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Fresh Food – A Recipe for Healthy Schools and CommunitiesCommunities

To inspire communities to build bl f d

Vision

sustainable food systems that are equitable and ecologically

sound, creating a just world creating a just world,

one food-secure community at a time.

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We are nationwide nonprofit organization and land trust,

supporting people from diverse backgrounds and the environments in which they live. d y

We do this work through the development of Community Food Systems.

These systems provide high-f ffquality, safe, healthy, affordable,

and culturally-appropriate food for all residents in the community.

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What’s needed to get local food into schools and our communities ?

- Farmers who grow food- Growing infrastructure- Access to capital (grants and loans)

N i i d i- Nutrition education- Community based initiatives

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Food Production

Urban Agriculture as Green Jobs Training“Ending the Technological Divide.”“Ending the Technological Divide.”

Value-Added Products

Waste Reduction & Composting

Education & Career

Development

Water & Energy Efficiency

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Infrastructure

Site Map of Iron Street Property Landscaped Property Border

10 Hoop Greenhouses

Outdoor Classroom

Apiary

In-vessel compostingAquaponicsOffice SpaceGreen Business Incubator

In-vessel Composting

Expanded CompostingAquaponicsSmall Animal HusbandryAnerobic Digestor

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6 hoops of 10 in place

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Youth Corp

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Finished Compost Finished Compost -- FertilityFertility

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Hoop Hoop House House ProductionProduction

Food Production

AquaponicsAquaponics“Food & Fish Production”“Food & Fish Production”

Food Production

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Yellow Yellow Perch and Perch and Tilapia Tilapia FishFishSustainably raised Sustainably raised through Aquaponicsthrough Aquaponicsthrough Aquaponicsthrough Aquaponics

InIn‐‐vessel vessel Anerobic Anerobic Digester Digester creatingcreatingRenewableRenewableEnergyEnergy

Waste Reduction & Composting

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SmallSmall--scale, scale, InIn--vessel vessel Composting Composting p gp gand and Vermiculture Vermiculture BinsBins

Waste Reduction & Composting

Youth Development

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Grant Park Urban Agriculture Potager 

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Beloved Community

Cabrini Green Urban Farm

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Reaching Our Goals

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Develop a plan……….

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Farm-City Market Basket and Sustainable Box Program…..

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Farm-to-City Market Basket Program

•Customers pay weekly: $8, $16, $27•Receive 20-25 pounds of vegetables, fruit, herbs, value added products•Farmers are paid on delivery•Promotes year-round growing by farmers andPromotes year round growing by farmers and healthy eating in communities•Eliminates need for high cost grocery stores especially in communities without

Farmers’ Markets

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Our goal is to…Our goal is to…

Grow food Grow food Grow minds Grow minds &&

Grow communityGrow community

For more information visit us at:

www.growingpower.org

Chicago Office773 376 8882773-376-8882