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Germantown: Kitchen Garden Brings Neighbors, Community Into the Farm

May 13, 2022 Jonaira M South

The Germantown Kitchen Garden, established in 2008, was inspired by Amanda Staples’ desire for easy access to fresh and organically grown vegetables. Now, shoppers at the garden find a plant nursery, vegetables grown in a humid greenhouse, and a sense of community.

5th Street

Roxborough: Former Phillie Donates $95k to Philadelphia Agricultural School

December 21, 2016 Patrick M Johnstone

W.B. Saul High School of Agricultural Sciences will renovate their greenhouses, thanks to a $95,000 donation from The Hamels Foundation, co-founded by former Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Cole Hamels and his wife Heidi. Teacher Lisa Blum runs

Education

Olney: Hundreds of Volunteers Participate in Comcast Cares Day at Olney High

April 24, 2012

More than 200 volunteers came out this weekend to Olney Charter High School to clean and paint the school’s greenhouse and classrooms, and work on the baseball field. As part of Comcast’s 11th Annual Comcast

Fairhill

Fairhill: Students Create an Urban Farm

December 7, 2011

https://vimeo.com/33189397] They don’t look like your typical farmers; they’re young, dressed in sneakers and jeans, but the students working out at the lot at 11th and York streets are doing their best at turning the

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