FOOD MOXIE

05/15/2023

Food Moxie is looking for an Interim Executive Director to lead our impactful organization through this critical transition period. Learn more below and email applications to [email protected] by May 19th. https://drive.google.com/file/d/16jjOIClxpxpOdXODg1IQj4XFDsAPrUJ9/view

02/02/2023

Fresh Food Moxie February news - https://mailchi.mp/26f2da5420dd/fresh-food-moxie-february-news

01/21/2023

Check out our Educator Ainhoa Woodley featured at minute 4:23 in this mini WHYY documentary!

Gregory Smith’s Natural Resource Management class stays busy running the program Straight Outta Compost. At Saul High School’s farm, they grow crops that wil...

12/15/2022

You all are amazing! We met our goal today. You really showed up!!! The campaign stays open into January but we are so relieved that the goal is met and we can safely receive everyone's gracious contributions. Another season of FOOD MOXIE gardening, farming and culinary arts programming is secure at Stenton Family Manor!!!! https://ulule.com/hope-kitchen

12/15/2022

I don't think people realize that if we don't meet our goal for Stenton we have to return everyone's contributions. The platform functions like Kickstarter, where you either fund your project or you don't. We're hopeful we will get there. $411.50 to go! (All photos by Adrienne Carwheel) https://www.ulule.com/hope-kitchen/

12/13/2022

$436.50 more and we reach our goal! We are soooo close! 75% there! Can you chip in?

Raising money to fund our farming, gardening and culinary arts programming at an emergency housing shelter in Philadelphia, PA

12/12/2022

We are 66% there - 29 more people giving $20 would get us there with the Louis Bonduelle's Foundation match! https://www.ulule.com/hope-kitchen

Raising money to fund our farming, gardening and culinary arts programming at an emergency housing shelter in Philadelphia, PA

12/07/2022

Stenton Family Manor is a big part of our Food Moxie heart. Watch this video we made to learn more, meet the team and help us achieve our goal to raise $3405 before the solstice! We're already 35% there and Louis Bonduelle Foundation has agreed to match every dollar you give up to $3000! Help us blow past that goal and keep Stenton programming going! Thank yoU!

Raising money to fund our farming, gardening and culinary arts programming at an emergency housing shelter in Philadelphia, PA

12/02/2022

We are in search of new Board Members! Are you interested or know someone who is? Join us on Wed. December 7th at Brewing Company from 7- 8:30 PM to learn more about our work and our Board. We're looking for people dedicated to Black (and collective) liberation, committed to food sovereignty in Philadelphia, and wanting to create real change not charity:

Community members who work or live in NW Philly
People with experience in:
- fundraising
- finance/accounting
- communications

Please RSVP or send questions to board co-chair Catherine Kendig by December 6th

11/14/2022

Do me a big favor- take a sec right now and put us in for a chance to earn $500. It will take less than 20 seconds. Weavers Way Community Programs dba Food Moxie. When it asks for our site it's foodmoxie.org. Thanks! https://www.signupgenius.com/giveaway

Nominate a nonprofit that you have seen impact your community. SignUpGenius is giving away four $500 donations to the winning charities!

10/07/2022

Seed to Supper was a blast! Check out the pics! https://link.shutterfly.com/2c3AKzhpStb

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08/16/2022

You've been asking- Seed to Supper tix are now on sale! Buy now for the September 29th event at Awbury Arboretum.

A farm to table harvest celebration + fundraiser to benefit Food Moxie's work supporting growing, cooking and eating healthy food in the NW

07/27/2022

Sharing the event for Vets who are wanting to/are farming! Travel support is available:

This half-day, interactive workshop is for veterans who want to create or improve their agribusiness or farm business plan.

07/24/2022

We provide young people with opportunities to reconnect to the earth: nurturing, tending and healing their relationship with themselves and the land while experiencing agency over what is planted and grown. We are sowing seeds for food, but also for new narratives around what it means to be in relationship with nature. !

07/23/2022

This year we are celebrating 15 years of being the non-profit offshoot of Weavers Way. Food Moxie has been working hard since 2007. This year is our 15-year anniversary of empowering youth and families in our urban growing spaces and supporting local, urban growers to succeed. We are all enjoying the zinnias at our farm at Saul!

