nancy cg board report final 2 9 15 10
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growing season report on community gardening at CBG, summer 2010TRANSCRIPT
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Community Education Programs
2010
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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
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Green Youth Farm
In 2010, 65 highschool studentsworked, learnedand served their communities atfour separate garden sites.
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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
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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
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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
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Jr. Green Youth Farm – South State
10-12 students Special event sales Huge example for
CPS of the “edible schoolyard” model
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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
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Windy City Harvest at Arturo Velasquez Institute/Daley College
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Windy City Harvest at Garfield Park Conservatory “back yard”
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Windy City Harvest in West Garfield Park
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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
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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
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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
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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
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