Urban Farming: Mill Creek Farms

 

EPISODE: 28 | Season 2

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Urban Farming

Mill Creek Farms

The Background

Mill Creek Farms: Farmer Levi & Farmer Tosheena

Here are 5 food facts I am sure you didn’t know

  • Twenty-five million Americans live more than a mile or 15-minute drive from a grocery store

  • The average item on grocery shelves travels an astounding 1,500 miles to get there

  • People living in the poorest (social-economic status) have 2.5 times the exposure to fast-food restaurants as those living in the wealthiest areas. Thus Food insecurity has a high correlation with increased diabetes rates

  • We throw away 60% of our lettuce and spinach

  • We are already use half the worlds land and 30% of its water to grow food, but by 2050 we have to increase food production by 70%

Mill Creek Urban Farm is an educational farm and environmental education center located in West Philadelphia. They are dedicated to improving local access to fresh, chemical-free produce at low cost for the immediate Mill Creek community and surrounding neighborhoods.

Mill Creek is a people of color-led non-profit organization in service of communities of color in need of basic resources. They are dedicated to cultivating a healthy environment, growing strong communities and promoting a just and sustainable food system.

Links:

https://www.millcreekurbanfarm.org

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Callie Himsl