{"id":44956,"date":"2016-11-02T10:58:40","date_gmt":"2016-11-02T15:58:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=44956"},"modified":"2016-11-02T11:00:29","modified_gmt":"2016-11-02T16:00:29","slug":"shark-tank-food-contest-fulfills-hunger-for-locally-produced-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/shark-tank-food-contest-fulfills-hunger-for-locally-produced-food\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Shark Tank\u2019 food contest fulfills hunger for locally produced food"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Jordan Gaines<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"dropcap\" style=\"text-align: left\">Locally sourced food creates local jobs and creates smaller carbon footprint, which is better for the environment. So why is it that only <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmap.illinois.gov\/livability\/sustainability\/local-food\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">6 percent <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">of food grown in Illinois consumed here?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In a \u201cShark Tank\u201d-style competition, a team composed of three food-based concerns won the right last week to solve that problem with a winning $500,000 plan to bring produce to more than 250,000 Chicago families. Comprised of <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">FarmLogix, Top Box Foods and This Old Farm, the trio beat out 24 teams with a creative\u00a0plan to get locally sourced food on local tables in a<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> contest sponsored by the Kinship Foundation and Chicago Community Trust.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Together, the companies will put products and proteins into food boxes and provide up to 700 pick-up locations where residents can access these items.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFour years ago, I started this business at my kitchen table as a single mom,\u201d said Linda Mallers, CEO of FarmLogix, an Evanston-based company that connects farms to over 1,000 schools in 17 states.<\/p>\n<p>Their partner, <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Top Box Foods, also works to help communities access fresh food. They partner with schools and churches, offering boxes of fresh meat and produce for $8-$28. They currently have 22 pick-up locations in Cook County primarily in food deserts where grocery stores are not readily accessible.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cNearly <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usda.gov\/documents\/1-Whatandwhy.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">25 million<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> live more than one mile from a supermarket,\u201d according to the United States Department of Agriculture. \u201cThe farmers\u2019 markets, mobile grocers and other unconventional retail outlets stocked with local food can help address food access challenges in areas not being reached by the traditional system.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"featurecaption\" style=\"text-align: left\">Photo at top:Carrots grown at Growing Power&#8217;s Milwaukee Farm (Photo courtesy of the USDA)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jordan Gaines Locally sourced food creates local jobs and creates smaller carbon footprint, which is better for the environment. 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