Spring Field Day at our Marseilles farm

 

If you’ve never ventured out to our farm in Marseilles, IL – the Les Brown Memorial Farm – now is a great time to come and check it out. There will be lots to eat and see. Email us at info@growinghomeinc.org or call 773.549.1336 if you have any questions.

Growing Home Kickstarter selected to Seed Chicago!

Great news! Growing Home’s Kickstarter project – Harvesting Hope – has been selected to Seed Chicago, the city’s new curated Kickstarter page for projects specifically focusing on job creation and growth in Chicago’s neighborhoods. A major benefit to being selected to Seed Chicago is our project will receive increased exposure, increasing our ability to meet our funding goal and build a new hoophouse in Englewood. Seed Chicago is a direct result of Chicago’s Plan for Economic Growth and Jobs strategy to nurture neighborhoods and foster continuous development of talent, business and real-estate assets. The Plan was developed by World Business Chicago at the request of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel last year in order to accelerate Chicago’s economic growth. We are excited to be one of eleven projects featured on Seed Chicago.

The initiative was featured on the front page of the Chicago Tribune business section as well as in Crain’s Chicago Business online. If you don’t have access to the Tribune online, check out the article here.

Wood Street Season Kick-off Open House Celebration

Growing Home’s Wood Street Urban Farm presents its:

Season Kick-off Open House Celebration
Wednesday, April 24th from 1pm – 4pm
Soul Food Junkies starts at 4pm

Including:
An Organic Farm Stand
Farm Tours
Healthy Cooking Demonstrations
Garden Workshops for Children and Adults
Information and Resources
Refreshments
Plus More!

This family-friendly event is free and open to all!

For more information or to reserve your spot at the Soul Food Junkies film screening email: outreach@growinghomeinc.org or call (773) 434-7144.