Soil to Kitchen: Urban Social Enterprise and the Local Food Economy

Tuesday, May 11, 2:00 - 5:00 pm

Explore local food enterprises with the Chicago Community Loan Fund through a tour of Growing Home, Inc.'s Wood Street Urban Farm and the Logan Square Kitchen. Growing Home is an innovative social enterprise that provides job training for homeless and low-income individuals through an organic agriculture business. We'll visit their year-round farm in Englewood, a low-wealth Chicago neighborhood that faces a host of challenges. Then we'll visit the Logan Square Kitchen, a new sustainable kitchen incubator and event space dedicated to providing early-stage catering and restaurant businesses with the tools they need to grow. Both organizations are Chicago Community Loan Fund borrowers. On the tour, you’ll hear from: Harry Rhodes, Executive Director, Growing Home, Inc. Zina Murray, Owner, Logan Square Kitchen Calvin L. Holmes, Executive Director, Chicago Community Loan Fund Mark Fick, Senior Loan/Program Officer, Chicago Community Loan Fund

Tour Leader:

Calvin Holmes, Chicago Community Loan Fund

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