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News: July 10, 2025
Proviso Students Taste Test Local Burger and Shape Healthier, More Sustainable School Menu
On Thursday, May 1st, 2025, students at Proviso Township High Schools District 209 got a taste of local food, from…
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: January 31, 2025
Lake Michigan School Food System Innovation Grant Applications Open in Illinois
For Immediate Release Contact: Colleen Feeny , Senior Operations and Program Director, Seven Generations Aheadcolleen@sevengenerationsahead.org Lake Michigan School Food System Innovation Hub Opens…
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: August 29, 2024
Students and Farmers Celebrate Apple Season at Wrigley Field
Teachers and students from around Chicagoland will celebrate the beginning of the school year and Illinois orchard season with fun…
News: July 26, 2024
Illinois Sees Four Organizations Receive Lake Michigan School Food System Innovation Hub Grant
Illinois Sees Four Organizations Receive Lake Michigan School Food System Innovation Hub Grant Building More Local, More Nourishing, More Loving School…
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: June 9, 2023
Farm to School Success Story Shows Why Districts Shouldn’t Leave New Grant Money on the Table
Local food procurement for school districts in Illinois just got easier, to the tune of $7.3 million. The USDA’s Local…
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…