The Urban Canopy Employee Directory
FarmingIllinois, United States11-50 Employees
The Urban Canopy is a Chicago-based urban farming operation focused on building a sustainable and equitable food system. The organization is structured around three branches—Growers, Eaters, and Composters—that cover production, distribution, and food waste management. It produces indoor crops year-round and seasonal outdoor produce, and runs LUCSA, a Local Unified Community Supported Agriculture program that combines farm goods with products from partner local producers. Its distribution network serves small and large grocers, restaurants, and juice bars with fresh produce, microgreens, and wheatgrass, and it participates in farmers markets across the city, including partnerships with the City of Chicago to supply markets in underserved south and west-side neighborhoods. The organization runs a Compost Club to divert food scraps to partner farms for composting, helping keep nutrients in soil and reducing reliance on petroleum-based fertilizers. In June 2026, The Urban Canopy partnered with Easy Street Pizza and Go Green Park Ridge to design and implement a pilot composting program.