Current Models

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Greensgrow, a one-acre plot of raised beds and greenhouses on the site of a former steel-galvanizing factory, is turning a profit by selling its own vegetables and herbs as well as a range of produce from local growers, and by running a nursery selling plants and seedlings. Click here to read more...
www.greensgrow.org/

Weavers Way which started as a tribute to a longtime Co-op member, but has evolved into Weavers Way's contribution to a truly local food system. Read more about its history.The Weaver's Way farm is owned by the Weaver's Way Coop. The farm is located in the Awbury Arboretum in Germantown and is about an acre and a half in size. There are 4 full time staff workers and a variety of volunteers that are members of the coop and the community.
www.weaversway.coop/

The Mill Creek Farm is a collectively run urban education farm that utilizes vacant land to improve local access to nutritious foods and to promote sustainable resource use by growing and distributing produce and by demonstrating ecological methods of living. The farm is located in West Philadelphia. For 15 years, part of the site has been a community garden and for over 30 years the rest has been a vacant lot. Thanks to funds from the Philadelphia Water Department in partnership with the Pennsylvania Horticulture Society, the land was awarded in 2005 to begin an urban farm.
www.millcreekurbanfarm.org