Project Overview
4/8/2016
Making a Sustainable Difference in South Chicago
Presented By:
Green Era, USEPA Region 5, Terracon Consultants
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Agenda • • • • • •
Panel Introduction Green Era/Growing Power Overview Project Overview Path Forward Project Benefits Q&A
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Panel Introduction Keary Cragan
Jason Feldman
USEPA Region 5
Green Era
Linda Yang, P.G. Terracon Consultants, Inc.
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Agenda • • • • • •
Panel Introduction Green Era/Growing Power Overview Project Overview Path Forward Project Benefits Q&A
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Nonprofit and land trust supporting people from diverse backgrounds by helping to provide equal access to healthy, highquality, safe and affordable food. Vision: To inspire communities to build sustainable food systems that are equitable and ecologically sound; creating a just world, one food-secure community at a time. Goal: To grow food, to grow minds, and to grow community. 5
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30 ,0 0 0 + p eop le t our Grow ing Pow er each year.
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Iron Street Farm, Chicago
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Ch i ca g o Of f i ce
Gr ow i n g Pow er ’s M i ssi on : Growing Power is a national nonprofit organization and land trust supporting people from 10
4/8/2016
Iron Street Farm, Chicago
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Fresh Moves Mobile Produce Market
Fresh Moves Mobile Produce Market
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New Sites
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We need mountains of soil. over 50+ million pounds a year
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So we launched…
Green Era SUSTAINABILITY PARTNERS
How we think of waste • How we grow food • How we create energy 21
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We produce a lot of food waste
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The average US family produces 2,000 pounds of food waste each year.
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97% of food waste is sent to the landfill. Only 3% is ever recycled for future use.
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Food Waste #1 item sent to landfills.
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+2M tons/year organic waste
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EPA’s Food Recovery Hierarchy Prioritizes actions organizations can take to prevent and divert wasted food.
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Hidden in that waste is an opportunity.
City Farm, Chicago 30
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ENERGY
FOOD
JOBS
ENVIRONMENT
Harnessing wast e, g row ing t he fut ure. 31
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A naerob ic Dig est ion Bio g as Fo o d W ast e
A naero b ic Dig est io n
Fert ilizer, Co m p o st and m ore…
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Anaerobic Digestion
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Agenda • • • • • •
Panel Introduction Green Era/Growing Power Overview Project Overview Path Forward Project Benefits Q&A
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Site Map
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Phase I Environmental Site Assessment
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Phase II Subsurface Assessment
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Hig h areas o f lead (TCLP +5mg/ L)
sho w n in red West 82nd Street
Elevated Metra Rail Line
South Wallace Street
N:\Projects\2013\A2137008\Working Files\Diagrams-Drawings-Figures\Drawings A2137008-Delineation-Update.dwg
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Current Truck Trailer Parking
44 West 83rd Street
PRELIMINARY ESTIMATED CONTAMINANT EXTENT:
Approximate Site Location
Project Mngr: Drawn By:
Project No.
RMO Scale:
MJT
100' APPROXIMATE SCALE
A2137008 AS-SHOWN
Revised By:
Checked By: 0
Approximate Extent of Soil Exceeding TCLP Hazardous Waste Criteria - Lead
RMO
RMO
650 W. LAKE ST., SUITE 420
Date:
Approved By:
RMO
Consulting Engineers and Scientists
May 2014
PH. (312) 575-0014
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60661
Approximate Extent of Subsurface Soil Exceeding Attenuation Capacity
DELINEATION: TCLP LEAD & ATTENUATION
EXHIBIT
PHASE II ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENT
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650 WEST 83RD STREET CHICAGO, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS
FAX. (312) 575-0111
DIAGRAM IS FOR GENERAL LOCATION ONLY, AND IS NOT INTENDED FOR CONSTRUCTION PURPOSES.
