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NOVEMBER 2012 / ISSUE 43 GRIDPHILLY.COM SUSTAINABLE PHILADELPHIA take one! WHY PHILLY’S TOP CHEFS ARE BUYING THE FARM HOW TO… Green Your Condo Pickle Your Cranberries Detox Your Dishwasher plus TOWN COUNTRY Jose Garces’

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This month’s cover features Philadelphia restaurateur Jose Garces and the growing trend among chefs to not just cook, but to farm too.

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Page 1: Grid Magazine November 2012 [#043]

november 2012 issue 43 gridphillycom

S u S ta i n a b l e p h i l a d e l p h i a

t a k e o n e

why phillyrsquoS top chefS are buying the farm

how tohellip

Green Your CondoPickle Your CranberriesDetox Your Dishwasher

plus

towncountry

Jose Garcesrsquo

LOCALLY GROWN AND SUSTAINABLE PRODUCE MEAT DAIRY PET HEALTH AND BEAUTY PRODUCTS

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New Extended Hours Starting November 3rdM-F 8ammdash9pm Sat-Sun 9ammdash9pm

Enjoy the fall harvest with

Mariposa Food Co-op

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What if leftovers were never really left overWe recycle food Now thatrsquos a fresh idea

Find out howwmcom609 868 6392

4 g r i d p h i l lyco m n ov e m b e r 2 0 12 cov e r p h oto by n ea l sa n tos p o rt r a i t by g e n e s m i r n ov

for me one of the most fun parts of work is preparing for and executing Grid Alive Itrsquos a talk show that has live music local beer and cheese and most importantly fascinating guests from the pages of Grid I co-host the event with Nic Esposito an urban farmer and founder of Head and the Hand an innovative book publishing company Even though wersquove done five shows nowmdashtwo of which we have as podcasts avail-able on gridphillycommdashI still get the jitters every time we take the stage

Why give myself bi-monthly bouts of stage fright Because I think that therersquos nothing quite like hearing inspirational people tell their own stories in their own voice all unedited Obvious-ly Irsquom a big believer in print and the power of social media is undeniable but nothing replaces face-to-face meetings and interactions

Recently in preparation for a Grid Alive I had Scott Kelly and Jenn Rezeli the couple be-hind ReVision Architecture visit our office for a pre-interview ldquoIn our house Scott is known as lsquoThe Breezemasterrsquordquo Jenn told me with a hint of marital impatience because of his closemdashper-haps compulsivemdashmonitoring of the outdoor temperature When it gets to be 74 degrees out-side Jenn can expect a text from Scott alerting her to close all the windows of their house which has no air conditioning I was impressed but I wondered Could The Breezemaster help me

I opened the window of my office revealing a symphony of city living horns sirens and a seemingly ever-present jackhammer Irsquod like to open my window during the day I explained to The Breezemaster but when I do itrsquos too noisy to conduct business What should I do

Without missing a beat he asked ldquoDo you put fans in the windows and leave them open overnight when you arenrsquot thererdquo No we didnrsquot I answered somewhat shocked at how quickly he offered a solution and in retrospect how obvious his idea was This simple trick has al-ready saved us countless hours of running the air conditioning

So now thanks to a conversation with Scott and Jenn Irsquom a little bit smarter and my office is a lot more efficient

If you live in a condo there is a great oppor-tunity this month for you to have conversations about how to make your building more efficient The Green Condo and Co-op Initiative (story on p 14) is having a Condo Congress on October 23 at The Academy of Natural Sciences and will arm you with the information you need to foster change From our story yoursquoll learn that the key to making these changes happen is identifying like-minded residents talking with them and then stating your case to your fellow-owners and the condo committee Once you start talking to your neighbors you never know what windows will open

alex j mulcahy Publisheralexgridphillycom

Shooting the Breezewhy talking to your neighbors fosters sustainability

publisherAlex Mulcahy

2156259850 ext 102 alexgridphillycom

managing editorLiz Pacheco

lizgridphillycom

art directorJamie Leary

jamiegridphillycom

designerDanni Sinisi

dannigridphillycom

distributionJesse Kerns

2156259850 ext 100 jessegridphillycom

marketingMorgan Berman

morgangridphillycom

copy editorAndrew Bonazelli

writersBernard Brown

Tenaya Darlington Kristen Dowd

Michael Holahan Marisa McClellan

Leah Troiano Samantha Wittchen

photographers Neal Santos

Gene Smirnov Emily Wren Albert Yee

illustratorsAndy Hood

Melissa McFeeters

ad salesAlex Mulcahy

2156259850 ext 102 alexgridphillycom

published byRed Flag Media

1032 Arch Street 3rd Floor Philadelphia PA 19107

2156259850

g r i d p h i l ly c o m

HOSTED BY

Nic Esposito Urban Farmer and Novelist

Alex MulcahyGrid Publisher

DRINKS PROVIDED BY CO-SPONSORED BYSUSTAINABLE

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YOUrsquoVE READ THE MAGAZINE NOW SEE THE SHOW

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600 pmSHOW STARTS

AT 700 PM

TICKETS

$500To order visit our

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Guests to be announced

Available this holiday season

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NOW AVAILABLE ON ITUNES

Grid Alive is now a podcast Listen to our last two shows the latest featuringbull Liz Robinson Executive Director for the

Energy Coordinating Agencybull Amy Laura Cahn Attorney with the Public

Interest Law Center of Philadelphiabull Scott Kelly amp Jenn Rezeli Founders of

ReVision Architecture

Plus music by Heather Shayne Blakeslee amp Sweetbriar Rose

Available to listen and download at gridphillycompodcast

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Fossil Fools

Bill McKibben crunches the numbers and names an enemy by liz pacheco

When bill mckibben published The End of Nature in 1989 it was the first book aimed at educating the general public on climate change Since then McKibben has given lectures written books

penned articles and led countless campaigns to raise awareness and inspire action on climate changemdashthis includes a five-day walk he led in 2007 across Vermont In November McKibben will take his message on the road with 350org his international grassroots climate campaign The ldquoDo the Mathrdquo tourmdasha name taken from the frightening warming calculations McKibben presents in the August 2 2012 Rolling Stonemdashwill be making 20 stops in 20 days in an effort to jumpstart the climate movement We caught up with McKibben to discuss the tour and itrsquos goals

U P CO M I N G E V E N T

Green livinG

What can we expect from the tour Itrsquos not going to be a typical stand-at-a-mike-and-give-a-lecture Wersquore calling it a roadshowmdashwe want to drive home the math of our predicament and then we want to get people organized to go after the fossil fuel industry If it works there will be campaigns springing up everywhere in its wake

