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May is National Bike Month, and this week the Bicycle Coalition is celebrating Bike to Work Week with a series of events. There are urban bike riding classes, a “Ride of Silence” on Wednesday, and the whole thing culminates with Friday’s National Bike to Work Day. (Nutter in spandex; who doesn’t wanna see that.) Register,

Seems like I can’t open a newspaper—or, more accurately, click a bookmark on my browser—these days without coming across an article on the ongoing raw milk debate. I like this story in particular because it involves a cow on Boston Common. From The Atlantic:  In Massachusetts, it’s being framed as a libertarian issue. As a

Thanks to everyone who came out to Swift Half last night to celebrate the release of The Food Issue. That said, I think the star of the party was that firkin of Flying Fish Farmhouse Summer Ale. It was interesting to see how a beer I drink quite often mutated and shifted due to the natural

As we mentioned a few weeks ago, Grid contributor and all around awesome lady Marisa McClellan of foodinjars.com teaches seasonal canning classes. Sadly, her former location, Foster’s Homewares, recently closed its doors. Today she posted an updated spot: Indy Hall at 20 N. 3rd Street (2nd floor). There are still a few spots available in Saturday’s Rhubarb

We’ll always have bowling…Dear Standard Tap, Yesterday was the last night of my weekly bowling league at North Bowl. This means we will no longer be having our regular Wednesday evening pre-rolling dates. No more firkins. No more duck salad. No more sitting at the bar, letting the day’s stresses wash away in a pint

Although I come from a family of talented artists, my own artistic skills are, to put it delicately, lacking. Sure, I can do a fantastic hand turkey, but that’s where the talent ends.
This is just one reason why I enjoy traveling to artistic outlets throughout Philly to enjoy the work of others. From the Philadelphia

The Atlantic has a plethora of relevant stories up on its site today, and I thought I would share them, bullet-point style. Nicolas Kristof’s column on cancer and chemicals (from last Wednesday’s New York Times) gets rehashed and interpreted. Raj Patel talks guerrilla gardening. Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan and her stance on genetically-modified crops. Arizona’s anti-immigrant legislation

At April's PHS Compost Matters Seminar, Will Allen talked about the booming business Growing Power was doing installing corporate gardens. This article in today's New York Times parsed that trend:

As companies have less to spend on raises, health benefits and passes to the water park, a fashionable new perk is emerging: all the carrots and

It’s that time of year again—college graduates are crawling out of their learning caves, only to be greeted with those inevitable questions: “So, what’s next?” “What do you think you’ll do for the next 40 years?” Well, here’s one salve for graduation anxiety: This year, Temple University’s January and May 2010 graduations are greener than ever.

A CSA sprouts in West Philadelphia by Cassie CumminsThere is an abundance of Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) programs across Pennsylvania, but the latest West Philadelphia CSA is significantly different.