Celebrate and learn about local food at Family Farmed Expo – Nov 21-23, 2008

Family Farmed Expo 2008 – a three-day fall harvest festival and celebration of local food.

FamilyFarmed EXPO connects some of the Midwest’s best local farmers and family-owned producers of food/farm products together with the public, trade buyers and leaders in the field of local and sustainable choices. These leaders in the field come together to foster relationships that facilitate the growth of local food systems. The EXPO schedule includes a wide variety of learning opportunities.

Dates: November 21-23, 2008
Location: Chicago Cultural Center – 77 E Randolph St and 78 E Washington St, Chicago

Family Farmed Schedule

Tour the Smart Home at Museum of Science & Industry.

Museum of Science and Industry invites you to explore a real, three-story modular and sustainable “green” home in its own backyard to learn about the ways, big and small, that you can make eco-friendly living a part of your life.

The home, conceived by Michelle Kaufmann Designs and built by All American Homes, forms the exhibit Smart Home: Green + Wired, Powered by ComEd and Warmed by Peoples Gas, which is open through January 4, 2009.

Celebrating exciting new directions in sustainable living and spectacular, environmentally-friendly technology, Smart Home offers guests guided tours of the 2,500 square-foot home and grounds, located in a park on the east side of the Museum. Bring your family to discover the latest innovations in reusable resources; smart energy consumption; sustainable gardens and green roofs; and clean, healthy-living environments in a contemporary setting.