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Vertical Farming at "The Plant".
This is a project combining adaptive industrial reuse and aquaponics to create Chicago’s first vertical farm. Watch the video and then click to visit the website and learn more!
Rogers Park Farms has been formed to support local, community food systems. Our goal is to encourage community and economy development through neighborhood food production, preparation and exchange. Rogers Park Farms seeks to support access to healthy and culturally important foods and to reduce the ecological footprint of food systems. An important first step is to pursue the acquisition and joint development of the vacant property at the southeast corner of Ashland Avenue and Howard street for affordable housing; retail commercial and an urban farm.
A Work in Progress
Rogers Park Farms is pursuing its mission through the development of the following types of infrastructure and farming opportunities throughout our community:
WHAT AND WHERE:
Collective community gardens.
Open-access community orchards.
Garden allotments in a shared space.
Transitions and victory gardens.
Rooftop gardening and raised-bed gardens in underutilized spaces (e.g., paved lots).
Edible landscaping, native food plantings and foraging.
Animal husbandry (e.g., chickens, pygmy goats), fish farms, and bee-keeping.
HOW:
Participant-share agriculture.
Yard-sharing for gardening.
Seed-sharing programs.
Tool-sharing programs.
Community composting programs.
Food education center(s) with shared kitchen space.
Neighborhood (re)skilling opportunities in growing, preparing, & preserving foods.
MEANS:
Food harvest and food product production in the neighborhood.
Additional and alternative farmers markets.
A food cooperative (co-op).
Incubation for small businesses (e.g., through provision of a certified kitchen).
Facilitation of community-support agriculture options in the community.
Partnership with an agrarian community in food production for Rogers Park.
Help Us Grow!
We’re just getting started! Watch this website for more information, which will be posted soon. If you are interested in getting involved, send us a message via our contact form and we will get back to you right away!
