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Philadelphia Inquirer - Temple student wants city farm to be self-supporting
May 5, 2012 -- Inquirer article about Annie Preston, UTC Program Coordinator, and the Urban Tree Connection farm, written by Virginia A. Smith.
Urban Tree Connection CSA video by Lindsay Mann 
September 30, 2010 –This is a 4 ½ minute video about Urban Tree Connection's new community-
supported agriculture farm (CSA) at 53rd and Wyalusing in West Philadelphia.
Skip Wiener: Guerilla Gardener – WHYY’s Coming of Age
Under new Pa. law, neighbors control abandoned lot 
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Skip Wiener, testing a new state law, found himself before a judge for the first time, asking for
stewardship over a stretch of land in the Haddington section of West Philadelphia.
Hold Your Turf
Gridphilly.com
April 2009 - How Haddington used guerrilla gardening to transform its vacant lots, and why the city
should encourage everyone to do the same
In West Oak Lane, teens learn the landscaping trade
The Philadelphia Inquirer
July 10, 2009 - Teens-Go-Green is a landscaping business that gives deserving youth the opportunity
to learn a new skill and provide a needed service. With this new initiative, eight Martin Luther
King Jr. High School students were trained in the art of landscaping and gardening with Urban Tree
Connection.
Veggie Kids bond with nature, Neighbors
The Philadelphia Inquirer
September 8, 2009 - The Veggie Kids program, in which children 5 to 16 grow, harvest, clean, package,
and distribute fresh produce, was piloted in North Philadelphia last year, delivering nearly a thousand
pounds of vegetables and fruits to 22 struggling families at no charge. This season, the initiative
expanded to a community garden in West Philadelphia's Haddington section, where children offer
their harvest to neighbors at $1 a bag.
‘Keep your nose to the grindstone.’ Saul Wiener | Urban Tree Connection
Philadelphia Business Journal, CEO File
Lots of Food
Gridphilly.com
June 2010 - A CSA sprouts in West Philadelphia
FOX, WPVI Community gardening volunteers with Urban Tree Connection - June 23, 2010
Urban Tree Connection named Champion in Action in Philadelphia
Citizensbank.com
April 6, 2006 - Three of the region’s foremost corporate leaders announced today that Urban Tree
Connection has been named greater Philadelphia’s latest Champion in ActionSM for the second
quarter of 2006 in recognition of its programs to assist low-income communities in transforming
vacant lots into green spaces and safe areas.
Reports
Urban Tree Connection Activities Report for 2010
Urban Tree Connection Neighborhood Foods Farm Co-op Report for 2010
