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A sod farm structure in Iceland Saskatchewan sod house, circa 1900 Unusually well appointed interior of a sod house, North Dakota, 1937. The sod house or soddy [1] was a common alternative to the log cabin during frontier settlement of the Great Plains of Canada and the United States in the 1800s and early 1900s. [2]
Roger Bossard is the head groundskeeper at Rate Field, home of the Chicago White Sox.. Bossard joined the White Sox in 1967 working as an assistant to his father, Gene Bossard, and became the official head groundskeeper when his father retired in 1983.
Sod is grown on specialist farms. For 2009, the United States Department of Agriculture reported 1,412 farms had 368,188 acres (149,000.4 ha) of sod in production. [9]It is usually grown locally (within 100 miles of the target market) [10] to minimize both the cost of transport and also the risk of damage to the product.
Urban Growers Collective is a non-profit organization that builds urban farms, gardens, and provides fresh foods primarily in underprivileged areas in the West and South Side of Chicago. [2] The organization was founded in Chicago, Illinois in 2017 by Erika Allen and Laurell Sims.
Approximately 700 acres (2.8 km 2) in size, the center of the farm was at what is now the intersection of California and Foster Avenues in the Budlong Woods section of Chicago's Lincoln Square community area. [10] [11] The Budlong Pickle Company, founded in 1857 or 1859, was initially part of the same enterprise as the Nursery.
Neighborhood in Cook, Illinois, United States Orchard Place Neighborhood Orchard Place Location of Orchard Place within Illinois Coordinates: 41°58′43″N 87°54′17″W / 41.97861°N 87.90472°W / 41.97861; -87.90472 Country United States State Illinois County Cook Time zone UTC-6 (CST) • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT) Postal code XXXXX Area code XXX Orchard Place was a small ...
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In 2000, a community group called the Chicago/Calumet Underground Railroad Effort (C/CURE) [3] was established to research and possibly develop the John Ton Farm site. In 2011, the Jan and Aagje Ton Memorial Garden were established on the grounds of the First Reformed Church in South Holland, Illinois to honor John Ton and all those who ...