[6] As of August 2018, the non-profit has 25 full-time staff members who work from Urban Growers Collective's main office in Bridgeport.
[2] The group uses Urban farming as a tool to heal communities of youth and their families who have suffered from excessive trauma and violence.
Another big goal for the group is to provide recovery from the historical impact of structural racism that accrued through the agricultural system in the past.
The objective of this program is to provide men who are more likely to be participants or victims of violent crimes, with training in landscaping and property maintenance.
[10] Urban Growers Collective has provided fresh produce to people in South Side neighborhoods of Chicago through CTA buses that were transformed into mobile farmers markets.
This allowed neighborhoods that lacked grocery stores to have less expensive produce, and closer locations to provide healthier options for locals.
[11] Urban Growers Collective is able to supply the markets with fresh food by providing produce which is obtained from their multiple farms located in Chicago.
[11] Urban Growers Collective hit a milestone of locals served through their Fresh Moves Mobile Market program.
As of August 22, 2018, Urban Growers Collective had served over 10,000 produce items to people living in the south and west sides of Chicago.