Riani Carr served as CFPAC’s Productive Landscapes fellow, through the Congressional Hunger Center. As an Emerson Fellow, she hopes to amplify marginalized voices and create more equitable systems.
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To plan our 16th annual Chicago Food Justice Summit, we’re bringing 12 new folks onto our planning team!
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One of our partners, ChiFresh Kitchen has gotten lots of news coverage lately, considering their business has quadrupled since spring!
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Amidst one of the most unpredictable years, the Chicago Food Policy Action Council is elated to announce that our staff has grown! We now have more folks working to build a sustainable food system here in Chicago, which means we have the capacity to do even more than before!
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In 2019, the Chicago Food Policy Action Council (CFPAC) continued to advance food justice and sovereignty for all Chicago residents by coordinating, facilitating, and supporting policies to strengthen the right of Chicagoans to produce and access sustainable, fair, nutritious, affordable, and culturally significant food.
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Together as urban agriculture and animal welfare advocates, we oppose the Chicago Livestock Ordinance, O2019-7576. Join us in contacting your Alderman, as well as Ald. Lopez and Ald. Napolitano, to oppose this ordinance.
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We are beyond excited that as of August 9, worker cooperatives are legally recognized by the state of Illinois. This a great accomplishment for cooperators across the state. Illinois is one of a few leading states (we only know of 12 other states) who passed laws recognizing the cooperative business model.
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Apply now to have your local farming or cannabis food project a part of the next Food Fun(d)ing Fridays Pitch Fest on October 25!
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“On Wednesday March 13, City Council passed Resolution 2018-1394, effectively awarding Hilco Global with almost 20 million dollars in tax breaks for replacing the Crawford Coal Power Plant with a similar environmental travesty to inflict on the residents of Little Village.”
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Support urban farms in Illinois by filling out witness slips for these three bills supporting soil heath!
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Marlie Wilson, CFPAC’s Good Food Purchasing Project Manager, has spent the past decade working to foster more fair, healthy, and sustainable food systems.
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