Local Food
News: April 29, 2025
Continuing the Fight for Local Food in Schools Despite Federal Funding Cuts
As the saying goes, it isn’t easy being green. But it’s gotten even harder in recent months. Federal funding cuts…
News: February 25, 2025
Everything Local 2025: Fertile Ground for Growing Connections
The Illinois Farm to School Network (IFSN), a program of Seven Generations Ahead’s (SGA), has been hard at work making…
News: September 25, 2024
A ‘Core’ Memory: The Great Apple Crunch Takes Over Wrigley
Imagine the roar of the crowd at Wrigley Field, but this time it's not for a home run. It's the…
News: January 29, 2024
Farmers and School Buyers Connect at Everything Local Conference
Where better to connect local farms to schools that want to source local food than at the Illinois Farm Bureau’s…
News: January 16, 2024
Lake Michigan School Food System Innovation Hub Launches in Illinois
Lake Michigan School Food System Innovation Hub Launches in Illinois to Fuel Change for Our Region’s School Food System Application…
News: September 6, 2022
We’re Going Big For Great Apple Crunch 2022!
Photo courtesy of Healthy Lombard The days are getting shorter, the nights are getting colder. Kids are heading back to…
News: February 4, 2022
Illinois Farm to School Coalition Bridges Farmers and Buyers
Seven Generations Ahead and the Illinois Farm to School Network are pleased to announce the formation of a new working…
News: November 15, 2021
Gourmet Gorilla Brings the Farm to the Cafeteria with Healthy Local Meals
Gourmet Gorilla is a Chicago-based food service provider that creates local, sustainable meals for early childhood centers, K-12 schools, and…
News: September 22, 2021
It’s Fall, and That Means Apple Crunch Season
It’s that time of year again. The air is getting cooler, the trees are just beginning to show patches of…
News: June 22, 2020
Mooseheart School HOTM program sows seeds for success
At Mooseheart Child & City School, the young residents and the adults who care for them take the Illinois Harvest…
News: March 1, 2019
IFSN shares farm to school with early childcare educators at annual symposium
Under SGA’s local food project, the Illinois Farm to School Network (IFSN), staff participated in the annual symposium produced by…
News: October 18, 2018
Education + Fun = A lifelong love of veggies!
The inaugural Illinois Harvest of the Month (HOTM) program year launched in August 2017, after a successful pilot during the…