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Greensgrow's Mary Seton Corboy honored by PASA
In 1997, Kensington was not the carnival of craft beer bars and arts festivals it is today. But Mary Seton Corboy founded Greensgrow Farms (2503 E. Firth St.) on an EPA cleanup site there anyway, way ahead of her time.
Greensgrow's Mary Seton Corboy honored by PASA
In 1997, Kensington was not the carnival of craft beer bars and arts festivals it is today. But Mary Seton Corboy founded Greensgrow Farms (2503 E. Firth St.) on an EPA cleanup site there anyway, way ahead of her time. That's of the reasons she's being honored with the 2012 Sustainable Ag Leadership Award from the Pennsylvania Association of Sustainable Agriculture. (CP wrote about Greensgrow's 10th anniversary in 2008.)
Corboy will accept her honor, the highest prize one can receive in the local sustainable farming world, in February at PASA's Farming for the Future conference, which will be attended by upwards of 2,000 people in State College. The theme of this year's conference, now in its 21st year, is "Breaking Ground for a New Agriculture: Cultivating Versatility and Resilience." It speaks directly to Corboy's experience founding Greensgrow. "[Winning the award] triggered in me that PASA, a traditionally rural farm organization, was recognizing the value of urban ag in a larger food system," says Corboy.
Photo: Michael T. Regan
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