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Climate Fixers: Climate-proofing Philly for a warmer growing season
WHYY, August 26, 2024
The Philadelphia Orchard Project connects community members to their roots in the city
6 ABC, July 20, 2024
Are Philadelphia farmers the key to making the city a cleaner and healthier place to live?
The Philadelphia Inquirer, July 11, 2024
Major city reaps benefits of steadfast urban gardening movement
The Cool Down, July 7, 2024
The Philadelphia Orchard Project is cultivating fruit that could thrive in a hotter city
Grid Magazine, July 1, 2024
Philadelphia Orchard Project growing subtropical fruits at The Woodlands
Southwest Globe Times, May 31, 2024
Growing Food Across the City with the Philadelphia Orchard Project
PA Eats, May 14, 2024
Can Philly become a hothouse for bananas and pineapples as the climate warms?
Philadelphia Inquirer, May 13, 2024
An experimental orchard aims to help Philly’s urban farms adapt to climate change
Philly Voice, May 10, 2024
Hailed as stewards but legally squatters, longtime community gardeners say they need help staying grounded.
Philadelphia Inquirer, May 10, 2024
Greener Ways to Feed the World
BBC People Fixing the World, March 26, 2024
Your A-Z Philadelphia Environmental Volunteer Guide
Green Philly, March 13, 2024
Hot? Hungry? Step inside these food forests.
Grist, January 29, 2024
Citizens Bank rewarded the Philadelphia Orchard Project with a check for $50k
Fox29, January 22, 2024
Foraging wild fruit can build a connection to nature, even in the city
Grid Magazine, October 30, 2023
Park groups take native plantings beyond the urban wilds
Grid Magazine, June 28, 2023
Philadelphia’s fruit trees are blooming, but questions surround who gets the harvest
Philadelphia Inquirer, June 24, 2023
NRCS Funds Community Gardens in Philadelphia
Pennsylvania’s USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, June 20, 2023
How to Plant a Sustainable Food Forest That Yields Layers of Produce
Martha Stewart, April 19, 2023
A new way of vegetable gardening, with someone else’s hands in the dirt
Philadelphia Inquirer, April 16, 2023
Green solutions are transforming a West Philadelphia grade school
Penn Today, March 7, 2023
To investigate the Potential of Community Food Forests and Orchards
The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust, February 1, 2023
How to Grow a Food Forest
New York Times, January 27, 2023
Philadelphia Orchard Project continues efforts to provide neighborhoods with super-fresh, extra-local produce
Grid Magazine, November 1, 2022
From opera to a night market, here are the 10 best events around Philly this week
The Philadelphia Inquirer, September 15, 2022
Cities are planting trees. Why not make them fruit trees?
Grist, September 13, 2022
Impact100 Philadelphia Plans To Award $435,000 in Eight Grants and Awards
Impact100 Philadelphia, May 10, 2022
A Fruitful Endeavor (PEC Podcast)
Pennsylvania Environmental Council, February 25, 2022
Philadelphia Food Justice Initiative Announces New Grant Awards to Increase Health Food Access in Philadelphia
Philadelphia Department of Public Health, January 27, 2022
Philadelphia Food Justice Initiative 2021 Grant Awards
The Reinvestment Fund, January 27, 2022
A North Philadelphia grower is planting an orchard on a vacant lot
WHYY, August 18, 2021
The Green New Deal for Public Schools Goes Way Beyond Classrooms
Curbed, July 23, 2021
Secretary Of Agriculture To Travel Pennsylvania, Tour Urban Gardens Building Resilient Communities
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, July 19, 2021
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Announces Inaugural Healthier Together Grant Recipients
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, July 14, 2021
2021 Summer Newsletter
Philadelphia Orchard Project, June 30, 2021
Philadelphia Orchard Project: Spring Open House & Plant Sale
West Philly Local, May 21, 2021
‘It’s like a place of healing’: the growth of America’s food forests
The Guardian, May 8, 2021
Urban Agriculture Grant Program 2020-21 Awardees
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, May 7, 2021
7 places to volunteer in a garden or farm in the Philly area this summer
Philadelphia Inquirer, May 5, 2021
Episode 34: Plant a Trillion Trees Podcast with Phil Forsyth
The Plant a Trillion Trees Podcast, April 25, 2021
Pictures of Earth Day activities at the Philadelphia Orchard Project Food Forest
Philadelphia Inquirer, April 22, 2021
The stories trees tell: In a photo essay, Penn Today highlights some of campus’s most iconic trees.
