Co-Founder/CEO of Urban Growers Collective - urban agriculturalist and social change artist #castaneafellow2019
Chicago
Joined October 2008
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(1) We are funding $10M to 14 community-accountable intermediaries with unrestricted & multiyear grants that are unsolicited & require no administrative burdens.
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Last week, I toured the site for @UGrowCollective’s new state-of-the-art composting facility set to open in the 1st District next Spring.
The site will capture methane and use it for fuel — an exciting example of the crossover between my work on @EnergyCommerce and @HouseAgDems.
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I'm glad to join @GreenERAChicago and members of the Auburn Gresham community to announce a $3 million state investment that will help bring a new urban farming campus to Chicago’s South Side.
@GovPritzker & DCEO announce state support for @GreenEraChicago Urban Farm Campus. The $32M project made w/ $2M in Rebuild Illinois capital funds, spurring sustainable development, fresh food, renewable energy, & jobs. bit.ly/33tlu0q #Rebuildillinois @ILEPA @mnegron01
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“Culinary justice is about giving credit where credit is due.” - Michael Twitty, #cfsc2019
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"To work with Brandee is to take a masterclass on preparedness meeting spirit.” — @MosesSumney on his 'Aromanticism' collaborator and incredible artist Brandee Younger (@harpista)
Read @MarcusJMoore's @Bandcamp feature on Brandee (and hear her music!):
daily.bandcamp.com/2019/06/1…
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Thank you @WBEZmorning for having me on the show today to talk about such an important subject that impacts my community. In case you missed the show here is the link, please listen and share your thoughts. I would love to hear from you - wbez.org/shows/morning-shift… – at Chicago, IL
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While I looooove Essence, the greatest honor eeeeveeer is having the work we do written about by my absolute FAVORITE journalist. Seriously. I’m not sure we deserve her, she’s so damn good. And so damn... essence.com/feature/food-red…
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Erika Allen: “Procurement through the lens of racial equity means access to capital, and the time and the space to bring communities up to speed so that they can be on the same playing field.” @erae 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾#purchasingpower #goodfood #racialequity @goodfoodcities
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We’re ‘bout to open a can of worms and trash talk our way through Saturday’s Compost 101 workshop. Come learn about how to break down food waste into nutrient dense soil from 1pm-4pm. Link to sign up is on our website at urbangrowerscollective.org/e…. Compost, that’s hot y’all!
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Our co-founder, Erika Allen, is featured as a climate change warrior. Check out the work being done by UGC.
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Beep! Beep! We turned a bus into a Farmers' Market #GivingTuesday - mailchi.mp/urbangrowerscolle…
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Giving Tuesday: Food Access, Education, and Healing - gallery.mailchimp.com/d81069…
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Today at the #ObamaSummit, @Karamo joined @tarawestover for a conversation about how to find common ground with those who are different from us. In this clip, watch Tara share her own story of how she came to change and grow:
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“As a person who feels that identity is real and also constructed, I’m interested in coalition across difference. That’s the story of my life.” —Author Zadie Smith at the #ObamaSummit: Obama.org
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Today is the day! If you can’t make our farm gala tonight, you can still get in on the fun. We’re hosting an online auction to support our job training and food access programs at UGC. 32auctions.com/UGC2018.
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Judge Brett Kavanaugh is almost certainly going to be appointed the next member of the Supreme Court of the United States. What we witnessed on Thursday was the Republican Party testing how far its politics of entitlement can go. And there is no limit. nyer.cm/Rf5rZCf
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Anita Hill offers guidance to committee despite their mistreatment of her in 1991 diversityinc.com/MeToo/anita…
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Urban Farming Program Marks 10,000 Customers Served: to.wttw.com/2w313Gu #ChicagoTonight via @arupp @ugrowcollective
ALT Ald. Susan Sadlowski Garza, 10th Ward, speaks during a press conference Wednesday at Urban Growers Collective's farm in South Chicago. (Alex Ruppenthal / Chicago Tonight)