Photo by Mary Brophy

By Mary Brophy
Chitown Daily News
August 27, 2008

City Farm in Chicago’s Cabrini Green neighborhood supports 98 types of organic vegetables and herbs, and the largest crop of heirloom and hybrid tomatoes in Chicago.

“We’re going to have 25 varieties of heirloom tomatoes coming up and 30 varieties of hot peppers, and eggplant and potatoes,” says Tim Wilson, 25, City Farm’s director of urban agriculture, and a farmer himself. This year, the farmers expect to harvest between 4,000 and 8,000 pounds of tomatoes, many of them destined for sale to the café at Fox and Obel, Frontera Grill, Vie, Lula Café, North Pond and other restaurants. City Farm yielded $60,000 in produce sales last year.

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