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#202 March 2026/Community/Farming/Food/gardening/News

Amanda Staples was a champion for community gardening in Kensington. An unexpected opportunity to buy land in Germantown opened up new possibilities

Germantown Kitchen Garden’s farmer, Amanda Staples, who hails from Upper Darby, did not grow up on a farm. Although her grandparents operated a Christmas tree farm near Clarks Summit, Lackawanna County, Staples’ initial hands-on contact with farming was growing lima beans in her backyard for an elementary school assignment. After graduating from Temple University with

March 1, 2026

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#009 November 2009/Farming/Food/GridPhilly

News: Elbow Room at the Farmstand

The Fair Food Farmstand triples in sizeThe new and improved Fair Food Farmstand celebrated its grand opening on October 2, after months of diligent planning and construction. The Farmstand’s new home, on the 12th Street side of the Reading Terminal Market, provides more space and visibility for the ever-growing hub of locally-sourced foods.

November 1, 2009

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#008 October 2009/Farming/Food

Profile: Core Business

Beechwood Orchard brings fresh fruit to Philly's farmers' marketsby Will DeanA fifth-generation family operation, Beechwood Orchards in Biglerville, PA specializes in heirloom and unusual varieties of fruits—particularly apples—and sells them at many farmers’ markets in the city and beyond.

October 1, 2009

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#006 August 2009/Farming/Food/GridPhilly

Book Review: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Lifeby Barbara KingsolverHarper Collins, 2007; $26.95Animal, Vegetable, Miracle will not rest on your bookshelves with Barbara Kingsolver’s fiction; this book demands permanent residence in your kitchen. Filled with delicious, seasonal recipes and tips from growing to canning, this stellar book chronicles the Kingsolvers’ move from Arizona to a

August 2, 2009

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#005 June 2009/Community/education/Farming/Food

Feature: Farmer’s Rap

Weaver's Way helps start high school farmsby Andrew ThompsonOn a May afternoon at Martin Luther King High School in East Germantown, several students tilled compost onto one of the many mounds being readied for sowing. Along with their stewards from nearby Weaver’s Way Co-op and the Philadelphia Orchard Project, they had just finished harvesting some

June 2, 2009

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#005 June 2009/Community/Farming/Food/gardening

Feature: Farming Differently

Mill Creek Farm sets a standard for sustainable farmingby Will DeanBat Cave #2. That’s the first thing you can easily make out about the main farm building at West Philly’s nonprofit Mill Creek Farm. It’s painted in yellow on a piece of metal that juts out of a low, glimmering building in the middle of

June 2, 2009

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#005 June 2009/Farming/Food/GridPhilly

Buy Local: Weaver’s Orchard

Weaver’s has been a family operation for four generations. Owner Ed Weaver and his son Justin carry on the tradition, tending to their 100 acres in Morgantown, PA.

June 1, 2009

1 min read

#004 May 2009/Culture/Farming/Food

Feature: Will Play For (Local) Food

Philly raconteurs Hoots and Hellmouth promote local farms on tourby Andrew ThompsonAmid the hustle of touring—going from town to town and not being able to stop for more than a few hours to play a show, fill your stomach at a Cracker Barrel and jet off to the next venue—it can be hard to find

May 1, 2009

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#004 May 2009/Farming/Food/GridPhilly

Shellbark Hollow Farm’s Goat Cheese

A family operation that started with only two young goats, West Chester-based Shellbark Hollow Farm makes great local goat cheese.

May 1, 2009

1 min read

#004 May 2009/Farming/Food/GridPhilly

Lancaster Farm Fresh

Comprised of over 50 local certified-organic farmers, Lancaster Farm Fresh is a cooperative that supports the farm community within Lancaster County and serves the greater Philadelphia region (and they’re featured on pg. 32). They supplied not only the rhubarb for this month’s recipe, but an assortment of fresh fruits, vegetables and grass-fed animal product like

May 1, 2009

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#004 May 2009/Cooking/Farming/Food/gardening

From the Editor: Empowering Food

What brings you to the food issue? Are you trying to find that tiny restaurant for a transcendent dining experience? Is it a recipe you need that will unlock your creativity and wow your friends and family? After all, what is more pleasurable than eating or preparing a delicious meal? (Please don’t say your answers

May 1, 2009

1 min read

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