SOIL HEALTH WEEK l Soil Health Week, organized by Illinois Stewardship Alliance, which is coming up next week with informative and impactful virtual and live events

SUSTAINABILITY l Sharing a reminder: Nominations for the Climate Action Hero Awards — which now include a special category for farmers — must be submitted by Feb. 23

CLIMATE HERO AWARDS l Chicago's Climate Action Museum seeks nominations through Feb.22 for its Climate Action Hero Awards, with a special farmer-focused category...

FOOD NON-PROFITS l Chicago Food Rescue collects surplus but fresh food to distribute to those with food insecurity, and reduces food waste to help the environment

SEED SWAPS l Naturaly Awakenings Chicago magazine has a detailed article about the seed saving culture, which is celebrated January 31 on National Seed Swap Day...

SEED SWAPS l It's a fair guess that most readers of Local Food Forum believe in sustainability. But there is sustainability, and there is seed-swap sustainability

SUSTAINABILITY l Alex Frantz and Jodi Fyfe, two powerful advocates in Chicago's local food community, are among Crain's Chicago Notable Leaders in Sustainability...

ORGANIC GRAIN l A major winter organic grain conference presented by UWisconsin's OGRAIN program will be held in Madison Jan. 23-24 with Artisan Grain Collaborative.

SOIL HEALTH l Illinois Stewardship Alliance has set March 2 to 8 for its 2026 Soil Health Week. Applications for live or online program segments are due by Feb. 9...

FOOD COMPOSTING l Longtime leaders in metro Chicago composting efforts, The Urban Canopy and Collective Resource Collective, now are merging their efforts...