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What Philadelphians want at the farmstand changes block by block

 How ‪farmers‬ are getting to know the neighborhoods they serve?

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February 4, 2016
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#038 June 2012

On the Shoulders of Giants: Four people who kick-started the Philadelphia food movement

April 1, 2012, 10:45 a.m. The line outside the Pennsylvania Convention Center was growing. Parents with strollers, young professionals, older couples, eco-conscious hippies and families in Phillies shirts were all patiently waiting for 11 a.m. Apparently the 1,100 pre-sold tickets were no fluke. The Philly Farm & Food Fest was attracting

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May 16, 2012
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Perfect Pitch: How the Lidge family is trying to turn out the lights on bad nutrition

My story begins like those of many others who are passionate about real food. I was surrounded by it from the beginning. I spent my young childhood growing up on our family farm in Missouri with cows, sheep, pigs and an enormous garden that nourished us with everything from Brussels sprouts to cherries.

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August 22, 2011
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⭐️ @nextfab_phl Holiday Gift Guide Part 2: For ⭐️ @nextfab_phl Holiday Gift Guide Part 2: For the Love of Philly ⭐️ 

Even Gritty would approve of these Philly-centric gifts. Perfect for those missing the city of Brotherly Love or screaming your Philly pride!

Featured Makers:
@whiskeysuitcase 
@laserphilly 
@tombinoshop 
@txfishmonger 
@jawnaments 
@phillyjerk 
@mariaschneiderarte 

➡️ For more Philadelphia-made gift ideas, visit gridphilly.com (link in bio)!

#holidaygiftguide #holidaygiftideas #holidaygifting #holidaygifts #shoplocal #shopphilly #supportlocalartists #supportlocalbusinesses #phillysupportphilly
As the old saying goes, one man’s trash is anoth As the old saying goes, one man’s trash is another man’s treasure 🧸 

Meet @unlesskids, a brand new fun, sustainable and convenient membership-based toy buying platform based right here in Philadelphia. Their goal is to help you get the toys your kids want and get rid of the toys they don’t, all in one easy solution.

See what Unless Kids is all about at one of their upcoming drop-off events! For every toy you donate, receive one free month of membership up to one year and the warm feeling in knowing one of those unused toys in your home is going to a child eager to give it new life ✨

#philadelphia #philly #sustainablephilly #phillysupportphilly #sustainabletoys #recycledtoys
🛒 As we round out November and gear up for the 🛒 As we round out November and gear up for the next issue of Grid, we offer you a friendly reminder that you can pick up physical copies of each issue locally! Head on over to @mariposacoop for fresh food and the scoop on local news in this month’s issue of Grid Magazine and beyond. 

About Mariposa Food Co-op:
Mariposa Food Co-op is a consumer-owned food cooperative located in West Philadelphia providing the community with access to natural, wholesome foods that cater to a wide variety of diets since 1971.

#philadelphia #philly #phillysupportphilly #shopphilly #gridphilly #gridmagazine #grid #phillynews #philadelphianews
⭐️ @nextfab_phl Holiday Gift Guide Part 1: Hav ⭐️ @nextfab_phl Holiday Gift Guide Part 1: Have a Holly, Jawny Christmas ⭐️ 

Deck the halls with handmade holiday decor, straight from the NextFab North Pole to your homes. 

Featured Makers:
@Compassrosesd 
@kevin.b.huang 
@girlholdingapen 
@Soula_arts 
@m.dk.studio 
Mr. and Mrs. Claus
@thejauntyoctopus 

➡️ For more Philadelphia-made gift ideas, visit gridphilly.com (link in bio)!

#holidaygiftguide #holidaygiftideas #holidaygifting #holidaygifts #shoplocal #shopphilly #supportlocalartists #supportlocalbusinesses #phillysupportphilly
🎁 Holiday shopping season is officially here an 🎁 Holiday shopping season is officially here and with it comes the 2023 @nextfab_phl Holiday Gift Guide! If you’re on the hunt for holiday gift ideas this year, you don’t have to look too far to cover all of the loved ones in your life. 

