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Written by Michael Aponte
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Rent an edible garden plot in new community gardens! Volunteer to cultivate vegetables for food pantries! North River Commission is partnering with the Peterson Garden Project and the Coalition for Limited English-Speaking Elderly (CLESE) on Global Garden on Lawrence and Sacramento. Global Gardens is a project designed to provide local garden plots to residents as well as a farm training tract of land for refugees to learn to cultivate and sell produce in Chicago. Global Garden will have 4'x8' beds at $65 each, which includes the materials to build and fill the beds with soil and compost. Sign up at petersongarden.org. Peterson Garden Project is managing community gardens in other areas near Albany Park -- find out more! Wondering where to get rare, organic, heirloom tomato seedlings? Want to talk to master gardeners or certified square foot gardening instructors before making a purchase? Peterson Garden Annual Plant Sale and Fundraiser, where you can buy herb and vegetable seedlings, basic gardening supplies, seeds, gardening gift baskets, and even enjoy tasty baked goods from Chicago pastry chefs. We also have a variety of herbs, pumpkins, cucumbers, eggplants and chili peppers for sale. Get them while they last!
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The Impact of Health Literacy and Socioeconomic Status on Asthma Disparities
A recent study published in the Journal of Asthma examined the roles of socioeconomic status (SES) and health literacy in contributing to racial disparities in asthma-related outcomes.
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Written by Michael Aponte
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New, Improved “Food Desert” Map
A partnership between the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future and Baltimore City’s Office of Sustainability has resulted in a more comprehensive food desert definition and the release of the new 2012 Baltimore City Food Environment Map. 
The new Food Environment Map was created as part of the Baltimore Food Policy Initiative to redefine “food desert” and more accurately characterize the food environment. This partnership builds upon the food desert mapping project undertaken by the Center in 2009, through the Maryland Food System Map Project; the original “food desert” map for Baltimore City was based on household income and access to supermarkets.
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UIC Site to Welcome Nobel Peace Prize Winners
UIC will be the setting for the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates this spring, the first time the summit has been held in the United States. Mayor Rahm Emanuel recently came to the UIC campus to announce the event at a press conference at Jane Addams Hull-House Museum. With its theme, "Speak Up, Speak Out for Freedom and Rights," the summit will be held on April 23-25 at the UIC Forum. |
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