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food desert

Illustration of a canvas grocery bag full of fresh food.
Posted inFood

Southsider Designs Grocery-delivery App to Mitigate Food Deserts

by James Garrison January 14, 2021January 14, 2021

hen many of us reflect on our lives, we often find a seed of change somewhere early on: a moment or mentor that would spur us along our path. For Stacy Minor, founder and owner of Sweet Potato Patch, the memories that propelled her to creating one of the first South Side–based grocery- and meal-delivery […]

Englewood. Photo Credit: Brittany Norment
Posted inBest of the South Side 2020

Best of Englewood 2020

by Jade-Ruyu Yan November 27, 2020November 28, 2020
Posted inUncategorized

¿Por qué es tan difícil llevar comida a los más necesitados?

by Martha Bayne, Maura Turcotte, Kari McMahon and Kari Lydersen September 21, 2020September 23, 2020
Posted inUncategorized

Bridging Chicago’s Food Gap During COVID-19

by Martha Bayne, Maura Turcotte, Kari McMahon and Kari Lydersen August 5, 2020September 21, 2020
Posted inFood

Cultivating Faith in Food

by Michael Wasney May 2, 2017May 3, 2017
Posted inEnglewood, Food

The Price of Food in Englewood

by Marcie Hill January 11, 2017January 11, 2017

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