars, staff and farmers highlighted the non-profit's role in supporting family farmers

FARM NON-PROFITS l The Liberty Prairie food education & farmland preservation non-profit has a fun Fall Festival fundraiser on Oct. 4 on its northeast Illinois farm

FARM AID l Farm Aid's annual music festival is always a blast. This year's 40th anniversary was something else again, with 37,000 attendees at a football stadium...

FARM AID l In a surprise announcement, Farm Aid on Sept. 17 added music icon Bob Dylan to its already epic lineup for its 40th anniversary concert on Sept. 20...

FOOD NON-PROFITS l Local Food Forum has been running a series of photo essays from Just Roots non-profit's Chicago farm. Here's another in the series... with a twist

FOOD NON-PROFITS l Every year there are clusters of events planned by Chicago non-profits. One of these is in mid-September, with three big events on one day alone

CHEF PHILANTHROPY l Chef Tigist Reda's homeland — the war-torn Ethiopian province of Tigray — has major health care needs... and she gives support with a fundraiser

FOOD NON-PROFITS l Food Animal Concerns Trust, located in Chicago since 1982, has moved to D.C. to increase its impact on livestock welfare and human health policy..