Weavers Way Farm
Mt. Airy/Germantown, PA
http://weaversway.coop/index.php?page=351
Urban Farm
Weavers Way Farm, located right here in the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia, is currently selling truly local fresh produce to Weavers Way Co-op members, Mt. Airy restaurants, and customers at historic Headhouse Market and Reading Terminal Market. The 2007 season was wildly bountiful under the management of farm staff, including Farm Manager, Dave Zelov, and Farm Educator, David Siller.
With expanded acreage in 2008, the farm will be growing more than 75 unique varieties of vegetables and fruit, many of which are heirlooms and all of which are grown naturally without chemicals. While the full list of crops is too extensive to detail here, some customer favorites in the 2007 season were lemon cucumbers, several varieties of heirloom tomatoes, tomatillos, okra, squash blossoms, purple peppers, sorrel, and purple basil. Fresh mixed bouquets of flowers have also been popular at the Headhouse Farmers Market.
Weavers Way Farm is a great example of how productive urban farming can be! If you'd like to visit or volunteer at the farm to find out more about how it operates, please visit http://weaversway.coop/index.php?page=the_co_op_farm or get in touch by emailing farmer@weaversway.coop. For creative recipe ideas for the farm's produce, you can also check out www.straightfromthefarm.net.
