Mack Park Food Farm

The Mack Park Food Farm is a municipal farm and food forest in Salem, MA that was transformed from an unused baseball field into a site that produces thousands of pounds of produce every year. Made possible through the Bright Cities Program and the Mayor’s Innovation Project.

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Faith Farms & Orchard

The Faith Farms & Orchard is a revitalization project through a USDA certified urban farm, pollinator park, and agricultural education center. In partnership with the City of Gary, Indiana, the FAITH organization was given a property with vacant homes that were demolished by the City to address issues of food justice.

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Tatum Park

Tatum Park in Toledo, Ohio is a community green space spanning several lots with a native garden growing organic produce, a market that sells the produce, and a site for environmental eductaional engagement. Sonia Organics and Bench Farms worked in collaboration with the Lucas County Land Bank to demolish the abandoned home on the lot and prepare it for the new initiative.

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Keep Growing Detroit Farm

The Keep Growing Detroit Farm is the place where all of our work comes together. Our farm is where half of the Garden Resource Program transplants and the Motown Music garlic seed is grown. It’s where many of our workshops are hosted and where growers of all ages practice and hone their skills.

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Penrose Market Garden

A place for individual and community activity and recreation, the design of the Garden includes a welcoming entrance, outdoor classroom space, walks and connections to the surrounding areas, a lawn/gathering/event area lined with flower beds for the market garden’s cut flowers, shade structures and seating.

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Coriander Farm and Kitchen

Coriander Kitchen and Farm is a canal-side restaurant and farm. We offer thoughtfully sourced takes on classic pub staples, as well as a unique seasonal menu, inspired by the fresh veg and herbs we grow on our farm. More about this project >

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Walnut Way

The Walnut Way Conservation Corporation established itself as a resident-driven, community development nonprofit by reclaiming a vacant building and planting peach trees. Since that first revitalization and planting in 2006, the Lanier Heights nonprofit has blossomed into managing more than 100 urban agriculture sites. Profits from harvesting and selling hundreds of pounds of peaches, cherries,…

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The Village Community Garden

The intent of the Village Community Garden is to provide food and education while meeting the needs of the community’s youth and their families. The community garden supports aeroponics technology as well as traditional agricultural practices. It is a place where youth can come to work, learn together, and engage in productive and empowering horticultural…

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Lafayette Greens

Lafayette Greens is a green space and urban garden in the heart of downtown Detroit, next door to the famous Coney Islands and across the street from the fabulous Westin Book Cadillac Hotel. Visitors, city workers, and neighborhood residents enjoy and relax in the space, watch veggies and flowers grow during the summer and enjoy…

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