As a successful second season comes to a close, Truck Farm Chicago has passed out a
lot of tomatoes! At almost every Truck Farm Chicago visit, truck farmers pass
out freshly-picked tomatoes for people to taste. After visiting more than 2,600 people at 60
sites over the 7 month season, that is over 2000 tomatoes! Quite a feat
considering Truck Farm is a project directed and run just by one Chicago Health
Corps AmeriCorps member, Sydney Weydemeyer and one Farmer Tim, with the help of a few wonderful
volunteers and interns.
Truck Farm Chicago is a non-profit project of Seven Generations Ahead and Green Sugar Press. A mini farm
planted in the bed of pickup truck named Petunia, Truck Farm engages both youth
and adults in conversations about food and health. Truck Farm visits schools,
libraries, park districts, businesses, community organizations and festivals
teaching people about eating healthy, growing their own healthy food, and
getting outside and staying active!
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| Kids trying tomatoes. |
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| Farmer Tim at The Children's School in Oak Park discussing seed saving. |
Combining numbers from the first and second seasons, Truck Farm Chicago has visited over 5,300 people in the Chicagoland area! Petunia's been all over the city, from Kilbourn Park Organic Greenhouse in Irving Park and Centers for New Horizons in Bronzeville, to Energy BBDO, Gary Comer Youth Center, Respiratory Health Association, the Kids Table, and countless Chicago schools. Truck Farm is small, but mighty!
For more information, or how you can bring Truck Farm to
your school next season, visit www.truckfarmchicago.org.
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| Farmer Sydney, Chicago Health Corps member, sporting her AmeriCorps gear while leading a visit at Lloyd Elementary. |
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| The kids at Centers for New Horizons give a big goofy thanks to our funder friends at Ernst & Young! |
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| A girl laughs at a funny vegetable joke by Farmer Tim (one of the few laughs we got during the season for our veggie jokes) |
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