A New Push Is on in Chicago to Connect Urban Farmers With Institutional Buyers Like Schools and Hospitals

Photo caption: Dan Hurowitz harvests produce at City Farm on Sept. 30, 2011 in Chicago, Illinois. Photo credit: Scott Olson / Getty Images. Article by Aydali Campa. Inside Climate News – December 7, 2022.

More local growers, a healthier population and climate change mitigation are what urban agriculture advocates and researchers envision for the future of Chicago’s food systems. Linking small producers and producers of color with public institutions like schools, hospitals and detention centers in the food supply chain can be a significant step in that direction because of the hundreds of thousands of people they serve, said Weslynne Ashton, associate professor of environmental management at the Illinois Institute of Technology. […]

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