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Agenda • • • • • •
Panel Introduction Green Era/Growing Power Overview Project Overview Path Forward Project Benefits Q&A
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Path Forward • Site Clean up • Site Redevelopment
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Proposed Remediation Plan •
Submitted to the IL EPA in May 2015
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Approved by the IL EPA in August 2015
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Potential funding via IL EPA RLF & others
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Illinois EPA SRP Program • • • • • • •
Site Remediation Program, Voluntary Comprehensive Site Investigation Remedial Objectives Development Remediation Action Plan Implementation Remediation Action Completion/NFR End Goal - Redevelopment 48
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Potential Cleanup Financing Strategy • Revolving Loan Fund Application – Subgrant – Loan
• USEPA Cleanup Grant Application
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Key Success Factors Community Outreach
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How Sustainability and Revitalization Works Collaboration
Goal Setting and Follow Through
Vision and Commitment
End Goal Accountability
Progress Check
True Partnership
Team Champion
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Key Success Factors - Collaboration Green Era
Communities/ City of Chicago
USEPA
Illinois EPA
Terracon 52
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Cleanup and Redevelopment • • • •
Limited Soil Excavation and Disposal Incorporating the Civil Design Engineered Barrier Institutional Control
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Agenda • • • • • •
Panel Introduction Green Era/Growing Power Overview Project Overview Path Forward Project Benefits Q&A
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Jobs
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New Industries & Jobs are Critical Mondelez: Job cuts planned at Southwest Side bakery Area braces for loss of Oreos, and 600 jobs. August 2015
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Local Job s Creat or INDEPENDENT STUDY
Oct ob er 20 14 st ud y by Chicag o-b ased Delt a Inst it ut e p roject s Chicag oland reg ion could ad d 39,0 0 0 local jobs by 20 4 0 by diverting more waste from landfills. A key recom m end at ion: “ Sup p ort f easib ilit y assessm ent s for expanding anaerobic digestion capacity w hile p rom ot ing environm ent al just ice.” 59
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Based on 2013 US Census figures
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Food System
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55 2014 H i ghl i ght s • Employed over 300 Chicago
teens in food system development and urban farming • Gave over 2,600 visitors
tours of our Iron Street Facility • Welcomed over 1,000
volunteers to the Iron Street Farm • Volunteers contributed over
2,500 hours of work to our office • Composted over 600,000
lbs. of food waste at our Iron Street Facility
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Ch i ca g o Of f i ce Gr ow i n g Pow er ’s M i ssi on : Growing Power is a national nonprofit organization and land trust supporting people from diverse backgrounds and the environments in which they live, by helping to provide equal access to healthy, high-quality, safe and affordable food for people in all communities. D i d y ou k n ow ? Growing Power will be launching the “Farm to City Mobile Market: Fresh Moves in the Neighborhood” program in the Spring of 2015. Be on the lookout for the Fresh Moves Buses filled with fresh, locally grown produce coming to a neighborhood stop near you! D o You W a n t t o b e a Fa r m er ? Apply for Growing Power’s Farmers for Chicago Program! The goal of this initiative is to support emerging farmers and provide incubation for the urban agriculture industry in Chicago. This three year program pairs farmers with the land, technical assistance and tools needed to build a successful business. If you would like to be a Farmer for Chicago during the 2016 growing season, look for applications Sept. 2015.
• Chicago Staff facilitated 2
anti-racism trainings in Chicago
Cont act Us!
