method
Jan. 5, 2016 8:00 am
This startup delivers surplus restaurant food to homeless shelters
The Food Connect Group delivers unused food from restaurants and caterers to shelters. First, they had to learn to wrestle with food donor liability.
method
Dec. 7, 2015 12:47 pm
4 urban service models that could affect social change in the near future
Johns Hopkins' Social Innovation Lab's Darius Graham took the stage at Rise in Philadelphia to talk about how four programs in Baltimore are driving innovation in food access, community health, education and government.
purpose
Dec. 2, 2015 11:44 pm
Here’s why Vetri Foundation for Children is now Vetri Community Partnership
It had nothing to do Urban Outfitters acquiring the Vetri Family Restaurants, but a lot to do with branding.
purpose
Nov. 6, 2015 2:49 pm
What’s a purchasing cooperative, and how could it increase local food access?
When businesses are run by the people served by them, the local economy is strengthened. At least, that’s the mentality behind cooperatives, or co-ops, businesses owned collectively by its customers, employees or both. Philadelphia has several cooperative grocery stores, including two Weavers Way Co-op stores, Mariposa Food Co-op, Creekside Co-op and Swarthmore Co-op. These five stores make up a cohort that […]
purpose
Aug. 18, 2015 2:26 pm
Philly, here’s four stats about emergency food providers that need our attention.
In Philadelphia one in four people faces food insecurity. With over 700 food pantries, soup kitchens, and other providers, addressing this issue is vital to the city. Every other year, The Coalition Against Hunger conducts a survey of Emergency Food Providers. The Coalition’s Emergency Food Provider Survey is aimed at identifying the issues these programs […]
people
Aug. 10, 2015 3:12 pm
The best GM for Weavers Way Food Co-op was right here in Philly
The Board of Directors of Weavers Way, the cooperative grocery with locations in Mt. Airy and Chestnut Hill, has appointed Jon Roesser as General Manager. Roesser had previously served as Weavers Way’s Human Resources Director, a position he held since October 2008. He had served as interim general manager since the departure of former general […]
purpose
Jul. 28, 2015 10:15 am
‘Grow Food Where You Live’ teaches urban farming and social skills to men
In the Chinatown North neighborhood, Philadelphia artist Meei Ling Ng has spent months working with participants in a program at the homeless shelter Sunday Breakfast Rescue Mission. In the Grow Food Where You Live initiative, which began this past February as part of Asian Arts Initiative’s Social Practice Lab, Ng has taught the men who […]
purpose
Jul. 9, 2015 3:01 pm
Youth activists are looking to build a greenhouse in Norris Square Neighborhood Project
Norris Square Neighborhood Project is looking to build a greenhouse that would increase fresh food access for community members and help youth learn about organic farming, seed germination and saving, and other concepts associated with urban gardening, nutrition, and sustainability. Since the early 1970s, Norris Square Neighborhood Project has helped neighborhood youth become community environmental […]
purpose
Jun. 24, 2015 2:15 pm
1000+ Organizations Will Give Away Free Summer Meals to Kids
At a press conference held on June 23, at the Aquinas Center in South Philadelphia, Mayor Nutter announced the start of a yearly cross-sector initiative to provide free meals to kids through the summer months at locations around the city. Free meals are now available during set times at over 1,000 sites located at recreation […]
purpose
May 27, 2015 12:00 pm
Discuss the Intersection of Food Justice and the Environment on May 28
On Thursday, May 28, The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education and Weavers Way Co-op are co-hosting “Food for Thought: Connecting with the Land of Philadelphia,” an event that will explore the intersection of environmental issues and food justice at the forest pavilion of the Schuylkill Center. Participants will hear from a panel discussion focused on […]