About NextFab’s Holiday Gift Guide: At NextFab, we believe that lasting memories start with the handmade. With an abundance of mass-produced goods stocking the shelves this holiday season, instead choose gifts that have that extra special touch. By shopping small and local you’re not only giving back to small businesses in your neighborhood but giving an everlasting gift made with love.

Each of these products in our Gift Guide is crafted by the makers, artists, and tinkerers around you. Shop local and handmade, and create core family and friend memories, while giving back this holiday season.

➡️ Head to gridphilly.com or check back throughout the month of December as we highlight 51 of Philly’s finest makers that make great gifts for the season of giving!

#holidaygiftguide #holidaygiftideas #holidaygifting #holidaygifts #shoplocal #shopphilly #supportlocalartists #supportlocalbusinesses #phillysupportphilly
Happy Thanksgiving from our family to yours! What Happy Thanksgiving from our family to yours! What better way to kick off the evening’s feasting than with this story about Philly’s own self-made business woman/pie maker extraordinaire. 

🥧 Meet Alicia Short, the machinist-turned baker known for her hard work, crafty culinary creations, and delicious sweet potato pies. 

People who eat her pies seem to agree with that assessment of her food — and her, too. “One lady told me last week, ‘I think you put your soul in that sweet potato pie,’” says a laughing Short.

➡️ Learn more about Alicia Short and where to find her pies at gridphilly.com (link in bio)!

📸 @chris_bakerevens 

#philadelphia #philly #phillyfood #philadelphiafood #phillysupportphilly #shopphilly #supportlocalbusiness #supportlocalbusinesses #phillybaker #weaversway
📝 A love letter from the Grid archives to the @ 📝 A love letter from the Grid archives to the @rdgterminalmkt on shopping the day before Thanksgiving. Written by the late Michael Holahan of @pageneralstore:

“As a shopkeeper in the Reading Terminal Market, any busy day is a good day. But after 25 years at the Pennsylvania General Store, my favorite is the day before Thanksgiving. The energy inside this more-than-a-century-old public market is unlike any other time of year. Thanksgiving is about bringing together the people we love, to share a meal and to give thanks; as a merchant, it’s a privilege to be even a small part of this occasion.”

➡️ Read more about the Thanksgiving hustle and bustle of Reading Terminal Market at gridphilly.com (link in bio)!

✏️ Illustration by Andy Hood

#readingterminalmarket #shoplocal #thanksgivingshopping #thanksgivingfood #shopphilly
📚 Editor’s Notes: A History of Erasure 📚 📚 Editor’s Notes: A History of Erasure 📚

The head of the Wampanoag sachem Metacomet (aka King Philip) sat on a spike at the entrance to Plymouth, Massachusetts, for two decades after his failed uprising against the English colonists was crushed in 1676. The colonists sent his family into slavery in the Caribbean. Metacomet was the son of Ousamequin (aka Massasoit), who rescued the starving Pilgrims in 1621.

The version we learned in school painted Ousamequin as a kind neighbor who took pity on the Pilgrims. This generous act kicked off a friendship marked by a thanksgiving feast that we still celebrate today. Everyone lived happily ever after.

The reality is much messier…We victors tend to tidy up the story to suit ourselves. We would rather not focus on the violent and sordid ways that created the United States, but framing the story with the Pilgrims as the main characters and the feast as the conclusion erases the savvy Wampanoag and their tragic fate.

➡️ Read the full note from our editor and more about the erasures of the past and present at gridphilly.com (link in bio)

✍️ @phillybillynature 

#philly #philadelphia #erasure #thanksgiving #historylesson
🦃 With Thanksgiving right around the corner, ma 🦃 With Thanksgiving right around the corner, many Philadelphia residents are beginning to plan where to buy ingredients for the big meal. Of course, turkey is a top priority, especially for those looking to buy local.

➡️ Check out our list of regional farms and how to get your hands on their turkeys at gridphilly.com (link in bio)!

