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Many of Chicago’s divested communities lack viable access to fruits and vegetables and there’s an ongoing debate about which entity is to blame, according to a 2018 study detailing supermarkets and food access.
In the meantime, the folks at Urban Growers Collective are teaching those communities how to grow fruits and vegetables at several farms around the city.
Urban Growers’ co-founders, Erika Allen and Laurell Sims noticed discrepancies over time, prompting them to step in and assist communities branded as “food insecure.”
“I think we both approached it in very similar ways. [Allen] was doing art therapy and realized that the folks she was working with were having a really hard time focusing,” said Sims. “Even when doing art therapy, because [students] didn’t have food that they needed, the kids that she was working with were missing meals because their families couldn’t afford to have it on their table.
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All city-operated vaccination sites on Thursday will begin offering Pfizer vaccinations to kids between the ages of 12 and 15.
The announcement this morning came a day after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted emergency use authorization for that age group and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expected to grant full approval tomorrow.
“Like adults, all youth age 12 and older are encouraged to get the vaccine,” said Chicago’s chief health official Dr. Allison Arwady said in a statement.
Krithi Karanth becomes first Indian woman to get Wild Innovator Award
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Dr Krithi K Karanth is a Chief Conservation Scientist at Bengaluru-based Centre for Wildlife Studies.
This award given by the WILD ELEMENTS Foundation brings together a coalition of
innovators, advocates and partners to disrupt the status quo and identify solutions to global sustainability and conservation, a CWS statement said on Tuesday.
The Foundation s distinctive approach to addressing climate change is the Power of Three, recognising the interconnectedness of animal kind, humankind, and plant kind for the future planetary wellness of our shared home, it said.
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Dr. Krithi K Karanth, Chief Conservation Scientist at Bengaluru-based Centre for Wildlife Studies (CWS), has been chosen as the first Indian and Asian woman for the 2021 WILD Innovator Award .
This award given by the WILD ELEMENTS Foundation brings together a coalition of innovators, advocates and partners to disrupt the status quo and identify solutions to global sustainability and conservation, a CWS statement said on Tuesday.
The Foundation s distinctive approach to addressing climate change is the Power of Three, recognising the interconnectedness of animalkind, humankind, and plantkind for the future planetary wellness of our shared home, it said.
As part of its flagship programme the Foundation has partnered with WILD Innovators , premier science and conservation experts, driving cutting-edge work in the field around the world, and WILD Advocates , celebrities and influencers who value and promote the importance and vital interdependence o
Patty Wetli | January 9, 2021 10:55 am
Urban Growers Collective maintains a herd of 17 goats at its South Chicago farm. (Courtesy of Urban Growers Collective)
If you thought hailing a pedicab to haul away your dried-up husk of a Christmas tree was an unconventional mode of recycling, well, we can top that.
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There’s a herd of goats on the South Side that keeps the holiday trees out of landfills by eating them, chowing down on discarded pines and firs for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
“They just love chewing on the bark. It’s food and it’s also something for them to do,” said Laurell Sims, co-founder and CEO of financials and self-professed “goat mama” for Urban Growers Collective, a nonprofit that operates eight urban farms in Chicago.