The document is about The Plant, an organization dedicated to promoting sustainable food production, entrepreneurship, and building reuse through research, education, and development. The Plant's goals are to create a closed-loop system that grows food, nurtures jobs, fosters knowledge, and cultivates energy using methods like anaerobic digestion to convert food waste into energy and aquaponics to grow food while mirroring nature. The Plant offers local solutions to global problems from its location in Chicago.

1. JOHN EDEL
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
THE PLANT

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The Plant
Farming the Future
John Edel
Executive Director
www.plantchicago.com
The Plant is dedicated to promoting sustainable food
production, entrepreneurship, and building reuse through
research, education, and development.

7. 2010 John Edel

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Goal
To create a closed-loop
system that:
• Grows Food
• Nurtures Jobs
• Fosters Knowledge
• Cultivates Energy

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Capturing Energy, Reducing Waste
 Anaerobic Digester + Combined Heat & Power
Generator turns 10,000T Food Waste  4m kWh +
31,864m BTU

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Growing Food,
Mirroring Nature
Aquaponics = Aquaculture + Hydroponics
3,000 sq. ft. of
completed non-profit
aquaponic
systems
7,200 sq. ft. of
completed for-profit
aquaponic
systems

28. + The Plant offers timely local
solutions to world-wide
problems.
www.plantchicago.org