Conservation Fund: New Farm in Chicago Southland Will Increase Healthy Local Food Availability and Job Training Opportunities
May 29, 2024
May 29, 2024
CHICAGO, Illinois, May 29 -- The Conservation Fund issued the following news release:
On behalf of Chicago's Urban Growers Collective, The Conservation Fund's Chicago Metro Farms Fund has purchased a 30-acre farm in unincorporated Cook County, more than tripling the amount of land available to the nonprofit farm for cultivation.
For more than 23 years, Urban Growers Collective (UGC), a Black- and woman-run nonprofit, has worked closely with community partners . . .
On behalf of Chicago's Urban Growers Collective, The Conservation Fund's Chicago Metro Farms Fund has purchased a 30-acre farm in unincorporated Cook County, more than tripling the amount of land available to the nonprofit farm for cultivation.
For more than 23 years, Urban Growers Collective (UGC), a Black- and woman-run nonprofit, has worked closely with community partners . . .