Rooted for Good, formerly DeKalb County Community Gardens, will hold two free food distribution events in honor of Giving Tuesday, Dec. 3.

Rooted For Good, formerly DeKalb County Community Gardens, released a list of October locations for Grow Mobile, a mobile food pantry that offers free food and household items to all who visit, no requirements necessary.

The DeKalb County Community Gardens released a list of September locations for the Grow Mobile, a mobile food pantry that offers free food and household items to all who visit, no requirements necessary.

The DeKalb County Community Gardens will host “A Dinner for Good” event to support the organization, which helps feed those in need throughout the county Sept. 6.

Here's where to find the DeKalb County Community Gardens' mobile food pantry in July:

The DeKalb County Community Gardens will host its Grow Mobile, a mobile food pantry that offers free food and household items to all who visit, no requirements necessary, at multiple locations in June.

In a nod to Earth Day, multiple Ideal Industries employees spent Monday afternoon planting dozens of crops for DeKalb County Community Gardens which eventually will turn into food consumed by locals in need.

Two proposals for city-owned vacant land at the northwest corner of Hillcrest Drive and Blackhawk Road have been put forward by Northern Illinois University and DeKalb County Community Gardens. The City Council is expected to weigh in Monday.

Area youth got their hands dirty Wednesday learning about insects, composting and the role worms play in sustainable food production during the kickoff of a day camp run by the DeKalb County Community Gardens.

The DeKalb County Community Gardens is hosting a two-day day-camp that teaches kids sustainable local foods.

The DeKalb County Community Gardens’ Sustainable Food Safari Kids Camp is scheduled to return this month and will feature opportunities to area children to learn about food growth.

The number people served by local food pantries varies from week to week. In the past few months, that number has increased, said operators of several DeKalb area food pantries. On April 1, Barb Food Mart served a record-breaking 246 families.