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#191 April 2025/Compost/Current Issue/Food/Recycling

Sharing the burden of organics collection could help composting programs get off the ground

In last month’s issue, I wrote about how Philly could start a City-run composting drop-off program. Unfortunately, the City might not have the staffing to mount such an effort. Forty years ago, when the City was launching its recycling program, it had 23 employees in its recycling office. Today, the Department of Sanitation has two.

April 1, 2025

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#006 August 2009/Cooking/Food

From the Editor: Try It!

It’s August and the full splendor of the CSA is upon us. For the uninitiated, CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture. (This acronym is somewhat obtuse. I would suggest replacing it with BFF, Buying From a Farmer.) The way it works is you sign up before the farmers’ harvest, usually in the late winter or

August 1, 2009

2 mins read

#005 June 2009/Cooking/Food/GridPhilly

Book Review: Wild Fermentation

Wild Fermentationby Sandor Elix KatzChelsea Green, 2003; $25I’ve lost count of the number of times this book has been recommended or mentioned to me, and it deserves every one. Katz explores the world of fermentable foods, which includes some of the earliest prepared foods humans ate, not only to give you something great to eat,

June 2, 2009

1 min read

#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

4 mins read

#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

5 mins read

#005 June 2009/Cooking/Food

Food: Vegan Fare From Near and Far

Combining local foods with the realities of your pantryrecipes by Dynise BalcavageLike many people who are concerned about the environment, I dutifully seek out locally-grown produce. I try to patronize restaurants that lean heavily on local fare. I even make my own soy and coconut ice creams instead of purchasing my favorite West Coast-produced brand.

June 2, 2009

3 mins read

#005 June 2009/Cooking/Food

Food: In Season

Recipes for a four-course local mealWe’re still full from our food issue (last month, by the way), but we decided to continue expanding our recipe selection, along with our pant sizes. The kind bloggers at FarmtoPhilly.com agreed to help us out by mixing up a whole meal of delicious, local dishes you can serve at

June 2, 2009

4 mins read

#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

#005 June 2009/Food/GridPhilly

Buy Local: Metropolitan Bakery’s Pain Au Levain

This Philadelphia institution, started 15 years ago by Wendy Smith and James Barrett, has consistently churned out delicious artisan breads.

June 1, 2009

1 min read

#005 June 2009/Cooking/Food

Recipe: Strawberry Bruschetta

courtesy of Ashley Jerome

June 1, 2009

1 min read

#004 May 2009/Community/Food/gardening/Public Health

Feature: The Most Important Meal

A local teen finds success by growing healthy foodby Dana HenryThe school bell rings and teenagers fill the entrance halls of University City High School. Many are running and some are calling out to their friends, relieved from a long day of classes. A young man apologizes to the woman at the front desk who

May 1, 2009

5 mins read

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