Projects

Hops on Lots

Program Area: ReClaim

Topic: Vacant Land

Year: 2013

Neighborhood: Garfield

Testing innovate vacant land strategies is at root of ReClaim activities.  This project brought hops within Pittsburgh city limits and enabled us to have locally grown and produced beer!  Garfield has an active community dedicated to revitalizing their neighborhood despite their high vacancy rates and limiting topography.  The Garfield Hops Projects brings new biodiversity to their already flourishing urban agriculture initiatives and creatively utilizes their hillsides.   In collaboration with the Hops Project, Garfield Community Farms, and East End Brewing Company this project broadens Pittsburgh’s agricultural sources, engages community residents and urban farmers, and produces a feedstock for locally sourced beer.

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Hops in full bloom - 2013

Bed construction with CMU students - 2013

Bed construction with CMU students - 2013

Trellis construction day - 2013

Trellis construction day - 2013

Trellis construction day - 2013

Trellis construction day - 2013

Trellis construction day - 2013

Hop planting day - 2013

Hop planting day - 2013

Hop harvest - 2013

Harvesting hops for East End brews.

Updates

We grew Chinook, Cascade and Mt. Hood hop varieties as part of the project and harvested enough hops in its first growing season for 3 barrels of East End Hop Harvest. The beer was excellent. 

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