Visiting a community farm beneath the El
Community farms are meant to provided a sustainable food service to Philadelphia neighborhoods. But what keeps the farms a sustainable part of the community.
If you missed her interview on NewsWorks Tonight, check out this piece from Therese Madden for WHYYs FIT series. She takes us under the El in West Philadelphia where five youth growers plant, maintain and harvest the produce they sell on Market Street for their neighbors.
For them, it’s a chance to grow a community and a business.
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