Title: Reading
Course: WVA 101 Local Food and Cuisine > Section: WVA 101 Local Food and Cuisine

Reading

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The Plant: A Farm for the Future

These reading assignments will focus on the promotion of sustainable fishing practices and fishing that promotes replenishment of fish stocks while trying to lessen ocean acidification.

What is The Plant? A Farm for the Future.

The Plant is a vertical zero waste farm located in a 35,500 s.f. meatpacking facility in Chicago, IL. The Plant is a repurposed net-zero energy vertical farm and food business operation. A complex and highly interrelated system, one-third of The Plant holds aquaponic growing systems and the other two-thirds incubates sustainable food businesses by offering low rent, low energy costs, and a licensed shared kitchen. The Plant will create 125 jobs in Chicago’s economically distressed Back of the Yards neighborhood while using no fossil fuels. Additionally, 10,000 tons of food waste from landfills each year will be used to meet all of The Plants’ power needs.

Click here to access The Plant website.

Read the following sections about The Plant on their website:

- About
- Mission & Goals
- FAQs
- Farms: Aquaponic and Outdoor Farms
- Business: Shared Kitchen and Current Tenets