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Winter, 2025

We are grateful for fantastic 2024 and are gearing up for 2025. It looks as though we'll have to squeeze all of camp in just two sessions - the last two weeks of July.

Thank you to all who took part in our 2024 programming, including the great team that made camp possible, but who also ran the Plant Give Aways at the Evanston, Lincoln Park and 61st Farmers Markets. It was a neat way to celebrate our 10th anniversary. :)

2025 is year #11! Our aim is to make the experience even better. Even as each summer is a bit different, our goals remain the same: creating an environment for kids to flourish. #NovelExperience. #OutdoorAdventures. #DigitalDetox. #SupportingGrowth. #LifeSkills. #AwesomeFood.

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For photos of the overnight Summer Camp action or our Teen Summits, click HERE. Or, our Instagram page.

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P.S. We love and support local farms and regenerative organic agriculture. Nature’s Farm Camp won the Golden Beet Award in the 2018 Community Food Project category, from the Illinois Stewardship Alliance.

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Included here are a few sample MEDIA coverage we have received over the years: A piece titled “Fresh from the Farm” about camp in the Loyola Academy Magazine (page 4 & 5). Articles on camp and food in Good Food on Every Table and here. We were covered in a piece on Farm Camps in Chicago Crain’s Magazine and a guest post in the nationally acclaimed Fed Up with Lunch.

The Local Beet gave us a shout-out in the Good Food Fest Wrap-up and we were featured on WGN TV Mid-day News as well as WCPT radio and WGN radio. Note: for the WGN TV gig we borrowed a couple things from awesome Chicago friends, e.g. microgreens from local food innovator The Urban Canopy and the flat of mint from The Kilbourn Park Organic Greenhouse.