Growing Home, Inc.

2539 North 30th Road
Marseilles, IL 61341

Office:
1325 S. Wabash #205
Chicago, IL 60605

Growing Home, Inc. owns a ten-acre farm in Marseilles, Illinois, and operates a market garden on the South Side of Chicago at the Su Casa Catholic Worker Community. The farm operation focuses on the sale of a wide variety of vegetables for farmers markets, restaurants and CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) programs. Growing Home is a certified organic producer whose products include salad mix, green beans, broccoli, cucumbers, squash, carrots, beets, rutabaga, turnips, leeks, perennials such as strawberries, raspberries and asparagus and much, much more. Growing Home is also involved in making honey and worm casting products.

The Growing Home farm is unique in that it is also a transitional employment program that serves homeless and low-income people through training and work in urban organic agriculture. Participants in the program receive hands-on training in organic agriculture, landscaping and sales, as well as classroom training about organic agriculture, food and nutrition, sales and marketing, and general job readiness skills.

Why is growing organic a priority for you?
We believe in growing healthy food. We believe in working with nature, not trying to control it.

Why should people buy organic products instead of other options?
Organic products are healthier, and they often support local farmers.

What makes your farm special?
It is a social enterprise operated by a non-profit organization. We provide job training for homeless and low-income people within the context of our organic agriculture business.

Where can consumers get your products?
You can find Growing Home products at farmers markets including the Green City Market and the Hyde Park Farmers Market, and also served at some of Chicago’s finest restaurants.

For more information about Growing Home, visit their website, email them or call Harry Rhodes, Executive Director, at 312.435.8601 or Larry O’Toole, Farm Manager, at 815.546.3197