Chicago's first permanent, year-round urban farm.
The Wood Street Urban Farm is located in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago, just a few blocks west of Ashland and 58th St. This site is not yet certified organic – we’ve begun the process this year – but everything there is grown organically in three permanent hoophouses as well as outside.
This site is unusual because it is Chicago’s first permanent, year-round urban farm, meaning that we are able to grow in our hoophouses all the way through the winter. In fact, we were able to harvest spinach even during the recordbreaking cold of January and February 2008. While the site is small – only about 2/3 of an acre – we are able to grow a great deal of produce. At the Wood Street urban farm, we grow spinach, salad mix, arugula, and swiss chard, which all like to grow in the warm, moist hoophouse climate, as well as tomatoes, zucchini, beets, turnips, kale, mustard greens, and collards.
For more information on the development of this farm site, read our summer 2008 progress report on the Wood Street Urban Farm.
Visit the Wood Street Urban Farm
Tours of this farm site can be arranged by emailing us or calling us at (773) 549-1336 and are scheduled on a first come, first served basis. Tours must be scheduled at least one week in advance.
There is a $5 per person suggested donation for farm tours.
We prefer to schedule visits on Tuesdays and Thursdays between 2:30 and 4:30 but can sometimes accomodate alternate days and times. Tours usually last 1/2 to 1 hour.
The Wood Street Urban Farm is located at 5814 S. Wood Street, Chicago, IL 60636.