Are you concerned about how your everyday choices affect the earth? We'll explore together the environmental and human impacts of our economic choices, share ideas about alternatives, and each create a plan for how we individually can make a difference.

Join us for the 3rd Annual Chicago Food Policy Summit! Come for a day of expert panels, working groups, networking, and a delicious lunch of local and organic foods. You'll learn more about local food policy issues, meet people who are leading local efforts, and find out how you can get more involved.

Angelic Organics Learning Center Program Director Martha Boyd will moderate the "Developing the Englewood Food System" panel at 10:30am.

For more info and to register, visit chicagofoodpolicy.org.

POSTPONED - NEW DATE TBA 

Come to the community Garden Fest, hosted by the Northwest Fellowship of Presbyterian Congregrations, to connect with a local network of information and resources.

Join the Advocates for Urban Agriculture for their 2008 Spring Meeting: "Overcoming Barriers to Urban Agriculture: Access to Land & Composting. You'll hear from Ken Dunn (Resource Center), Ben Helphand (NeighborSpace), Harry Rhodes (Growing Home), and Michael Thompson (Chicago Honey Coop).

AUA is a network of organizations and individuals working to promote urban agriculture in Chicago.

This is a potluck meeting, so please bring a dish to share.

Join the Chicago Food Policy Advisory Council for a wrap-up meeting following the March 18 Chicago Food Policy Summit. Everyone is welcome. Call 312-850-9617 for more info or visit www.chicagofoodpolicy.org.

Learn about the fascinating life of bees, see our urban beehives, and prepare to start a hive of your own. You’ll leave ready to select and order equipment, set up a hive, install the bees, and tend and inspect a hive. We’ll taste a variety of honeys and other products from the hive. This is the first of two workshops designed to prepare you to keep bees in the city. SOLD OUT!  Please contact us to be on a waiting list. We will have a second urban beekeeping class in August. Please also see our Holistic Beekeeping Class on May 10.

Learn what makes a successful compost pile, and decide which methods will work best for your household. Overview various types of compost bins, build a pile together, and tour our farm-scale compost operation. Meet the worms in our vermiculture system, and find out how to implement indoor composting at home. Chicago class focuses on approaches for a city environment. Dress to work outside! Class cancelled. Additional composting class on May 3, 2008 at our Farm location in Caledonia.

Presented by Sunday Dinner, Inc.

Celebrate the fresh flavors of spring with a home-cooked gourmet dinner prepared by the acclaimed chefs from Sunday Dinner. The five-course menu, showcasing local food at its best, will be prepared by acclaimed chefs Christine Cikowski, Joshua Kulp, and Jason Stern.

Proceeds from the event will support Angelic Organics Learning Center's work to build local food systems. View the menu and learn more about this event.

Join Chicago GreenNet for their 16th Annual Green and Growing Fair! This urban gardening fair features hands-on activities and presentations on topics ranging from composting to landscaping with native plants. Local vendors will offer plants, produce, crafts, and more.

For more info, visit www.greennetchicago.org/green_growing.html. 

Learn what makes a successful compost pile, and decide which methods will work best for your household. Overview various types of compost bins, build a pile together, and tour our farm-scale compost operation. Meet the worms in our vermiculture system, and find out how to implement indoor composting at home. Dress to work outside! Discount available as part of Organic Gardening Series. 

Chicago Green Festival is a 2-day event: May 17 from 10am-8pm and May 18 from 11am-6pm.

Celebrating what’s working in our communities, the Chicago Green Festival showcases more than 350 diverse local and national green businesses displaying and selling eco-friendly, fair trade, and sustainable products. More than 150 visionary speakers appear for standing-room-only panel discussions, presentations, and main stage speaking events.

Chicago Green Festival is a 2-day event: May 17 from 10am-8pm and May 18 from 11am-6pm.

Celebrating what’s working in our communities, Chicago Green Festival showcases more than 350 diverse local and national green businesses displaying and selling eco-friendly, fair trade, and sustainable products. More than 150 visionary speakers appear for standing-room-only panel discussions, presentations, and main stage speaking events.

Join the Chicago Food Policy Advisory Council for their quarterly meeting. Everyone is welcome.

The meeting agenda includes a "listening session" for the Illinois Local and Organic Food and Farm Task Force. Give your input about how to build a healthy local food system and increase local and organic food production in Illinois!

Join the Learning Center in Chicago's 10th Ward to explore ways to be green in southeast Chicago. You can tour and work in several of the area's community gardens, take advantage of a free bicycle repair clinic, or hear from speakers at a Global Warming Cafe.

Visit Healthy Southeast Chicago or Clarentian Associates web sites for more details and a full schedule of the day's events.

NOTE: TIME OF EVENT HAS NOT BEEN ANNOUNCED. EVENT MAY BE AT A TIME OTHER THAN 10 AM - 6 PM.

Celebrate World Environment Day at the Chicago Botanic Garden! This year's theme is "CO2 Kick the Habit! Toward a Low Carbon Economy." Enjoy organic gardening and composting demostrations, the UN Environment Programme's International Children's Painting Competition, and a forum about developing a low carbon economy.

The University of Illinois Extension-Winnebago County invites you to a “Listening Session” with Illinois Local and Organic Food and Farm Task Force members.

Roots & Wings youth leaders will sell produce, worm castings, lip balm and other items from their organic gardens in urban Rockford. Come support this unique youth leadership program, while purchasing delicious food from their gardens!

Join us for this special political education and organizing workshop -

Learn to get green things done by engaging city officials as allies. We'll discuss what works to get attention and support from aldermen, ward staff, and city departments for green projects and local food.

Roots & Wings youth leaders will sell produce, worm castings, lip balm and other items from their organic gardens in urban Rockford. Come support this unique youth leadership program, while purchasing delicious food from their gardens!

Roots & Wings youth leaders will sell produce, worm castings, lip balm and other items from their organic gardens in urban Rockford. Come support this unique youth leadership program, while purchasing delicious food from their gardens!

Come enjoy the farm while camping with other women! We’ll complete a work project, do chores together, enjoy a leisurely walk in the woods, and share an evening around the campfire. For meals, we’ll pick, prepare, and share delicious food from the farm. Bring your tent and friends!  PROGRAM CANCELLED. 

Come enjoy the farm while camping with other women! We’ll complete a work project, do chores together, enjoy a leisurely walk in the woods, and share an evening around the campfire. For meals, we’ll pick, prepare, and share delicious food from the farm. Bring your tent and friends!  PROGRAM CANCELLED. 

Teachers, parents, and other educators are welcome to come to the Learning Center workshop space to learn about our on-farm programs for school and community groups of all ages.

10AM - Start at the Resource Center's City Farm for a farm tour and chat with Grower, Tim Wilson.
Learn about their urban farm model and growing methods.

This event is now sold out. To be added to the wait list, please contact us at donate@learngrowconnect.org or 773.288.5462

Sunday Dinner presents a 10th Anniversary Farm Dinner Celebration to benefit Angelic Organics Learning Center. Enjoy a six-course seasonal meal in the fields of Angelic Organics, and come early for a personal tour of the farm. Advanced tickets are required; this event is (BYOB).

View the menu and complete event information.

THE WORKSHOP IN NOVEMBER FILLED QUICKLY - SIGN UP NOW FOR THE MARCH 2009 CHICKENS WORKSHOP

Farm fresh eggs from your own back yard?

YES!

Please join us for a workshop on best practices for Basic Backyard Chicken Care in Chicago.

Our December 14 benefit dinner has been post-poned. Please check back for news of our next dinner in the first quarter of 2009.