"Growing a Green, Healthy Neighborhood," Sat., June 19

WBEZ 91.5 FM is hosting a wonderful family, community-oriented event on June 19 (Fathers' Day weekend!): "Growing a Green, Healthy Neighborhood." It'll be at the Wood Street Urban Farm in Englewood and includes:

- Tour of the Farm & "Eating Local Solution" talk w/Growing Home's Harry Rhodes

- Hands-on organic & delicious cooking demo with chef Kocoa Scott-Winbrush, acclaimed culinary "rising star" and graduate of Washburne Culinary Institute at Kennedy-King College

- (Optional ticket) Culinary bike tour with Fork and the Road to a Kendall College tasting, Ukranian Village's Italian eatery, A Tavola, ending at Wood Street Urban Farm.

Details below:

WHAT: "Chicago Public Radio Presents... Growing a Green, Healthy Neighborhood"

Roll up your sleeves for a tour of Growing Home's Wood Street Urban Farm in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood. Rain or Shine! From start to finish, learn a more holistic approach to food and community, what it means to "eat local" and how Farms harvest, process, and ultimately want to encourage you to cook with organic produce. (Tickets, complete listing)

OPTIONAL PRE-EVENT: Join Fork and the Road in exploring urban agriculture on this leisurely, 20-mile bike tour, which will first visit Kendall College, then ride over to A Tavola, and culminate at "Growing a Green, Healthy Neighborhood" in Englewood. (Tickets, tour details.)

WHERE: Wood Street Urban Farm, 5814 S. Wood Street, Chicago, IL 60636

WHEN: Saturday, June 19. Event begins at 2:00 p.m., doors open at 1:30 p.m. (Optional bike tour starts at 10 a.m.)

HOW MUCH: $15.00/general admission; $12.00/ Chicago Public Radio members; $10.00/students (with valid ID); FREE/children under 12

FOR TICKETS: http://www.chicagopublicradio.org/events

ABOUT US & OUR PARTNERS:

Growing Home, Inc. was started in 1992 by Les Brown, Director of Policy for the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, who recognized that not only was the critical lack of living-wage jobs one of the major factors that leads to homelessness, but that a sense of purpose was also a necessary component of breaking out of the cycle of homelessness. Their programs provide experiential learning opportunities and employment in the horticulture field as well as a unique job readiness curriculum that helps reintroduces participants back into the workforce. 100% of the proceeds made from sales of organic produce are used to improve training programs and pay for upkeep of farm sites.

In summer 2008, future Fork and the Road co-owners Dimitra Tasiouras and Sharon Bautista organized their first culinary bike tour to explore the city and its gelato. They set out on the Giro del gelato ("tour of gelato") with over a dozen friends and visited 5 gelaterias on one spectacular day. They had so much fun on the gelato ride, they went on to plan a culinary Tour de France and the Vuelta a Tacos ("tour of tacos"). In 2009, they officially launched Fork and the Road to share these remarkable tours with more people, knowing there are a lot of other people out there eager to explore Chicago, get to know its neighborhoods, try unique food and talk to passionate restaurant owners, cooks and shopkeepers. In 2010 they are hosting six themed tours!

Chicago Public Radio is a media institution that creates award-winning content for people seeking to learn more about the issues and ideas that affect our community, our nation, and our world. Chicago Public Radio produces program such as This American Life, Sound Opinions, Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me! (a co-production with NPR), Eight Forty-Eight, Worldview, and Radio M. It operates WBEZ 91.5 FM, one of the country's premiere public radio stations, and Vocalo.org/89.5 FM, an experimental web/radio service that seeks to expand the reach of public media.

Growing a Green, Healthy Neighborhood

Saturday, June 19 @ 2PM
Wood Street Urban Farm – 5814 S. Wood Street (Englewood)

If you have never visited this unique neighborhood, this is your chance! Come join us tomorrow for a special two hour experience: see how a fully functioning FARM is here in the city, consider what you have to learn about shopping and eating organic, and be part of a discussion about why eating local matters. And before leaving, enjoy three fresh salads prepared by the attending audience alongside Chef Kocoa Winbush along with a cold beverage (water, soda, and of course Goose Island beer) while the conversations continue.
Here are the full details:

http://www.wbez.org/Event_Detail.aspx?eventID=1530

Online ticket sales will continue until 4pm today; walk-up sales will also be accommodated.

Regards,