3rd Annual Chicago Urban Ag Crawl

Sunday, September 8, 2024
2:00 - 8:00 pm

2:00–4:00pm: Growing Home's Backyard BBQ
5814 S Wood Street
Chef Tastings, Raffle, Games, Farm Tours, Kids Activities and Paddle Raise. 


3:00–6:00pm: Urban Agriculture Crawl Trolley Tour
Trolleys leave from Growing Home at 3:00 pm. Three Trolley Tours across Greater Englewood, Auburn Gresham, Back of the Yards, Bronzeville & West Pullman, with a first stop at Urban Growers Collective and a final stop at the Englewood Village Plaza. Hop on your Trolley Tour or bike/drive yourself (see map and locations below)!

6:00–8:00pm: Night Bazaar at Englewood Village Plaza
5822 S Halsted Street

Grow Greater Englewood’s Night Bazaar includes small bites, shopping, music by DJ Drea and more!

Featured Chefs/Caterers: Doughboy's Chicago, Eat The Cake, Fat Tuesday Celebrations, Kaya Grill & Gyoza, Seashell Restaurant, and Haire's Gulf Shrimp.

Englewood Village Market Vendors: GGE Fresh Produce, Bibi's Crafts, Carly's Mini Bazaar, Thrift, LLC and Westside Bee Boyz.

Urban Agriculture Tours

Tour 1

  1. Growing Home Urban FarmGrowing Home Urban Farm

  2. Urban Growers Collective Green Era Campus & Digester: 650 W 83rd St

  3. We Sow We Grow: 11958 S Union Ave

  4. Southside Blooms: 6423 S. Peoria St.

  5. Getting Grown Collective: 6344 S Morgan St

  6. Englewood Veteran's Garden: 5705 S Hermitage Ave

  7. Hermitage Community Garden: 5643 S Hermitage Ave

  8. GGE Englewood Village Plaza: 5822 S Halsted St

Tour 2

  1. Growing Home Urban Farm

  2. Urban Growers Collective Green Era Campus & Digester: 650 W 83rd St

  3. Casey Family Garden: 7421 S Parnell Ave

  4. Cedillo’s Fresh Produce: 325 W 70th Pl

  5. Bronzeville Neighborhood Farm: 4148 S Calumet Ave

  6. Eden Place Farms: 4911 S Shields Ave

  7. Star Farm Chicago: 5152 S Carpenter St

  8. Dusable City Botanical Farms: 59th & May Sts

  9. GGE Englewood Village Plaza: 5822 S Halsted

Tour 3

  1. Growing Home Urban Farm

  2. Urban Growers Collective Green Era Campus & Digester: 650 W 83rd St

  3. The Hammond's Promise Land: 6832 S Paulina St

  4. Imagine Englewood If Peace Garden: 6407 S Honore St

  5. Wood Street Meet & Greet Community Garden: 6136 S Wood St

  6. Neighbors Organic Solutions: 6002 S Hermitage Ave

  7. Sistas In The Village: 5800 S Ada St

  8. Plant Chicago: 4459 S Marshfield Ave

  9. GGE Englewood Village Plaza: 5822 S Halsted St

2024 Featured Farms

Casey Family Garden

The Hammond's Promise Land

2024 Featured Chefs & Caterers

Thank You to our Sponsors!

Presenting Sponsor

Amazon is guided by four principles: customer obsession rather than competitor focus, passion for invention, commitment to operational excellence, and long-term thinking. Amazon strives to be Earth’s Most Customer-Centric Company, Earth’s Best Employer, and Earth’s Safest Place to Work. As a member of the community, Amazon strives to use its size and scale for the good of all those living in the areas surrounding our facilities. As a good neighbor we stay engaged through partnerships, charitable giving and volunteer efforts. For more information, visit amazon.com/about.

Growing Home is a nonprofit social enterprise operating urban farms in Englewood as a vehicle for innovative workforce development programs and fresh food access initiatives.

Grow Greater Englewood is a nonprofit social enterprise that works to create sustainable local food economies, green businesses, and land sovereignty to empower residents to create wellness and wealth. 

Urban Growers Collective is a Black women-led nonprofit that dismantles inequities and structural racism through community food system development.