07/20/2022

SAVE THE DATE! Our annual farm to table FUNdraiser is coming up on Sept 29th at Awbury Arboretum. This is our 15th year of fun and yum! Celebrate with us and help us honor these three incredible humans: Folasshade Laud-hammond Catherine Kendig and Food Moxie co-founder Liz Werthan , who have supported Food Moxie beyond measure and for whom we are very grateful and excited to recognize.

07/15/2022

Thank you so much to for your volunteer work taking care of our fruit trees and for your generous donation. Can’t thank you enough!

07/11/2022

If you're going to hit up any Weavers Way Co-op Tuesday throw us a dollar or two at the register! Summer is the slowest time for this, so we'd really appreciate it if you're around. Our org supports food justice initiatives and educational programming all around the NW. So your dollars don't go just to us, they get funnelled back out to the community to support gardeners, farmers, youth growers and other programs with things like education, supplies, programming and more at places like Saul High Martin Luther King High School, Stenton Family Manor, Pleasant Playground Community Garden, Awbury Arboretum Community Garden Club, to name a few. We'll share more news and highlights on this page, IG and in our resurrected newsletter over the coming weeks. Happy Summer Ya'll!

06/29/2022

Thursday is the big day! Register and vote for us! https://www.facebook.com/events/861787081445847/
Thanks Weavers Way Co-op for the fancy graphic shout out!!!

06/28/2022

Get your gear y’all! It’s a fundraiser! https://www.bonfire.com/dashboard/details/food-moxie-fundraiser/ Also if someone wants to design a food moxie bandana for pax (see last slide) we wouldn’t say no.
image 1: Shanelle in a cream food moxie t! Standing by a bed of veggies.
image 2: Alyssa in a brown food moxie hoodie! Standing by a planted row of veggies.
image 3: Haley in a white food moxie t! With lots of kale.
image 4: Kim in a banana food moxie t and yellow sweats.
image 5: Pax the dog in the back of an SUV with the door open surrounded by plant starts all around.

06/21/2022

Happy Solstice Ya'll. We did a thing! Hope you'll support and share...

Check out our spiffy merch for our 15 Yr. Anniversary!. Staff and Board Favs: Kim- White Hoodie and Banana T-shirt Dorene- Brown Hoodie Ainhoa- Orange Hoodie and Banana...

06/05/2022

Elaine S. Holton recently joined the Food Moxie Team and we are very excited!!! Check out her post below to hear about how she will be working with us. Welcome, Elaine!!!
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Posted • This summer I joined the team at to develop and incubate 2 growing programs this year.

The first program is creating a Food System that allows Food Moxie to grow, harvest, process and distribute our produce grown at Stenton Family Manor, Awbury Park and MLK highschool to support mutual aid groups offering prepared meals this summer.
We’ll collect data on how much produce we can grow in a season and use Quality Improvement tools to help us work efficiently. Did you know MLK high school has a Culinary Arts program 🤩🤩🤩

We’re excited to begin supporting this summer.

05/30/2022

Please check out next month’s shuttle article for an interview with Ainhoa Woodley .noa, Food Moxie’s Saul High school Educator! Below they describe how they have been working with Saul students this Spring season and include a fun dandelion recipe. If you try it at home, comment below and let us know what you think!
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This spring at Saul High School, we have been gathering for land-based activities to enhance student connection with nature and the farm. One of the activities we did was make dandelion fritters! There is an abundance of these delightful little plants on the farm, and students foraged their dandelions before we fried them and ate them (with hot sauce of course).

Recipe is listed below, in case you would like to try this on your own!

1 cup of dandelion flowers (the yellow part only)
1 cup flour
1 cup cornmeal
seasonings of your choice (chile powder, thyme, oregano, garlic powder, etc).
1/2 cup corn oil
1 egg
1 cup milk
Wash and dry dandelion flowers. Pour oil into a cast iron pot or pan. Mix egg and milk in a small bowl. Mix flour, cornmeal, and seasonings in a separate bowl. Pour milk and egg mixture into flour mixture and mix well to form a batter. Pour extra milk if needed. Cover dandelions in batter and then fry in the pan for 1-2 minutes on each side, until crispy. Serve and enjoy!