Community Education Programs

2010

The Green Youth Farm Program Windy City Harvest Cook County Boot Camp Garden &

Composting Operation Native Seed Farm Program

Community Gardening 2010 Growing Season Report

Green Youth Farm

In 2010, 65 highschool studentsworked, learnedand served their communities atfour separate garden sites.

Green Youth Farm North Chicago 22 students 6,300 lbs. produce twice weekly market stands twice monthly farmers markets at CBG weekly cooking demos for WIC recipients

Green Youth Farm at Dyett High School/Washington Park

17 teens 2,100 lbs.

produce weekly farm

stand with LINK sales

Supported by Alderman Preckwinkle

Green Youth Farm North Lawndale 16 teens

1,100 lbs. produce

Weekly farm stand

Stopping point forfederal agency listening tours by Health and Human Services, EPA and USDA

Jr. Green Youth Farm – South State

10-12 students Special event sales Huge example for

CPS of the “edible schoolyard” model

Windy City Harvest 15 adult certificate

students 14,000 lbs. of

premium produce from three growing sites

unique urban agriculture certificate program in the state

supported by federal, state and local public funding

Windy City Harvest at Arturo Velasquez Institute/Daley College

Windy City Harvest at Garfield Park Conservatory “back yard”

Windy City Harvest in West Garfield Park

Cook County Boot Camp

training 45-50 each year Employing 10-15 post release each year 1-acre production area Staffed by Windy City Harvest growers 5,000 lbs. of produce harvested Supported by Illinois Department of Commerce and

Economic Opportunityand Cook County agencies

Boot Camp Composting Project

$80,000 grant from the Cook County Environmental Control Office

2-acre windrow composting site on Boot Camp site

Closed loop recycling from farm to kitchen to compost

Possible additional funding

Native Seed Garden -Bridgeport 3-year, $150,000 grant from IMLS Unique chance to propagate rare native Seeds of

Success stock for restoration and landscaping Possible broad use for vacant/brownfield lots and

corporate owned sites

Working PartnershipsCurrentInstitute of Museum and Library ServicesCity Colleges of Chicago (Daley/AVI/Kennedy King)City Department of Family & Support ServicesUSDA –Food and Nutrition ServiceEPA–Region 5Cook County Boot CampCook County Forest Preserve DistrictCook County Environmental Control OfficeDelta InstituteIllinois Department of Commerce & Economic

Opportunity