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Food & Drink

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

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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

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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

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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

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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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Health

Cut melon linked to U.S. salmonella outbreak recalled

An Indianapolis-based company has issued a recall for melon products sold in 16 states after being linked to a salmonella outbreak.

6 years ago

Patrons file into the EAT Café on Lancaster Avenue in University City. The pay-what-you-can restaurant will close on April 19 after 2 1/2 years in business. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Money

Saying goodbye to EAT Café: Philly’s first pay-what-you-can restaurant to close

Drexel’s pay-what-you-can restaurant is going out of business.

6 years ago

Food trucks line both sides of Manayunk's Main Street (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy
PlanPhilly

City Council bill targets Philadelphia food trucks

If the legislation gets the needed approval votes, it would be the second district-wide ban, making food trucks illegal in most of the Northeast.

6 years ago

Poor diet is the leading risk factor for deaths from lifestyle-related diseases in the majority of the world, according to new research.
(John D. Buffington/Getty Images)
NPR
Health

Bad diets are responsible for more deaths than smoking, global study finds

Some 11 million deaths annually are linked to diet-related diseases like diabetes and heart disease. Researchers say that makes diet the leading risk for deaths globally.

6 years ago

Cattle eating a mixture of antibiotic-free corn and hay at Corrin Farms, near Neola, Iowa. Their meat is sold by Niman Ranch. (Dan Charles/NPR)
NPR
Health

Some in the beef industry are bucking the widespread use of antibiotics. Here’s how

Farmers can no longer use antibiotics to make cattle grow faster. Overall, their use of these drugs is down. But farmers can give antibiotics to treat or prevent disease.

6 years ago

In the event of a Southern border shutdown, produce customers in the region could find themselves paying more or unable to buy the fruits and vegetables they need. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

From tomatoes to cucumbers, how a border shutdown could affect produce prices in Philly region

The political uncertainty comes as food wholesalers begin to switch from Mexican suppliers to local sources, which is usually a gradual 6- to 8-week process.

6 years ago

Guang Chen, who also owns Hibachi Grill & Supreme Buffet in Glasgow, is planning to open a restaurant near Newark where robots will seat and serve patrons. (Saquan Stimpson for WHYY)
Community

At coming Delaware restaurant, robots will greet and serve diners

Called Captain Crab and Seafood, the eatery near Newark, Delaware, will be one of the nation’s first to use robots to greet, seat and wait on diners.

6 years ago

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