Penn Today, April 21, 2021
Penn group wins EPA Campus RainWorks Challenge
Penn Today, April 20, 2021
Cleanups, planting, and playing with worms: Earth Day 2021 in Philly
WHYY, April 18, 2021
Environment: How One Organization is Working Toward Building a Greener City
Philadelphia Neighborhoods, April 14, 2021
The Promise of Pawpaw
The New York Times, October 19, 2020
Penn Food and Wellness Collaborative launches farm in Penn Park to combat food insecurity
The Daily Pennsylvanian, October 15, 2020
A farm for the community
Penn Today, October 8, 2020
A farm grows in Philadelphia
Lewistown Sentinel, July 24, 2020
Announcing POP’s Community Organizing Toolkit!
Philadelphia Orchard Project, July 15, 2020
5 Organizations Working To Make Urban Spaces Greener
Ezvid Wiki, June 14, 2020
The Woodlands is building a community orchard
West Philly Local, May 19, 2020
POP’s Spring Newsletter
Philadelphia Orchard Project, May 12, 2020
Philadelphia Orchard Project and The Woodlands Announce New Partnership and Plans for Demonstration Orchard, Nursery, and Greenhouse
POP, April 29, 2020
How to grow and care for pawpaw trees
Gardner's Path, February 11, 2020
Run, garden, cook, build: Cool ways to volunteer in Philadelphia
Philadelphia Inquirer, January 14, 2020
Campus orchard grows, with help from the community
Penn Today, November 1, 2019
Philadelphia Orchard Project: Bringing Permaculture To Local Communities
US Apple Association, October 30, 2019
Caramel-sweet and elusive, American persimmons are at their ripest. Here’s where to eat them in Philly.
Philadelphia Inquirer, October 29, 2019
From needle-filled lot to colorful community garden, a North Philly school is transformed
Billy Penn, October 23, 2019
What Is a Pawpaw, and Why Is It So Magical?
Food & Wine, July 24, 2019
Fresh Philadelphia Fruit for All with The Philadelphia Orchard Project
We Love Philly, July 15, 2019
Native Plants and Community Orchards
PA Native Plant Society, July 14, 2019
The rise of urban food forests
Smart Cities Dive, July 2, 2019
Behold the juneberry, Philly’s sweetest secret, and the harvesters who pluck them from the sidewalks
Philadelphia Inquirer, June 7, 2019
One orchard, one school at a time: the Philadelphia Orchard Project
Common Good, May 6, 2019
A rainy 2018 yielded soggy fall harvest, Philly growers say
WHYY, October 24, 2018
Pawpaws: Where to find and how to eat fall’s best secret treat
Philadelphia Inquirer, September 20, 2018
The Artist Creating Urban Farms to Feed Philadelphia
Civil Eats, September 20, 2018
Growing a ‘Culture of Cultivation’ on Campus
Penn Today, September 19, 2018
The Beautiful Alternative: Orchards in Our City
City Wide Stories, July 10, 2018
Be Fruitful!
