The Center for Urban Agriculture is our way of assisting individuals and/or groups interested in pursuing urban agriculture projects. For example, we have spent many years nurturing Greensgrow Farms. And while can't build farms for you, we can indeed help you get started and keep you going. Since 1997 we've accumulated -- through trial and error -- lots of information on a wide range of subjects surrounding urban agriculture/horticulture. We'd like to set you on the right path, guide you in the right direction and answer your questions on issues like zoning ordinances, funding, tax and accounting, marketing and more. We don't claim to know all the answers, but we have learned a thing or don't think its necessary for you to make all the mistakes we made; you'll have plenty of opportunity to make your own.

NUAC was created to build urban farm stands in neighborhoods for the purpose of increasing urban consumers' access to locally produced foods. Greensgrow Philadelphia Project is seeking individuals and organizations interested in entrepreneurial urban agriculture to join us in making the re-greening of abandoned land a part of neighborhood revitalization. NUAC farms will operate as independent operations tied into a food buying, marketing and delivering coalition.

Think of it as a food franchise without the fat.

Mary Seton Corboy is well published. She has been interviewed many times for radio and TV. You'll see her on YouTube, and Greensgrow Farm has quite the FaceBook Fan Club.  You'll find articles, interviews and writings in:

• Growing for Market
• City Farmer
• Kansas City Journal of Urban Agriculture
• Organic Style Magazine
• Philadelphia Magazine
• ABC News
• CBS News
• PBS
• NPR
• New York Times
• Associated Press
• Philadelphia Inquirer
• Philadelphia Business Journal

Greensgrow Philadelphia Project works with a broad range of city officials, community development groups, urban planners, schools and universities and non-profit groups. We are founders of NUAC - Neighborhood Urban Agriculture Coalition and cofounded the Farmers Market Alliance of Philadelphia. Working with The Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority, we are developing an interim greenhouse use project for the City of Philadelphia and The Philadelphia Water Department.

Besides our favorite home community of Philadelphia, PA, Greensgrow Philadelphia Project is currently working on projects in Camden, NJ, Chester, PA and in Baltimore, MD. We have spoken to some passionate folks in Boston, Massachusetts, North Carolina and in Detroit, Michigan. We are finding our publicity is being picked up by a broad scope of dedicated green-minded people all over the United States.

We've got a host of experts available to speak depending on the age group and subject matter. Ryan Kuck, is our Sustainability Manager and is great with the ‘under 19' set. Matthew Brener, a Greensgrow Project Manager, regularly speaks on environmental assessment, brownfields and risk, land reuse and systems. Jerry Naples, our Board President is also a great speaker on land reuse ideas. We promise to make the time we spend with you informative and fun.

In this case, start at the top. Contact Mary Seton Corboy who welcomes able bodies, able minds and able pocketbooks. Mary can be reached at 215.427.2780 or email Mary at Mary@greensgrow.org.

Community Support comes first. We find that it is better to be invited into a community rather than to insinuate ourselves into someplace where we have no roots. It helps to have the financial resources to get projects off the ground and support for the first few years.

They select use...because we can make interesting things come to life. If there is merit to the project, a bit of funding and a way to contribute positively to the community, our talented group of experts are always up for the challenge.