by auachicago | Aug 24, 2020 | Uncategorized
Advocates for Urban Agriculture (AUA) is excited to announce the 2020 Capacity Building Grant available to Chicagoland urban farm businesses. This is the third grant opportunity AUA has launched in 2020. In the spring, AUA awarded over $120,000 in grant funds to 67...
by auachicago | Jul 15, 2020 | Uncategorized
Sign this petition to support a more equitable water policy for Chicago Gardens and Farms For more reading on this issue, check out the Block Club, NBC and Sun Times articles. In recent years, the City of Chicago has recognized the positive contributions of urban...
by auachicago | Jun 29, 2020 | Uncategorized
6.29.20 — For Immediate Release Advocates for Urban Agriculture (AUA), Food:Land:Opportunity (FLO), and Slow Food Chicago (SFC) announced on Monday the names of 67 farms, gardens, and collaborative projects awarded funding through two rounds of the COVID-19 Farmer...
by auachicago | Jun 5, 2020 | Uncategorized
Black Lives Matter. Our team at AUA continues to be deeply saddened and angered by the unjust deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbury, Breonna Taylor, David McAtee, Tony McDade, James Scurlock, Laquan McDonald, Rekia Boyd, and the too many Black People who have died...
by auachicago | May 12, 2020 | Uncategorized
Advocates for Urban Agriculture (AUA), Food:Land:Opportunity (FLO), and Slow Food Chicago (SFC) announced the names of 32 Chicagoland farm businesses awarded grants through the first round of the COVID-19 Farmer Support Grant. 1st Round Grant Awardees: Anonymous Farm...