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Welcome to Chicago Grows Food! A collaborative project devoted to expanding and unifying the food growing community in Chicagoland. We are working towards food sovereignty by providing the materials, tools, education and resources anyone needs to garden!

We believe that communities in and around Chicago deserve equitable and holistic health outcomes and that empowering and creatively connecting advocates for safe and environmentally-conscious food production, land stewardship, food access, food security and nutrition will help bring this vision to life.

homes received a garden

partner organizations

communities engaged in programming

It's Farmers Market Season!

Did you know most Chicago Farmers Markets accept Link. And many of them have joined Link Up Illinois doubling the value of SNAP/Link purchases!

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We Have Resources For Container Gardening

Every Contribution Makes a Difference

You can help provide the materials for someone to grow their own food, improve their mental and physical health, and make accessing fresh produce easier and cheaper.

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In Kind, Volunteering, Gardening Experience and more!

About Chicago Grows Food

What We Are Hearing

"Oh, it was beautiful. That's the best garden I've had so far."

"I felt proud of myself as well, because it's something that I have been wanting to do like wanting to have a home garden, but didn't know where to start or if I would even be successful. So it was a good kick in the pants that I needed to just do it, to just try it, to learn. And I think again, learning how to be flexible. So it was a, it was a good learning experience for me. Like I felt really proud of myself. But um, even though like some of my plants weren't as successful, like, not feeling defeated, of like, “Okay, I know, I need to switch some things up. Like I know things need to be a little bit different.” And not being afraid to like try it again."

“The kids get really excited about eating the salad that they harvest themselves. They put the seeds there and then they harvest it. And then [the lunch chef] has it ready for the kids to eat at lunch”.

Many of our parents loved the grow bags and appreciated the bags being sent home. Thank you so much, it helped build a better bridge from families to school.