Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If it hadn't been for the pandemic, Derek Drake would have never discovered his purpose. Furloughed from his job at Northwestern ...

South suburban Ford Heights, one of Cook County's food deserts, is now home to a high-tech farm thanks to funding from the county and United Way.

According to a report released in May, the hydroponics market is estimated at $8.1 billion in 2019 and projected to reach $16 billion by 2025. The growth is driven by “higher yields compared with ...