Whatrsquos the significance of the tour kicking off the night after the presidential election Because no matter who wins the people have to take the lead heremdashno waiting for Barack to save us this time And because in the end the fossil fuel companies matter more than the politicians

20 cities in 20 days is fairly ambitious why the short timelineWersquore trying to start a lot of brushfires and see if we can get them really blazing fast

Are you taking on any volunteers or local artistsbands Yesmdashthere will be music every night sometimes from national acts and sometimes local heroes Environmentalists have spent so much time with bar graphs that theyrsquove sometimes forgotten there are other ways to reach folks

Learn more at math350org

nov17

Do the Math Sat Nov 17 6 pm $10 First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia 2125 Chestnut St

Tickets available at math350org

EXPAnDInG THE MARKETArea grocers are on the moveCrEEKSIDE CO-OP In November the long-awaited Creekside Co-op will open Customers can expect a bulk foods section indoor and outdoor seating for enjoying prepared items and local products from within a 100-mile radius

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KIMBErTON WhOlE FOODS ndash DOWNINGTON In September Kimberton Whole Foods in Downington celebrated their Grand Re-Open-ing The natural foods grocery store moved a few doors down into a building that better reflects the companyrsquos vision with eco-friendly elements like LED lighting and solar tubes that maximize natural light

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SOUTh PhIlly FOOD CO-OP September was a big month for the South Philly Food Co-op The Reinvestment Fund awarded the nonprofit a $25000 Food Access Grant and their annual garden tour raised more than $35000 Ten new members have joined bringing total membership to 305 Once 400 member-owners have enrolled the Co-op will start working to secure a loan for a storefront

144 moore St southphillyfoodcooporg

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1 When the inside of your home feels like a cozy retreat

2 Making your homersquos heating and cooling system work better than ever

me feels like a cozy retreat

g and coolinger

HVAC upgrade noun (āch vak upgrād)

Schedule your Comprehensive Home Energy Assessment today Its your first step towards saving money saving energy and living more comfortably Get started now for just $150

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EnergyWorks is a program of the Metropolitan Caucus of Bucks Chester Delaware Montgomery and Philadelphia counties and is supported by a grant from the US Department of Energy

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Fair Food

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fact Last year 39 million vinyl records were sold in the US

the highest amount since 1991

problem With vinyl records making a resurgence you might be thinking twice about toss-

ing those old 45s But if you do trash them the landfill is not the best place Most old-school vinyl records are made with Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) When buried PVC can leak dioxin a toxic chemical that can contaminate groundwater Since dioxins are fat-soluble they concentrate in human tissue Addi-tionally chlorine production for new vinyl manufacturing releases more than 200000 pounds of mercury into our air water and soil each year Recycling vinyl bypasses that chlorine use

solutionFirst take your unwanted records to local record stores If they have any

value you may walk away with a few dol-lars If not recycling is a challenge since the options are limited Philadelphia-based Vinylux (vinyluxnet) has been recycling re-cords into bowls coasters and clocks (among other things) for 10 years and is committed to working in Philadelphia Vinylux accept donations of clean (no mold please) size 33 or 45 records Arrange for drop-off by con-tacting them at recordsvinyluxnet Here in Philadelphia eForce Compliance (3114 Grayrsquos Ferry Ave eforcecompliancecom) accepts vinyl records And another option although not in Philadelphia is Recy-cling Services Inc in Pottstown (365 Elm St Pottstown recyclingservicesorg) They accept records but it costs $8 per car to enter the facil-ity However they also accept other miscellaneous re-cyclables such as Tyvek envelopes candles and bat-teries making a trip there potentially more worthwhile

by samantha wittchen

Vinyl RecoRds

8 g r i d p h i l lyco m n ov e m b e r 2 0 12

Green livinG

I lovE my dishwasher With two small kids a husband a dog and many visitors

Irsquom all about having an automated helper in the kitchen It does such a great job that I became suspicious of the detergent I was using

It turns out that the main ingredient in my detergent was concentrated chlorine Digging a little further I found that according to the US Environmental Protection Agency automatic dishwashing detergents can cause skin irrita-tions or even burns and are poisonous if swal-lowed Chlorine wasnrsquot the only harsh chemical found Here are two others of concern

Phosphates act as a water softener to boost a detergentrsquos efficiency But once theyrsquove finished washing our dishes they can harm our ecosys-tems When phosphates leave the washer they can pollute local streams and lakes and cause an excess growth of algae a process known as eutrophication The overgrowth of algae or other aquatic vegetation can clog waterways depleting the waterrsquos oxygen content and killing plants and other organisms Artificial perfumes (phthalates) which are of-

ten used to scent dishwashing detergents are considered hormone-disruptors and are linked to reduced sperm count in men among other issues reports the Environmental Working Group

For an easy at-home way to green your dish-washer try this recipe

leah r troiano a certified cancer support educator works with people who have cancer or would like to prevent cancer Lowering toxicity is just one of many ways to get your body in cancer-fighting shape Videos on how to make the products featured in this column can also be found at Leahrsquos website in the ldquoVideordquo section For more information visit cancerhealthandwellnesscom or e-mail leahcancerhealthandWellnesscom

Dishwasher (and planet) safe recipes by leah r troiano

DIsHInG DETERGEnT

directions

You will need

rarr Add the castile soap water and lemon juice to the jar Close lid tightly and shake gently

rarr Use about 1 tablespoon for each load of dishes and fill the second compartment with white vinegar If your water is hard you can also add white vinegar to the rinse aid compartment as well

1 cup Super Washing

Powder

frac14 cup baking soda

1 cup Borax

cup citric acid (found in

health foods store or online)

frac14 cup salt

20 drops essential oil (optional)

You will need

rarr Mix all ingredients very well Store in a container with a lid Add 1 tablespoon of the mixture to the soap com-partment and dump a half tablespoon onto the door

directions

With this product and all other cleaners keep out of reach of children and pets

Powder

liQuid

1 8-oz bottle castile soap

(peppermint is wonderful)

1 cup water

1 glass jar with lid

(quart size)

2 Tbsp lemon juice

PlUS White distilled

vinegar

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community

Can-Do Condoshow to collectively green a multi-family home by kristen dowd

Being eco-friendly as a condo or co-op resident is possible to achieve on your ownmdashbut only to a point You can make energy-effi-cient lighting decisions use heating and cooling sparingly and recycle

but what about the light bulbs in the hallways and lobbies or insulating the roof Addressing the management of common areas is key

Thatrsquos where being eco-friendly can get a little trickier Itrsquos the fiduciary responsibility of board members and managers to maintain the build-ings in value comfort and appearance So deci-sions at condos and co-ops need to involve these parties and be made along with owners But to make any greening improvement explains Joan Batory chair of the Green CondoCo-op Initiative (GCCI) the single most important step that must be taken is to make a committee

