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#162 November 2022/All Topics/Community/Farming/Food

How can consumers advocate for a climate-smart and local farm-centered 2023 Farm Bill?

It can be easy to get discouraged these days. Everywhere we look, there are signs of a struggling planet and, often, it’s difficult to see a clear path to an effectual response. 2022 may well eclipse recent years as the hottest on record. Rainfall has alternated between being absent or violent in Pennsylvania, one of

October 31, 2022

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Beat the Monday Blues: Celebrate the opening of Grays Ferry Crescent riverfront park

The new Grays Ferry Crescent section of the Schuylkill Banks| Image via schuylkillbanks.org Don’t let Monday get you down! Start next week off with an outdoor celebration of the latest park to join the Schuylkill River Waterfront. Next Monday, June 11, the Schuylkill River Development Corporation will be celebrating the grand opening of the Grays

June 6, 2012

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Ride the Circuit: Enjoy Philly’s bike paths with new interactive website

The Circuit offers a map of bike trails throughout the Philadelphia region. | Image via connectthecircuit.orgImagine stepping out your door and no matter which direction you point your bike, there’s a bike path just a few minutes from your house. This dream is gradually becoming a reality thanks to the work of the Bicycle Coalition

June 5, 2012

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Cause An Effect: Philadelphia organizations win State Farm grants

Michael Froehlich of the West Philly Tool Library| Image via westphillytools.orgMichael Froehlich never thought his proposal would get so many Facebook hits. But by the end of State Farm’s Cause An Effect competition, Froehlich and the West Philly Tool Library, an organization that loans home maintenance tools out to local residents, had amassed a whopping

June 5, 2012

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Front Doors and Dollar Yards: Stepping forward in the land bank movement

Image via takebackvacantland.orgLast month, we wrote about Pennsylvania’s land bank bill and Philadelphia’s own efforts to bring the “bank” to our city. Good news! The City recently acquired the “front door” to their land bank. After a year and a half, the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority has launched new processes in acquiring property and maintaining vacant

May 31, 2012

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Littering is Wrong Too: Comical Campaign Hits Philly

More examples of Philly wrong doings can be found on Keep Philadelphia Beautiful’s Facebook page. | Image via http://www.facebook.com/KeepPhiladelphiaBeautifulWhat is a greater faux pas in Philadelphia than calling a hoagie a hero? Questioning the Phillie Phanatic? Ordering crab fries without cheese? How about littering? The national organization Keep America Beautiful has brought their latest anti-littering

May 24, 2012

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Invest in Efficiency: Philly offering small businesses energy efficiency rebates

Greenworks Philadelphia is offering funding to small business owners for energy efficiency projects. | Image via phila.gov/green/greenworksEnergy efficiency improvements can be a major boon to small businesses, lowering energy bills and increasing savings each month. But for many businesses, the high costs of these improvements can put energy efficiency out of reach. Luckily, the Philadelphia

May 22, 2012

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National Bike to Work Day: Join Mayor Nutter in a morning bike commute tomorrow

Mayor Nutter will ride his bike to work with fellow commuters down the Benjamin Franklin Parkway tomorrow. | Image via the Bicycle Coalition of Greater PhiladelphiaSearching for a more invigorating morning commute? Join Mayor Nutter tomorrow for a morning bike ride down the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in honor of National Bike to Work Day. The ride

May 17, 2012

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Culinary Comedy: Pop-up performance of The Cooking Show at Reading Terminal

Performance artist and playwright Robert Karimi | Image by Jeffery MachtigFor performance artist and playwright Robert Karimi, preventing the growth of the Type 2 diabetes begins with culinary comedy. Joining humor with music, documentary-style video, storytelling, political discussion and live cooking, Karimi’s The Cooking Show engages and educates communities on how their cultural cuisines, stories

May 14, 2012

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Knight Arts Challenge: Grants awarded to innovative Philly community art projects

The Knight Arts award will go toward Little Berlin’s Fairgrounds project to transform an empty lot into an outdoor artspace. | Image via littleberlin.orgIn our new June issue, we feature the Philadelphia Sculpture Gym, a new co-working space in Fishtown that offers the tools and support for woodworking, metalworking, moldmaking and casting in a community setting.

May 8, 2012

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Banking On It: PA land bank bill one step closer to passage

Vacant land in South Philadelphia | Image via planphilly.comRemember that vacant lot in your neighborhood—the one you always thought would serve the neighborhood better as a community garden than a dumping ground? And remember how complicated the process was to even consider the space for redevelopment?
With 40,000 vacant lots throughout Philadelphia, this is a common

May 3, 2012

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