Illinois celebrates National Farmers Market Week until Aug. 7. Read the "Illinois - Where Fresh Is" Farmers Market Network newsletter. The biggest growth in farmers markets is taking place in the Midwest.
Illinois Stewardship Alliance is partnering with Industrial Harvest, a project to better understand the global commodities system through the purchase of a "wheat futures" contract from the Chicago Board of Trade.
Sustainable Chicago magazine features Plant Chicago, a new project to combine industrial reuse with aquaponics to create Chicago's first vertical farm. Another article highlights LEED-Neighborhood Development certification and Prairie Crossing Conservation Community.
Chicago Tribune follows Growing Home's heirloom tomatoes from seed to the table.
Chicago Garden features Chicago Botanic Garden's Green Youth Farm program.
Spotlight on upcoming events: (Event Calendar is here).