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Two Chicago Urban Farms Among Top 10 in America
Natural Home honors City Farm and Green Youth Farm for sustainable initiatives 

CHICAGO (Feb. 18, 2009) – Natural Home magazine has named Chicago’s City Farm and Green Youth Farm as two of the top 10 in the country.

Natural Home selected City Farm for it efforts to convert vacant city lots into green landscapes. These lots become an asset to the city by informing visitors about urban farming and providing nutritious, local produce at the same time. City Farm operates a farm and a farm stand between Chicago’s low-income Cabrini Green neighborhood and its upper-end Gold Coast.


Green Youth Farm sits on a one-acre lot in suburban North Chicago. Green Youth employs high school students at its organic farms and sells produce at several markets, including the Chicago Botanic Garden. It was selected for its commitment to teach high school students about organic gardening. Participants learn how to work together as a team, gain valuable job skills and obtain knowledge about the food they eat. 

“The Top 10 Urban Farms list is a fun way to recognize urban farms that we believe are doing an exceptional job of building a community, where people can learn about food and buy great local produce. It’s a terrific move toward getting people involved in sustainable projects in an urban setting. Plus, these farms often create jobs and revenue for the city through the sale of produce to city dwellers and restaurants,” said Robyn Griggs Lawrence, editor in chief of Natural Home.

Natural Home’s complete list of Top 10 Urban Farms:

1. City Farm, Chicago
2. Green Youth Farm, Chicago
3. Earthworks Urban Farms, Detroit
4. Kansas City Community Farm, Kansas City, Kan.
5. Greensgrow Farms, Philadelphia
6. Brooklyn Rescue Mission Bed-Stuy Farm, Brooklyn
7. revision Urban Farm, Boston
8. Jones Valley Urban Farm, Birmingham, Ala.
9. Homeless Garden Project, Santa Cruz, Calif.
10. Rio Grande Community Farm, Albuquerque, N.M.

The Natural Home Top 10 Urban Farms appears in the March/April issue, on newsstands now.

About Natural Home
Natural Home (www.NaturalHomeMagazine.com) is the authority on sustainable home design and materials, earth-friendly décor and natural lifestyles. Since 1999, health-conscious, environmentally concerned consumers have turned to Natural Home for information, advice and inspiration to create beautiful, earth-friendly living spaces. Natural Home offers syndicated content, RSS feeds and e-newsletters for journalists and consumers, at no charge.

NOTE: PDFs of the complete article and high-resolution images of the March/April issue of Natural Home also are available upon request

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