Our Farms Include: • Iron Street Farm • Altgeld Gardens Urban Farm
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Sup p o rt exp ansio n o f lo cal f o o d sy st em
Each y ear t he d ig est er w ill p ro v id e 30 ,0 0 0 Yard s3 o f nut rient -rich co m p o st f o r Chicag o ’s em erg ing urb an ag ricult ure ind ust ry . 63
Iron St reet Farm , Chicag o
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Food Security •
Chicago Council Report: food security one of highest priorities (May 2014)
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Climate Change: Hotter temps, changing rainfall, more frequent natural disasters
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Food system must be resilient to effects of climate change
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Higher prices, shortages, national security 65
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Social Justice Farmers For Chicago
67 2014 H ighlight s • Employed over 300 Chicago
teens in food system development and urban farming • Gave over 2,600 visitors
tours of our Iron Street Facility • Welcomed over 1,000
volunteers to the Iron Street Farm • Volunteers contributed over
2,500 hours of work to our office • Composted over 600,000
lbs. of food waste at our Iron Street Facility
Ch ica g o Of f ice 55"
Gr ow i n g Pow er ’s M i ssi on : Growing Power is a national nonprofit organization and land trust supporting people from diverse backgrounds and the environments in which they live, by helping to provide equal access to healthy, high-quality, safe and affordable food for people in all communities. Di d you k n ow ? Growing Power will be launching the “Farm to City Mobile Market: Fresh Moves in the Neighborhood” program in the Spring of 2015. Be on the lookout for the Fresh Moves Buses filled with fresh, locally grown produce coming to a neighborhood stop near you! Do You Wan t to be a Far m er ? Apply for Growing Power’s Farmers for Chicago Program! The goal of this initiative is to support emerging farmers and provide incubation for the urban agriculture industry in Chicago. This three year program pairs farmers with the land, technical assistance and tools needed to build a successful business. If you would like to be a Farmer for Chicago during the 2016 growing season, look for applications Sept. 2015.
• Chicago Staff facilitated 2
anti-racism trainings in Chicago
Cont act Us!
Our Farms Include: • Iron Street Farm
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Presentation Information • Green Era (Jason Feldman) • USEPA Region 5 (Keary Cragan) • Terracon Consultants, Inc. (Linda Yang, P.G.)
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Thank You
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Making a Sustainable Difference in South Chicago
Presented By:
Green Era, USEPA Region 5, Terracon Consultants
1
4/8/2016
Agenda • • • • • •
Panel Introduction Green Era/Growing Power Overview Project Overview Path Forward Project Benefits Q&A
2
2
4/8/2016
Panel Introduction Keary Cragan
Jason Feldman
USEPA Region 5
Green Era
Linda Yang, P.G. Terracon Consultants, Inc.
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4/8/2016
Agenda • • • • • •
Panel Introduction Green Era/Growing Power Overview Project Overview Path Forward Project Benefits Q&A
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4/8/2016
Nonprofit and land trust supporting people from diverse backgrounds by helping to provide equal access to healthy, highquality, safe and affordable food. Vision: To inspire communities to build sustainable food systems that are equitable and ecologically sound; creating a just world, one food-secure community at a time. Goal: To grow food, to grow minds, and to grow community. 5
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30 ,0 0 0 + p eop le t our Grow ing Pow er each year.
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4/8/2016
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Iron Street Farm, Chicago
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Ch i ca g o Of f i ce
Gr ow i n g Pow er ’s M i ssi on : Growing Power is a national nonprofit organization and land trust supporting people from 10
4/8/2016
Iron Street Farm, Chicago
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4/8/2016
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Fresh Moves Mobile Produce Market
Fresh Moves Mobile Produce Market
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4/8/2016
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4/8/2016
New Sites
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4/8/2016
We need mountains of soil. over 50+ million pounds a year
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4/8/2016
So we launched…
Green Era SUSTAINABILITY PARTNERS
How we think of waste • How we grow food • How we create energy 21
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4/8/2016
We produce a lot of food waste
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The average US family produces 2,000 pounds of food waste each year.
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97% of food waste is sent to the landfill. Only 3% is ever recycled for future use.
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Food Waste #1 item sent to landfills.
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+2M tons/year organic waste
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4/8/2016
28
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EPA’s Food Recovery Hierarchy Prioritizes actions organizations can take to prevent and divert wasted food.
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29
4/8/2016
Hidden in that waste is an opportunity.
