Penn Current: Community farm takes root in Southwest Philly

West Philadelphia youth who have been growing vegetables in their schoolyards or in small plots around their neighborhoods as part of Penn’s Agatston Urban Nutrition Initiative (AUNI) can soon till a real field, orchard and berry patch at the new Community Farm and Food Resource Center at Bartram’s Garden.

A collaboration between the AUNI, the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS), Bartram’s Garden and the City of Philadelphia, the 3.5-acre site—formally an underutilized ball field—will be home to a one-acre green space for planting and picking vegetables.

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