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Chicago Botanic Garden's Urban Ag Unit Gives Step Up to Farm Beginners
Windy City Harvest, the urban agriculture division of the non-profit Chicago Botanic Garden, is one of the region's leading farmer education and training programs. It is now recruiting for its next cohort of apprentice farmers, and is holding a series of information sessions so prospective candidates can learn more.
If you are personally yearning to get your hands in the dirt or know someone who is, this information is for you.
Here is the schedule of the remaining info sessions, all held at the Arturo Velasquez Westside Technical Institute, 2800 S. Western Ave in Chicago:
Wednesday, August 28, 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, September 14, 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Thursday, September 26, 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, September 28, 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
The Apprenticeship is a nine-month, hands-on technical training program in sustainable urban agriculture offered by Windy City Harvest in partnership with the City Colleges of Chicago. Students receive a combination of classroom, farm lab, and field experience at the Arturo Velasquez Institute and at WCH farm sites around the city, completed by a fall 12-week paid farm work experience.
To learn more about the Apprenticeship, visit https://www.chicagobotanic.org/urbanagriculture/apprenticeship
The Windy City Harvest Apprenticeship program is offered annually from the last week of January through the third week of October, and applications for the program are due in the fall.
If you are interested in learning more, you can contact Sam Cline, WCH Apprenticeship Instructor, at scline@chicagobotanic.org or click below to complete the interest form.
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