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Senate Bill 850 would direct the state’s Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, or DCEO, to establish the “Grocery Initiative,” a program that would study “food deserts” in Illinois and provide grants to new or existing grocery stores in these areas.
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Maria Alvarez from Maria's Cakes is now one of Bloomington-Normal’s most successful professional cake makers. She became popular, in part, by making cakes for Bloomington-Normal’s Hispanic families for quinceañeras.
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The end of expanded federal nutrition benefits come at a time when central Illinois food banks already were struggling to ensure everyone is fed.
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The largest maple syrup producer in Illinois may not have a future as global climate change progresses.
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A Chicago-based group with ties to central Illinois established to promote “regenerative” organic agriculture has issued a new study showing a link between regenerative farming, soil health and human health.
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Famed late night TV entertainer Johnny Carson once joked that there is only one fruitcake in the world and people just keep mailing it to each other. If so, this could be that fruitcake.
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In Illinois, the average price for a Thanksgiving meal for 10 is expected to jump 13% this year, to $65.53, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation’s latest Thanksgiving Cost Survey.
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Drought, war, and disease continue to affect supply chains worldwide, and it's not just workforce shortages that delay shipping.
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Eleven new restaurants have opened or are in the process of opening in Bloomington-Normal.
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The owners of Fort Jesse Cafe in Normal discuss the stresses of running a restaurant in a pandemic.