In this episode, DeAndre Brooks tells his story of how he came to be running a farm in Englewood that grows fresh produce in a food desert.DeAndre Brooks is a Woodlawn native who took an unlikely path to urban farming. Today he is the farm manager at Growing Home, a farm and job training program in Englewood.You can learn more about Growing Home at their <a href="http://growinghomeinc.org">website</a>.

In this episode, DeAndre Brooks tells his story of how he came to be running a farm in Englewood that grows fresh produce in a food desert. DeAndre Brooks is a Woodlawn native who took an unlikely path to urban farming. Today he is the farm manager at Growing Home, a farm and job training program in Englewood. You can learn more about Growing Home at their website.

In this episode, DeAndre Brooks tells his story of how he came to be running a farm in Englewood that grows fresh produce in a food desert.DeAndre Brooks is a Woodlawn native who took an unlikely path to urban farming. Today he is the farm manager at Growing Home, a farm and job training program in Englewood.You can learn more about Growing Home at their <a href="http://growinghomeinc.org" rel="noopener noreferrer">website</a>.

Episode 2 - Planting In The Desert

So much of what is said and written about Chicago's South Side is negative. South Side Talks is changing that narrative. The South Side is more than headlines and statistics. South Side Talks brings you stories that represent ALL of the South Side. Stories of joy, pain, success, failure, humor, and everyday life. By telling these stories, it allows the residents of the South Side to be seen as they are and should be—as regular people who face life with the same ups and downs as anybody else.

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