✍️ Heidi Krull

#philadelphia #philly #shoplocal #localfarms #supportlocalfarmers #supportlocalfarms #supportlocal
🍂🥣 RECIPES OF ISSUE 174 🥣🍂 We’ve ta 🍂🥣 RECIPES OF ISSUE 174 🥣🍂

We’ve talked a lot about food this month thanks to our food issue! While covering some of the people and organizations in Philadelphia doing good by the way of food, we were lucky enough to get our hands on some of their delicious AND easy fall recipes. If you’re on the hunt for holiday ingredients this weekend, consider adding one of these recipes to your list of dishes to share with your loved ones this Thanksgiving 🍽️

Slide 1+2: Cranberry Bread Stuffing
👩‍🍳 @missrachelspantry 
📸 @rayephoto 

Slide 3+4: Crabapple Butter
👩‍🍳 @phillyorchards 
📸 @tb_wildlife_photography 

Slide 5+6: Citrus Salt + Strawberry Jam
👩‍🍳 @drexelfoodlab 
📸 @chris_bakerevens 

#thanksgivingrecipes #thanksgivingrecipe #thanksgivingfood #fallrecipes #fallrecipe #veganfriendly #veganrecipes #veganthanksgiving #vegantips #philly #philadelphia #phillyfood #veganmeals #vegancooking #vegancommunity #veganholiday #phillyvegan
👩‍🍳 Stuffing ourselves so full we can’t 👩‍🍳 Stuffing ourselves so full we can’t walk is a tradition of the autumn and winter holidays. But taking part in the festive gluttony is always a little harder for diners who don’t eat animal products for ethical, environmental or health reasons.

It doesn’t have to be this way. Grid reached out to Rachel Klein, chef and owner of the vegan restaurant @missrachelspantry, for her advice on how to make this holiday season as vegan-friendly as possible.

➡️ Read Rachel’s tips to create a vegan-friendly feast this Thanksgiving at gridphilly.com (link in bio)!

✍️ Rachel Klein
📸 @rayephoto 

#veganfriendly #veganrecipes #veganthanksgiving #vegantips #philly #philadelphia #phillyfood #veganmeals #vegancooking #vegancommunity #veganholiday #phillyvegan
🥘 It was matoke, a Ugandan spicy beef and banan 🥘 It was matoke, a Ugandan spicy beef and banana stew, that inspired @bergershot’s world spanning culinary exploration to cook the national dish of every country in the world. Now 197 dishes and a partnership with @careorg later, Berger has raised more than $250,000 to combat world hunger.

➡️ Read more about Berger’s culinary passion project-turned humanitarian mission at gridphilly.com (link in bio)!

✍️ Alex Mulcahy
📸 @rayephoto 

#philadelphia #philly #foodinsecurity #foodinsecurityawareness #foodjustice #hungerrelief #endworldhunger #worldhunger #careinternational #phillyfood #internationalcuisine
🚣‍♀️ In 2021, Ken Conly, director at larg 🚣‍♀️ In 2021, Ken Conly, director at large for the Philadelphia Canoe Club, was paddling a stretch of the Schuylkill River near the Flat Rock Dam north of Manayunk. During this particular paddle, he saw that much of the area had been fenced off. It was evident something major was underway. Conly called around and eventually reached someone at the Philadelphia Water Department (PWD) who let him know what was up: the canal was coming back.

➡️ Learn more about the construction of the canal and how it could impact you at gridphilly.com (link in bio)!

✍️ Kyle Bagenstose
📸 @chris_bakerevens 

#philadelphia #philly #paddling #rowing #canoeing #manayunk #schuylkill #schuylkillriver #schuykillrivertrail
⛏️ The areas between 33rd and 40th streets and ⛏️ The areas between 33rd and 40th streets and Lancaster and University avenues were once home to Black Bottom, an old West Philadelphia neighborhood from the late 1800s. Thanks to Heritage West: West Philadelphia Community Archaeological Project, buttons, coins, and shards of glass have been excavated from this site. Not only do these items bring the residents of Black Bottom to life, but they also recognize the violence of the community’s destruction.

➡️ Read more about Black Bottom and Philadelphia's history at gridphilly.com (link in bio)!