The GCCI grew out of such a green commit-tee ldquoWe started it with three people [in 2008]rdquo says Sis Eisman a resident at The Philadelphian in Fairmount Once created the group quickly grew

One of the committeersquos first initiatives was changing incandescent light bulbs for CFLs The committee also drafted (and distributed) rules for recycling within the building Next they in-stituted recycling programs for cell phones ink cartridges and electronic waste

In 2009 the group held a Green Home Show at the Philadelphianmdasha day of exhibits and edu-cational programming focused on green build-ing for condo and co-op owners managers and others Soon area buildings approached The Philadelphian looking to make the same green improvements and thus the GCCI was born

For a green committee to be influential it

needs to educate residents on the payback as-sociated with expenditures Batory talks about a $23 million project at The Philadelphian to improve the buildingrsquos envelope and energy ef-ficiency ldquoThere were several sessions with our owners here where [GCCI] and some of the pro-ponents of the project were trying to explain to the owners the value of spending money up front to achieve longer-term savingsrdquo she says ldquoIt was a very very intense series of debates and some-times argumentsrdquo The discussions eventually lead to two years of construction during which significant improvements were made including the replacement of 2000 windows and 8000 individual heating and cooling units Despite the initial challenges says Batory ldquowe are now experiencing hundreds of thousands of dollars in savingsrdquo

In addition to education the GCCI also does advocacy work Condos and co-ops can inad-vertently slip through the legislative cracks as theyrsquore neither commercial buildings nor tradi-tional residential While programs like Energy-Works do apply to these multi-family buildings other green improvements can be more difficult to initiate

The GCCI wants to change that ldquoWersquore doing our best to open our doors and make it easy for themmdashlegislators and plannersmdashto deal with

ocT23

Inaugural Philadelphia Condo Congress Live in or manage a condo or co-op Be sure to attend the inaugural

Philadelphia Condo Congress The event will feature hands-on workshops speakers exhibi-tor information booths and networking ses-sions all aimed at showing the economic and environmental benefits of adopting sustainable practices GCCI is hosting the event in collabora-tion with the Community Associations Institute and the Greater Philadelphia Condo Managers Association

Leonard Bonacci director of event opera-tions for the Philadelphia Eagles is the keynote speaker Known for his entertaining presen-tations Bonacci will talk about the teamrsquos journey to becoming the greenest professional sports stadium in the country

Another important part of the Congress will be four breakout sessions discussing the vari-ous legal economic requirements and challeng-es to making green improvements and success stories from Philadelphiarsquos condo associations

rarr Tues Oct 23 230-730 pm free The Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy For more details visit philagcciorg or call the Community Associations Institute at 877-608-9777

condosrdquo says Batory who has been in commu-nication with the Cityrsquos Office of Sustainability ldquoThis is right along with the cityrsquos goal So why canrsquot we have a group of condo and co-op build-ings that are the greenest in Americardquo

To learn more about the Philadelphia Green CondoCo-op Initiative visit philagcciorg P

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food

Sweet TartsThree ways to enjoy delicious cranberries story and photos by marisa mcclellan

I was seven years old when I first cooked with fresh cranberries My mom had gone to a library sale and brought home a pair of books

called Cranberry Thanksgiving and Cranberry Christ-mas While I wasnrsquot particularly interested in the sto-ries inside the books I was intrigued by the recipes printed on the back

After much begging my parents relented and helped me bake a loaf of cranberry bread I loved the way the tart berries popped in the tender slightly sweet bread Since then cranberries have had a firm place in my top 10 favorite ingredients and Irsquom de-termined to show that theyrsquore good for a whole lot more than jelly and juice

Irsquom always looking for ways to use fresh cran-berries I stir them into baked goods add them to braises scatter them over roasting vegetables and even pickle them for cheese platters and cocktails They give a fatty braised pork butt a tangy fruity counterpoint The combination of roasted butternut squash and cranberries makes for a sweettart side dish And the combination of berries sugar vinegar and spices is wonderfully electric on the tongue

braised Pork butt with Cranberries and Leeks

Preheat oven to 350deg F Remove pork butt from fridge and let it come to room tempera-ture Pat away any moisture with paper tow-els and salt both sides of the meat generously Prepare the leeks by cutting off the green

tops and the root ends Slice them in half lengthwise and wash off any gritty soil Chop the leeks into narrow half moons (three leeks should yield approximately 3 cups) Place a four-quart or larger Dutch oven

over medium heat Add 2 tablespoons of olive oil Then add the leeks and 12 teaspoon salt cooking until they begin to soften and brown Using a spatula scrape the leeks to the side of the pan Turn the heat to

high Pat any remaining moisture from the meat and place it in the pan Cook for 3 to 4 minutes until that side has browned Flip the meat and repeat until it is uniformly seared (take care to tend to the leeks so they donrsquot burn) Arrange the leeks on top of the pork Add cranberries and stock Place a

tight-fitting lid on the pot and place it in the preheated oven Let the pork cook for 3 to 4 hours until itrsquos meltingly tender Shred the meat

and serve with mashed squash or sweet potatoes and braised kale

INGREDIENTS

2 pounds pork butt3 large leeks2 tbsp olive oil 1 cups cranberries2 cups chicken stock Salt and pepper

n ov e m b e r 2 0 12 g r i d p h i l lyco m 1 3

oven roasted butternut Squash and Cranberries

2 small butternut squashes (about 3 pounds)2 cups cranberries2 tbsp olive or coconut oil1 tsp of salt2 tbsp butter

Preheat oven to 350deg F Line a rimmed bak-ing sheet with parchment paper Set aside Wash butternut squash and cut it into

quarters Scrape out the seeds Arrange squash on a baking sheet and sprinkle cranberries over the squash quarters Drizzle oil over the berries and squash and using your hands rub it in so itrsquos well distributed Season with salt and place on your ovenrsquos top rack

