Seasonal produce will taste better and is usually more affordable. Notice how far your food traveled to get to you- often the further the trip, the lower the quality. Diets that focus on plants have a lower climate impact than meat based diets.
Grow a garden in your yard or on your patio. Sign up for a community garden space. Attend Edible Evanston's gardening education programming. If you have ideas you would like to learn more about, send us an email and we will see if we can offer a class on that topic.
Food waste is a major contributor to methane caused climate change. Reducing food waste starts with what we buy. Make a meal plan, and stick to your grocery list. If food does go bad, consider Evanston's “Tag-along” compost program, composting kitchen waste in a yard cart. Alternatively, create your own compost.
Talk about your garden with your neighbors and friends. Include your compost pile when you show a new friend your yard. Post pictures of your green activities on socials. Be excited, and others will be too!
What WE Are Doing to Accelerate Climate Action in Evanston
Demonstration Food Forest
The Edible Evanston Eggleston Park Food Forest demonstrates how utilizing permaculture principles to grow perennial crops can efficiently and effectively sequester carbon in soil and trees, while simultaneously feeding people.
Our Produce Sharing Program helps individual local growers get their excess fresh produce to people in need through Evanston food pantries. This effort improves resiliency by providing access to healthy food for economically vulnerable populations. Click "learn more" to watch the video.
Edible Evanston teaches individuals about sustainable food growing techniques to allow more people to successfully grow their own healthy, local food. We also teach about the connection between growing food, a healthy planet, and human health.
You're Needed! Here Are Some Involvement Opportunities
Tour Our Food Forest
Watch for tours of the Food Forest in 2023 in the events list above. In the meantime, you are always welcome to visit on your own.
Take a New Gardener Class
New Gardener education classes will be rolled out throughout the year and class registration for each session will be open to all. They will be included in our above Upcoming Events list!
We have both planning and execution roles for all four of our initiatives: our demonstration food forest, produce sharing program, citywide education, and raised bed gardening.
Support our program by donating to Climate Action Evanston and earmarking your donation to support the Edible Evanston Program. And if you wish you can further earmark your donation to one of our initiatives.
