Urban agriculture

High inflation rates nationwide have made it more difficult for many people to put food on the table. This impact is even greater in areas of our city where stores selling fresh fruits and vegetables are few and far between....

Innovative agriculture strategies can reduce GHG & help with social goals. Listen to Planet Philadelphia 4-5:00 PM next Friday, 4/2/21 at WGGT-LP 92.9 FM in Philadelphia and/or live stream at gtownradio.com. Guests: • Dr. David Beerling: works as a soil...

The Frederick County University of Maryland Extension Office and CONSERVE: A Center of Excellence at the Nexus of Sustainable Water Reuse, Food, & Health will host a half-day workshop for farmers and local officials interested in learning more about using...

HOSTED BY GREENSGROW & PHILLY FOODWORKS A benefit for our SNAP Share Program, making a healthy local farm share accessible to everyone. The last of our Farm Dinner benefit series of 2019 in partnership with Philly Foodworks. Join us for an...

This Spring, join us as we launch the newly revamped Grounded in Philly website, a one-stop online resource ecosystem for the urban agriculture and open space community in Philadelphia. With 40,000 vacant lots in Philadelphia, we aspire to give communities...

Join Erdy McHenry Architecture for our annual DesignPhiladelphia celebration—featuring Philly Microgreens and Dickson Despommier, father of the Vertical Farm movement! As the world population is set to approach 10 billion by 2050, humanity reckons with an agricultural infrastructure that is...

Thanks to the growth of urban farms, more people than ever have access to local, healthy food across Philadelphia. But how did they pop up across our city? The stories behind the farms are even more impressive than the juicy,...