john edel, executive director, the plant chicago
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JOHN EDEL
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR THE PLANT
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+ The Plant Farming the Future
The Plant is dedicated to promoting sustainable food
production, entrepreneurship, and building reuse through
research, education, and development.
John Edel
Executive Director
www.plantchicago.com
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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
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+ The Plant offers timely local
solutions to world-wide
problems.
www.plantchicago.org