I volunteer at an urban farm.
Really, that sounds very unqiue, what exactly is an urban farm?
Urban agriculture
Urban agriculture, urban farming, or urban gardening is the practice of cultivating, processing and distributing food in or around urban areas. Urban agriculture can also involve animal husbandry, aquaculture, agroforestry, urban beekeeping, and horticulture. These activities occur in peri-urban areas as well, and peri-urban agriculture may have different characteristics.
Urban agriculture can reflect varying levels of economic and social development. It may be a social movement for sustainable communities, where organic growers, "foodies," and "
Urban Farms.
The Mort Brooks Farm was Weavers Way's first farm, an urban intensive organic plot a few miles from Weavers Way at Awbury Arboretum in Germantown. Named after a member who was instrumental to the Co-op’s early success, the farm was founded in 2000, in large part due to the efforts of Mort's widow, Norma Brooks. In 2007, Weavers Way moved to transform the mostly volunteer-run farm into a market farm with two locations, the second the Henry Got Crops Farm