HOMEWOOD NATION Let's elevate the conversation! Homewood15208 Post New Entry « Back to Homewood15208 « Older Entry | Newer Entry » Homewood Farmers Market Launches Posted by Elwin Green on June 8, 2016 at 10:05 AM Homewood resident Celeste Taylor (r), chats with YMCA garden program director Hanna Mosca (l) and Shiloh Farm manager Nick Lubecki of Grow PIttsburgh (c). In a January post titled, "A New Script for Homewood," I wrote, “An alternative way of developing both people and land would be through urban agriculture.... Residents of a neighborhood with as much vacant land as Homewood has should never go hungry. Period.” The movement to make agriculture a significant part of Homewood's economy made a step forward Saturday, with the grand opening of the Homewood Community Farmers Market. The open-air market, conducted on the parking lot of House of Manna Worship Center on Frankstown Avenue, was presented by the Black Ur...
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