2012–13 LECTURES

JOHN EDEL

6:00pm Tues, Mar 13, 2012
Access Living, 4th Floor
115 West Chicago Ave

The Plant:
Rethinking Food Production

What happens when you combine urban agriculture, alternative energy and a food business incubator? The Plant is repurposing an 87-year-old meatpacking facility to explore opportunities at the intersection of recycling, job creation and local growing. This 95,000 sq ft vertical farm will be net-zero by harnessing 32 tons of food waste per day from neighboring industries and closing waste loops of heat, materials and gasses between brewing, kitchen, office and growing areas. Nothing but food leaves! 

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John Edel is the owner and developer of the Chicago Sustainable Manufacturing Center, a green business incubator in the Stockyards Industrial Corridor. He took the facility from a burnt-out shell to 100% occupancy while using a mixture of waste-stream recycled materials, barter and leading edge technology. In previous careers, Edel designed sets for broadcast television, was an art director for video games and worked as a chef on private railroad cars. His current project, The Plant, ups the ante as the nation's first vertical farm.

John's talk is part of our
Sustainable Food + Design Lecture Series.