Local Culture: Meet the Cheesemaker at Fair Foo

Very young Birchrun BlueOn Friday, December 17 (4 - 6 p.m.), Fair Food will host their final Meet Your Local Cheesemaker Happy Hour of the year.
Here are details, courtesy of the Farmstand's Paul Lawler:
The Miller family of Birchrun Hills Farm have been handcrafting some of the Philly area's most uniquely-flavored cheeses for some time. These include the

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Hassle-Free Holiday: Local Gifts

Every year, my boyfriend's family gives gifts Christmas Grab Bag-style—and this is the first time I’m participating. The yearly tradition can get pretty cutthroat, so I've been nervous from the moment I signed on. I knew I needed to come up with an original array of selections, or risk being shunned and booed.
Enter Green Aisle

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Chinese Fuel: The Wind Industry Moves East

The New York Times has an excellent in-depth feature on China and the wind turbine industry. It’s yet another example of the contrast between China’s increasing resource usage and pollution production and their progressive, ambitious stance towards alternative energy. The story offered this specific example of their increasing expertise: One Chinese supplier here became so adept at

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Lunch Lift: Obama Approves Hunger-Free Kids Act

Last week, we told you about the House passing the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act. On Monday, Salon reported that President Obama has indeed signed the school nutrition legislation into law. The Act will improve the quality of school lunches, increase federal reimbursement for free lunches and provide new funding for an additional 20 million after-school

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Fresh Idea: Help the ECA Build a Solar Lab

In spring 2010, the Environmental Coordinating Agency (ECA) opened the John S. and James L. Knight Green Jobs Training Center. Housed in a Kensington factory (106 W. Clearfield St.) renovated to LEED Gold standards, the center has trained over 900 individuals for careers in the green economy. The training facility is missing a key component—a solar

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Weather Warnings: Extreme Conditions Nationwide

Within the last two weeks, through a strange cocktail of coincidence and boredom, I have watched 2012 and (re)watched The Day After Tomorrow. It was hard not to think of those recent climate-themed destruction smorgasbords while witnessing this: And turns out Minneapolis isn’t the only place experiencing extreme weather. The New York Times‘ Green Blog

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Food Finds: Sweetgreen Opens in Ardmore

On Wednesday, D.C.-born fast/healthy/sustainable joint Sweetgreen will open its first PA location in Ardmore. The restaurant was founded in 2007 by three Georgetown guys tired of the constant question, "Where should we eat today?" They wanted to create a casual, healthy, environmentally-friendly place that people would want to eat at everyday.
With seven locations already up

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Flight Plan: The Eagles’ Energy Agenda

Inspired by yesterday’s big win over the Cowboys, I thought I would link to a short feature from this month’s Grid on the Eagles’ astounding new energy plan. Long story short, the team will generate all their own electricity, using wind turbines, solar panels and a onsite co-generation plant. Oh, and they might also want

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Philebrity Awards 2010: Grid Gets A Nom

We’re flattered to be nominated for a Philebrity Awards for the second year running—after all, we’re barely two years old. We’d love your support in taking home another win for City Publication of the Year. Vote here!

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