City Farm, Chicago 30
30
4/8/2016
ENERGY
FOOD
JOBS
ENVIRONMENT
Harnessing wast e, g row ing t he fut ure. 31
31
4/8/2016
A naerob ic Dig est ion Bio g as Fo o d W ast e
A naero b ic Dig est io n
Fert ilizer, Co m p o st and m ore…
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Anaerobic Digestion
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Agenda • • • • • •
Panel Introduction Green Era/Growing Power Overview Project Overview Path Forward Project Benefits Q&A
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40
4/8/2016
Site Map
41
41
4/8/2016
Phase I Environmental Site Assessment
42
42
4/8/2016
Phase II Subsurface Assessment
43
43
4/8/2016
Hig h areas o f lead (TCLP +5mg/ L)
sho w n in red West 82nd Street
Elevated Metra Rail Line
South Wallace Street
N:\Projects\2013\A2137008\Working Files\Diagrams-Drawings-Figures\Drawings A2137008-Delineation-Update.dwg
amily tial
Current Truck Trailer Parking
44 West 83rd Street
PRELIMINARY ESTIMATED CONTAMINANT EXTENT:
Approximate Site Location
Project Mngr: Drawn By:
Project No.
RMO Scale:
MJT
100' APPROXIMATE SCALE
A2137008 AS-SHOWN
Revised By:
Checked By: 0
Approximate Extent of Soil Exceeding TCLP Hazardous Waste Criteria - Lead
RMO
RMO
650 W. LAKE ST., SUITE 420
Date:
Approved By:
RMO
Consulting Engineers and Scientists
May 2014
PH. (312) 575-0014
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60661
Approximate Extent of Subsurface Soil Exceeding Attenuation Capacity
DELINEATION: TCLP LEAD & ATTENUATION
EXHIBIT
PHASE II ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENT
9
650 WEST 83RD STREET CHICAGO, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS
FAX. (312) 575-0111
DIAGRAM IS FOR GENERAL LOCATION ONLY, AND IS NOT INTENDED FOR CONSTRUCTION PURPOSES.
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4/8/2016
Agenda • • • • • •
Panel Introduction Green Era/Growing Power Overview Project Overview Path Forward Project Benefits Q&A
45
45
4/8/2016
Path Forward • Site Clean up • Site Redevelopment
46
46
4/8/2016
Proposed Remediation Plan •
Submitted to the IL EPA in May 2015
•
Approved by the IL EPA in August 2015
•
Potential funding via IL EPA RLF & others
47
47
4/8/2016
Illinois EPA SRP Program • • • • • • •
Site Remediation Program, Voluntary Comprehensive Site Investigation Remedial Objectives Development Remediation Action Plan Implementation Remediation Action Completion/NFR End Goal - Redevelopment 48
48
4/8/2016
Potential Cleanup Financing Strategy • Revolving Loan Fund Application – Subgrant – Loan
• USEPA Cleanup Grant Application
49
49
4/8/2016
Key Success Factors Community Outreach
50
50
4/8/2016
How Sustainability and Revitalization Works Collaboration
Goal Setting and Follow Through
Vision and Commitment
End Goal Accountability
Progress Check
True Partnership
Team Champion
51
51
4/8/2016
Key Success Factors - Collaboration Green Era
Communities/ City of Chicago
USEPA
Illinois EPA
Terracon 52
52
4/8/2016
Cleanup and Redevelopment • • • •
Limited Soil Excavation and Disposal Incorporating the Civil Design Engineered Barrier Institutional Control
53
53
4/8/2016
Agenda • • • • • •
Panel Introduction Green Era/Growing Power Overview Project Overview Path Forward Project Benefits Q&A
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4/8/2016
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4/8/2016
Jobs
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4/8/2016
New Industries & Jobs are Critical Mondelez: Job cuts planned at Southwest Side bakery Area braces for loss of Oreos, and 600 jobs. August 2015
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4/8/2016
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4/8/2016
Local Job s Creat or INDEPENDENT STUDY
Oct ob er 20 14 st ud y by Chicag o-b ased Delt a Inst it ut e p roject s Chicag oland reg ion could ad d 39,0 0 0 local jobs by 20 4 0 by diverting more waste from landfills. A key recom m end at ion: “ Sup p ort f easib ilit y assessm ent s for expanding anaerobic digestion capacity w hile p rom ot ing environm ent al just ice.” 59
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4/8/2016
Based on 2013 US Census figures
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4/8/2016
