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Summer weather is finally here and with it, comes Chicago’s city markets with Illinois-grown fruits and vegetables. Organic produce abounds along with fresh baked breads and free-range meat. The colorful, locally harvested food offers urban dwellers a healthy and organic alternative to the conventional food we may buy at grocery stores. And the growing popularity of Community Supported Agriculture – or CSAs – is another way Chicagoans are getting their vegetables delivered to them. But our diets are not the only things that benefit from the markets. In a time when we are feeling the financial strain of higher energy costs even at the supermarket, Chicago’s city markets may offer better food at a more economical price. Growing Home is one city market that also offers job training and life-skills to Chicago-area homeless and low-income residents. Workers graduate their program as more productive members of society and ready to contribute. On this episode of Community, Media and You, we’ll talk more about CSAs and Growing Home from Yescenia Mota, Chicago Farmers Market project coordinator for the city.

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