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Getting Their Share

The Kensington Community Food Co-op needs 800 members by the end of 2014. | Rendering by MAKE.

Kensington community embraces their nascent food co-op
Stephanie Singer and her husband, Mike, had been interested in joining a food co-op for years, so when she initially heard that the Kensington Community Food Co-op (KCFC) was coming to her neighborhood she

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From the Ground Up

Philadelphia Urban Creators enact their bold plan to educate, energize, empower and unite

Along 11th Street in North Philadelphia, a short drive from City Hall, are blocks of crumbling rowhomes and crowded public housing apartments, interrupted by the conspicuously new townhomes and condos of Temple University students. Vacant lots abound, edged by rickety fences and rife with

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Solar Power, No Charge

Green Mountain Energy's Sun Club "flipped the switch" on its largest solar installation in Philadelphia at Greensgrow Farms on Earth Day. | Photos courtesy of newsworksGreen Mountain Energy donates solar panels to community organizations
The large wooden stand high above the heads of customers picking through vegetables at Greensgrow Farms in North Philadelphia does more

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Leader of the ‘Pack

Ambler organizer and activist amazes all
Susan Curry, one of the founders of Pennypack Farm, has devoted her life to environmental issues. | Photo by Cheryl Wilks
Susan Curry is known throughout the Philadelphia region as an environmental organizer, perhaps most notably as one of the founders of Pennypack Farm, the first organic CSA-centric farm in Montgomery

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Finding the Cure

PorcSalt & Rooster Street Provisions sell delicious, hand-crafted charcuterie in small batches
PorcSalt, the project of Chef Matt Ridgway in Rosemont, N.J., and Rooster Street Provisions, owned by Tony and Kristina Page in Elizabethtown, Pa., are doing things with meat that are new and yet old, and all thoroughly delicious—hand-crafting charcuterie in small batches and building careers around

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Finding the Hidden River

Photo by Lindsay Browning
Invisible River Public Art Performance on the SchuylkillAdvocates for Increased Access
Alie Vidich, a Philadelpha-based choreographer and dancer, is on a mission to make the Schuylkill River more accessible—and more visible. In Invisible River, a public art and boating event on July 12 and 13, Vidich and her troupe of 30 performers will use

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Pro-pollinator

U-Bee-Well is made with beeswax, olive oil, lavender, tea tree oil and honey. | Photo courtesy U-Bee-Well
Bee advocate uses her locally made lip balm to get the word out on the plight of bees
Nestled in the corner of Barbara Gettes' West Philadelphia apartment is a cramped kitchen space with barely room for two people to

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Winning Combinations

 

Victory Brewing Company collaborates with food artisans 
Thanks to recent collaborations between Victory Brewing Company and a bevy of local food artisans, now you can drink your beer and eat it, too.
Delaware-based Crisp & Co. uses Victory Prima Pils in their new Pint Pickles. Homesweet Homegrown, from Kutztown, Pa., makes a ghost pepper hot sauce called

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Rebels With a Cause

Illustration by Chris Hall
Entrepreneurial middle schoolers evolve into focused jerky makers
1998. Downingtown Middle School Cafeteria. Fifth period lunch. I had just finished my brown-bagged salami, mustard and Cooler Ranch Doritos sandwich, and scrounged through my backpack for the $5 bill my mom gave me each morning for drinks and snacks. I got the same thing

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Invasive Question

As snakeheads spread across the U.S., some experts are saying that if you can't beat them, eat them. | Photo courtesy Profish Ltd. Can restaurants and diners curb the rapid growth of non-native species?
In just a few short years, the snakehead fish has come a long way. Its native habitat is in Africa and Asia,

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