Pickled Cranberries

Makes 3 pints2 12-ounce bags of cranberries3 cups apple cider vinegar3 cups granulated white sugar2 cinnamon sticks1 tsp allspice berries

tsp whole cloves tsp black peppercorns tsp juniper berries

Prepare a boiling water bath and three pint jars Place lids in a small saucepan of water and bring to a gentle simmer Wash cranberries and pick out any stems

or bad berries Combine vinegar and sugar in a medium

saucepan to create the brine Bring to a boil Add cinnamon sticks to the brine Place allspice berries whole cloves black

peppercorns and juniper berries in a spice bag or tie them up in cheesecloth Add them to the brine Once the brine is boiling vigorously add

the cranberries Stir to combine and cook for 5 to 7 minutes until the cranberries begin to pop and the brine has returned to a rolling boil Remove pot from heat and pull out the

spice bag and cinnamon sticks Break cinna-mon sticks in half and set aside Using a slotted spoon ladle cranberries

into prepared jars Cover berries with brine leaving 12 inch headspace Place a cinnamon stick segment into each jar Wipe jar rims apply lids and rings and

process in a boiling water bath canner for 10 minutes Remove jars from canner and place them

on a folded kitchen towel to cool When jars are cool enough to handle remove rings and check seals Any unsealed jars should be kept in the refrigerator Let jars sit for at least 24 hours before eat-

ing to allow the flavors to settle

Save any leftover brine Itrsquos essentially a fruit shrub and is delicious mixed with sparkling water

For more canning tips visit foodinjarscom

Roast for 35 to 40 minutes until the squash is fork tender and the cranberries juicy and shrunken Using a spoon scrape the butternut flesh out of its peel Combine roasted cranber-ries and tender squash in a large bowl Add butter Using a fork stir everything into a chunky mash Salt to taste

14 g r i d p h i l lyco m n ov e m b e r 2 0 12

food

Blue de Ewecheese of The monTh

ON-SITE CHEESE MAKINGGridrsquos illustrious neighbor the reading Terminal market has some exciting new occupants The new Jersey-based Valley shepherd creamery due to open in november will truck in milk three times a week allowing customers to witness their cheese-making process firsthand

Already open are the Tubby olive which sells olive oils and vinegars on tap and the head nut a coffee roaster from the main line that also offers bulk goods including dry beans nuts and candy so bring your refillable containers

For more information visit readingterminalmarketorg

Reading Terminal

Fair Food offering local bird options for this yearrsquos Thanksgiving table

Turkey time is almost here Once again Fair Food has plenty of local sustainable (and delicious) options for celebrating your holiday Choose from naturally-raised and Heirloom Bronze turkeys from Kochrsquos Turkey Farm (Tamaqua Pa) certified organic birds from Lancaster Farm Fresh (Leola Pa) and Heritage Breed Red Bourbons from Griggstown Quail Farm (Princeton NJ) If you fancy other birds Griggstown also offers capon quail goose and pheasant

These fresh (never frozen) fowl all are hormone- and antibiotic-free and raised with access to pasture Prices range from $310 to $840 per pound Pre-ordering is required and can be done through the Fair Food website (fairfoodphillyorg) The ordering deadline is Monday Nov 12 at 12 pm Turkeys will be available for pick up on November 21 and 22 the Tuesday and Wednesday before the holiday

TAlKInG TuRKEy

Itrsquos rare to find a raw sheeprsquos milk blue outside the Roquefort Caves in France But Pennsylvania can now make this claim thanks to two Amish farmers shepherd Emanuel Beiler and cheesemaker Amos Miller Beiler

who raises sheep in Lancaster County wanted to add value to his milk Miller who makes a variety of artisan cheeses at his Leola dairymdashMisty Creekmdash

likes to experiment This summer they re-leased their collaborative endeavor under the Shepherdrsquos Hollow Farm label which is dis-tributed by Farm Fromagemdashan intermediary for Amish dairy

When I tasted the first batch of Blue de Ewe available for market I was impressed Like a good Roquefort itrsquos peppery and unctuous Set a wedge on your cheese board and it be-gins to bead fat On the front end the taste is sweetly nutty like graham flourmdashit even has a slightly granular texture On the finish itrsquos earthy and spicy Since Blue de Ewe has a natural rind rather than a foil-wrapped exte-rior (like Roquefort) itrsquos drier than the French import with a texture similar to Stilton

I look forward to seeing how these unique wheels evolve over time Until winter Irsquoll be gorging on Blue de Ewe along with plum jam walnuts and plenty of malty stout mdashTenaya Darlington madamefromageblogcom

Blue de Ewe is available at Green Aisle Grocery and the Lansdowne and Upper Merion farmers markets Contact Shepherdrsquos Hollow Farm co Farm Fromage Lancaster 717-314-1373 farmfromagecom

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three philadelphia restaurateurs try their

hands at farmingstory by liz pacheco photos by neal santos

LUNA FARM

amp

Jose Garces and farmer Alex McCracken at Luna Farm

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hef jose garces is in his outdoor kitchen making sal-morejomdasha cold Spanish soup similar to gazpacho He adds bright yellow tomatoes to the food processor along with gar-lic vinegar and baguette pieces ldquoA few years agordquo he says

ldquoI wouldrsquove made this with tomatoes from Mexicordquo This afternoon the tomatoes are from a very local sourcemdashGarcesrsquo backyard which doubles as a farm para This is the first full season for the 40-acre Luna Farm in Ottsville which is named in honor of the Garces family dog as well as the brilliant nightscapes the property offers The nearly 100 varieties of herbs and vegetables are organically grown for the Garces company res-taurantsmdashmost specifically Philadelphiarsquos JG Domestic which focuses on using local ingredients para But Garces isnrsquot the only or first Philadelphia chef to delve into farming Mitch Prensky owner and chef of Supper is in his third year working with Blue Elephant Farm in Newtown Square which grows solely for his restaurant and catering company Last Febru-ary Andrea Rossi began cultivating in Orwigsburg on his farm Grateful Acres This spring Rossi launched a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program through his restaurant C19 para For these three chefs the farms are creative challengesmdashthey require money planning and of course physical labor At their restaurants these chefs are no longer just cooking theyrsquore developing innovative models for combining the farm and the table

jose gARces garces group

For Garces the decision to start a farm happened al-most by accident While looking for a family home out-side the city he discovered that many properties included farmland ldquoWe just started thinking lsquoWow it would be great if we could ship in our own stuffrsquordquo says Garces In 2010 he purchased the property and by summer 2011 he was working with Alex McCracken to develop the land

While McCracken had never farmed on this scale before he has extensive experience gardening He and his wife live on a nearby 16-acre property and own the Turnip Truck a business that designs installs and main-tains organic gardens for homeowners When McCracken heard that Garces was looking for a farmer he sent in

his reacutesumeacute That plus a recommendation from another local grower landed him the position In this first year McCracken and Garces are experimentingmdashlooking to see what flourishes both at the farm and in the restaurants

ldquoNext year the plan is to reduce the wide variety of crops that we grow to the things that are doing the best hererdquo says McCracken ldquoThe things that the restaurants use the most of like peppersmdashwersquoll always grow peppers here Theyrsquore easy to grow All of Josersquos restaurants use a lot of themrdquo

In addition to vegetables the organic farm is grow-ing mushrooms and raising chickens and bees Garces is also considering goats either for meat or milk The farmrsquos tractor runs on biodiesel fuel from the restaurantsrsquo fryer oil which is picked up and processed by Bucks County

