Philadelphia Urban Farm Network

This article examines urban farms in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In a city of 1.6 million people and a metro area of 6 million, work is required to feed everyone. The first urban farm in Philadelphia was the SPUFEC, which started out as a garden founded by volunteers on property owned by the city’s water department. This led to other urban farms popping up throughout the city as well as community gardens and home gardens across the region. Currently there are 60+ urban farms in Philadelphia that provide fresh food for residents along with workshops on canning and cooking at events like City Harvest. You might have seen the most famous of these farms, South Philly Urban Farm and Education Center (SPUFEC), on the Food Network’s “Farmers Market Flip” show where it won first place in 2015.

In a city of 1.6 million people and a metro area of 6 million, work is required to feed everyone.

The city of Philadelphia is home to 1.6 million people, and the metro area has a population of 6 million. There are plenty of mouths to feed, and many of those people live in low-income neighborhoods where grocery stores are few and far between.

Taking into account these numbers, it’s clear that work is required if we want everyone in our city to have access to food—and not just any kind of food, but nutritious meals that will keep them healthy. That’s why urban farms are so critical: They provide fresh produce right where it’s needed most, while also educating local residents about where their food comes from and how they can get involved with growing it themselves at home or their community garden plot (if they have one).

You might have seen the most famous urban farm, the South Philly Urban Farm and Education Center, on the Food Network’s “Farmers Market Flip” show where it won first place in 2015.

You might have seen the most famous urban farm, the South Philly Urban Farm and Education Center, on the Food Network’s “Farmers Market Flip” show where it won first place in 2015.

South Philly Urban Farm and Education Center is a community garden in South Philadelphia. It was founded in 1998 by Eliza Thai and her husband Mike Stegman as an initiative that could help educate children about food production through hands-on work experience. The organization operates on a vacant lot just two blocks away from where Eliza grew up—she wanted to make sure that people who couldn’t afford their own plot could still have access to fresh produce grown right next door! The farm provides space for community gardeners to grow their own food while also educating them about sustainability through workshops held by experts like those at Philadelphia Green’s Grow Green program (which has been around since 2007).

Philadelphia is the seventh-largest city with gardens or farms listed in a USDA directory of community-supported agriculture networks.

Philadelphia is the seventh-largest city in the United States, and yet we rank 11th on a list of major cities with gardens or farms listed in a USDA directory of community-supported agriculture networks. The top five are: New York City; Los Angeles; Chicago; San Francisco; and Boston.

The top three cities for urban farms are: Minneapolis; Denver; Seattle.

The top three cities for community gardens are: Portland, Oregon; Sacramento, California, and St. Paul, Minnesota.

In addition to the 60+ urban farms in Philadelphia, there are also community gardens and home gardens across the city. These include the Roxborough Community Garden, Bartram’s Garden and Greensgrow Farms in Kensington.

In addition to the 60+ urban farms in Philadelphia, there are also community gardens and home gardens across the city. These include the Roxborough Community Garden, Bartram’s Garden and Greensgrow Farms in Kensington.

Community gardens and home gardens are a way for people to grow their own food and learn about gardening. They are also a way for people to meet other people who live in that neighborhood or area of town.

The SPUFEC has an event every year called City Harvest, a festival that features locally grown food along with workshops on canning, farming and cooking.

This festival is held every year in Philadelphia and features locally grown food, workshops on canning, farming and cooking. The event is free to attend and held on Saturday.

Urban farms make good use of available space by providing fresh food for people in densely populated areas.

Urban farms make good use of available space by providing fresh food for people in densely populated areas.

Urban farms are becoming increasingly popular, especially as more people move into cities and urban spaces that were once rural become less accessible to the poor and lower class. These farms allow farmers to grow food in places where they otherwise wouldn’t be able to access land. This means that urban residents can now have access to fresh fruits, vegetables, eggs and meat without having to drive miles away from their home or job!

Philadelphia’s urban farms are an example of how a community can come together and do great things to help their own people. They also show how important it is to have sustainable food sources when everyone needs more access to fresh produce and other healthy foods. We hope you’ll join us in learning more about our city’s urban farms throughout this blog post!