On the Southside of Chicago new roots begin to grow and green is breaking ground.   In a former meat packaging plant left to stand as remembrance of an once bustling industry, now sees new opportunities.  The 93,500 s.q meat packaging facility now named The Plant seeks to redefine the area, create jobs, and incubate new green food start-ups.   The facility that is currently under on-going construction, seeks to reuse all materials in the building with zero-waste goals.    While currently The Plant  is home to 2 bakeries, 2 hydroponic, a Kombucha producer and an Aquaponic.   They are seeking new business to come in by offering low rent, shared kitchen, and green incentives.   They hope soon to build a brewery and a mushroom facility.  While The Plant seeks to incubate small business they also see a opportunity to educate the community and conduct research.

People! get on Bikes, its LA’s bike week.  Yesterday (May 17, 2012) LA CAUSA hosted a Bike to Work Pit Stop.  We had Coffee and Conchitas for the bicycles and also had printed material from healthy eating cook books to bike maps.  Also  on the table cliff bars and Tangerines donated by Cooseman’s produce.   

This past Saturday (May 5th, 2012)  a group of 20 participants biked down from East Los Angeles to Long Beach to raise funds for LA CAUSA’s Summer of Solutions while bringing attention to the climate crises arising around the world.   We began our bike at 9:00 am from Atlantic Gold Line Station riding down to the entrance of the LA River Bike Path in the city of Vernon.  A long the way we stopped for a picnic where bici-libre provided bicycle power smoothies and Food not Bombs provided a delicious lunch.    After lunch we made our way down to Long Beach to Bike fest.    A great time was had!

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