Welcome to the Grow Your Own Illinois Press Center

Three substantive press releases have recently been issued, in conjunction with the Grow Your Own Teachers Day in Springfield, February 18th, 2009.

Release #1 (pdf) focuses on the current status of the program and its request for legislative support

Release #2 (pdf) describes the history and research basis for the program in the words of those who founded it.

A Post-rally Release

For a chronolgy of recent program highlights, click the News link to the left.

In addition, there is extensive additional information in the Advocacy, Get Involved and Resources sections of the web site, for example:

• Information on recent statewide meetings.
• A list of current Grow Your Own Teachers projects
• A summary (with links to the full text) of the Grow Your Own Law
• A statement on the rationale for the role of community organizations in the project.

For direct questions, your first contact should be:

Anne Hallett, Manager, Grow Your Own Illinois, 773-209-8134