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Work Days in May
Join us on one of the following work days in MAY, and help us plant, and weed and harvest and .... Hope to see you there.
May Workdays:
Wed. 7th: 11-2pm
Sunday 11th 10-1pm
Thursday 15th: 9-12pm
Monday 19th: 2-5pm
Tuesday 27th: 9-12pm
Thursday 29th: 12-3pm
The
Mill Creek Mission ...
The Mill Creek Farm is a collectively
run urban education farm that utilizes vacant
land to improve local access to nutritious foods
and to promote sustainable resource use by growing
and distributing produce and by demonstrating
ecological methods of living.
2006 Annual
Report Available
Check out our annual report. Click
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Today, May 9: Dinner & Fundraiser For UNI Students
Join us for a delicious dinner featuring local foods that will raise funds to help send local high school students to the Rooted in Community Conference this summer. Learn more.
Sunday, May 10: Bring Your Mom for a
Work Day and Permibus Tour at Mill Creek
Enjoy the community of shared work, and learn about permaculture, composting, solar power and more. Details ...
 IN THE NEWS
The City Paper Sends Out a
Reporter to Work the Land
City Paper writer Sam Tremble volunteers at Mill Creek, then sits down to write about it. Check out the story >
WISH LIST: We're looking for donations of beekeeping outfit and equipment
You can now support us with an online donation!
Click the button below to donate now. You'll go to a secure donation
page where you'll enter the amount of your donation. All major credit
cards can be used, in addition to a Pay Pal account.
Produce availability
Starting again in late Spring of 2008 our produce will be available at the following locations:
- Wednesdays at the farmers' market at 52nd and Haverford.
- Saturdays at the Mill Creek Farm (49th and Brown).
- Mariposa Co-op
- The Fair Food Farmstand at the Reading Terminal Market.
- We also donate to cupboards through SHARE/City Harvest.
- We also sell to Kaffa Crossing and Satellite Cafe.
On other fronts:
- Projects and partners: We're looking forward to installing
solar panels, converting our pickup truck to run off used vegetable
oil, working with Mariposa Co-op, City Harvest, ...
- Working on the farm: We'll be scheduling workdays again in the Spring of 2008. Stay tuned for a schedule of upcoming workdays.
If you are interested in volunteering, please
contact us.
- Urban farming network: We are also excited to be a part of
the newly formed urban Philadelphia Urban Farmers Network (PUFN).
We will be sharing resources and promoting urban agriculture. If you're interested in joining the PUFN list serve, email pufn-subscribe@googlegroups.com.
Mill Creek in the News
- Curator of Puppet Uprising pays tribute to Mill Creek in the City Paper. Check out the December 13th edition of Philadelphia City Paper's Culture Shock column.
- Mill Creek mentioned in new In These Times article: In its August 24 article, "Farming the
Concrete Jungle," In These Times authors explore the growth of urban
farming across the country, and mention Mill Creek's work in Philadelphia. Check
it out.
- A wonderful profile in Culinate.Com: Culinate is a web site
for people who care about where their food comes from and how it's
produced. In a new article on the food and justice movement, they
include a long feature on Mill Creek Urban Farm and it's mission to
improve access to nutritious local food.
Check
out the article now.
- Going native--a fresh approach is growing locally:
This Inquirer article by local food and farming reporter Harold
Brubaker introduces the new farm manager at Weavers Way Co-op Farm,
but also devotes a few paragraphs to the work of Mill Creek Farm.
Check out the article now.
- Justice Talking program in February features Mill Creek: On
February 12, Justice Talking--the NPR radio show based in Philadelphia--hosted
a program on farming and farm subsidies. As part of their program,
they took a tour of Mill Creek Urban Farm. That audio clip, and pictures
of the farm are available on their web site.
Check
out the web site now.
- The plot thickens ... A wonderful story from Philadelphia
Weekly (July 19, 2006) profiling a West Philly farm (guess who) that
brings nutrition and environmentalism to the inner city.
Check
out the article now.
Donations
Donations--cash and in-kind--are welcome and needed.
Please make checks payable to:
"Mill Creek Farm/A Little Taste of Everything," and send them
to:
Mill Creek Farm, 3451 Walnut Street, Franklin Building Annex, Suite P-117A,
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6205.
OR ... Donate Online!
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