Local Food
News: April 29, 2025
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
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
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
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 to Fuel Change for Our Region’s School Food System Application…
News: September 6, 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
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 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 that time of year again. The air is getting cooler, the trees are just beginning to show patches of…
News: June 22, 2020
At Mooseheart Child & City School, the young residents and the adults who care for them take the Illinois Harvest…
News: March 1, 2019
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
The inaugural Illinois Harvest of the Month (HOTM) program year launched in August 2017, after a successful pilot during the…