Browse below to see our vision and our past, current, and future food projects. To view blog posts related to progress on these projects and other food issues in Millvale, click here.
Our Vision: The Urban Grange in Millvale: Restaurant Cluster, Local Production & Specialty Processing
Current Projects:
- MBDC Hoop House
- Edible Earth Farm CSA pick-up at the Millvale Library
- Starting this year, the Millvale Library will be an official distribution site for Edible Earth’s 2014 CSA. Deliveries are made once a week for 20 weeks, and start in mid-June. Check out http://www.edibleearthfarm.com for more information or to sign up!
- Food Focused Entrepreneur Workshop with New Sun Rising, Deloitte, and UpTo
- Currently seeking three food-based businesses to sign up for free business plan and creative consultations with volunteers from Deloitte and UpTo.
- For more info, click here!
Future Projects:
- Millvale Grange
Completed Projects:
- Gardens of Millvale
- The Gardens of Millvale is an offshoot of the Millvale Borough Development Corporation’s Clean, Safe and Green committee and strives to bring together residents and business owners to teach the art of horticulture and to make greening and growing projects happen. The Gardens of Millvale currently manages four garden plots around Millvale and one orchard.
- Click here to learn more about the Gardens of Millvale and to get information about getting involved
- Millvale Farm Stand
- Community Gardens at the Millvale Library
- Cooking Classes
- Millvale Junior Gardeners Club
- Cob Community Oven
Press:
- Gardens of Millvale
- Garden Project to Keep Millvale in Bloom
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- 4/28/11
- Community Garden Grows Quite Well in Millvale
- TRIBLive
- 10/14/10
- Return to Millvale Community Garden
- WDUQNews
- 7/19/10
- Millvale’s Community Garden Takes Shape
- WDUQNews
- 6/14/10
- Allegheny Grows: County Initiative Supports Urban Farming, Community Gardening
- POPCity
- 3/31/10
- “Allegheny Grows” Initiative to Promote Urban Farming
- City Farmer’s News
- 3/25/10
- Garden Project to Keep Millvale in Bloom
- Cooking Classes
- In Millvale, Organization Teaches Art of Cooking
- Pittsburgh City Paper
- 3/5/14
- In Millvale, Organization Teaches Art of Cooking