2 0 g r i d p h i l lyco m N OV E M b E r 2 0 12

Freedom Fuel And therersquos talk of adding solar panels to the movable chicken coop to provide energy for the green-house and the barn This winter the greenhouse will be supplemented by hoop houses which in August already had tomatoes peppers and eggplant

ldquoIrsquom growing things here Irsquove never grown beforerdquo says McCracken referring to some of the more unusual varieties of tomatoes and greens ldquoIrsquom growing things some of the chefs have never seen before Everybodyrsquos expanding their horizons and learning a lot from the processrdquo

The chefs from Garcesrsquo seven Philadelphia restaurants and the three in Atlantic City have all visited Luna ldquoThey didnrsquot realize the scale wersquore growing on or the quality that was going to be coming out hererdquo says Garces The restau-rants receive produce Tuesday and Thursday nights some of which easily work on the menu and some that require more creativity ldquoWersquore treating them like CSAs basicallyrdquo explains Garces ldquoInitially [the chefs] were placing orders and I interceded and said no you guys are getting every-thingrdquo Some menus pose greater challenges since theyrsquore concept-based but the hope is that in future seasons the farm will cater to those needs The JG Domestic restaurant

benefits most directly from the farm offering dishes with ldquoLuna Farm Eggrdquo ldquoLuna Farm Herb Pestordquo and ldquoLuna Farm Tomatillosrdquo

But for Garces the motivation to start Luna Farm comes from his passion for food not marketing potential ldquoI think as long as [the farm] remains true to that itrsquoll keep goingrdquo But hersquos also admits that therersquos significant financial risk as well ldquoItrsquos a pretty costly endeavor for sure Wersquore still trying to make sure it all balances outrdquo

Mitch pReNsky supper

mitch prensky has been working with Blue Elephant Farm since 2010 but his commitment to local fresh food is decades old ldquoIrsquove been cooking this way for 26 yearsrdquo he says citing previous trips to the Union Square Green-market in New York City to visit farm stands In 2007 he opened Supper which he describes as ldquoseasonal farm-di-rect American cuisinerdquo Yet it wasnrsquot until three years ago that Prensky learned of the term ldquofarm to tablerdquo

ldquoSomebody said to me lsquoOh yoursquore a farm-to-table res-

Jose Garces prepares a salmorejo in his outdoor kitchen at Luna Farm The cold Spanish soup is similar to a gazpacho itrsquos made from tomatoes and garnished with strawberries eggs and olives Garcesrsquo children Olivia and Andres watch their father in the kitchen and lend a hand in adding the ingredients to the blender

The salmorejo is from Garcesrsquo newest cookbook The Latin Road Home available October 8 from Lake Isle Press For the full recipe visit gridphillycom

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taurantrsquordquo recalls Prensky ldquoItrsquos the first time Irsquove ever heard that expression So if yoursquore going to call me something at least I should know what it isrdquo Eventually Prensky con-nected with the owners of Blue Elephant Farm a privately owned 75-acre property in Newton Square At the time the owners were growing for themselves and family members Prensky started working with the estate manager Mary Butler a horticulturist to grow vegetables for Supper

ldquo[The] first season I pulled every vegetable out of the ground myselfrdquo says Prensky who works alongside Butler ldquoThere is a lot of sweat and toil involved and not a lot of [financial] returnrdquo Today the farm provides 100 percent of the produce at Supper and at the Global DishmdashPrenskyrsquos catering company Blue Elephant raises chickens sheep goats llamas horses and donkeys and there are plans to have a grass-fed beef program next year A local beekeeper has hives on the property Their greenhouse grows greens lettuces and herbs year-round and thanks to cold storage diners will see plenty of root vegetables on the winter menu This fall Prensky and Blue Elephant even canned their first line of products and preserves to be sold at Supper

With any farm there are no guarantees Prensky talks about the season when a blight kept tomatoes off the menu for a while and the creativity needed to handle an abun-dance of okra one week but none the next ldquoYou start pick-ling and preserving and then you make dishes out of itrdquo he says ldquoThatrsquos another challenge but thatrsquos a fun challenge here of writing dishes on the menurdquo

Deliveries from the farm come to Supper three times a week and Prensky makes an effort to be out in the fields at least once a week as well ldquoI always say Irsquom the luckiest chef in the worldrdquo he says explaining that having a dedicated farm for his restaurant has been a career goal ldquo[I thought] it would be great if someone could grow this stuff for us and I would know exactly what that property is doing and how theyrsquore handling the vegetables and what goes into this And thatrsquos what Irsquove been fortunate to be blessed with here with Blue Elephantrdquo

ANdReA Rossi c19

two years ago C19 (then Cichetteria 19) was already sourcing locally from Green Meadow Farm ldquoI wasnrsquot even searching for a farmer at the timerdquo admits Andrea Rossi chef and owner at C19 Then he met Alex Archambault who was delivering for Red Earth Farm to the Metropolitan Bakery across the street from the restaurant ldquoHe brought

me some tomatoes some potatoes he was growing on his own some heirloom tomatoesrdquo says Rossi ldquoThey were amazingrdquo

So Rossi expressed interest in finding space to start his own farm and Archambault mentioned there were a few acres adjacent to his backyard in Orwigsburg In 2011 Rossi officially hired Archambault to be the farmer This summer C19 offered a CSA for the farm and had four res-taurants and six individuals participate ldquoWe just wanted to start very small because the first year therersquos a lot of difficultiesrdquo says Rossi The season has so far been suc-cessful and produce from Grateful Acres can be found on the restaurant menu as well as at the Rittenhouse Farmers Market each Saturday

The decision to start a farm springs from Rossirsquos desire to provide the best quality food locally ldquoWe are what we eatrdquo he says explaining that he wants to both support the local economy and make sure people are eating nutrient-rich produce His dedication to this mission has been rec-ognized locally In November 2011 the restaurant received a ldquoSnail of Approvalrdquo from Slow Food Philadelphiamdasha distinction given to eateries that contribute to the quality authenticity and sustainability of the food supply in the area Rossi is already considering expansion He wants to lease a few more acres next season and is talking with an-other restaurant about potentially buying an organic farm in New Jersey Restaurateurs owning farms is an emerging trend but for Rossi his works stems from familial tradi-tion ldquoThe idea comes from my motherrdquo he says ldquoitrsquos how we grew uprdquo

Supper is located at 926 South St 215-592-8180 supperphillycom

C19 is located at 267 S 19th St 215-545-0441 c19pwhillycom

JG Domestic is located at 2929 Arch St 215-222-2363 jgdomesticcom

For a full list of Garcesrsquo restaurants visit garcesgroupcom

BLUe eLephANt FARM

gRAteFUL AcRes

Top left Mitch Prensky owner and chef at Supper with a recent harvest from Blue Elephant Farm

