Join us for a SMASHING good time on Saturday, November 9th from 10am - 2pm at the Comer Crops Youth Farm, 7230 S South Chicago Ave. Bring the family to our annual Pumpkin Smash where you can save your October pumpkins from the landfill and compost them with us instead. Tour the farm, meet our chickens, enjoy fresh food, music, composting education, games and more! Everyone is welcome to our final farmers market of the season.
Pumpkin Smash Partners including:
* Gary Comer Middle School
* DFSS
* SCARCE
* GCYC Culinary team
* University of Illinois Extension
* ACCESS HEalth
* Unite Hospitality Institute
* Urban Explorers of Chicago
* CHAMPS Mentoring
* Operation Neighborhood Safety
* Goodess Good Food
* Fresh Raw & Natural
* Pigment International
Since 2014, Pumpkin Smash has…
* Composted over 538 tons of pumpkins
* Reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 410 tons of CO2e
* Diverted 34,230 gallons of water from landfills
