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Small urban farm sticks to social mission and achieves high yields

December 21, 2021

“One of the first things we learned during the Master Urban Farmer Training Program (MUFTP) was you can’t do everything,” explains Mary Harkenrider, urban farmer,...

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El Paseo Community Garden is not just growing food, it's growing leaders and community

October 22, 2021

Paula Acevedo talks quickly and passionately pointing left and right as we walk through El Paseo Community Garden. “This is a work of love,” says the 2016 graduate of the ...

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Oscar Villa, urban beekeeper, approaches his hives along the Metra tracks

Urban beekeeper's planned expansion pays off during pandemic

July 30, 2021

Approaching the hives along the Metra tracks on Chicago’s south side the smell of grass smoke intensifies as Oscar Villa, beekeeper and owner of Bee-utiful Honey, waves his smoker. “Don’t worry. Come closer. Young bees tend not to sting, and they are the...

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Kevin Lindley in one of his high tunnels

Three types of investment set up a beginning urban farmer for success

May 6, 2021

“I blame this on my Granny Flo,” Kevin Lindley, urban farmer and executive director Green Pastures Eco Community Farm, shakes his head and declares while standing in a high tunnel located on his 5-acre non-profit farm in Chicago’s south suburbs. “When I was growing up, she took me to U-pick...

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Blog Archive

Cultivate Cook County 2021

Small urban farm sticks to social mission and achieves high yields

El Paseo Community Garden is not just growing food, it's growing leaders and community

Urban beekeeper's planned expansion pays off during pandemic

Three types of investment set up a beginning urban farmer for success