As the sun rises over West Philly, a quiet hum of work is under way at the Growing Together Garden at 25th and Reed Streets. Tomorrow is market day at the Nationalities Service Center (NSC), Philly’s largest refugee-resettlement agency, and there’s much to be done. Beets are picked and arranged, bright like gems. Orange, yellow and bright-purple carrots are gathered into bunches. Outside the locked gates of the 2.8-acre expanse, freight trains rumble by and the city awakens. Folks gather […]

Categories: food & drink • Tags: farming, refugee experience