Mill Creek Farm

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SAVE THE DATE:
ELP Politics of Food CONFERENCE
September 22 - 24, 2008
Raleigh, NC
This national conference will engage participants in a challenging exploration of how and why our food system works as it does, whether it is secure, just, and sustainable, and how it might be reshaped for the future. Click here to learn more.

Work Days in August

Join us on one of the following work days, and help us plant, and weed and harvest and .... Hope to see you there.

Workdays in August
Saturday, August 9th: 11-2pm
Tuesday, August 12th:
9-12pm
Monday, August 18th: 9-12pm
Wedns., August 27th:
9-12pm

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 here to open the PDF document.

Hear about us on Radio Times with Marty Moss Coane
On August 18, WHYY's Radio Times featured a segment on urban farming in Philadelphia. They gave us a shout-out. If you'd like to hear the program, go to the link below:

http://www.whyy.org/cgi-bin/newwebRTlookup.cgi

ATTRA News features Mill Creek
in special urban agriculture edition
ATTRA (The National Sustainable Agricultural Information Service) features urban farming in their August issue. You'll find lots of great stories and resources about urban farming there, including a listing for Mill Creek Farm. Click here to learn more.

Sweet on Bees: Why are bees in this
urban neighborhood thriving?
An August 12 column in the Philadelphia City Paper describes Mill Creek's bee keeping operation. Check it out.

What we've been doing this summer:
A quick update on our activities, collaborations, visitors and fundraising activities. MORE >

Great Zucchini Recipe
Make use of those zukes. Check out our great zucchini with garlic and oil recipe.

NEEDED: A battery powered weedwacker. If you have one, or know where we can get one, please email us. Also looking for bee keeping equipment and protective clothing, and a water pump for our grey water system.

Where Can You Buy Our Produce?

During the 2008 season our produce is available at the following locations:

Wednesdays at the farmers' market at 52nd and Haverford,
1 – 5 pm, starting July 2
Saturdays at the Mill Creek Farm (49th and Brown), 11 am -2 pm
Mariposa Co-op
Occasionally at other Cafes and restaurants
We also donate to cupboards through SHARE/City Harvest.

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.

Projects and partners: We are working on installing solar panels in order to power a water pump to allow us to filter and re-use our graywater and we are looking forward to converting our pickup truck to run off used vegetable oil. This season we are working with Mariposa Co-op, City Harvest, Neighborhood Bike Works, Broad Street Ministry and other community organizations.
Working on the farm: Our workday schedule is posted on our website monthly. Please contact us if you want to be added to the volunteer listerve: millcreekfarm@resist.ca.
Urban farming network: We are also excited to be a part of the Philadelphia Urban Farmers Network (PUFN). We share resources and promote urban agriculture. If you're interested in joining the PUFN list serve, email pufn-subscribe@googlegroups.com.

A Great Story on Urban Farming in the Daily News: The Daily News did an extensive piece on urban farming in Philadelphia that included pictures of an interviews with farm managers Jo and Jade. Check it out!
Philadelphia Weekly Features Pictures & Quotes from Mill Creek. Check it out.
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 >
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.