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SLIDESHOW: Image 5/43 Posted 10.17.09 | PERMALINK | ESSAY

Urban Agriculture
City Farm, Chicago, Illinois

Resource Center

Urban Agriculture reconnects city residents with their food sources, shortens the distance food has to travel, reduces transportation costs and increases green space in urban areas. Many urban food projects are small-scale neighborhood programs that convert vacant lots into private gardens. City Farm operates on a larger scale; the sustainable, organic farm uses large, vacant properties to grow vegetables and make compost. The farm produces 20 varieties of tomatoes as well as other fruits and vegetables that are sold to local restaurants and the public. The Resource Center operates City Farm to create jobs. Center founder Ken Dunn notes, ”We found that by planning and planting carefully, you can create a job for an individual on about 10,000 square feet, or about four lots.”

[Image Credit: Kevin Pierce]

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