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Posted December 20, 2021
Kids’ Cooking Classes, but Make It Local
At Green City Market, we're passionate about helping Chicagoans of all ages understand that what they eat, cook, and throw away impacts the future of our city and our planet. That's why we teamed up with Kitchen Possible and Pilot Light, two fellow n…
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Posted December 16, 2021
Community Fridges Are Here to Stay—and They’ve Become an Important Part of Addressing Hunger in Chicago
Community fridges proliferated during Covid — in response to mass layoffs and disruptions in food systems, neighbors took action. Surprisingly, a USDA report found that the number of households facing food insecurity stayed relatively stable be…
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Posted December 7, 2021
Why Green City Market Is a Key Player in Food Security in Chicago
Did you know Green City Market welcomes and matches Link (also known as SNAP or EBT) at all our farmers' markets and through our curbside pick-up program? When food insecure Chicagoans spend $15 of Link with Green City Market, they automatically get …
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Posted September 14, 2021
September Is Hunger Action Month: Here's How to Take Action
1 in 7 people in Cook County will face food insecurity this year — that's over 700,000 people who lack consistent access to enough food for a healthy, active lifestyle.September is Hunger Action Month, and expanding access to nutritious, local …
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Posted September 13, 2021
Here’s What You Can Get with SNAP Benefits at Green City Market
September is Hunger Action Month, and expanding access to nutritious, local food is a pillar of Green City Market's 501(c)(3) nonprofit mission. Read on to learn more about the lived impact of one of our food access programs, and donate today to help…
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Posted June 18, 2021
Green City Market to Grow 1,000 Pounds of Produce for the Love Fridge
Green City Market is thrilled to announce our partnership with the Love Fridge! Since the pandemic hit in 2020, Green City Market paused our in-person programming at the Edible Gardens — located a short walk from GCM Lincoln Park within the Lin…
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Posted December 1, 2020
A Fresh Approach to Food Access
“The ability to get to the farmers market and buy fresh — and really fresh — food is just fabulous,” shares Sue, a GCM shopper who uses our Link matching program, where we welcome and match SNAP benefits (a.k.a. Link or EBT) d…
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Posted November 18, 2020
Shopper Spotlight: Advocating for Food Access
Due to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, more than 54 million people may experience food insecurity in 2020. "People who never thought they'd experience food insecurity are now seeking food assistance," says Luis Guardia, president of the Food…
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Posted November 4, 2020
Link Matching Now Available at Curbside Pick-Up
We've got more exciting developments in GCM Delivered this week — customers can now pay with an Illinois Link card and redeem GCM's Link match with Green City Market's curbside pick-up program!Increasing access to local, sustainably-grown food …
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Posted December 18, 2019
"I Don't Think Most People Are Aware You Can Do This"
Patricia is just one of the 900+ Chicagoans that use Illinois Link benefits to shop at Green City Market and participate in our Link matching program, where we welcome and match Link benefits dollar-for-dollar up to $15 per market day, doubling the i…
