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Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney speaks during a news conference at City Hall in Philadelphia
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Regional Roundup – 05/13/19

Philadelphia mayoral incumbent Jim Kenney; Michael Solomonov on winning the Beard award for best restaurant in America; the closure of Three Mile Island.

Air Date: May 13, 2019 10:00 am

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The partners in front of Kitchen's Lane Creamery (Danya Henninger/Billy Penn)
Lifestyle
Billy Penn

Philly’s first oat milk ‘creamery’ is opening on Headhouse Square

Kitchen’s Lane Creamery is a new herbivore/omnivore cafe specializing in oat milk. It will officially take over the Bodhi Coffee spot on Headhouse Square in late May.

6 years ago



Companies are using new gene-editing tools to alter the DNA of food crops. One of these products is a soybean with a healthier kind of oil. (Johannes Eisele/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Science

Will gene-edited food be government regulated?

If you just take a snippet out of a gene without inserting anything new, the product falls into a gray area.

6 years ago

Jim Koch and Sam Calagione with their flagship beers (Courtesy Boston Beer)
Community
Billy Penn

How Philly fave Dogfish Head sold itself to the Boston beer giant behind Sam Adams

In one of the most momentous business deals ever in American craft brewing, Dogfish Head and Boston Beer on Thursday announced a merger valued at $300 million.

6 years ago

Hummus at Zahav (Danya Henninger/Billy Penn)
Community
Billy Penn

10 things to know about Zahav, named best restaurant in America

You can now sing it loud and proud, Philadelphia: Zahav is the best restaurant in the entire country.

6 years ago

Philabundance employees and government officials ceremonially break ground at the site of a new community kitchen on north 10th Street. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

New Philabundance kitchen in North Philly a ‘dream come true’

The Philabundance Community Kitchen has outgrown its current space. It’ll move into a much larger space in North Philly next year.

6 years ago

Above, fresh mahi mahi harvested from the sea. A handful of cell-based seafood companies are attempting to create fresh fish species, including mahi mahi, in a lab — where they will be grown without a head, tail, skin or bones. (Boston Globe/Boston Globe via Getty Images)
NPR
Science

Seafood without the sea: Will lab-grown fish hook consumers?

The seafood industry has some well-publicized problems. Now, a handful of startups aim to offer a "clean" alternative grown from cells.

6 years ago

Members of the Philadelphia Pink Boots Society at Love City Brewing working on a collaborative brew. (PUNCH Media)
Arts & Entertainment

Tapping support of Pink Boots Society, the Bold Women and Beer festival set for Saturday

The Pink Boots Society helps support women craft brewers. On Saturday in Philadelphia, that support takes the form of the Bold Women and Beer festival.

6 years ago

Listen 1:58
Bren Smith lifts a line of kelp on his farm. Photo provided by GreenWave
The Pulse
Science

Is kelp the new kale? It was supposed to be

Seaweed farming is still a promising idea that benefits the environment, but doing it at scale requires more work.

6 years ago

Listen 07:03
Temple University's main campus is home to many food trucks. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community
Billy Penn

Turmoil as Temple food trucks forced to vacate overnight

It’s a policy that’s been in place at least three years — but rarely enforced.

6 years ago

While it may seem that heaps of plastic from meal kit delivery services like Blue Apron make them less environmentally friendly than traditional grocery shopping, a new study says the kits actually produce less food waste.
(Derek Davis/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images)
NPR
Health

Meal kits have a smaller carbon footprint than grocery shopping, study says

Store meals produce 33% more greenhouse gas emissions than their equivalents from Blue Apron. Much of the reduced emissions stems from less food waste.

6 years ago

Bartram's Garden in southwestern Philadelphia preserves the home and garden of the 18th century naturalist. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

Investigating 200-year-old plant remains found in a Bartram’s Garden attic

The well-preserved collection of seeds, nutshells and other plant plants offer a glimpse of the daily meals of Philly’s founding botanists.

6 years ago

Listen 2:35
Radio Times
Lifestyle

Greek to Me: Adventures of the Comma Queen

Mary Norris, the "Comma Queen" joins Marty to discuss her new book "Greek to Me."

Air Date: April 16, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 49:50
Food Bank workers prepare lunch inside the industrial kitchen at the new facility in Glasgow. The kitchen will be used for training in the expanded culinary program. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Community

Delaware food bank opens expanded facility to help meet needs of 114,000

The Food Bank of Delaware expands ability to help more than 114,000 residents in the state who struggle with food insecurity.

6 years ago

A bowl of Honey Toasted Kernza. General Mills made 6,000 boxes of the cereal and is passing them out to spread the word about perennial grains. (Olivia Sun/NPR)
NPR
Health

Can this breakfast cereal help save the planet?

Some environmentalists say food production needs a fundamental reboot, with crops that stay rooted in the soil for years, like Kernza, a prairie grass.

6 years ago

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