Initially called Backyard Fresh Farms, Wilder Fields was based at The Plant from 2017 to 2022 in what now feels like a tiny little 1800sf space. From there, this vertical farm focused on microgreens expanded into a 135,000sf former Target in Calumet
Sacred Serve started up in a shared kitchen space at The Plant in 2016 as a part-time producer of coconut-based vegan gelato. They were ready to take on their own kitchen within a year and expanded further in 2019. Sacred Serve outgrew their space a
Back in 2011, Pleasant House Bakery began producing their savory Royal Pies and operating a farm at The Plant to support their operations in their modest restaurant space at 31st & Morgan Streets. Later, they launched a line of breads and pastri
Formerly called Komunity Kombucha, RMBR started out at The Plant in 2020 under Kombuchade’s shared kitchen license. They quickly outgrew the arrangement and shifted to a co-packing arrangement elsewhere in the City by 2022. Their craft kombuchas str
Rumi Spice was founded by Army veterans who served in Afghanistan to help support sustainable economic development by creating jobs for Afghan farmers and women. They started up at The Plant in 2015, handling processing and packing of their delicate
After completing Argonne National Laboratory’s Chain Reaction Innovations Entrepreneurship, the founders of Meati moved into laboratory space at The Plant in 2018. They were then working on BTRFY, a snack product made from mycelium and byproducts fr
An early business at The Plant, the Urban Canopy launched a pilot rooftop farm with a small growing space indoors in 2011. Their outdoor farming operations shifted to large plots elsewhere; they now farm two acres in Auburn-Gresham. The Urban Canopy
Established in 2011 by John Edel, the non-profit Plant Chicago leased space at The Plant from 2013 to 2019. Their demonstration aquaponic systems were initially developed at Bubbly by John and a group of engineering students from IIT – several o