Urban Farm
Seeds for Spring
As the spring rains begin and the flowers are in full bloom, students are hard at work preparing for a new growing season on the Seeds for Learning farm at Martin Luther King High School. When we started our farm last year we had no way of knowing the food movement would quietly move into [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Seeds for Learning – Fall Harvest
On any chilly Friday afternoon in the fall, you can find students standing behind a table piled high with carrots, radishes, squash, and flowers in front of Martin Luther King High School in Northwest Philadelphia debating the best methods of cooking okra with folks waiting for the bus. When customers ask, “Where did all this [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Seeds for Learning
Sandwiched between the soccer and football fields at Martin Luther King High School in Northwest Philadelphia zucchini is growing – along with lettuce, tomatoes, string beans, cilantro, basil, and sunflowers! In March, this now thriving farm was an unused piece of land. In just five months this land has been transformed and is now home [...]
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