Food System
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4/8/2016
55 2014 H i ghl i ght s • Employed over 300 Chicago
teens in food system development and urban farming • Gave over 2,600 visitors
tours of our Iron Street Facility • Welcomed over 1,000
volunteers to the Iron Street Farm • Volunteers contributed over
2,500 hours of work to our office • Composted over 600,000
lbs. of food waste at our Iron Street Facility
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Ch i ca g o Of f i ce Gr ow i n g Pow er ’s M i ssi on : Growing Power is a national nonprofit organization and land trust supporting people from diverse backgrounds and the environments in which they live, by helping to provide equal access to healthy, high-quality, safe and affordable food for people in all communities. D i d y ou k n ow ? Growing Power will be launching the “Farm to City Mobile Market: Fresh Moves in the Neighborhood” program in the Spring of 2015. Be on the lookout for the Fresh Moves Buses filled with fresh, locally grown produce coming to a neighborhood stop near you! D o You W a n t t o b e a Fa r m er ? Apply for Growing Power’s Farmers for Chicago Program! The goal of this initiative is to support emerging farmers and provide incubation for the urban agriculture industry in Chicago. This three year program pairs farmers with the land, technical assistance and tools needed to build a successful business. If you would like to be a Farmer for Chicago during the 2016 growing season, look for applications Sept. 2015.
• Chicago Staff facilitated 2
anti-racism trainings in Chicago
Cont act Us!
Our Farms Include: • Iron Street Farm • Altgeld Gardens Urban Farm
62
4/8/2016
Sup p o rt exp ansio n o f lo cal f o o d sy st em
Each y ear t he d ig est er w ill p ro v id e 30 ,0 0 0 Yard s3 o f nut rient -rich co m p o st f o r Chicag o ’s em erg ing urb an ag ricult ure ind ust ry . 63
Iron St reet Farm , Chicag o
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Food Security •
Chicago Council Report: food security one of highest priorities (May 2014)
•
Climate Change: Hotter temps, changing rainfall, more frequent natural disasters
•
Food system must be resilient to effects of climate change
•
Higher prices, shortages, national security 65
65
4/8/2016
66
66
4/8/2016
Social Justice Farmers For Chicago
67 2014 H ighlight s • Employed over 300 Chicago
teens in food system development and urban farming • Gave over 2,600 visitors
tours of our Iron Street Facility • Welcomed over 1,000
volunteers to the Iron Street Farm • Volunteers contributed over
2,500 hours of work to our office • Composted over 600,000
lbs. of food waste at our Iron Street Facility
Ch ica g o Of f ice 55"
Gr ow i n g Pow er ’s M i ssi on : Growing Power is a national nonprofit organization and land trust supporting people from diverse backgrounds and the environments in which they live, by helping to provide equal access to healthy, high-quality, safe and affordable food for people in all communities. Di d you k n ow ? Growing Power will be launching the “Farm to City Mobile Market: Fresh Moves in the Neighborhood” program in the Spring of 2015. Be on the lookout for the Fresh Moves Buses filled with fresh, locally grown produce coming to a neighborhood stop near you! Do You Wan t to be a Far m er ? Apply for Growing Power’s Farmers for Chicago Program! The goal of this initiative is to support emerging farmers and provide incubation for the urban agriculture industry in Chicago. This three year program pairs farmers with the land, technical assistance and tools needed to build a successful business. If you would like to be a Farmer for Chicago during the 2016 growing season, look for applications Sept. 2015.
• Chicago Staff facilitated 2
anti-racism trainings in Chicago
Cont act Us!
Our Farms Include: • Iron Street Farm
67
4/8/2016
68
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4/8/2016
Presentation Information • Green Era (Jason Feldman) • USEPA Region 5 (Keary Cragan) • Terracon Consultants, Inc. (Linda Yang, P.G.)
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Thank You
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