Bottom right Andrea Rossi owner and chef at C19 sells produce from Grateful Acres with farmer Alex Archambault at the Saturday Rittenhouse farmers market

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What amazed me most about the honey locust trees at Awbury Arbo-retum were the thorns I had imag-

ined something like rose thornsmdashsharp but proportionalmdashnot four-inch-long spikes jutting out from branches and erupting from trunks in grotesque savage clusters Surely this was over-kill The trees could fend off deer with much less

Honey locust trees can be found throughout the city but these are tame trees They have an elegant spreading canopy with small leaves that screen the sun rather than block it completely What they donrsquot have is thorns The smooth ver-sions are ldquoa genetic sport [mutation] that showed up and people liked themrdquo explains Dennis Lu-cey Awbury Arboretumrsquos landscape manager

The honey locust remains prepared to fend off long- extinct creatures by bernard brown

by bernard brownurban naturalist

foot-long seed pods as wellmdashthink string beans for giant ground sloths who would subsequently disperse their seeds Twelve thousand years ago might sound like a long time for a human but itrsquos only 60 generations or so for the trees

Honey locusts arenrsquot the only trees around us likely shaped by extinct giants Next time yoursquore passing the Bala Golf Club on Belmont Avenue look at the Osage orange trees along the fence Thorny with round green softball-sized fruit the trees donrsquot appeal to our extant native crit-ters implying extinct animals once dispersed the seeds

Of course long-lived trees tell other stories wersquove forgotten Lucey referenced some old locust trees at Awbury planted in what appears to be an arbitrary line Back in the late 1800s the line was planted to screen a small slum McNabb Town from view McNabb Town was razed more than a hundred years ago but the trees remain

bernard brown is an amateur field herper bureaucrat and founder of the PBampJ Campaign (pbjcampaignorg) a movement focused on the benefits of eating lower on the food chain

Pointing to the Past

We choose nice gentle trees for our landscaping nothing with spikes that could go clean through your hand

We like locust trees for other reasons They are tough plants that can withstand air pollu-tion road salt and compacted soilmdashall things that make urban environments a nasty place for a tree Moreover those small leaves (technically leaflets since the stem with the row of leaflets on either side is considered a ldquocompound leafrdquo) are easy to clean up in the fall

But I miss the thorns and not just for their gory potential The thorns remind us that we inhabit a world shaped by extinct creatures Irsquom not talking about dinosaurs rather extinct mam-mals that shared the Delaware Valley with its first humans at the end of the last Ice Age

It might be easy to forget that these marvel-ously giant and exotic beasts (including saber-toothed cats and ground sloths the size of el-ephants not to mention actual mammoths and mastodons) lived where we do today but the trees remember

Or at least their genes do Trees that evolved over millions of years along

with giant herbivorous mammals still bear the traits shaped by them even if theyrsquore no longer useful This is likely how honey locust trees ended up with thorns big enough to intimidate a mam-moth and is probably why they have

read more about honey locusts Osage oranges and other plants likely

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ldquoCountdown to (En)DangerrdquoAn exhibit featuring artistsrsquo own inter-pretations of endangered species and

the continued risks of extinction Proceeds ben-efit the World Wildlife Fund Open until Nov 7

rarr Sat Oct 13 6-9 pm free B2 Cafeacute 1500 E Passyunk Ave For more information visit facebookcomevents482540518437645

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Fall Author Series Spillover Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic

Hear from author David Quammen on the sci-ence and history of major diseases that originate in wild animals and pass to humans and what might be the next pandemic

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Is Sustainable Agriculture Bad for the PlanetSustainable food writers and experts

examine questions like Does eating grass-fed livestock raise your emissions And is it worth paying extra for organic products

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Slow Food Seminar Chocolate Growers Seminar amp TastingKallari Cacao Growers Cooperative

from Ecuador will talk about their cacao farms and have a tasting of their chocolate (Fair Trade and Direct Trade)

rarr Thurs Oct 18 7-9 pm $20 Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College 4100 Walnut St For tickets visit slowfoodphillyorg

Oct19

Wall Garden WorkshopTake your gardening indoors with woolly pockets This workshop will

teach where to hang a woolly pocket what to plant and how to water

rarr Fri Oct 19 630-830 pm $40 City Planter 814 N 4th St For more information and to register visit cityplantercom

Oct20

Rose Hips and What You Make of Them Learn how to use rose hips from the

garden to make jam candy and syrup Students will take home what they make

rarr Sat Oct 20 9 am-12 pm $50 members$75 nonmembers Wyck 6026 Germantown Ave To register visit wyckorgprograms or call 215-848-1690

Oct20

Terrariums WorkshopCreate a mini-oasis at this terrarium workshop Registration includes a small

glass globe vessel soil charcoal and stones Plants will be available for purchase

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PASArsquos 100 Grass-fed Beef Cook OffJoin PASA as they announce the win-

ners of the Cook Off which features local chefs and farmers Philly CowShare and cookbook authorchef Aliza Green will be there and Wye-brook (open 11 am-6 pm) will have live music and food available for purchase

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Fall Foliage WalkEnjoy a morning walk to explore the changing hues of autumn and learn the

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Fall Window Box WorkshopLearn to create a fall window box thatrsquoll last through Thanksgiving Also get tips

for the best plantings watering practices and soil mixes for the fall season

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Harvest On HenryHenry Got Crops CSA hosts a fund-raiser event featuring live music local

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Town Square Program Plenty for the Planet Sustainable Food and a Well-Fed World

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Oct26

Terrarium ClassHave a crafty start to your weekend with this terrarium-building class

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Fermenting Sauerkraut amp Mead with David SillerDavid Siller of Cobblestone Krautery

will teach about the power of fermentation and how to make mead pickles sauerkraut and much more

rarr Sat Oct 27 12-2 pm $35 Greensgrow Community Kitchen at St Michaelrsquos Church 2139 E Cumberland St For more information and to register visit greensgroworgevents

Oct2728

Philly Bike Expo Bilenky Cycle Works hosts the third-annual Philly Bike Expomdashtwo days filled with rides seminars demonstra-tions parties a swap meet and a bicycle

