Delta's Ben Shorofsky is quoted in this press release from Food:Land:Opportunity where they announce the winners of the Food to Market Challenge. Delta Institute's Artisan Grain Collaborative made it to the finalist round.
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Knight Cities Challenge grant competition seeks way to revitalize Gary
This NWI Times article discusses the new round of Knight Cities Challenge funding that is available for those who want to help cities succeed. Delta's Steel City Salvage project, which will create a materials reuse facility and marketplace for Gary's deconstructed...
Live Crowdfunding Event will BOOST Chicagoland Entrepreneurs
This Sustainable Chicago Magazine article highlights the finalists for BOOST, the live-crowdfunded pitch event organized by the Delta Emerging Leaders, associate board of Delta Institute. Read more.
Gary to hire consultants for green plan
This Post-Tribune article reports on the Gary Redevelopment Commission's decision to award contracts to three organizations that are advising the city on deconstruction of abandoned homes. Among them is Delta Insitute, who devised the initial deconstruction plan. Read...
Funding a Sustainable Future – 5th Annual BOOST Event Funds Social Innovation in Chicagoland
Media Contact: Katie Yocum Musisi Email: kmusisi@delta-institute.org Phone: 312-651-4344 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 18th, 2016 Funding a Sustainable Future – 5th Annual BOOST Event Funds Social Innovation in Chicagoland CHICAGO, IL - BOOST (Building Opportunities...
Bringing Small Grains into Chicago and the “Local Food” Conversation
-Ben Shorofsky, Programs Specialist at Delta Institute Grains and beans represent a significant portion of our food system, but they are relatively new to the local food conversation. Delta Institute is proud to be part of a collaborative effort aimed at bringing...
HazMat Magazine features “From Brownfields to Beauty”
This HazMat Magazine article highlights our brownfield remediation work in Muskegon, MI and our recent video that describes how using poplar trees remediates soil.
Lansing Officials Announce ‘Scraps to Soil’ program for local restaurants
This article from the Lansing State Journal highlights the launch of a food scraps pilot program that Delta is leading in partnership with the city's Live Green Lansing initiative and Hammond Farms. The program is funded by the Michigan Department of Environmental...
Program helps restaurants turn food scraps into compost
This story from Lansing-based Fox28 highlights the launch of a food scraps pilot program that Delta is leading in partnership with the city's Live Green Lansing initiative and Hammond Farms. The program is funded by the Michigan Department f Environmental Quality.
From Brownfield to Beauty
How do we use trees to clean up soil? With funding from the U.S. Forest Service, we made a video that shows you how we've transformed 11 acres of vacant brownfields in Muskegon, MI into urban tree farms using fast-growing poplar trees that clean up soil while...
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