February 2007 | To The Editor
From Our Readers
Where’s the Proofreader
I just got the new issue of Conscious Choice. It looks great—nice and fat, but your proofreader needs a dope-slap. I don’t even see a proofreader credited in the staff box. Who is responsible? I found two errors in the first paragraph of the lead story!
— Tom Rossman, Rockford, IL.
Ed’s reply: Ahh…it’s always funny how the universe humbles you. Thank you so much for bringing that to our attention. Although we do have a proofreader, and I promise he is very good at what he does, ultimately it’s my responsibility. It was my story, too, so the slice of humble pie I am at present gorging upon is particularly gargantuan, and slimy.
Hwoerevr, aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.
Amzanig, huh?
Report Card Missed Some Good Organizations
I enjoyed reading The Chicago Green Report Card 2007, by Jack Bess, and was especially interested in the section “Make Chicago the Organic Capital of the Midwest.” However, several of the more active organizations in urban agriculture in Chicago were missing in this article.
Advocates for Urban Agriculture (AUA) published a plan for urban agriculture in Chicago that led to Mayor Daley’s Chicago Organic Committee. AUA members continue to meet regularly to promote urban agriculture in Chicago. There are two organizations that are actually growing food sustainably in Chicago for production.
Growing Home operates an organic agriculture business that includes a 10-acre certified organic farm just outside Chicago, a market garden at Su Casa in the Back of the Yards neighborhood, and a new urban farm in Englewood. Growing Home is growing food sustainably in Chicago and making it available in the “food desert.” The new urban farm in Englewood will have four passive solar greenhouses that will allow us to grow throughout the year. Growing Home grows food for production, that is, for people to eat. In addition, we have a job-training program for formerly homeless and formerly incarcerated individuals.
The Chicago Honey Coop is run by Michael Thompson. They grow honey in North Lawndale and sell it throughout the city. They also work with formerly incarcerated individuals.
There may be other initiatives that I am not aware of. Perhaps Conscious Choice should do an article on the state of urban agriculture in Chicago today.
— Harry Rhodes, Executive Director, Growing Home Inc.
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