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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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#018 September 2010/Food/gardening

Jungle Fever

This South Philly gardener goes vertical by scott orwig
Sometimes it’s easy to forget the simplest way to go green: plants. But for city dwellers whose outdoor space consists of a tiny concrete slab or rooftop deck, a lush, outdoor garden seems out of the question. There are plenty of easy ways to green up even

August 20, 2010

1 min read

#018 September 2010/Community/Cooking/education/Food

Learning To Eat

Philadelphia’s Farm to School program expands by lee stabert
Over the last few years, school lunch has scored a prominent place in the national dialogue—whether it’s Michelle Obama’s initiatives, Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution or “Fed Up With Lunch,” a Texas teacher’s disturbing blog documenting the daily menu at her school. It’s also an issue that’s poised

August 20, 2010

2 mins read

#018 September 2010/Cooking/Food

Slice of Heaven

This month’s cover story on Greensgrow Farm hits on a number of our favorite issues—cultivating community, repurposing vacant land, food and self-reliance—but, at its core, it’s about the joys of hard work. As my dad used to say, “Hard work ain’t easy.” He would know. With the help of my mom and their four children,

August 20, 2010

2 mins read

#015 June 2010/Cooking/Food

The Food Issue: Recipe Box

These fresh, easy recipes are perfect for the upcoming season of seaside snacking and backyard barbecues by Marisa McClellan, foodinjars.com

May 11, 2010

1 min read

#015 June 2010/Cooking/Food/Guides

The Food Issue: Jarhead

Becoming a home artisan is easier than you think by Marisa McClellan
Fire-roasted tomatoes. Vanilla-rhubarb jam. Plums in honey. Preserved Seckel pears. No, this isn’t the inventory list of some new upscale grocery—these are just a few of the foodstuffs I preserved last summer and have been happily eating all winter long.

May 11, 2010

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#015 June 2010/Cooking/Farming/Food/Guides

The Food Issue: the Rise of Local Goat Cheese

In Pennsylvania and other states around the country, goat cheese is undergoing a renaissance. In her recent book, Goat Cheese (Gibbs Smith, 2008), Maggie Foard points out that, nationally, the number of licensed goat dairies has jumped from “a handful” 20 years ago to “over 200” in 2007.

May 11, 2010

2 mins read

#015 June 2010/Farming/Food

The Food Issue: Dairy Queens

Amazing Acres Dairy produces local, artisanal chevre by Tenaya Darlington
Last May, Debbie Mikulak embarked on a lifelong dream—she became an artisanal goat cheese maker. With 19 goats and a little over five acres in Elverson, PA, she and her husband, Fred Bloom, now produce more than a dozen cheeses, including a French-style Banon wrapped in

May 11, 2010

2 mins read

#015 June 2010/Cooking/Food

The Food Issue: Nature Preserve

Supper’s Mitch Prensky brings pickling into the modern era by Lee Stabert
Carrots with passion fruit, saffron and garlic with cauliflower, barigoule and artichokes, turnips with Herbes de Provence, spicy pickled vegetables for báhn mi, kosher dill pickles, okra with sage, preserved lemons and oranges, mushrooms, apples, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, green beans and okra.

May 11, 2010

3 mins read

#015 June 2010/Food

The Food Issue: The Challahman Cometh

Michael Dolich sets out to revive the neighborhood bakery by Lee Stabert
On an unseasonably warm day in April, Four Worlds Bakery’s Michael Dolich is overseeing the installation of a serious oven. Three men (one of them an expert on this expensive and unwieldy piece of equipment) are straining their backs and sweating up a storm,

May 11, 2010

5 mins read

#015 June 2010/Environment/Food/Urban Nature

Found Food: Spring

I had never realized the dearth of earth tones in my wardrobe. Casey Spacht, director of Lancaster Farm Fresh Co-op and my guide for a day of foraging in Lancaster County, closed his last logistical planning email thusly: “p.s. wear camo......just playing... but would be good. greens, browns.”

May 11, 2010

3 mins read

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