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As a sponsor of the Good Food Festival Chicago 2012, formally the Family Farmed Expo in March 15-17, 2012, I was invited by the founder of the Green Earth Institute to visit the farm and learn about their programs and what CSA’s are all about.

Steve Tiwald is the founder of the Green Earth Institute, a local non-profit and 60-acre organic farm on Knock Knolls Road located in the McDonald Farm. Their mission is “to promote nutritional health and environmental sustainability. Using our organic farm as a demonstration and learning center, we grow healthful vegetables in an earth-friendly way and educate about nature, nutrition, and caring for the earth.”

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