Community Farm and Food Resource Center groundbreaking

Posted by on October 24, 2011

You are cordially invited to the groundbreaking ceremony of the Community Farm and Food Resource Center (CFFRC) at Bartram’s Garden on October 27, 2011 at 4:00 pm.

In partnership with the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS), Bartram’s Garden, and the City of Philadelphia’s Department of Parks and Recreation, the Agatston Urban Nutrition Initiative (AUNI) will host this event to celebrate the creation of CFFRC and its potential to contribute to the lives, well-being and health of the community.

The 3.5-acre site of the CFFRC is located in the southwest quadrant of Bartram’s Garden, a public garden and National Historic Landmark. It includes an annual vegetable farm, community garden, orchard, greenhouse, and eventual education/kitchen space.  With the goal of increasing access to local, organic, affordable, nutritious, and culturally relevant food, and providing a space for all to develop a relationship with the land, UNI will expand their youth development program by hiring twelve Bartram High School students to plant, grow, harvest and sell the produce.  PHS will be able to provide seedlings, resources and supplies to urban growers, and Bartram’s Garden will enhance its youth programming component and implement the orchard project, which is part of the long-term Master Plan at Bartram’s. These programs will engage interested Southwest Philadelphia residents in healthy cooking and gardening.

The event will start 4:00 pm at Bartram’s Garden, located at 54th and Lindbergh Boulevard, followed by a reception with locally sourced refreshments, youth-led farm tours, garlic planting, and community garden sign-up.

Please contact Tyler Holmberg by phone at (518) 304-3402 or by email at Tyholmberg@gmail.com by October 24th for any questions regarding the event or project.

We hope you can help us kick off this amazing project, recognize the value of these partnerships, and the important role a Farm and Food Resource Center can play in developing a healthier community.

We look forward to seeing you on October 27th at 4:00 pm.