Apply for our Development and Finance Steward Position  The Development and Finance Steward is responsible for administering the organization’s finances and recordkeeping as well as cultivating donor relations and fundraising efforts to redesign our funding streams. The job responsibilities in the description are written with the understanding that we are working within a collaborative model ..read more

  December 9th, 2021 Advocates for Urban Agriculture Announces Capacity Building Grant Advocates for Urban Agriculture (AUA), in partnership with Food:Land:Opportunity (FLO) is excited to announce the awardees of the 2021 Capacity Building Grant. This is a continuation of the series of grant opportunities AUA launched since 2020 at the offset of the COVID-19 pandemic ..read more

URGENT ACTION NEEDED Protect Black Farmers and Indigenous Land in Pembroke Township  Oppose HB 3404 to Stop the Nicor Gas Pipeline! Pembroke farmers and residents need our collective support for their fight against legislation which seeks to bring costly and dangerous fossil fuel energy via a Nicor natural gas pipeline into Pembroke. The bill, HB ..read more

Have you wondered what kind of harvesting tools you need? What’s the best time to harvest in the summer? Where you can store your extra tomatoes and what can you make with them? Join Chicago Urban Farmer Safia Rashid from Your Bountiful Harvest to learn more about harvesting, processing and storage for at home and ..read more

AUA GROWN IN CHICAGO COUNCIL – JOIN TODAY!  Are you an experienced grower interested in sharing information for the growing community about techniques and strategies to consider this Spring? Join the Grown in Chicago Council & help build the community of Chicago growers for $25/hour.  Applications for the Grown in Chicago Council are available now ..read more

Advocates for Urban Agriculture Awards Capacity Building Grants to Chicagoland Farms This December, Advocates for Urban Agriculture (AUA) announced the names of 11 farm businesses awarded funding through their 2020 Capacity Building Grant. Through the Capacity Building Grant, AUA received $410,000 worth of requests from Chicagoland growers wanting to scale up their operations and strengthen ..read more

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Farmer to Farmer Mentorship Program AUA is excited to announce the launch of our second Farmer to Farmer Mentorship Program. This initiative seeks to match beginning farmers with experienced farmers to share in their wealth of knowledge and foster mutually beneficial relationships. This program seeks to expand: educational opportunities for growing food, flowers, medicine, farming ..read more

Trickster Cultural Center, 190 S Roselle Rd, Schaumburg, IL 60193 Gina Roxas is the Program Coordinator for Trickster Cultural Center, a nonprofit Native American & community arts center in Schaumburg. As a citizen of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation in Mayetta, Kansas, Gina has studied the environment through a multifaceted lens of traditional teachings from ..read more

Apply for our Development and Finance Steward Position  The Development and Finance Steward is responsible for administering the organization’s finances and recordkeeping as well as cultivating donor relations and fundraising efforts to redesign our funding streams. The job responsibilities in the description are written with the understanding that we are working within a collaborative model ..read more