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Ethical Meat Retailing Gets Robust Discussion in This Panel Recording
ANIMAL WELFARE l Watch the recording a panel discussion on how to make meat consumption more ethical, featuring a panel of experts with their own unique perspectives
Bob Benenson
Apr 24, 20252 min read
Produce Farm Connections Sought by Academy for Global Citizenship
FOOD EDUCATION AND LOCAL FARMS l Academy for Global Citizenship (AGC) is an extraordinary Chicago charter school with a better-for-people-and-the-planet focus. They are seeking to connect with local farms to purchase more healthy, sustainable produce for students and faculty
Bob Benenson
Apr 23, 20253 min read
Filmmaker Seeks to Reel in Success as Wild Onion General Manager
FOOD CO-OPS l If Matt Weschler should ever want to produce a documentary about his tenure as general manager of Chicago's Wild Onion Market co-op, he could do it himself...
Bob Benenson
Apr 21, 20255 min read
Wild Onion Co-Op Market Will Show Meat Industry Film on Earth Day
FOOD DOCUMENTARIES l Chicago food co-op Wild Onion Market is hosting an Earth Day showing of The Jungle, a film about the meat industry...
Bob Benenson
Apr 10, 20253 min read
Sign a Petition Today to Show Support for Organic Research Bill
ORGANIC FARMING l Organic Farming Research Foundation asks you to sign a petition TODAY to support a major organic farming research bill...
Bob Benenson
Apr 7, 20252 min read
National Food Waste Prevention Week Starts April 7
FOOD WASTE l A community of advocates and consumers is sparking a rise in practices that will be featured during Food Waste Prevention Week
Bob Benenson
Mar 30, 20251 min read
Com-Prost? Chicago's Dovetail Brewery Has Spent Grain to Share
CRAFT BEER l Dovetail, a German-style brewery in Chicago, seeks a taker for its spent grain that can be used for animal feed or composting..
Bob Benenson
Mar 24, 20253 min read
Environmental Non-Profit Seeks State Organizing Committees
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION l Anthropocene Alliance, an environmental protection coalition, is seeking to create State Organizing Committees...
Bob Benenson
Mar 12, 20252 min read
Real Organic Project Accepts Applications for 2025 Certification
ORGANIC FARMING l Real Organic Project — which believes food must be grown in soil to be organic — has opened certification applications
Bob Benenson
Feb 18, 20251 min read
Early March Events to Advance the Cause of Sustainable Farming
SUSTAINABLE FARMING l Early March brings a webinar on how corporate ag harms rural America, & a conference on sustainable covers and grains.
Bob Benenson
Feb 17, 20252 min read
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