Growing healthy food to narrow Chicago's 20-year life expectancy gap: ‘If we eat better, we do better’

Angela Taylor sits on a bench in her garden and looks out at a sea of green with bursts of color: leafy kale, round melons, red peppers and orange marigolds. A few butterflies flutter to the soundtrack of chirping birds and the roar of the L train nearby. This garden takes up two city lots and is n...