POP TIPS: February Orchard Care
February is the heart of orchard pruning season in our climate- time to put on the snow boots and get out there! Please check out the POP Monthly Orchard Task List for recommended… Read More
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Farming for the Future: Recap of the 2018 PASA Winter Conference
POP staff were thrilled to attend Farming for the Future, the 2018 PASA Winter Conference. The Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture, or PASA, is the largest… Read More
POP Orchard Partner Feature: 5000 Cedars & Jewish Farm School
For the past nearly six years, Nati Passow and Rachel Tali Kaplan of 5000 Cedars and Jewish Farm School have been working to build a… Read More
Does your tree look like it’s bleeding sap? It might be Bacterial or Fungal Canker!
We recently received an update from Penn State Extension about bacterial canker on stone fruits (cherry, plum, peach, etc.) which provides one upside to hot… Read More
POP Partner Feature: Monumental Baptist Church
Over the last five years, Monumental Baptist Church in West Philadelphia has been steadily greening its churchyard. What started out as a large unused garden… Read More
POP Partner Feature: Casa Del Carmen
Part of Catholic Social Services, Casa Del Carmen is a bilingual, bicultural family service center in North Philadelphia that’s provided over 50 years of service to… Read More
POP 2017 Winter Newsletter
“At first my volunteer group was hesitant, saying they had never heard of the fruit, but I think everyone there eventually tried the goumi berries,… Read More
POP Partner Feature: PhillyEarth @ Village of Arts & Humanities
Tucked away on an unassuming side street in North Philly, a large portion of the vacant lots on the west side of the 2500 block… Read More