The Urban Canopy is pioneering the local food cycle to create a more sustainable and equitable food system in Chicago. They are growers, distributors, composters and community members who seek to positively impact our city’s environment, people’s health, and local economy. They strive to make healthy produce accessible to all, reduce the miles fresh food travels, keep food waste out of landfills, and create and maintain local jobs.

To achieve this, they structure our business into seven Branches: Compost Club, Indoor Farm, Outdoor Farm, Local Unified CSA (LUCSA), Farmers Markets, non-local Distribution and Processing. These branches each work in their own way to change the way our food is grown, distributed, and wasted.

They are a boutique that recycles, restyles, and repurposes what they sell. Their motto is “sustainably chic.” They also “support green, cruelty-free, small industry and global fair trade”

Recycling cans and bottles. In the 2011/2012 school year they recycled 885,000 beverage containers and won a $50,000 dollar “Dream Green School Makeover” prize.

Certified by the Green Restaurant Association, Sopraffina is dedicated to reducing its carbon footprint while serving delicious, fresh food.

Smart Roofing Inc. recycles all roofing debris of asphalt material for the construction of roads.

Simones Bar is a 3 star Certified Green Restaurant. With vintage, re-purposed furniture, solar panels, and a rooftop herb garden, their food and drinks are guilt-free.