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The Daily Northwestern

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


The Evanston Urban Farm proposal aims to establish a one-acre farm in Evanston.

Participatory Budgeting winner Evanston Urban Farm hopes to combat food insecurity in Evanston

November 1, 2023

In hopes to address food insecurity, community gardening with locally grown vegetables, fruits and nut-tree orchards may finally be coming to Evanston.  The Evanston Urban Farm proposal was among seven...

The voting process collected 6,565 votes, which is approximately 8.5% of Evanston’s population.

Seven projects will receive funding following Evanston’s Participatory Budgeting voting

October 15, 2023

After a monthlong participatory budgeting voting process, Evanston announced winning projects Friday. Evanston residents chose seven proposals that will receive $3 million in funding.  The participatory...

People stand around tables with files of plants in pots, including flowers.

Garden Club of America Flower Show puts on colorful display channeling elements of the Earth

May 18, 2023

More than 100 types of flowers, ranging from bright purple Spanish bluebells and spiky tall lady ferns to fiery red rex begonias and star-shaped pink azaleas, filled the Immanuel Lutheran Church on Thursday....

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 woman pats a soil bed. Behind her, a group of youth listen to instructions on how to plant seeds

‘Grasping things at the root:’ Abolition activism grows at West End Garden

April 21, 2022

In a corner of Perry Park, Evanston residents gather to pull out weeds and plant new seeds at West End Garden. But beyond the soil, something else is growing: a community grounded in abolition.  Master...

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