Image via the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia Good news, cyclists, the 13th Street bike lane is here to stay! The pilot period is coming to an end, and the Mayor’s Office of Transportation and Utilities (MOTU) has decided to install a permanent lane within the next few weeks. The lane will stretch from
MoreTwo years ago during a staff retreat, Tyler Holmberg and his colleagues at the University of Pennsylvania’s Netter Center for Community Partnership started brainstorming about transforming the southern portion of Bartram’s Garden into an operational farm. Since then, their vision has become a reality; last month, ground was officially broken for the Bartram’s Farm and
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"Food is a great way to bring people together,” says Jennifer Brodsky, Greener Partners’ chief operating officer. At Longview Agricultural Center, a 90-acre certified organic farm in Collegeville and hub for Greener Partners, food is at the heart of their mission.
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Sierra Club executive director Michael Brune celebrated his one-year anniversary on the job the way any self-respecting environmental agitator would: picking a fight with unfriendly legislators. On Feb. 10, Brune announced that the Club was launching a new campaign to battle GOP efforts to block Environmental Protection Agency air pollution rules. Brune stopped to assess
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My first, and unfortunate, attempt at composting was using a static pile. The stinking, hot pile of primordial ooze I created was not only unfit for fertilizing my vegetables, but caused a severe rift in my relationship with my neighbors. So, I decided to switch to another method I’d discovered in my composting research: vermicomposting,
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The Rodale Book of Composting: Easy Methods for Every Gardenerby Deborah L. Martin and Grace Gershuny, Rodale Books278 pp., $16.95 (1992)
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You know Chestnut, the street that runs west to east between Market and Walnut? Have you ever seen a chestnut tree? Locusts, pines, spruces and walnuts are all around, even if you’ve never noticed them. But you’d be hard pressed to find a chestnut tree. They’re almost all dead.
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Turkey alert! It’s time to order your mouth-watering, local turkey from Fair Food. This year, choose from naturally raised and heirloom varieties from Koch’s Turkey Farm (Tamaqua, Pa.), a heritage breed from Griggstown Quail Farm (Princeton, N.J.) and an organic option from Spring Wood Farm (Kinzers, Pa.).
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When the Peninsula Compost Group first proposed building a composting center in Wilmington, DE., the neighboring community of Southbridge wasn’t very excited.
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Composting can be a messy business. For commercial-scale composters, like restaurants and hotels, finding the proper equipment and adequate space can be a challenge. And worse, if the organic waste isn’t properly handled, it smells bad.
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