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The Non-Profit Teaching Farm's "Raise the Barn" Fundraiser is on September 28
The Talking Farm, a non-profit urban grower with a strong educational mission, is holding its big annual outdoor celebration on Saturday, September 28. The event, titled "Raise the Barn!" will be held from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the farm, near the Chicago city line in north suburban Skokie (3669 Howard St.).
According to the organizers...
Join us on September 28th from 4-8pm for a special evening of chef-created bites by the Libertad Group, Bennison’s, Sheekar Delights, and more, craft cocktails provided by Big Star Cocktails, beer by Skokie’s own Sketchbook Brewing Co., a bespoke artisan craft market featuring vendors like Katherine Anne Confections, Tony’s, and Poppa Mac’s Roastery, to name a few, and toe-tapping live music by Judson Main and For The People all afternoon in a festive fall farm backdrop. As day turns to night, we will light the fire pits and continue the festivities as we culminate the party with a dramatic theatrical moment by Cabinet of Curiosity.
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Why is it called The Talking Farm? It's all about the education:
The Howard Street Farm is our main operating site where we grow fresh, hyper-local food using innovative and sustainable practices while educating our community about the environment, agriculture, biodiversity, permaculture, horticulture, gardening, and social justice and health issues.
Through a land-use agreement with the Skokie Park District, the Howard Street Farm was created by developing 2.5 acres of uncontaminated, overgrown land (formerly a horse pasture) into vegetable, herb, and flower production integrated with a variety of fruit trees and bushes, nut trees, and other perennial species. In 2014, after being granted Skokie’s first zoning designation for urban agriculture, we began operating the Howard Street Farm as a full-production urban farm, which means that we are able to distribute and sell our hyper-fresh, locally-grown produce to the community.
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