Growing Home
Growing Home’s mission is to operate, promote and demonstrate the use of organic agriculture as a vehicle for job training, employment, and community development.
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Javier’s great news
Javier, a 2011 Growing Home grad, is now working full-time at East Balt, a commercial bakery on Chicago’s south side that’s been around more than 50 years. It’s a good-paying union job with full benefits, year-round. Javier came… Read More
Support Us
Without our supporters, we couldn’t grow thousands of pounds of organic produce, provide job training to 40 people each year, or achieve a 93% job placement rate like we did in Cohort 2 of 2013! Thank you for… Read More
CSA Membership
2014 CSA registration is still open! We have limited summer shares left and the season starts on June 13th. Please email us at info@growinghomeinc.org or call 773-549-1336 today to reserve your share! Fall shares are also still available…. Read More
In the News
Recent news coverage of Growing Home: We were recently featured on CNN’s Chicagoland, Episode 4! Equal Criminal Justice System (Letter to the Editor, Chicago Tribune, January 20, 2014) The War on Poverty 50 Years Later (WBEZ, January 9,… Read More