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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


A picture of a sign in Eggleston Park identifying it as a “food forest” with a map of available produce growing in the garden.

Evanston Grows builds a blooming community, combats food injustice through urban gardening

May 9, 2022

Left with 1,000 pounds of fresh produce from the Fleetwood-Jourdain Community Center gardens at the start of the pandemic, long-time gardener Jean Fies decided to distribute the leftovers to District 65...

A white sign with an arrow pointing to an Earth Day celebration.

Evanston environmental groups educate and engage at the Ecology Center Celebration

April 24, 2022

With attendees gathered outside, white booths lined the grass. At one, visitors made art out of shells and stones. At another, they swapped out seeds and picked up new ones. Next to the booths, another...

A tan shed with signage reading “Edible Evanston, Eggleston Park Food Forest” with more details. There are wooden beams and trees in the background.

Edible Evanston promotes food growing and sharing, education in community with Food Forest

April 17, 2022

To Co-Leader Tim Sonder (Medill ’83), Edible Evanston is all about connection.  By connecting residents to food sources, the earth and Evanston, the nonprofit aims to promote community through food...

Bags of produce and ingredients are stacked in green containers along walls in a storage room.

Evanston restaurants and food vendors focus on local, sustainable sourcing

April 14, 2022

Evanston’s eateries offer a variety of options for herbivores and meat-eaters alike, and an increasing number of food establishments are focusing on ethical sourcing and sustainability in their practices.  Restaurants...

A drawing of a globe with clouds is surrounded by a pink heart. The illustration is framed with drawings of leaves.

‘A reunion of the environmental community:’ Evanston celebrates Earth Month this April

April 1, 2022

For the past two years, Earth Month celebrations in Evanston took place on Zoom. As the city hosts more in-person events, Rachel Rosner, board president of Citizens’ Greener Evanston, said this year’s...

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