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#069 January 2015

Pay Dirt

In the ‘Mushroom Capital of the World,’ Laurel Valley Soils creates the ground floor of green building
Laurel Valley Soils owes a large degree of its prosperity to the continued growth of the green-building movement. | Photos by Jared GruenwaldIt’s a bright mid-summer day in the rural Chester County borough of Avondale, which sits just

December 23, 2014

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Even Cows Love Holiday Jazz

Happy holidays! Video courtesy of the Holter Farm in Frederick County, Maryland.

December 23, 2014

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MANTLE’s Kickstarter Meets Goal

Image courtesy Wild Mantle No stranger to Grid, Avi Loren Fox, the creator of the MANTLE (formerly the JANEY), has reached her Kickstarter goal and we couldn’t be prouder. The luxurious hooded scarf is made sustainably in the U.S. to combat the cold and is way more fashionable than that old scarf you’ve been wrangling with all

December 20, 2014

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New York State Bans Fracking

Gov. Cuomo cites health risks; Pa. governor-elect opposes ban A gas well in Susquehanna County, PA. | Photos courtesy Delaware Riverkeeper Network In a major win for fracking opponents, New York State Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday announced that the state would ban high volume hydraulic fracturing, citing health risk concerns and the lack of studies

December 17, 2014

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Come Party With Grid and the Sustainable Business Network

Now that Thanksgiving has passed, we are in full holiday mode here at Grid magazine. And you’re invited to join us! We once again paired with the Sustainable Business Network to host our third annual December issue release and holiday party from 7 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 11 at the Reading Terminal Market.

December 1, 2014

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Cranberries as You’ve Never Seen Them Before

Philadelphia-based video producer and journalist Nicole Cotroneo Jolly and her husband produce the web-based food education series, “How Does it Grow?,” where they investigate where our food comes from, one crop at a time. The newest episode is all about cranberries, filmed in the New Jersey Pine Barrens using drones and underwater cameras, producing some of the

November 26, 2014

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#068 December 2014

Gift Course

This holiday season, ditch the pre-made treats and make something from the heart

Last winter, a friend gave me a jar of tomato jam. It was delicious, but the fact that it was an unexpected treat made it even sweeter. It served as a reminder of the particular joy of pressing something homemade into the hands

November 25, 2014

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#068 December 2014

Dust to Dust

A local project commemorates the loss of a beloved home in Mantua
Illustration by Kathleen White
If you’re like me and you live in Philadelphia, chances are you did not build your own home. So, what you call “your” kitchen or “your” bedroom was actually someone else’s kitchen and bedroom before you moved in. Imagine flipping through

November 21, 2014

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Philadelphia Author Nic Esposito to Read from His Newest Book

The Head & the Hand Press founder and Seeds of Discent author Nic Esposito has turned his tales about living on a small urban homestead in Kensington into his first work of nonfiction—Kensington Homestead, a collection of essays that center around growing food in a city. After finishing Seeds of Discent in 2011, which chronicles urban farming

November 18, 2014

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#068 December 2014

Hard-Working Mussels

A new effort brings the mysterious mussel back to a Philadelphia waterway
The lack of mussels in the Tacony-Frankford Creek made the stream a desirable target for the reintroduction of the hardy Elliptio complanata species. | Photos by Brian Rademaekers
When you think of mussels in Philadelphia, your first thought might be of ordering moules-frites, Belgium’s signature

November 17, 2014

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