CHICAGO (WLS) -- A farm experiment yields a harvest through the winter, and it is in the middle of Lawndale.

An empty lot in North Lawndale is host to a micro farm, more specifically, an agricultural pod inside a metal container. The produce grows vertically and hydroponically where light and temperature are controlled year-round.

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"It grows a lot faster," said Keondre Owens with Young Men's Educational Network. "Sometimes, we have kale leaves that are just 3 pounds itself, and I'm like, what's going on here?"

This indoor farming project is courtesy of several partnerships with ComEd, Electric Power Research Institute, Young Men's Educational Network and Garden 2 Table Pipeline. On Monday, they celebrated the end of a yearlong pil

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