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#152 January 2022/All Topics/Community/GridPhilly/Shop Local

A band of intertwined, small businesses and local makers are what’s kept South Philly yarn shop in business for 17 years

Stitched together by their mutual love of yarn, it’s a group of local makers and entrepreneurs that make the shelves of the South Philadelphia-born yarn shop Loop such a unique place to shop, according to the store’s co-owner Laura Singewald. Loop works with three to five small businesses in Philly—local vendors that either dye yarn

January 11, 2022

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#005 June 2009/Environment/GridPhilly/Water

Book Review: Unquenchable

Unquenchable: America's Water Crisis and What to Do About Itby Robert GlennonIsland Press, $27.95Unquenchable begins with the story of one of the most obvious and ostentatious wastes of water in America: Las Vegas. A gleaming, neon-bedecked homage to decadence in the middle of the desert, Vegas is a testament to our ability to build what

June 2, 2009

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#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/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/GridPhilly/Politics

News: Lean and Green by 2015

Mayor Nutter announced his plans for making Philadelphia the “greenest” city in America last month, highlighting five areas of interest and 150 initiatives he hopes to achieve by 2015. He has defined the ambitious plan as a restructuring of Philadelphia towards a “green economy,” which, if it lives up to its alternate meanings, could definitely

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

#004 May 2009/Food/GridPhilly

John and Kira’s New Boutique Bees

Individually hand-painted, these little “chocolate bees” are filled to the brim with salted caramel and locally-made basswood honey from Draper’s Super Bee Apiaries in Millerton, PA.

May 1, 2009

1 min read

#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

1 min read

#004 May 2009/Farming/Food/GridPhilly

Book Review: the Omnivore’s Dilemma

The Omnivore's Dilemmaby Michael PollanPenguin, 2006 $26.95When The Omnivore’s Dilemma came out in ’06, it was not the first book to take a look at our industrial food system with a critical eye, but it quickly became one of the most well-known. Part of that is due to the interesting structure of the book, where

May 1, 2009

1 min read

#003 April 2009/Food/GridPhilly

Eat Local: Vrapple

Eight years ago, Sara Cain attempted to turn Philadelphia’s infamous mystery meat concoction into a treat that herbivores could enjoy. A good friend of hers, who had grown up on scrapple, lamented the loss of the local delight since becoming a vegetarian.

April 1, 2009

1 min read

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