March 10, 2025 - Melrose Park, PA
Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding announced 21 Urban Agriculture Infrastructure Grants totaling $502,140 to projects that help address long-standing challenges urban farmers face in growing local, farm-fresh produce in city neighborhoods in 10 counties across Pennsylvania. Secretary Redding made this announcement after touring The Farm at Wyncote Academy in Montgomery County, where a grant will fund a new fruit tree orchard, expanding outdoor, hands-on science and career learning opportunities for at-risk middle and high school students."Seeing a school farm like Wyncote Academy's is seeing the power agriculture has to change lives." Secretary Redding said. "The Shapiro Administration is committed funding lasting solutions to challenging problems. Getting fresh, healthy food into urban neighborhoods, using small plots of land to generate income, bridge differences, and introduce teens from tough circumstances to career opportunities and healthier futures are just a few ways Urban Ag grants are changing Pennsylvania cities for the better."
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