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US (IL): “We Want to Integrate Solutions With The Community, Ensuring They Have a Stake in The Outcome”

"We're not just creating vertical farms; we're creating wellness and work opportunities. Our projects aren't solely focused on generating ROI from farmers' markets. Instead, we aim to improve overall wellness and provide meaningful work," explains Mary Scala, co-founder of Freight to Plate, a startup based in Chicago, dedicated to empowering communities through sustainable food production as a form of wellness opportunities.

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VIEDO: Chicago By The Hand Club For Kids Uses Shipping Container To Help Bring Produce To food Desert

Farming in the city is happening at Chicago's Altgeld Gardens on the city's Far South Side.Young people are planting and growing the vegetables to bring produce to a food desert. Bowen Harvest has a big shipping container on South Ellis Avenue. There's a farm inside, where impressive amounts of produce are being grown.

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Farm Provides Fresh Produce To Community

A five hundred square foot container farm in Altgeld Gardens is being used to teach young people entrepreneurship and bring fresh produce to the community. By The Hand Club for Kids, along with Freight to Plate and the Kenilworth Union Church, have launched Bowen Harvest in Altgeld Gardens. In March, the farm harvested its first crop.

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Transforming Shipping Containers Into Hyperlocal Food Systems

Hear Mary Kathryn's passionate discourse on the hard work and dedication it takes to bring to life a hyperlocal food system. We traverse the unique intricacies of setting up a container farm, and the importance of harnessing the power of partnerships in this sector

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Laredo Shipping Container Farm Places Second In National Contest

They feel it helps showcase their cause, as they prepare to make their shipping container farm fully operational in the next few weeks for the community

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An Artsy Hydroponic Farm Lives In Chicago

Freight to Plate is responsible for this innovative idea. Sisters Mary and Jacqueline Scala own this business in the Fulton Market District

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Mary Scala, Co-Founder, The Gatherer At Freight to Plate

The MasterClass is a 2-day deep dive into how you can unlock hyper-local food production in urban and rural settings through amazing #agtech

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Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton Aims To Make Illinois’ Agriculture Industry More Equitable And Reduce Food Insecurity. She’s Not Alone In Her Pursuit

Sisters Jacqueline Scala and Mary Kathryn Scala co-founded Freight to Plate, a hydroponic farm that operates inside a 40-by 8-foot trailer container by Freight Farms, in the Fulton Market area during the pandemic

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