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Community Compost Network Application Now Open

  • June 25, 2025
  • by raznovDeveloper
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Green Philly Recreation Center Compost Program

  • June 28, 2023
  • by raznovDeveloper
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This company turns food scraps into compost for Philly community gardens at an old city building

  • June 27, 2023
  • by raznovDeveloper
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Philly is turning discarded hamburgers, chicken salad, lettuce into tons of compost

  • March 23, 2023
  • by raznovDeveloper
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2023 Pasabilities Award

  • February 28, 2023
  • by raznovDeveloper
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After years of meeting and planning, Philly’s citywide Urban Agriculture Plan is finally here

  • November 30, 2022
  • by raznovDeveloper
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Philly community compost sites are finally churning as a long-planned program gets off the ground

  • May 26, 2022
  • by raznovDeveloper
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Planet Philadelphia: The importance of urban agriculture

  • April 3, 2021
  • by raznovDeveloper
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Philadelphia Urban Agriculture Plan

  • January 21, 2021
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PA Farm Bill Aids Urban Programs, Lancaster Farming

  • January 5, 2021
  • by raznovDeveloper
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Philly’s first urban agriculture director kicks off plan to save endangered edible gardens

  • December 4, 2019
  • by raznovDeveloper
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Community Compost

  • November 21, 2019
  • by raznovDeveloper

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