Green Festival; Organic, Sustainable, Green Living

Its Summer Time!!!!!

And with summer comes all the green! This past weekend I attended The Green Festival at Navy Pier, Chicago. It was a fun time and there was lots to see! 

I was invited by my friend Alice to go as she had heard about it. When arriving, we donated canned food at the door and got our wrist bands for free. That's is always a good start. We were greeted by the Cliff Bar booth and sampled all their products, delicious. 

While walking around sampling on all the free organic food samples, we found a couple cool booths. MyTerraceFarmer.com had a cool idea.

It was similar to aquaponics but not quite. They set up a small worm composting bin next to their drip irrigated "greenhouse." The composting bin is placed ontop on the water reservoir so the vermitea (worm tea, compost tea, etc.) dripped into it adding the nutrients. Very cool idea.

Another booth we spent some time at was the Tower Garden, made by JuicePlus+. We talked with two very passionate representatives from the company. 

The Towers they had growing were looking great. This Tower is actually the home garden of one of the reps! She brought hers in to show the systems potential. As you can see it does quite well. Inside the tower, there is a pump which makes it "rain" down on the roots. this allows for an even and often water supply. The plants love it and it does not take up too much floor space.

We took advantage of the beautiful day and walked along the bike path to Millennium Park. One of the reasons I love Chicago has to do with the public art, it is everywhere! And it is AWESOME!