In the summer, eating local is easy. Farmers’ markets abound, featuring mounds of beautiful, colorful produce. In the winter, there are potatoes, sweet potatoes, and a rotating cast of root vegetables that require a bit more work than the kiss of the grill and a splash of olive oil. Fortunately, there are a few green
MoreWild for Salmon’s Steve and Jenn KurianIn a recent blog post, the New York Times‘ Mark Bittman discussed his love of wild Pacific salmon. While extolling the virtues of this mighty fish, he touched on some very disturbing issues surrounding farm-raised Atlantic salmon. He linked to Barry Estabrook’s blog, The Politics of the Plate, who in
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Grist.org has posted a slideshow of creative urban gardening solutions. It really doesn’t take very much to grow food, you just have to be inventive. Today, the temperature finally snuck above 40 degrees and the sun felt high in the sky—it’s the perfect time to begin looking ahead to spring, and seeking out some inspiration.
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Over the next few weeks, The Griddle will be dishing up info on some of the city’s notable CSAs. Sign up before the shares run out!
Dancing Hen Farm located in Stillwater, PA is a small, family owned operation run by husband and wife team Don Hess and Joan Miller. Committed to organic growing practices, the
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Beekeeper Joel Eckel, photo credit: Pam RogowIn the words of Gob Bluth, "We'll see who brings in more honey."
The Wyck House in Germantown is offering an "Introduction to Beekeeping" class this Saturday, February 20 at 2:00 p.m. Wyck’s beekeeper, Joel Eckel will offer up the secrets to getting your hive started in time for spring.
Registration for the workshop is required. Email
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Today's New York Times has a very interesting story on aquaponics, an integrated indoor gardening system that uses fish as a means to feed plants, which in turn clean and aerate the fish's water.
The urban ag pioneer Willie Green at Growing Power in Milwaukeeuses these systems, and they have tremendous potential in areas where water is scarce. They
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A couple weeks ago, Grid sent a contingent to the PASA Conference out in State College. Our trip was short and sweet (due to some sizable weather anxiety stemming from an incoming blizzard), but we did have the chance to talk to hosts of wonderful, passionate, ideologically engaged farmers, advocates and business people. I heard
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Big news! With help from the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia and the Pennsylvania Environmental Council (PEC), our region has secured $23 million in recovery money from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) Discretionary Grant Program. The multi-jurisdictional project—dubbed Generating Recovery by Enhancing Active Transportation in Pennsylvania and New Jersey
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How many “cool” puns can a group of elected officials and civic leaders make in one press conference? Well, a lot. But they can be forgiven for being enthusiastic about the Coolest Block Contest. Today at City Hall, the Energy Coordinating Agency (ECA), the City of Philadelphia and the Dow Chemical Company announced this city-wide
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The digital version of March’s Grid is up. We’re really excited about our latest installment. The issue features our inaugural House & Home package as well as a special 16-page insert, created in conjunction with the Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture (PASA). In Farmbook 2010 you’ll meet inspiring PASA members working to bring delicious, local, sustainably-raised
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