Get out of the conference hall and into the fields! Join us at Participation Park, a sustainable urban farm on a formerly vacant lot in East Baltimore for a tour and a delicious breakfast.
What it is: Coming at it from a food justice context, we want to
1) create a space to analyze sustainability and green (i.e.Philly
will be the next green city) and how these terms have been co-opted by
the capitalist agenda. How do we, through our work and organizing,
reclaim, in a culturally appropriate way, the idea that sustainability
is at its very base about straight up survival.
2) hold a strategy session looking at concrete ways our work and
actions build towards the self-determination of our communities,
Landslide is an urban farm and sustainable living project in
Pittsburgh's Hill District. We have three acres of farmland, two
farmhouses, and 14 full time volunteers. Our hope is to build a
community based project that can provide a consistent supply of
healthy food for our neighborhood and offer a model for sustainable
living in an urban setting.
In the two years since the farm's inception we've had some major
successes and build strong and lasting relationships with our
The Landslide is "a not for profit, urban farm dedicated to being a free source of healthy food for the community.", and "a neighborhood and volunteer run project committed to sustainability and focused on mutual aid." Recently an illegal eviction of the Landslide farmhouse was "overruled" by the response of community supporters and activist networks.
