Get Inspired Farming Hope Initiative Community Food Systems. From farm to table, food can help to transform communities. We invite your family to think about how community and food are interconnected. Check out this video about Farming Hope Initiative, a job-training program that provides work for people experiencing homelessness and builds community around systems of food. Food brings people together. Human connection occurs at every step of the food growing process. From seedling to vegan taco night, the Farming Hope Initiative uses food as a catalyst for community change.

Let's Talk After watching the video about Farming Hope, use the questions below to kick-start a great conversation with your family: What inspired you about Farming Hope? Did you notice anything that you may not have thought of before? Think of a time when you experienced food bringing people together. What do you remember most about that experience? Why is it important to know where our food comes from? What about the people who grow it or prepare it? Bonus! Create a meal with community. Cook up a meal with your friends over video chat or plan a socially distanced picnic with a few friends. 

Do Something Regrow Your Produce Regrow veggies to start your own home garden. Did you know much of the produce you buy from the grocery store can be regrown from scraps at home? The next time your family cooks a meal, save the ends of your lettuce and the left over avocado pit and put them to good use! Connect to your food. Growing food at home can help you stay connected to the plants that nourish you! Check out these tips from the Food Revolution Network to learn about how you can regrow fresh produce at home.

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Community Connection Urban Growers Collective

Support Chicago Farmers - Eat Local! Supporting local agriculture helps to create healthy communities, promote economic opportunities in disinvested neighborhoods, and address food insecurity. The Urban Growers Collective is an organization of Chicago farms working to develop community based food systems in where food is grown, prepared and distributed within their home communities. Your family can support the Urban Growers Collective by participating in their Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program! Each box supports local Chicago farms and the multitude of programs UGC runs, like Fresh Moves Mobile Market, and their youth job training program. Check out their CSA options here.

New Honeycomb Pins! We have a NEW  Honeycomb at Home  pin to add to your collection! After you complete 5 activities,  contact us with your address and pictures of your work. We'll send your pin straight to your door! Share your work on social media and tag #honeycombathome and #thehoneycombproject

Funders & Supporters

The Honeycomb Project engages, mobilizes and inspires kids and their families to build strong and vibrant communities for all Chicagoans. Since 2011, more than 25,000 volunteers have participated in Honeycomb programs benefitting 40+ local organizations.