Want to learn more about community gardening and farming on vacant land in Philadelphia? Our Garden Justice Legal Initiative invites you to come discuss legal land access and preservation for gardens, farms, and other community-managed open spaces. You can view resources and tips for turning vacant land into green productive space in Philadelphia on Grounded in Philly, our online resource ecosystem for urban agriculture.
Date: Thursday, June 6, 2024
Place: Online via Zoom
Time: 1:00-2:30 p.m.
The program will feature presentations from our Garden Justice Legal Initiative, Neighborhood Gardens Trust, and the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, who will be available to discuss City policies towards preserving community-managed green space. To make this program useful for you, bring property addresses and all your questions.
This FREE program is open to everyone, including current gardeners looking to maintain community spaces and also new gardeners looking to create space. Register here.
Philadelphia has more than 40,000 vacant lots, and more than 300,000 residents face hunger or food insecurity. Urban agriculture provides reliable sources of healthy food and income in neighborhoods that face disinvestment and environmental racism. But establishing and maintaining sites urban food production can be challenging.
On May 8, the Public Interest Law Center’s environmental justice organizer, Ryan Gittler-Muñiz, shared testimony on the benefits of urban agriculture and the challenges garden spaces face for land stability with Philadelphia City Council. Read the testimony here, and read coverage of the hearing from the Philadelphia Inquirer.
For more information contact Ryan Gittler-Muñiz at rgittlermuniz@pubintlaw.org.