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rarr Sat Oct 27-Sun Oct 28 $8-25 depending on ticket type 23rd Street Armory 22 S 23rd St For more information and tickets visit phillybikeexpocom

nOv7

Saving Americarsquos Exceptional GardensBill Noble director of preservation at

The Garden Conservancy will discuss his work overseeing rehabilitation activities at more than 100 gardens throughout the country

rarr Wed Nov 7 2-5 pm $18 members$20 nonmembers Morris Arboretum 100 E Northwestern Ave For more information visit morrisarboretumorg

nOv8

Food Politics Is the Current Food System Sustainable with Marion Nestle

Noted nutritionist and author Marion Nestle will discuss food politics and the sustainability of the current food system

rarr Thurs Nov 8 6-830 pm $15 nonmember $10 member$50 vIP reception The Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy For more information and to register visit ansporgvisitevents

nOv10

Art in the GardenMark Smith an artist and garden de-signer will discuss ways to expand

thinking about art in a garden setting in eco-nomical temporary and more permanent ways

rarr Sat Nov 10 9-11 am $10 Fairmount Park Horticultural Center N Horticultural and Montgomery Drs For more information visit extensionpsueduphiladelphiaprogramsmaster-gardener

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Worm Composting Urban Composting Made EasyStart worm composting after this work-

shop on decomposition worm anatomy and biol-ogy and how to care for a worm bin Participants will take home a bin with worms

rarr Sat Nov 10 10 am-12 pm Members $20per person $30couple Nonmembers $30person $40couple Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education 8480 Hagyrsquos Mill Rd For information visit schuylkillcenterorg

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That Wednesday morning customers wait outside for the Market to open making shop-ping strategies while sipping coffee provided by Market management While itrsquos a busy day for us at the General Store therersquos a lot more pressure on the big three the butcher baker and greengrocer Inside the market the green-grocers hurriedly stack towering mounds of collard greens the butchers ice down freshly-killed turkeys and the Pennsylvania Dutch bakers try to find room to display all their pies

At 8 am the doors open and the frenzy be-gins Couples split up to conquer the shopping list with a promised rendezvous for blueberry pancakes or croissants The line at Terminirsquos Bakery slows to a crawl and good-natured pa-trons start folding bakery boxes to help speed the process Customers move like hordes of lo-custs through the produce as workers hustle to

restock and replenish the ravaged displays The ticket machine at Godshallrsquos Poultry completes the first circuit of 001 to 100 and back again

In the midst of this harried buying and sell-ing there is a sense of collegiality Customers share and debate cooking tips and shopping secrets And despite the pressure to finish helping one customer to get to those waiting merchants make time to quickly trade family news with customers Today is part business and part family reunion

At Godshallrsquos therersquos a pause to advise a ner-vous first-time Thanksgiving hostess on cook-ing the perfect turkey ldquoCook it at 350 degrees 14 to 15 minutes a poundrdquo explains the butcher ldquoIf itrsquos stuffed you want an internal tempera-ture of 165 degrees Yoursquoll want to use a meat thermometer You can buy one down the aisle at the kitchen store Yoursquore welcome Good luckmdash

calling number 88rdquo The next day if all goes ac-cording to plan a beaming young woman will take a bow for serving a Thanksgiving master-piece and a lifelong customer will be born Itrsquos in these moments that the keys to the Reading Terminal Marketrsquos longevity can be found This exchange of money for merchandise is more than a business transactionmdashtherersquos something more personal happening

Many of todayrsquos customers first discovered the Market as children brought here by parents or grandparents They learned to endure the search for the freshest meat or ripest tomatoes in exchange for the promise of Bassetts Ice Cream On Thanksgiving they return forgo-ing the big box supermarkets for a place where food is not so much a commodity but some-onersquos life work This is reflected in the stand names Guintarsquos Meats Beilerrsquos Bakery Bas-setts Ice Cream These names werenrsquot picked because their owners lacked originality but rather as a sign of the shopkeepersrsquo pride in the foods they grow raise prepare and sell

For many Philadelphians the trip to Read-ing Terminal has become an essential part of the Thanksgiving holidaymdasha reminder that preparing and sharing food with loved ones is a sacred experience Hopefully this year will initiate a few young family members into that traditionmdashone thatrsquos existed since the Market opened in 1893 and if theyrsquore lucky includes a dish of Bassetts ice cream

michael holahan founded the Pennsylvania General Store with his wife Julie Holahan in 1987 The store sells locally made foods and crafts Visit them at the Reading Terminal Market or online at pageneralstorecom

Feeding on Tradition

Thanksgiving Eve at the Reading Terminal Market by michael holahan

As a shopkeeper in the Reading Terminal Market any busy day is a good day But after 25 years at the Pennsylvania General Store my favorite is the day before Thanksgiving The energy inside this more-

than-a-century-old public market is unlike any other time of year Thanksgiv-ing is about bringing together the people we love to share a meal and to give thanks as a merchant itrsquos a privilege to be even a small part of this occasion

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for me one of the most fun parts of work is preparing for and executing Grid Alive Itrsquos a talk show that has live music local beer and cheese and most importantly fascinating guests from the pages of Grid I co-host the event with Nic Esposito an urban farmer and founder of Head and the Hand an innovative book publishing company Even though wersquove done five shows nowmdashtwo of which we have as podcasts avail-able on gridphillycommdashI still get the jitters every time we take the stage

Why give myself bi-monthly bouts of stage fright Because I think that therersquos nothing quite like hearing inspirational people tell their own stories in their own voice all unedited Obvious-ly Irsquom a big believer in print and the power of social media is undeniable but nothing replaces face-to-face meetings and interactions

Recently in preparation for a Grid Alive I had Scott Kelly and Jenn Rezeli the couple be-hind ReVision Architecture visit our office for a pre-interview ldquoIn our house Scott is known as lsquoThe Breezemasterrsquordquo Jenn told me with a hint of marital impatience because of his closemdashper-haps compulsivemdashmonitoring of the outdoor temperature When it gets to be 74 degrees out-side Jenn can expect a text from Scott alerting her to close all the windows of their house which has no air conditioning I was impressed but I wondered Could The Breezemaster help me

I opened the window of my office revealing a symphony of city living horns sirens and a seemingly ever-present jackhammer Irsquod like to open my window during the day I explained to The Breezemaster but when I do itrsquos too noisy to conduct business What should I do

Without missing a beat he asked ldquoDo you put fans in the windows and leave them open overnight when you arenrsquot thererdquo No we didnrsquot I answered somewhat shocked at how quickly he offered a solution and in retrospect how obvious his idea was This simple trick has al-ready saved us countless hours of running the air conditioning

So now thanks to a conversation with Scott and Jenn Irsquom a little bit smarter and my office is a lot more efficient

If you live in a condo there is a great oppor-tunity this month for you to have conversations about how to make your building more efficient The Green Condo and Co-op Initiative (story on p 14) is having a Condo Congress on October 23 at The Academy of Natural Sciences and will arm you with the information you need to foster change From our story yoursquoll learn that the key to making these changes happen is identifying like-minded residents talking with them and then stating your case to your fellow-owners and the condo committee Once you start talking to your neighbors you never know what windows will open

