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The Philadelphia Orchard Project plants orchards in the city of Philadelphia that grow healthy food, green spaces and community food security. | The Philadelphia Orchard Project plants orchards in the city of Philadelphia that grow healthy food, green spaces and community food security. | ||
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POP works with community-based groups and volunteers to plan and plant orchards filled with useful and edible plants. POP provides the plants, trees, and training. Community organizations own, maintain, and harvest the orchards, expanding community-based food production. Orchards are planted in formerly vacant lots, community gardens, schoolyards, and other spaces, almost exclusively in low-wealth neighborhoods where people lack access to fresh fruit. | POP works with community-based groups and volunteers to plan and plant orchards filled with useful and edible plants. POP provides the plants, trees, and training. Community organizations own, maintain, and harvest the orchards, expanding community-based food production. Orchards are planted in formerly vacant lots, community gardens, schoolyards, and other spaces, almost exclusively in low-wealth neighborhoods where people lack access to fresh fruit. | ||
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*[http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/essay-works/item/106590-essay-philadelphia-students-get-dirt-under-their-nails-producing-fresh-fruit-for-their-neighborhoods Philadelphia students get dirt under their nails producing fresh fruit for their neighborhoods], Newsworks, August 22, 2017. | |||
==See Also== | |||
*[[Patch Adams Clinic At Philadelphia|Patch Adams Clinic at Philadelphia]] | *[[Patch Adams Clinic At Philadelphia|Patch Adams Clinic at Philadelphia]] | ||
*[[Philadelphia Green Pages|Philadelphia Green Pages]] | *[[Philadelphia Green Pages|Philadelphia Green Pages]] | ||
Revision as of 13:52, 22 August 2017
The Philadelphia Orchard Project plants orchards in the city of Philadelphia that grow healthy food, green spaces and community food security.
POP works with community-based groups and volunteers to plan and plant orchards filled with useful and edible plants. POP provides the plants, trees, and training. Community organizations own, maintain, and harvest the orchards, expanding community-based food production. Orchards are planted in formerly vacant lots, community gardens, schoolyards, and other spaces, almost exclusively in low-wealth neighborhoods where people lack access to fresh fruit.
In The News
- Philadelphia students get dirt under their nails producing fresh fruit for their neighborhoods, Newsworks, August 22, 2017.