Location: Chicago, IL
Opportunities: “In partnership with Heartland Alliance, UChicago Urban Labs, and the City of Chicago, Urban Growers Collective is one of several partner job-placement sites for adult Black and Latino men employed through Heartland Alliance’s 24-month job training program. At Urban Growers Collective’s farm sites, READI (Rapid Employment and Development Initiative) Chicago participants learn every aspect of farming, from planting seeds to harvesting crops. Participants who enter the program are able to see an entire growing season at the farm, which spans building beds in the spring to cover cropping beds in the fall. Men in the program also learn light carpentry and are responsible for building our hoop houses for year-round growing.”
Website: https://urbangrowerscollective.org/farmers-for-chicago-adult-jobs-program/