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#192 May 2025/Cooking/Food/Shop Local

Quakertown “micro-bakery” offers small-batch, sourdough goodies inspired by grandma

As many people discovered during the COVID-19 boom in home baking, if you want a challenge, try baking with a sourdough starter. Iryna Teslia embraced this challenge, and sourdough became the basis for everything she produces in her micro-bakery, The Bread Anatomy — from traditional Ukrainian holiday breads like paska and kolach to all-American chocolate

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May 1, 2025
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#192 May 2025/Climate-Change/Energy/Environment/Politics

Former Mayor Michael Nutter is representing gas industry interests that aim to drive a wedge between environmentalists and marginalized communities

In February, The Philadelphia Inquirer published — in print and online — an op-ed by former Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter. Titled “We should support an affordable, inclusive energy transition,” the article made the case that “we must act fast on the seriousness of climate change and do so responsibly, without losing sight of the affordability

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May 1, 2025
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#192 May 2025/Climate-Change/Editor's Notes/Energy/Environment/Politics

Editor’s Notes: Banking on Our Trust

Back in February, The Philadelphia Inquirer published an op-ed by former Mayor Michael Nutter that left me feeling confused. The piece argues for the role of fossil gas in the home energy mix for Philadelphians, because, Nutter claims, renewables are simply too expensive for low-income households. Yes, this is the same Michael Nutter who, in

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May 1, 2025
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#192 May 2025/Community/gardening

Nonprofit connects veterans with the healing power of gardening

When Navy veteran Salome Jeronimo moved to Philly in 2020, the pandemic was raging. During their first two years here, they didn’t get to explore much of what the city had to offer. That changed in the summer of 2022, when Jeronimo signed up for a 10-week plant-care course at the Veterans Affairs (VA) hospital

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May 1, 2025
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#192 May 2025/Community/Food/gardening

The Gardening Issue

The outdoors is surging with the warmth and light of spring. Birds are singing. Flowers are blooming. Shoots are sprouting. Your neighbors are digging in the soil. No matter the color of your thumb, you may feel the urge to get your hands dirty and plant something. Indeed, now is the time to get those

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May 1, 2025
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#192 May 2025/education/Environment/gardening/Urban Nature

A new native seed library at Strawberry Mansion’s Discovery Center offers resources and education for planting pollinator-friendly gardens

On the first warm Saturday of the year, Taylor Bakeman organized a seed packing event to restock The Discovery Center’s new native seed library. Just a few weeks after opening, its seed supply was already running low. A dozen volunteers spent the day counting and sifting tiny seeds of New York ironweed, anise hyssop and

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May 1, 2025
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#192 May 2025/Environment/gardening/Urban Nature

Infographic: Power Flower

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May 1, 2025
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#192 May 2025/Environment/Urban Nature

In the absence of mitigating treatments, volunteers survey the damage of bird-window collisions

Every Wednesday morning during spring and fall migration seasons, Peter DeStefano walks the brick sidewalks of Independence Mall in Old City in search of birds — dead ones. A volunteer for Bird Safe Philly, DeStefano combs the areas where, because of an abundance of large windows, migrating birds are most likely to meet their demise.

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May 1, 2025
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#192 May 2025/Environment/Shop Local/Sponsored Content

Tallow skincare company uses locally-sourced ingredients to make sustainable soaps

The internet’s latest viral skincare ingredient might surprise you. Many are raving about the many potential skin benefits of using soaps and moisturizers made from beef tallow — yes, rendered cow fat. While the popularity of these products has been on the rise since about 2022, one Philadelphia-based soap company was years ahead of the

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May 1, 2025
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#191 April 2025/Fashion/Shop Local

Old City boutique offers locally-made clothing with European flare

The handmade dresses of red lace and black silk displayed in the tall, arched windows of Dafina Co. in Old City (47 N. 3rd Street) prompt passersby to pause and imagine slipping into such elegance. Inside the boutique, restrained electronic music and French artwork set the stage for the runway-ready clothing that designer Gerta Hebeja

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April 1, 2025
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