Growing Home
Job Training, Employment, and Community Development through Organic Agriculture
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Get your tickets to our one-of-a-kind Spring fundraiser!
Growing Home is proud to host our 12th Annual Benefit Dinner and Auction at Salvage One on May 20th, 2014 from 5:30-9:30 pm. Join us for an exciting evening to celebrate our innovative community development in Chicago over the… Read More
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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
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2014 CSA Registration Is Open!
We are pleased to invite you to become a Growing Home CSA member for the 2014 season! Read below for information about the program, shares, pick-up sites, prices, and dates. Our community supported agriculture program provides an abundance… Read More
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Thinking of Spring? Us too! Donate today!
A message from our Executive Director in support of our annual Winter Fundraising Campaign This summer, recent graduate Jimmy Chocolate saw a “guy in a chef coat” on the bus and started a conversation. He said, “Hey,… 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
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