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We were able to set foot back on the Urban Ag Farm today for the first time after the EPA wrapped up their cleanup.  They are still doing soil sampling and testing in order to determine completeness and that will likely go on through June but the debris removal is complete.   [continue reading…]

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As the EPA is wrapping up their clean up (after starting just a little more than one month ago!), we grabbed a few aerial shots this weekend to share with you.   [continue reading…]

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And then the buildings were gone…

This week the final building was leveled by the EPA cleanup team! [continue reading…]

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The EPA is making very short work of the cleanup at Frank’s Foundry.  One would think with that kind of mess it would take a year to clean up but we have been watching the progress and weeks have made a huge difference.  There are a lot of pictures here for sure.  We’ve also started an instagram page to help make them more accessible.  Please enjoy! [continue reading…]

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We have great news to share today.   The Urban Training Farm has been officially declared an EPA Superfund  Cleanup site!  This might not usually be a happy moment for a site, but in this case, the former Frank Foundry site was in desperate need of cleanup and this is one of the only ways the site would be cleaned up. [continue reading…]

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Greetings,
  Today is a good day for a winter update on how things are going with the Farmished Urban Training Farm project.  While the EPA has the site locked down until there is a plan for the clean up submitted and approved, other EPA investigators came to town and asked a lot of questions!  They will be preparing a report that will go with the request for funding the cleanup.  We don’t have a time estimate on the clean up request as it is an iterative process of questions and answers until a funding determination is made.

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We were able to take a drone up and take a look around at the debris that is scattered all over at the former Frank Foundry site.   [continue reading…]

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It is time to apply for the second round of the Local Foods, Local Places program! [continue reading…]

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Sadly, some time recently our tractor was vandalized.   [continue reading…]

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Greetings all!

We wanted to get you an update on how things are going with Farmished and the Urban Training Farm.   [continue reading…]

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