Chicago's City Farm: Farming in the City

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November/December 2008
Letitia L. Star 
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“Unheated plastic enclosures allow us to grow freeze-hearty plants in the winter. However, the production is one-fifth less,” Dunn says.

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When the site is ready for redevelopment, City Farm is designed to be easily relocated.

“It’s too expensive to own the land, so the City of Chicago gives us a year-to-year lease for free. We’ll be given notice to pick up the farm and move across to another lot,” Dunn says. “The City of Chicago would like us to tend all vacant properties, so that these lots can be kept attractive and protected.”

“We call ourselves a farm, rather than a community garden, because we’re not stopping at only one site. We plan to expand to multiple lots,” Wilson says.

With Dunn’s vision and commitment that may become a reality – to the abundance of all.

Digging Deeper

 * Resource Center and City Farm, www.ResourceCenterChicago.org 

* City Farm buys its heirloom tomato seeds from: Johnny’s Selected Seeds, www.JohnnySeeds.com and Fedco-Seeds, www.FedcoSeeds.com 

 * For 400 varieties of heirloom tomato seeds: Heirloom Tomatoes, www.HeirloomTomatoes.Bizland.com

 * North Pond Restaurant, Chicago, www.NorthPondRestaurant.com 

Freelance journalist and photographer Letitia L. Star is enthused about urban farms and community gardens springing up in the Chicago area.

 

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