Farming Chicago's Urban Landscape

The Plant, CROP, and Growing Home are just a small sample of the city-wide urban farming initiatives taking root in Chicago. These groups are powered by good intentions, smart planning and support from city government; a powerful combination under any circumstances. If they continue with the momentum they already have, Chicago is on the cusp of becoming one of the first major urban areas to successfully reclaim previously unusable post-industrial landscapes and rezone into an agricultural hub.

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n. A music movement, characterized by aggressive anti-Establishment slogans and a defiant Do-It-Yourself ethos

n. Quality, production and expression according to aesthetic principles, of what is beautiful or of more than ordinary significance

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