The Roof Crop Foundation creates community-oriented green spaces to build thriving urban communities and help mitigate climate change.

OUR APIARIES

Every green space needs pollinators. Our mission is to install as many hives in the community as we can, and to support and rejuvenate collapsing bee populations. Today, we manage over 100 hives in Chicago, providing maintenance, honey, and honey-based products to our communities and to the partners that host our hives.

All profits from the purchase of TRCF Honey and honey infusions go toward our grant fund, which develops apiary programs for schools and community gardens.

OUR COMMUNITY

Our newest project is Muster Point, a thriving community point located in East Garfield Park.

Here, we’re centred around a propagation greenhouse that will serve as the headquarters for our Urban Agriculture Plant Start program. In addition to the propagation house, Muster Point will have an outdoor gathering space where small community businesses and non-profit organizations can host events or sell their goods.

EDUCATION

We’re not just cultivating spaces, we’re cultivating minds! In partnership with local community organizations, our Urban Agriculture Plant Start program educates hundreds of students from across the Chicagoland area. We teach them urban farming practices, provide insight into where our food comes from, and share the benefits of sustainable agriculture and seasonality.

Young adults participating in our program help harvest on the rooftop farm, engage in live demonstrations, and participate in cooking and eating the food they harvested at our onsite partner restaurant, Maxwells Trading.