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The 6th annual Hunger Symposium on Sept. 18, 2012 at Provena Covenant Medical Center in Urbana, Ill. 6th Annual Hunger Symposium The 6th annual Hunger Symposium on Sept. 18, 2012 at Provena Covenant Medical Center in Urbana, Ill.
More than 6,000 people visit Urbana's Market at the Square each weekend. Local Foods Movement Increases in C-U Between 6,000 and 7,000 people visit Urbana's Market at the Square each weekend. Interest nationwide in local foods has increased dramatically over the past decade, netting the industry billions in sales each year.
The Randolph Street Community Garden in Champaign. Community Gardens Grow Food, Friendships Community gardens are part of the production side of our local food system. They’re places where people who don’t have space for a garden, lease, or are given, free-of-charge, a small plot of land to grow fruits and vegetables.
Students at Urbana High School make a salad. Healthy Cooking 101 It’s easy to be swayed to turn to fast and affordable food that may not be healthy. But in Urbana, Illinois there’s a push to teach people the basics of healthy cooking on a budget.
The Tavárezes dance to Maranga music around dinnertime. Culture a Key to Healthier Immigrant Communities The obesity epidemic in this country is running rampant, and it’s hitting Latinos especially hard. A University of Illinois program seeks to address that issue by focusing on how culture impacts health.
Christy Crouch teaches kindergarten at Thomas Paine Elementary School in Urbana. Urbana Schools Expand Nutrition Education Snack time in elementary school may have once been a break from the day’s lesson, but now it’s part of it in the Urbana School District..
Students walking and biking to Leal Elementary School in Urbana. Initiative Encourages Biking, Walking to School There is a nationwide effort to make walking and biking to school safer and more appealing, but threats to federal funding and concerns over child safety issues could hamper it.


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L is for Lovin’ Local Food

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Fresh produce leaned against a countertop.
Fresh produce on a countertop
The growing movement to produce food in central Illinois and make it available to all is the focus of a day of programming airing on WILL-AM and WILL-TV on Thursday, July 19, 2012. For resources and links related to Local Food, please scroll down the page. For details about "L is for Lovin' Local Food," more information is available here.
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