It can be tempting to reduce the issue of hunger to a statistics game. For example, the 1st Congressional District (which includes Kensington, as well as parts of North and South Philadelphia and Chester) is the fourth hungriest in the nation, and in 2010, some 31.2 percent of residents reported difficulty feeding themselves or their
MoreKeswick Creamery QuarkIf you like baking with cream cheese, you should know about quark. Chances are you haven’t heard of it—unless you have relatives in Germany or Poland—
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Sly Fox Christmas AleSly Fox Brewing Company recently released their annual Christmas Ale. A mild brew with delightfully understated notes of ginger, clove, allspice, cinnamon and nutmeg, this red ale has a beautiful rich color—
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Mariposa Co-op grew out of buying clubs that flourished in the 1970s. In the early ’80s, several groups merged, opening a storefront at 4726 Baltimore Avenue. The co-op has come a long way since then: currently 1,000 members strong, Mariposa has outgrown its original space.
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Streamside Farm at Elkins Estate is run by Meei Ling Ng and her husband Larry Shaeffer. The couple fell in love with the property’s close proximity to Center City, as well as its sprawling mansions and dark, fertile soil.
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January is the month for fresh starts. Some people decide to lose weight, others to quit smoking or recycle more. In my house, we’ve decided to be diligent about eating our greens. Thankfully, this doesn’t have to be a chore.
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For 20 years, Urban Tree Connection has been on a crusade to provide low-income Philadelphians with access to affordable and nutritious food. In early October, the organization received $10,000 in grant money from the Lincoln Financial Foundation to support their Growing Healthy Initiative. Since 2006, the program has worked to repurpose the city’s many vacant
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This past August, longtime vegans and Pennsport residents Mike Barone and David Anthem opened Grindcore House, the city’s first completely vegan coffeehouse. Named for the extreme music genre and housed in a cozy corner space, the shop is a haven for accessible vegan fare.
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It might seem like a tease to talk about sweet corn in November, but that’s what SIW (Stepped in What) Farm does best. “We make sure it’s fresh,” says farmer H. G. Haskell III. “Every ear of corn we sell is fresh-picked that day—in fact, we’ll pick it two or three times a day if
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After graduating from NYU’s Stern School of Business, Marina Levtov took a job with IBM. Her first client was a tobacco company. “My first day of work, I walked onto the site and people are smoking, in the office,” she recalls.
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