Hydroponics Today Latest articles from Hydroponics Today (http://www.hydroponics-today.com) http://www.hydroponics-today.com 2010-09-07T00:39:01+01:00 text/html 2008-07-06T15:00:15+01:00 http://www.hydroponics-today.com <p>July 3, 2008<br />GREENSGROW Farm is a little bit country and a lot urban.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />"I want to ensure the supply line between rural producers and urban consumers," said "chief farm hand" Mary Seton Corboy.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />"People should be able to see where their peas are growing," Corboy said.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.philly.com/dailynews/features/20080703_Urban_farms_grow___sell_fruits_and_veggies_in_the_city.html" title="Fruits and Veggies in the City">read more</a> ...</p><p> </p><p> </p> http://www.hydroponics-today.com/urban-farms-grow-a36.html Greensgrow Farm is a little bit country and a lot urban. 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. "I want to ensure the supply line between rural producers and urban consumers," said "chief farm hand" Mary Seton Corboy. 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.