In 2016, we have been busy! New this year: We opened the Deaver Wellness Farm at Lankenau Medical Center, the first education and production farm on a hospital campus in the region. The farmers at Deaver distributed over 4,000 pounds to patients at Lankenau and taught healthy eating... [read more]
https://vimeo.com/191996151 We are happy to offer a 10% discount on the Farm Explorer Full Season Package from now until the end of 2016 — that’s just $765 for six Farm Explorer sessions! We bring the farm experience to your school with hands-on science, agriculture, nutrition and healthy... [read more]
Thank you to all who came out to support our work for healthier communities through food, farms and education. We enjoyed a delightful evening of good food, fine spirits and great company. Attendees raised $131,000 to fuel Greener Partners’ vital food access and healthy eating education programs! Thank... [read more]
The Deaver Wellness Farm, a collaboration between Lankenau Medical Center and Greener Partners, is featured in this news piece about the Good Food, Healthy Hospitals initiative, to use the power of healthy food to prevent disease for patients and employees at regional hospitals. The Wellness... [read more]
Farm-to-Institution: Equity and Impact The Common Market partners with food service management companies to reach vulnerable communities and scale impact for sustainable farms. Through these partnerships, we can leverage the purchasing power of food service operations to re-invest in rural communities. In this webinar, you... [read more]
Ari Rosenberg, co-manager of Guild House Farm and Lacretia Jefferson, our 2nd year intern and youth leader, attended the Rooted in Community Leadership Summit in July. They traveled to Olympia, Washington — thanks to a generous grant from the Spruce Foundation — and convened with other young people and adults... [read more]
Watch this great video that captures the incredible energy — and impact — of the Get HYPE Philly! movement, of which we are proud to be a part. Our Guild House Farm is the primary hub for our work with teens through the SOL Food Project and the Get... [read more]
In partnership with the Norristown Project and the Montgomery County OIC, CSA Farm Shares are available to the Norristown community and OIC will be a weekly pickup location. The Farm Share Program is focused on getting healthy, organic and seasonal produce into the homes of our local community. When... [read more]
Greener Partners is proud to be chosen by the Spruce Foundation as a 2016 grantee to support the leadership training for our Guild House Farm interns. The Read more here: http://generocity.org/philly/2016/03/17/spruce-foundation-millennial-money-grantees [read more]
