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Category Archives: Food
Action Research at the Chicago Lights Urban Farm
Many of the writing and research assignments I give my students at RU are fairly straightforward and prescriptive. I give them a lot of concrete guidelines and freedom to choose a topic; they crank out the work; and then I … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Chicago, Classes, Community, Education, Food, Green design, Research, Roosevelt, Social justice, Students, Sustainability
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Urban Farms in Silicon Valley
The key litmus test of a good professional conference for me is this: are there cool field trips planned? If the answer is yes, the gathering is likely to be an enjoyable and fruitful occasion. That was definitely the case … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Biodiversity, Conferences, Faculty, Field Trips, Food, Land use, Wildlife
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Paddling Bubbly Creek: Water, Food, and Urban Ecology
This past Sunday, 29 April 2012, students from my SUST 350 Service & Sustainability class joined staff and student interns from Growing Power‘s Chicago Lights Urban Farm for a canoe trip on Bubbly Creek, aka the South Fork of the … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Chicago, Classes, Field Trips, Food, Pollution, Rivers, Students, Urban ecology, Urban nature, Water
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Food Deserts Presentation at RU this Wed (April 25)
One of the nation’s experts on food deserts and food justice issues, Mari Gallagher, will present her research on Chicago’s food deserts from 2006 to the present at a public lecture at RU’s Chicago Campus this Wednesday, April 25th, at … Continue reading
Food Deserts: Myth or Reality?
I was greatly surprised to read this article by Gina Kolata on today’s (18 April 2012) front page of the New York Times about the supposed lack of documented links between urban food deserts and incidence of obesity. A couple … Continue reading
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