Monday, January 21, 2013
New grocery is about 10,000 square feet larger than Palatine location.
The new Whole Foods Market, 20281 N. Rand Rd., Kildeer, will open on March 6. The destination grocer, focusing on organic and sustainable products, will hold an Opening Ceremony and doors will open at 9 a.m. Kildeer Village Manager Michael Talbett said Whole Foods store openings are a big event with people waiting in line for hours to get in. Opening day details are still being worked out, said Tanya Kostetsky, marketing & community relations specialist for Whole Foods. “We will definitely be providing food, refreshments and entertainment to make the opening morning be a celebration for the community. Doors open at 9, ceremony/bread breaking at 8:45 a.m. We literally break bread with members of the village and Whole Foods Market team …
Sunday, December 16, 2012
Venture out to Wauconda for a home-cooked organic breakfast or dinner.
From Scratch Café in downtown Wauconda serves Sunday breakfast and Wednesday evening dinners in the comfortable setting that is Bliss Wine and Gifts at 201 S. Main St. Chief cook and owner Elizabeth English aims to serve high quality foods from whole, local ingredients. At From Scratch, virtually everything is made from scratch, even the bread. The mainstays of Sunday breakfast include pancakes made from a sour-dough process. Seasonal pancakes are also available; recent special offerings were pumpkin pancakes and eggnog pancakes. Diners can choose to build their own breakfast by choosing from eggs, pancakes, meat, fruit, quinoa or potatoes. There are also specials of the day, often egg-based creations or recently, biscuits and gravy. …
Saturday, December 15, 2012
Emmy-award winning filmmaker will be at fundraiser, rally to be held Monday, Dec. 17, at Maverick's Bar and Grill, Mundelein.
Village Homesteading Mundelein, a local non-profit group, will host a fundraiser, and rally for Local Food by screening a rough-cut of the movie Food Patriots at Mavericks Bar and Grill on Monday, Dec. 17, at 7:30 p.m at 2061 W Maple Ave, Mundelein. The screening is free and open to the public. Emmy award winning director Jeff Spitz will be present. When filmmaker Jeff Spitz’s son, a UW-Madison football player, came down with a food-borne illness that didn’t respond to antibiotics, it was a wake-up call that raised serious questions about food and our food systems. Jeff Spitz weaves his family's humorous story of planting a garden and raising chickens into a tapestry of stories about people who are changing the way Americans eat, buy and …
Monday, October 8, 2012
Increasing local food production could create 5,000 jobs and generate $6.5 billion per year in economic activity in the Chicago metropolitan region, agency says.
Seventy-five percent of adults prefer locally grown, sustainable food, according to the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP). As demand for fresh food grows, CMAP is stepping up efforts to engage local government in an effort to grow their communities' local food system. The agency recently launched a microsite, Local Food Systems, as well as a video that highlights the economic benefits of local food systems. “Most people are aware that local food tastes great, but the economic argument is quite compelling and it’s not expressed so much,” said Justine Reisinger, communications associate for CMAP. “This is a significant economic issue. Of the $48 billion Illinois residents spend on food every year, $46 billion is leaving the …
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Lake County and regional conservation leaders believe growing food here on small farms is good for the economy as well as the health of the people and land.
Residents of Lake County and other suburbanites want local, sustainably grown food. Just one indicator of this trend is the growth in farmers markets — the number of farmers markets in Illinois tripled between 1999 and 2009, with most of the growth in the Chicago metropolitan area, according to The Local Food System, a brochure from the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning Local Technical Assistance program. There is actually a $10 billion unmet demand for locally grown food in the state of Illinois, according to the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning. Meanwhile, $46 billion (96 percent) of annual food expenditures are leaving the state of Illinois. Crops like asparagus and broccoli travel thousands of miles to our table. “We can…
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Young, organic farmers learn how to be successful growing local food at Prairie Crossing.
Prairie Crossing Developer Vicky Ranney has watched a vision of a housing development built around a farm grow into a thriving community over the past 18 years. Now Ranney and Prairie Crossing leaders want to share what they have learned in the hope that local farms could be more commonplace. "The trend has been for ever larger farms with much less direct relationship between the farmer and the people who buy food. But that is changing," Ranney said. "We're going back to a model that is very healthy and forward looking, back to the future in a way." Building Communities with Farms Prairie Crossing released a report this month titled Building Communities with Farms that was the result of a two-day workshop with other community-farm …
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