GROW Magazine, September 1, 2017
Philadelphia Students Producing Fresh Fruit
WHYY Newsworks, August 22, 2017
Summer’s hearty harvest at the Penn Park Orchard
PennCurrent, July 27, 2017
Urban Gleaning Grows Up
Civil Eats, July 12, 2017
9th Annual Strawberry Festival
Metro Philadelphia, June 5, 2017
Historic Mansions Branch Out: East Park Orchards
Philadelphia Parks & Recreation, April 15, 2017
Sustainability: The Philadelphia Orchard Project Provides Fresh Fruit to Communities
Philadelphia Neighborhoods, June 24, 2016
Growing Gardeners: Philadelphia Orchard Project turns vacant lots into local farms, growing food and community
The Philadelphia Citizen, June 8, 2016
On Philly’s vacant lots, a network of edible forests
The New Food Economy, March 4, 2016
Where others see waste, local gleaning programs see food for those in need
Grid, March 3, 2016
POP gets $100k grant!
Philadelphia Magazine blog, December 1, 2015
Core Learning: Apples Bear Fruit in N. Phila
Philadelphia Inquirer, October 15, 2015
Why Urban Ag Will Make You Healthier
US News, June 23, 2015
POP Weed Identification Guide
WHYY TV, June 19, 2015
Philadelphia Orchard Project
WHYY TV, June 19, 2015
Urban Food Forests
NPR, May 21, 2015
POP Pruning Workshop @ Grumblethorpe
Philly Permaculture, February 11, 2015
Interview with POP’s Robyn Mello
Talkupy Radio, February 3, 2015
Community Orchard Network Webcast featuring POP
Community Orchard Network, January 27, 2015
Urban Orchards
TEDx Arcadia, April 10, 2014
Philadelphia Prison Systems Orchard
CBS Philly, April 1, 2014
Hort Center Food Forest
Master Gardeners, October 24, 2013
Crime Fighting Trees Transform Philly
NBC10, May 28, 2013
Rivera Rec Orchard
Plan Philly, April 17, 2013
Philadelphia Orchard Day 2012
Plan Philly, October 25, 2012
Chicago Rarities Orchard Project
GRIST, September 4, 2012
Edible Landscapes
American Forests, February 1, 2011
Urban Orchards Taking Root in St. Louis
Stl Today, October 20, 2010
Deliciously Fresh Produce Philadelphia
NBC News, August 5, 2010
Urban Foraging – A Pick Your Own Buffet
Philadelphia Enquirer, August 5, 2010
Container Gardening
Organic Gardening, August 1, 2010
Urban Agriculture and Ecological Citizenship in Philadelphia
Local Environment, July 3, 2010
Strawberry Mansion: Orchard Educates Children on Healthy Eating
Philadelphia Neighborhoods, June 1, 2010
Jumping the Fence
Philadelphia Citypaper, May 1, 2010
Teach a Man to Fish… er, Plant
The Fallser, May 1, 2010
The Makers of Green Works Natural Cleaners Announce The 2010 Green Heroes Grant Winners
PRweb, April 1, 2010
More urbanites have their pick of fresh fruit
USA Today, March 1, 2010
A Forest of Foods Planned for City
Pittsburgh Post Gazette, November 15, 2009
Free food can be yours for the picking
Illinois Times, July 1, 2009
Power Plants
GRID Magazine, April 1, 2009
Victory Garden meets urban permaculture and it works
The Chestnut Hill Local, March 1, 2009
An Elf in an Orchard
The Philadelphia Inquirer, December 1, 2008
Orchards crop up around the city
The Philadelphia Inquirer, November 1, 2008
A Fruit Tree that (Could) Grow in Brooklyn
Scienceline, August 1, 2008
Enthusiastis Find Reward in their Backyard Orchards
Philadelphia Inquirer, May 1, 2008
POP in the Garden
Phillyist, May 1, 2008
Making Philadelphia Fruity!
Farm to Philly, April 1, 2008
Philly Orchard Project: Hartranft Planting
BlogNetNews.com, April 1, 2008
Instant Orchard
Citypaper, November 1, 2007
Urban Renewal, the Philly Orchard Project Way
Treehugger, November 1, 2007
Philly Orchard Project
Ecospace, October 1, 2007
Replacing Neglect with Peach Trees
New York Times, September 1, 2007
Vacant Lots Start Bearing Fruit
Daily Pennsylvanian, September 1, 2007
A Peach of a Plan
City Paper, May 1, 2007
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