Growing Home Inc.

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• Growing Home believes that everyone deserves good food and good jobs. At our USDA-certified organic farms in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago, we provide job training to people with employment barriers, and sell organic produce in a neighborhood with few sources of fresh food.Our unique employment training program uses farming to teach transferable skills to adults with extreme barriers to employment, such as criminal records, homelessness, or low education. Through fieldwork, classroom instruction, and personalized case management, we prepare our participants to enter full-time, stable jobs in Chicago's food and farming industries. In 2016, 95% of our program graduates secured employment.Each year we cultivate over 30,000 pounds of organic produce on just under an acre of city land. We sell our produce at Green City Market in Lincoln Park, at the Logan Square Farmer's Market, and at our own Wood Street Farm Stand in Englewood. Produce at our Farm Stand is sold at half its market value, and is coupled with farm tours and cooking workshops to empower community residents to develop healthy habits. As a nonprofit social enterprise, all of Growing Home's earned income is reinvested into our nonprofit to further our mission of job training and community development.
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  Headquarters:825 West 69th Street , Chicago, Illinois, United States

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  Phone Number: +1 773-549-1336

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  Website: https://www.growinghomeinc.org

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  Employees:24

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  Revenue:$10 - 50M

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  Legal Name:Growing Home Inc.

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• |  NAICS Code: 624190  |

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