Agriculture
The Schuylkill Center Farm and Urban Girls Produce
Recognizing the importance of urban agriculture to our community, The Schuylkill Center has dedicated 2 acres of its land for food production. The Schuylkill Center Farm (the largest in Philadelphia) is managed by Urban Girls Produce, a profit-sharing farming collective founded in 2004 by Gina Humphries. Urban Girls produce grows a variety of fruits and vegetables in an organic, sustainable, and earth-friendly manner. Their fresh produce is available spring through fall at our Farmstand, open Tuesdays, from 2pm – 6pm.
The Schuylkill Center Farm CSA
The Schuylkill Center Farm and Urban Girls Produce are very happy to offer CSA Memberships to our valued market customers. CSA Membership will include the following benefits:
- A wide variety of produce, grown locally and without the use of pesticides, herbicides or non-organic fertilizer.
- A Schuylkill Center Family Membership. Membership benefits include discounted rates on Schuylkill Center programs and events, bookstore discounts, and an invitation to the farm to pick your own produce on special farm-member days.
- Optional fruit shares and preseason/extended season shares
- Weekly online produce availability updates
CSA Costs and Details
| Season |
22 Weeks from June through November |
| Extended Season |
30 Weeks from May to December |
| Full Share / 10 items per week |
$500 for Schuylkill Center Members
$550 for non-members |
| Half Share / 6 items per week |
$300 for Schuylkill Center Members
$320 for non-members (including individual membership to The Schuylkill Center)
$350 for non-members (includes family membership to the Schuylkill Center) |
| Extended Season Share |
$650 for Schuylkill Center Members
$700 for non-members |
| Additional Fruit Share |
$60 for Schuylkill Center Members & non-members
Weekly fruit share includes one pint of organic strawberries, one pint of organic blackberries, and 3lbs of non-organic peaches, nectarines, or apples from the Peplowski fruit farm in Pedrictown, NJ. |
| Additional Egg Share |
$45 for Schuylkill Center Members & non-members
Egg shares include 2 dozen eggs per month for 6 months. |
List of Crops and Herbs
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Pick-up location
The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education
8480 Hagy Mill Rd.
Philadelphia, PA 19128
Tuesdays, from 2:00PM - 6:00PM
CSA Registration is now open!
Space is limited. For more information about The Schuylkill Center Farm CSA, or to reserve your share, please call 215.482.7300x110 or email schuylkillcenter.org
