Action Harvest, Inc. - Philadelphia, PA
Action Harvest, Inc. is a faith-based nonprofit organization that was established in 2007. The vision and mission of Action Harvest, Inc. is to transform the character and condition of communities in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by providing faith-based comprehensive services, skills and resources that will support individuals and families.
Since 2008, our primary focus is residents of the Hunting Park communicaty in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Action Harvest's comprehensive approach delivers community-based programs that effectively address the Educational, Social and Economic needs of the Philadelphia community.
NEWS: Neighbors Work to Restore Natural Beauty to Hunting Park
Hunting Park was featured in the Philadelphia Inquirer this past weekend. To read more of the article online visit the Inquirer Daily News - Philly.com.
"A weekend morning in Hunting Park used be the time for Leroy Fisher and Catalina Hunter to assess the damage to their beloved neighborhood green, the flotsam of needles, condoms, and trash that had washed in from the previous night's revelries. But the only serious trash on this broiling Saturday was neatly tucked under the tables where an Amish farmer was stacking blushing peaches, fresh sweet corn, a cooler of homemade lemonade, and bricks of goat's-milk soap.
Yes, a farmers' market has come to the so-called badlands of Philadelphia.
The social theorist Richard Florida claims the arrival of a Starbucks outlet is a bellwether of urban change, but a farmers' market may be the next-best thing - and healthier. Can an organic community garden and a dog run be far behind?..."
[Photo: Tiffany Thurman, executive director of Action Harvest Inc., samples sweet corn at Hunting Park Farmers Market. Photo courtesy of The Inquirer]
