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A woman organizes her pocketbook after paying for groceries with an EBT card (Seth Wenig/AP Photo)
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Politics & Policy

Work requirement for SNAP food benefits divides GOP, unites Dems in Philly region

The proposed changes apply to a program intended to provide food to low-income families.

7 years ago

Listen 5:46
Kid Shelleen's is one of two dozen restaurants in Delaware that have adopted straws optional policies or banned plastic straws altogether.  (Shirley Min/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

The last straw for plastic straws in Delaware

More than two dozen restaurants in Delaware have adopted a “straws by request” policy or are banning them altogether.

7 years ago

Listen 2:14
Nine days after the Hurricane Maria struck, Emilú De León and other volunteers opened a kitchen to serve meals to the people of Caguas. The first day, they fed 600, De León sa
NPR
Community

Puerto Rico’s push for food independence intertwined with statehood debate

Hurricane Maria has reignited a small movement in Puerto Rico aimed at strengthening the local food system so the island can survive and thrive

7 years ago

Ayanna McNair (left) and Bridget Biddle stop by WHYY to tell their story. McNair is a formerly incarcerated single mother who recently got a licence to start a food truck business. Biddle is an advocate with the Maternity Care Coalition, which helped McNair. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

Pregnant behind bars: West Philly mom says food connection saved her life

With license for food truck, Ayanna McNair hopes to serve her home cooking beyond the kitchen of her home.

7 years ago

Listen 2:33
Nick Spero hunts for morel mushrooms somewhere in Maryland (NPR)
NPR
Lifestyle

Hunting for morels, the most delectable mushroom of the forest

Nick Spero has a big secret. It has to do with where to find one of the most sought-after mushrooms of the fungi world: the morel.

7 years ago

Alex Veal, 28, stacks some pears at Iovine Brothers produce store in Reading Terminal Market.
View Finders
Community

Fruits — and vegetables — of their labor keep Reading Market produce shop bustling

As Reading Terminal Market celebrates its 125th anniversary, a photographer zooms in on some of the merchants who make the market.

7 years ago

 (photo courtesy Dogfish Head Beer Facebook page)
Things To Do
Arts & Entertainment

A guide to Philly Beer Week for the beer novice – June 1-10, 2018

The 10-day festival, devoted to all things beer, returns Friday with hundreds of events spotlighting various brewers, styles, and food pairings, all across the city.

7 years ago

The USDA is expecting Americans to eat record amounts of meat this year.
(Grant Gerlock/Harvest Public Media)
NPR
Courts & Law

Missouri may be first state to get serious about the definition of meat

It's a question sparked by the growth of plant-based proteins, meat substitutes, and lab-grown products.

7 years ago

Owner JP Teti stands behind the basement bar at Passyunk Avenue, a Philly-themed dive bar in London
PlanPhilly
Community

A new Philly-themed bar is drawing crowds in London

The bar is the brainchild of JP Teti, a Trenton native with deep roots in Philly, where his grandparents grew up and relatives still live.

7 years ago

Listen 4:03
Chris Bolden-Newsome puts new seedlings into a row. (Alan Yu/WHYY)
The Pulse
Science

Indigenous traditions get science backing

Scientists are learning from farmers and traditional healers — and documenting what powers their success.

7 years ago

Listen 8:22
Morels growing near a dying elm tree in southeastern Ohio. (Andrea Moore)
NPR
Lifestyle

On the hunt for the elusive morel mushroom

Even now, 10 years later, park ranger Andrea Moore remembers the familiar smell in the air that told her it was going to be a good hunt.

7 years ago

A customer adds mustard to corn dogs at Fox and Son at Reading Terminal Market. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Science

Lots of thought for food at ’18 Philly Science Festival

Philadelphia Science Festival brings new perspective to Reading Terminal Market treats.

7 years ago

Night Market Philadelphia,
PlanPhilly
Community

A primer for Philadelphia’s pop-up season

After the sexy newness of a pop-up leaves town, can neighborhoods sustain the benefits for local businesses?

7 years ago

Hilda Herrera of New York state is one of 40,000 people who rely on the SNAP program for help buying groceries. (Seth Wenig/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Republican farm bill calls on many SNAP recipients to work or go to school

Democrats are vowing to fight the draft bill.

7 years ago

President Trump 
(Win McNamee/AP)
Politics & Policy

Drug testing plan considered for some food stamp recipients

The Trump administration is considering a plan that would allow states to require certain food stamp recipients to undergo drug testing.

7 years ago

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