A new urban farming campus coming to Chicago is designed to reduce food waste, generate clean energy, and educate the public about urban agriculture.
Founder Jason Feldman tells Brownfield the Green Era Renewable Energy and Urban Farming Campus will be built on a 9-acre brownfield on the south side of Chicago.
“We will have an anaerobic digester that will process organic waste and recycle it into renewable natural gas that will be injected into the local cash grid as well as compost that we will be using for both an on-site urban farm and other urban farms that we operate in the area.”
He says the project will bring added value to the community by providing nutrient rich compost for local food production, creating more than 200 jobs and offering educational tours for the public and local schools.
