Far South Side students will welcome neighbors to their first hydroponic farm this weekend, disrupting a history of food injustice and disinvestment families have faced in Altgeld Gardens for years.
Over a dozen high school students participating in By The Hand Club For Kids at Altgeld-Murray will celebrate the grand opening Saturday of Bowen Harvest, a 500-square-foot hydroponic container farm.
Beginning at 11:30 a.m., neighbors can visit Bowen Harvest, 13015 S. Ellis Ave., for a community market, food trucks, and free boxes of fruits and vegetables provided by Top Box Foods. Students and program leaders will also offer tours of the farm.
In six weeks, students have grown 2,000 heads of pesticide-free lettuce in the container farm, said Andraya Yousfi, chief of partnership and development at By The Hand Club. They'll harvest the first crop and distribute the environmentally green produce to the community, Yousfi said.
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