Friday, June 25, 2010

Chicago's Mayor Daley Wants One Too!

Thrilled at the notion of growing healthy food just blocks from where he spent his childhood, Chicago's Mayor Richard M. Daley said last Friday that he would support efforts to establish vertical farming in his hometown.  Who will be first, Newark, Chicago, or somewhere else, I don't know.  But the race is on!

Read the full story at Journal Sentinal Online.

Update: check out Plant Chicago, the group pushing for VF in Chicago.
Posted by The Vertical Farmer

2 comments:

  1. The Plant ChicagoJune 25, 2010 at 10:36 AM

    Hi,

    If you would like to read more about the vertical farm we are working on bringing to the stockyards area in Chicago (alluded to by Daley in his speech), we have a website: plantchicago.com

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  2. The Vertical FarmerJune 25, 2010 at 2:04 PM

    Thanks! I'll add a link to the post.

    Jake

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