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Spring Planting

June 15, 2025 by Phoenix Farms Not-For-Profit

Spring has officially sprung at Phoenix Farms, and we’ve been busy planning and planting for a delicious season ahead.

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June 15, 2025

Eggers Grove Nature Block Party

This May, Phoenix Farms participated in the Forest Preserves of Cook County annual Nature Block Party at Eggers Grove. We were excited to join this awesome celebration of...

April 26, 2025

Winter 2025 Internship Study - Official Report!

For the 2025 Winter Quarter at the University of Chicago, we were grateful to have undergraduate of The College, Yasmine Baldo, join our team and conduct a formal...

Tomato plants producing green tomatoes in fall

September 29, 2024

Fall 2024 - Week 1

As the summer heat finally starts to wind down, our tomato production winds up! Our plants are looking bushy and healthy with plenty of green tomatoes growing on...

September 2, 2024

Summer 2024 - Week 10

Up until these past couple week, not much has changed throughout our Food Forest - our trees and ground crops have continued to grow and thrive at a...

July 23, 2024

Summer 2024 - Week 6

As we’re nearing the end of July, our plants continue to grow! All 12 of our new tomato plants have made it through the tumultuous storms last week...

July 3, 2024

Summer 2024 - Week 4

As the warm weather stabilizes after our recent heat wave, it’s finally time to plant more crops in our Food Forest! While our raspberries unfortunately did not fair...