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8. Sky Full of Bacon 01: How Local Can You Go?
3 years ago
It's Sky Full of Bacon, the Chicago-based high-definition video podcast about interesting people and great-looking food.

Local is a hot word in food these days. In "How Local Can You Go?" I visit two people who are taking different approaches to trying to bring local food into the mainstream in Chicago: a shop owner trying to create a market for local produce, and a Wicker Park resident who's turned his garage roof into a farm. (19:39) More info at skyfullofbacon.com/blog

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  • David Hammond 3 years ago
    I liked a lot the observations made near the close of the piece by "the crazy guy on the roof who doesn't cut his hair" (Bruce). Gardening seems a solitary endeavor, but I find that all kinds of people come by to talk to me when I'm weeding in mine; I'm out there, they're out there, we all eat, and a conversation starts. Gardening in an urban environment is a way of being out in the community, doing something positive and ultimately delicious, and people feel they can just say hi and start talking and that's cool.

    Hammond
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  • art 3 years ago
    Nice video.

    I was waiting for you to see if anyone actually harvests dandelion greens or purslane from vacant lots in Chicago.

    I have candied 15th St. chicory flowers and Ruble St. lilacs and made muffins with 90/94 off-ramp and 16th St. mulberries. I can't tell if it was safe or not but I'm still kickin'!

    I really like the roof-top box idea. The biggest challenge that I've found growing produce in Chicago is the wind. It can be deadly to the plants. It dries them out and decapitates them. But I'm going to keep trying.
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