{"id":55331,"date":"2017-03-11T16:21:28","date_gmt":"2017-03-11T22:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=55331"},"modified":"2017-03-11T18:03:46","modified_gmt":"2017-03-12T00:03:46","slug":"bringing-seeds-to-life-at-plant-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/bringing-seeds-to-life-at-plant-chicago\/","title":{"rendered":"Bringing seeds to life at Plant Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Emilie Syberg<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"dropcap\">At <a href=\"http:\/\/plantchicago.org\/\">Plant Chicago\u2019s<\/a> recent Saturday farmer\u2019s market, local organic recycling plant <a href=\"https:\/\/nlrwormshop.com\/\">Nature\u2019s Little Recyclers<\/a> hosted a seed swap. Market attendees, who came to enjoy a craft beer from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whinerbeer.com\/\">Whiner Brewery<\/a> and pick up some vegetables for the week ahead, lingered over seed packets ranging from squash to marigolds. Ed Hubbard, the founder of Nature\u2019s Little Recyclers, compares growing your own food to \u201cmagic\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"SEED SWAP FINAL\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/207960682?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"featurecaption\">Photo at top: Seeds for swapping at Plant Chicago. (Emilie Syberg\/MEDILL)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Emilie Syberg At Plant Chicago\u2019s recent Saturday farmer\u2019s market, local organic recycling plant Nature\u2019s Little Recyclers hosted a seed swap. 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