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8.11.22 Block Club Chicago, Nonprofit That Built Englewood’s Peace Campus Turns Over Reins To Imagine Englewood If, Which Wants To Grow It
8.8.22 WGN9, Chicago nonprofits unite to expand community reach
7.7.22 Chicago Reader, Growing for Good with Green Thumb: Growing Home Inc.
6.1.22 Driehaus Foundation, Growing Food and Open Space in Chicago
5.21.22 Chicago Tribune, As Whole Foods prepares to leave Englewood, food leaders are planning ahead. ‘We need more options.’
5.24.22 Next City, Chicago Urban Farm Sows a New Legacy for Englewood Residents
5.10.22 WBEZ Chicago, Why the best prices on summer produce could be at your neighborhood farmers’ market
5.9.22: CBS Chicago, As Whole Foods closes, Englewood organizations offer produce for the community
9.22.21 WGN TV & Online, Englewood Residents Turn to Farming Produce To Fight Food Insecurity
8.30.21: Eater Chicago, Inside the Chicago Urban Farm Cultivating the Means to Fight Food Insecurity
8.12.21: Greater Chicago Food Depository, Growing Home Brings Farm-To-Table Experience to Englewood Pantry
7.23.21: RiseKit, Four Characteristics of a Successful Alumni Program According to Growing Home
7.23.21: Columbia Chronicle, Fruits, veggies and opportunities: A guide to Chicago’s urban farms
5.18.21: The Daily Northwestern, West End Garden Seeks to Bring Justice-Focused Community Gardening to Evanston
5.13.21: Eater Chicago, Farmer’s Markets in Chicago
2.13.21: Roots Watering Hole Podcast with Orrin Williams & Dr. Akilah Martin, CPHP Partner Growing Home and LaQuandra Fair
1.20.21 WBBM Radio, Growing Home & LaQuandra Fair on Chicago Connection
12.30.20 The Chicago Community Trust, Chicago Organizations Spotlight
12.21.20 McCormick Foundation, Increasing Economic Opportunity Through Agriculture
12.11.20 Block Club Chicago, Englewood: Growing Home’s WinterFest 2020 To Go On Rain Or Shine Saturday
11.02.20 McCormick Foundation Foundation Blog, Growing Food and Careers through Urban Agriculture
10.08.20 Spiritual Capital Podcast with Craig Mattson, Kohlrabi Capital with Janelle St. John
10.01.20 Chicago Magazine, “Nonprofits Worthy Of Your Money”
09.15.20 Chicago Community Loan Fund Report Spotlight (scroll down), Planting Seeds for Jobs; Growing Food Access
8.26.20 Block Club Chicago, Celebrity Chefs Hold Cooking Contest to Benefit Growing Home Englewood
8.13.20 WTTW, ‘Chicago Tonight’ “in Your Neighborhood: Englewood”
8.01.20 J.R. Albert Foundation, Inc., Grantee Highlight: Growing Home
7.15.20 The Chicago Community Trust, Trust Grants $2 Million to Address Critical Needs
7.14.20 Chicago Community Loan Fund, Growing Home Receives FHLBC COVID-19 Relief Grant
6.28.20 Get Down to Business with Shalom Klein, Interview with Danielle Perry
5.11.20 Wall Street Journal, When Coronavirus Hits Food Deserts
5.8.20 Midwest Region AT&T, South and West Side Neighborhood Food Pantries Get Boost from AT&T
Free Spirit Media, Commercial Greenhouses May Be The Future of Urban Farming In Chicago
ABC 7, Growing Home Organic Farm Provides Second Chance Job Training With Fresh Produce
U.S. Catholic – For This Chicago Pastor, Community Justice Means Food Justice
Chicago Tribune, Activists and Farmers Tackle Food Deserts on Chicago’s South Side – ‘Food is a tool of resistance’
Black Food and Beverage, Growing Home’s Farm Manager, DeAndre Brooks
Block Club Chicago, Urban Farm in Englewood Hosting A Free ‘Old School’ Block Party Saturday
The Citizen, South Side Non-Profit Hosts Record-Breaking Fundraiser Under New Leadership
Forbes, Chicago’s Growing Home Is Using Food And Farming To Help Nourish More Than The Body
Freethink, This Chicago Urban Farm Grows Opportunity, Jobs
South Side Weekly, What is the Future of Food Policy in Chicago?
WBEZ, Outside-The-Box Ideas Chicagoans Have For Mayor-Elect Lightfoot
Next City, Urban Agriculture Sprouting Roots In Illinois’ Legislative Soil
South Side Talks, Episode 2 – Planting in the Desert
WTTW’s Chicago Tonight, Organic Gardens in Chicago Provide Fresh Produce, Opportunities
RedEye, Chicago in Action: Give back to the city with these three volunteer organizations
Chicago Tribune, Urban Farms Thrive in Chicago
Food Tank, Ten Questions with Harry Rhodes, Executive Director of Growing Home
WBEZ, The Push For Urban Agriculture Zones In Chicago
YES! Magazine, How to Help 55 Million People Out of Food Deserts
Medill Reports Chicago, Growing Home Produces a Bountiful Harvest for Englewood Residents
CBS Chicago, Top Chicago Charities
Chicagosit, The Best Urban Farming in Chicago
Food Tank, Whole Foods Partnering with Urban Farming Project to Improve Food Security in Chicago Neighborhood
La Reléve et La Peste, La région pauvre et désindustrialisée de la Rust Belt se transforme en potager géant!
Chicago Tribune, Access to Healthier Choices Can Mean Healthier Living
Mother Jones, PHOTOS: Plant Tomatoes. Harvest Lower Crime Rates.
REDF, Made: Growing Home
Resilience, Sustainable Business: Growing Home Gives Roots to Those in Need
Stanford Social Innovation, Market Making for Mission
Streetwise, How Chicago Became a Leader in Urban Agriculture