The Urban Canopy is a socially and ecologically responsible urban farming operation in Chicago helping to create a sustainable and equitable food system. Our operations are divided into 3 branches: Growers (Production), Eaters (Distribution), and Composters (Food Waste Procurement). These are named after what we consider to be the 3 essential components of a sustainble food cycle.
Highlights:
● We produce indoor farm product year-round, and seasonal outdoor produce.
● Our CSA, or LUCSA " Local Unified Community Supported Agriculture " provides goods from our farms and products from partner local producers.
● We attend farmers markets all around the city. We’ve also partnered with the City of Chicago
to manage and supply farmers markets in underserved communities on the city’s south and west sides.
● We supply both small and large-scale grocers, restaurants, and juice bars with fresh produce,
microgreens, and wheatgrass to increase the availability of sustainably grown food in Chicago
neighborhoods.
● Our Compost Club program helps divert food scraps from landfills and distributes them to our partner
farms where composting takes place. It’s important that those vital nutrients from food scraps stay in our
soil to help eliminate the need for petroleum based fertilizers and grow food more sustainably.
● We partner with community development organizations to develop community gardens that create
local jobs, improve the local environment, educate community members about healthy living and farming,
and provide locally sustainable food to these and other surrounding communities.
Company Details
- Employees
- 14
- Address
- Chicago, Illinois
- Industry
- Farming
- NAICS
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Crop ProductionOilseed and Grain FarmingVegetable and Melon FarmingFruit and Tree Nut FarmingGreenhouse, Nursery, and Floriculture ProductionOther Crop FarmingSoybean FarmingOilseed (except Soybean) FarmingDry Pea and Bean FarmingWheat FarmingCorn FarmingRice FarmingOther Grain FarmingOrange GrovesCitrus (except Orange) GrovesNoncitrus Fruit and Tree Nut FarmingFood Crops Grown Under CoverNursery and Floriculture ProductionTobacco FarmingCotton FarmingSugarcane FarmingHay FarmingAll Other Crop FarmingOilseed and Grain Combination FarmingAll Other Grain FarmingPotato FarmingOther Vegetable (except Potato) and Melon FarmingApple OrchardsGrape VineyardsStrawberry FarmingBerry (except Strawberry) FarmingTree Nut FarmingFruit and Tree Nut Combination FarmingOther Noncitrus Fruit FarmingMushroom ProductionOther Food Crops Grown Under CoverNursery and Tree ProductionFloriculture ProductionSugar Beet FarmingPeanut FarmingAll Other Miscellaneous Crop Farming
- Website
- theurbancanopy.org
- HQ
- Chicago, Illinois
The Urban Canopy Questions
The Urban Canopy's website is theurbancanopy.org
The Urban Canopy's LinkedIn profile is https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-urban-canopy
The Urban Canopy has
14 employees.
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The Urban Canopy's industry is
Farming
The Urban Canopy's categories are Farming
