Urban Growers Collective

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By creating healing spaces through art and innovation rooted within the foundation of growing food, we foster pathways to freedom.

• Anynomous

  15 August 2019

  Whenever someone says, “I pulled myself up by my bootstraps,” please refer them to this article. Discrimination is real and the playing field is not, and has never been, equal.

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• Anynomous

  10 August 2019

  Our 2nd Annual Gala is in 6 weeks at the beautiful Theater on the Lake. Join us for a delicious night of food and good cheer to celebrate the bounty. Help us raise funds to increase food access, provide education and job training for teens and adults, and inspire more folks to grow their own food for a better Chicago. #ugcgala2019

  Tickets at Urbangrowerscollective.org/events

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• Anynomous

  31 July 2019

  Thanks to Vince Gerasole of CBS News for coming out and visiting the South Chicago Farm. We’re excited to be part of a growing industry feeding neighbors and providing jobs in South Chicago.

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• Anynomous

  27 July 2019

  Urban Growers is out at @61market from 9am-2pm and Fresh Moves is at Woodson Regional Library at 9525 South Halsted for the Town Hall meeting until noon. Come get your delicious, local produce. #knowyourfarmers #localbusiness #urbanagriculture

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• Anynomous

  26 July 2019

  Who runs the world? #strongwomen #leaders #donttellmetosmile

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• Anynomous

  24 July 2019

  THIS IS ALL YOU NEED IN YOUR LIFE. Trust us. Also, just in case you can’t handle all of this adorableness, our teens would like to emphasize that we have free tours of the Grant Park Potager Farm every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 2pm, 3pm and 4pm until August 9th. #allthepuns #socorny #soproud

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• Anynomous

  23 July 2019

  You know you need these scrumptious lil’ dreamboats in your life. Your eyes are just aching for all that beta-carotene. Come have yourself a mango slushy, buy your locally grown vegetables for the week at our stand, pick up some of that delicious @faithsfarm meat, @bikeabee honey and top it off with a slice of salted caramel, peach @justiceofthepies. Today from 4-8pm at @antiquetaco in Bridgeport.

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• Anynomous

  18 July 2019

  Tis the season for goat yoga, the best FUNdraiser to help support Urban Growers Collective. Join us at 10am for yoga, followed by a tour of our South Chicago Farm. #udderlyridiculous

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• Anynomous

  17 July 2019

  Our kind of hump day. #borntobewildbergamont

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• Anynomous

  17 July 2019

  Be still our hearts.

  Our youth job-training program is in full swing at our farms with 145 teens employed. Every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 2pm, 3pm and 4pm our teens are giving free tours at our Grant Park farm at the corner of Congress Parkway and Columbus Boulevard. Learn more about our farm tours at urbangrowerscollective.org/plan-a-visit.

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• Anynomous

  16 July 2019

  Come on out, y’all! Bridgeport City Market at Antique Taco Bridgeport starts today at 4pm!

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• Anynomous

  14 July 2019

  Diversity matters — in the friends we keep and the meals we eat. Having a diverse set of crops to grow and eat helps keep us, and the planet, healthier.

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• Anynomous

  13 July 2019

  One of the most rewarding experiences when visiting our Youth Corps programs is seeing how teens have internalized the farm work they do. Watching the growth in Tara on the right, a rising senior in high school, who has become a leader and resident farm expert; resonating @urbangrowerscollective mission and real avenues for social change, makes these long summer days all the sweeter. #teensmatter #urbanfarming #urbanagriculture #foodjustice

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• Anynomous

  12 July 2019

  LOVE THIS!! Regram @therealdrewoneal: Just bought fresh cabbage, mint, and kale from my kids’ job! Anmarie and Adam are part of the @urbangrowerscollective ...Stop by 13th and Loomis if you wants to support. They are there til 5 pm today.

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• Anynomous

  11 July 2019

  Our Co-Founder, Erika Allen, will be speaking tomorrow at the Food Forever 2020 event at The Hatchery Chicago. The event has an outstanding line-up of folks talking about the importance of biodiversity. Check it out!

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• Anynomous

  03 July 2019

  A short read about the Grounds for Peace program for your commute home.

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• Anynomous

  02 July 2019

  Huge News! Today, Urban Growers Collective, Mayor Lightfoot, the City of Chicago and Heartland Alliance announced the Grounds for Peace 50 lots program. Today’s site in Englewood is the first of 50 vacant lots that will be transformed over the summer into beautiful landscaped sunflower farms, teaching the men in the READI job-training program landscaping and farming skills, as well as the importance of neighborhood beautification. To learn where the lots are located, visit chicago.gov/GroundsforPeace.

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