The New CLC’s Urban Farm Center

Specker: Eliza Fournier is Director at College of Lake County’s Urban Farm Center since December 2021.  She previously was 20 years at the Chicago Botanic Garden where she served as the Health and Special Contracts Director of Windy City Harvest and Project Coordinator with the City of Chicago Mayor’s Office of Workforce Development. She was also an adjunct professor at Lake Forest College where she helped design and implement an on-campus food production garden.

Program: Eliza will speak to us about the newest Urban Farm Center in Waukegan on Sheridan Road. In her words: “The new Urban Farm has the opportunity to demonstrate how food and plants can help solve so many 21st century challenges including climate change, social disconnection, chronic disease and more. It is an honor to be part of this exciting initiative.”