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    <outline type="rss"  title="&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;July 3, 2008&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;GREENSGROW Farm is a little bit country and a lot urban.&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Situated on the reclaimed - and cleaned up - site of a former steel-galvanizing factory in Kensington, the nonprofit organic farm grows a wide variety of produce, including heirloom lettuces, peppers and tomatoes, and also acts as a crop clearinghouse for small farmers from South Jersey to Lancaster County.&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;amp;quot;I want to ensure the supply line between rural producers and urban consumers,&amp;amp;quot; said &amp;amp;quot;chief farm hand&amp;amp;quot; Mary Seton Corboy.&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Greensgrow was co-founded 10 years ago by Corboy, a former chef with a master's degree in political science who had little agricultural experience but definite ideas about the good an urban farm could accomplish: The enterprise aims both to shorten the distance from farm to city table and to educate the public on the importance of buying fresh and local.&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;amp;quot;People should be able to see where their peas are growing,&amp;amp;quot; Corboy said.&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;The square-block property, despite being ringed by a barbed-wire fence, brings a welcoming touch of green to this neighborhood of rowhouses, chain-store strip malls and fast-food joints.&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Behind the fence are neat rows of high-yield hydroponic vegetable and lettuce plants, and a slightly ragtag collection of greenhouses and sheds full of all kinds of flowering annuals, perennials and evergreens. There's also a small market that's open on Thursdays and Saturdays to sell whatever's in season.&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;a href=&amp;quot;http://www.philly.com/dailynews/features/20080703_Urban_farms_grow___sell_fruits_and_veggies_in_the_city.html&amp;quot; title=&amp;quot;Fruits and Veggies in the City&amp;quot;&amp;gt;read more&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; ...&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;" text="&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;July 3, 2008&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;GREENSGROW Farm is a little bit country and a lot urban.&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Situated on the reclaimed - and cleaned up - site of a former steel-galvanizing factory in Kensington, the nonprofit organic farm grows a wide variety of produce, including heirloom lettuces, peppers and tomatoes, and also acts as a crop clearinghouse for small farmers from South Jersey to Lancaster County.&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;amp;quot;I want to ensure the supply line between rural producers and urban consumers,&amp;amp;quot; said &amp;amp;quot;chief farm hand&amp;amp;quot; Mary Seton Corboy.&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Greensgrow was co-founded 10 years ago by Corboy, a former chef with a master's degree in political science who had little agricultural experience but definite ideas about the good an urban farm could accomplish: The enterprise aims both to shorten the distance from farm to city table and to educate the public on the importance of buying fresh and local.&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;amp;quot;People should be able to see where their peas are growing,&amp;amp;quot; Corboy said.&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;The square-block property, despite being ringed by a barbed-wire fence, brings a welcoming touch of green to this neighborhood of rowhouses, chain-store strip malls and fast-food joints.&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;Behind the fence are neat rows of high-yield hydroponic vegetable and lettuce plants, and a slightly ragtag collection of greenhouses and sheds full of all kinds of flowering annuals, perennials and evergreens. There's also a small market that's open on Thursdays and Saturdays to sell whatever's in season.&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;a href=&amp;quot;http://www.philly.com/dailynews/features/20080703_Urban_farms_grow___sell_fruits_and_veggies_in_the_city.html&amp;quot; title=&amp;quot;Fruits and Veggies in the City&amp;quot;&amp;gt;read more&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; ...&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;" url="http://www.hydroponics-today.com/urban-farms-grow-a36.html"/>
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