Rachel Kimura considers it “innately human” to farm.“It feels right to just be connected to the land and be connected to nature,” Kimura said, reflecting on her first season as a farm. Kimura founded Hinata Farms earlier this year, bringing the first Japanese heritage farm to Chicago’s urban growing community. Hinata is one of 6 incubator farms located in the Chicago Botanic Garden’s Windy City Harvest program. “Our mission is food, health, and jobs,” said Windy City Harvest coordinator Kelly Larsen. “This space provides a way for the Asian American community to find a community through farming. That’s something that I’m understanding is increasingly important,” Kimura said.