✍️ Constance Garcia-Barrio
📸 @chris_bakerevens 

#philadelphia #philly #philadelphiahistory #westphiladelphia #universityofpennsylvania #pennmuseum
🌳 Beech trees are in danger thanks to a new pat 🌳 Beech trees are in danger thanks to a new pathogen that can kill them in 6 to 10 years. Since it was first discovered in Ohio in 2012, the disease has spread into every county in Pennsylvania.

➡️ Read more about the pathogen outbreak and what the road to recovery looks like at gridphilly.com (link in bio)! 

 ✍️ @phillybillynature 
📸  @rayephoto

#philadelphia #philly #beechtree #urbannature #protectourtrees
🍎 Calling all foragers! What’s green-turned y 🍎 Calling all foragers! What’s green-turned yellow or red, grows on 15-20 foot trees, and is plentiful in Philadelphia right now? The crabapple!

➡️ Learn how to spot this tart fall fruit and what mouthwatering seasonal treats you can whip up with them at gridphilly.com (link in bio)!

 ✍️ Kiersten Adams
 📸 @tb_wildlife_photography 

#philadelphia #philly #foraging #foragingforfood #foragingtips #crabapple #fallrecipes
☕️ If you’ve strolled down Boathouse Row, yo ☕️ If you’ve strolled down Boathouse Row, you’ve likely passed @cosmicphilly. Aside from offering a fresh and delicious menu, this beloved local spot also provides employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities.

Tyheed Roane, who has autism and anxiety, has stretched his horizons during his seven-plus years at the café. “The café is not like a traditional restaurant,” Roane says. “We all work together to get everything done. I’d like to be an assistant manager one day.”

➡️ Read more about Cosmic Café and the opportunities it cooks up for its employees at gridphilly.com (link in bio)!

 ✍️ Constance Garcia-Barrio
 📸 @rayephoto 

#philadelphia #philly #freshfood #localingredients #phillyeats #boathouserow #eatlocal #phillysupportphilly
🛒 Meet @sharefoodphilly, an organization fighti 🛒 Meet @sharefoodphilly, an organization fighting food insecurity in the Philadelphia region. As part of a state-funded program, Share delivers groceries to more than 3,000 seniors each month. They’re part of a broader group of 5,000-plus Philadelphia-area residents who receive a box of food that can make the difference between eating and not.

➡️ Learn more about Share Food Program and all of the Philly-based residents it helps daily at gridphilly.com (link in bio)!
 
✍️ Ben Seal 
📸 @chris_bakerevens 

#philadelphia #philly #foodinsecurity #foodinsecurityawareness #foodjustice #hungerrelief #fooddesert #sharefoodprogram #phillyfood #phillysupportphilly
🍽️ Did you know that the average household of 🍽️ Did you know that the average household of four people is throwing away $1,500 a year on wasted food? Meanwhile, about 10% of U.S. households are food insecure. Since 2015, @drexelfoodlab has been working to change that.

➡️ Visit gridphilly.com to read more about Drexel University’s Food Lab and its fight against food waste (link in bio)!

 ✍️ @phillybillynature 
 📸 @chris_bakerevens 

#philadelphia #philly #drexeluniversity #drexelu #foodinsecurity #foodinsecurityawareness #foodwasteawareness #foodwaste #composting #culinaryarts #culinaryartsprogram #phillyfood #phillysupportphilly
🍂 Happy November! The leaves are falling and wi 🍂 Happy November! The leaves are falling and with them has dropped a BRAND NEW issue of Grid Magazine. This one's packed with stories chock full of holiday spirit!

Learn how to make a terrific vegetarian Thanksgiving dish, meet the organizations Philly residents are thankful for, support local artists/businesses with this year's NextFab Holiday Gift Guide and more all in issue 174 of Grid.

➡️ Visit gridphilly.com to read the November issue (link in bio)!

✏️ Cover illustration by @jamesolsteinillustration 

#philadelphia #philly #phillysupportphilly #phillynature #phillygifts #shopphilly #gridphilly #gridmagazine #grid #phillyfood #thanksgivingrecipes #foodinsecurity #foodinsecurityawareness #foodwaste
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