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Fossil Fools

Bill McKibben crunches the numbers and names an enemy by liz pacheco

When bill mckibben published The End of Nature in 1989 it was the first book aimed at educating the general public on climate change Since then McKibben has given lectures written books

penned articles and led countless campaigns to raise awareness and inspire action on climate changemdashthis includes a five-day walk he led in 2007 across Vermont In November McKibben will take his message on the road with 350org his international grassroots climate campaign The ldquoDo the Mathrdquo tourmdasha name taken from the frightening warming calculations McKibben presents in the August 2 2012 Rolling Stonemdashwill be making 20 stops in 20 days in an effort to jumpstart the climate movement We caught up with McKibben to discuss the tour and itrsquos goals

U P CO M I N G E V E N T

Green livinG

What can we expect from the tour Itrsquos not going to be a typical stand-at-a-mike-and-give-a-lecture Wersquore calling it a roadshowmdashwe want to drive home the math of our predicament and then we want to get people organized to go after the fossil fuel industry If it works there will be campaigns springing up everywhere in its wake

Whatrsquos the significance of the tour kicking off the night after the presidential election Because no matter who wins the people have to take the lead heremdashno waiting for Barack to save us this time And because in the end the fossil fuel companies matter more than the politicians

20 cities in 20 days is fairly ambitious why the short timelineWersquore trying to start a lot of brushfires and see if we can get them really blazing fast

Are you taking on any volunteers or local artistsbands Yesmdashthere will be music every night sometimes from national acts and sometimes local heroes Environmentalists have spent so much time with bar graphs that theyrsquove sometimes forgotten there are other ways to reach folks

Learn more at math350org

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EXPAnDInG THE MARKETArea grocers are on the moveCrEEKSIDE CO-OP In November the long-awaited Creekside Co-op will open Customers can expect a bulk foods section indoor and outdoor seating for enjoying prepared items and local products from within a 100-mile radius

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KIMBErTON WhOlE FOODS ndash DOWNINGTON In September Kimberton Whole Foods in Downington celebrated their Grand Re-Open-ing The natural foods grocery store moved a few doors down into a building that better reflects the companyrsquos vision with eco-friendly elements like LED lighting and solar tubes that maximize natural light

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SOUTh PhIlly FOOD CO-OP September was a big month for the South Philly Food Co-op The Reinvestment Fund awarded the nonprofit a $25000 Food Access Grant and their annual garden tour raised more than $35000 Ten new members have joined bringing total membership to 305 Once 400 member-owners have enrolled the Co-op will start working to secure a loan for a storefront

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fact Last year 39 million vinyl records were sold in the US

the highest amount since 1991

problem With vinyl records making a resurgence you might be thinking twice about toss-

ing those old 45s But if you do trash them the landfill is not the best place Most old-school vinyl records are made with Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) When buried PVC can leak dioxin a toxic chemical that can contaminate groundwater Since dioxins are fat-soluble they concentrate in human tissue Addi-tionally chlorine production for new vinyl manufacturing releases more than 200000 pounds of mercury into our air water and soil each year Recycling vinyl bypasses that chlorine use

solutionFirst take your unwanted records to local record stores If they have any

value you may walk away with a few dol-lars If not recycling is a challenge since the options are limited Philadelphia-based Vinylux (vinyluxnet) has been recycling re-cords into bowls coasters and clocks (among other things) for 10 years and is committed to working in Philadelphia Vinylux accept donations of clean (no mold please) size 33 or 45 records Arrange for drop-off by con-tacting them at recordsvinyluxnet Here in Philadelphia eForce Compliance (3114 Grayrsquos Ferry Ave eforcecompliancecom) accepts vinyl records And another option although not in Philadelphia is Recy-cling Services Inc in Pottstown (365 Elm St Pottstown recyclingservicesorg) They accept records but it costs $8 per car to enter the facil-ity However they also accept other miscellaneous re-cyclables such as Tyvek envelopes candles and bat-teries making a trip there potentially more worthwhile

by samantha wittchen

Vinyl RecoRds

8 g r i d p h i l lyco m n ov e m b e r 2 0 12

Green livinG

I lovE my dishwasher With two small kids a husband a dog and many visitors

Irsquom all about having an automated helper in the kitchen It does such a great job that I became suspicious of the detergent I was using

It turns out that the main ingredient in my detergent was concentrated chlorine Digging a little further I found that according to the US Environmental Protection Agency automatic dishwashing detergents can cause skin irrita-tions or even burns and are poisonous if swal-lowed Chlorine wasnrsquot the only harsh chemical found Here are two others of concern

Phosphates act as a water softener to boost a detergentrsquos efficiency But once theyrsquove finished washing our dishes they can harm our ecosys-tems When phosphates leave the washer they can pollute local streams and lakes and cause an excess growth of algae a process known as eutrophication The overgrowth of algae or other aquatic vegetation can clog waterways depleting the waterrsquos oxygen content and killing plants and other organisms Artificial perfumes (phthalates) which are of-

ten used to scent dishwashing detergents are considered hormone-disruptors and are linked to reduced sperm count in men among other issues reports the Environmental Working Group

For an easy at-home way to green your dish-washer try this recipe

leah r troiano a certified cancer support educator works with people who have cancer or would like to prevent cancer Lowering toxicity is just one of many ways to get your body in cancer-fighting shape Videos on how to make the products featured in this column can also be found at Leahrsquos website in the ldquoVideordquo section For more information visit cancerhealthandwellnesscom or e-mail leahcancerhealthandWellnesscom

Dishwasher (and planet) safe recipes by leah r troiano

DIsHInG DETERGEnT

directions

You will need

rarr Add the castile soap water and lemon juice to the jar Close lid tightly and shake gently

rarr Use about 1 tablespoon for each load of dishes and fill the second compartment with white vinegar If your water is hard you can also add white vinegar to the rinse aid compartment as well

1 cup Super Washing

Powder

frac14 cup baking soda

1 cup Borax

cup citric acid (found in

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frac14 cup salt

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You will need

rarr Mix all ingredients very well Store in a container with a lid Add 1 tablespoon of the mixture to the soap com-partment and dump a half tablespoon onto the door

directions

With this product and all other cleaners keep out of reach of children and pets

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liQuid

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community

Can-Do Condoshow to collectively green a multi-family home by kristen dowd

Being eco-friendly as a condo or co-op resident is possible to achieve on your ownmdashbut only to a point You can make energy-effi-cient lighting decisions use heating and cooling sparingly and recycle

but what about the light bulbs in the hallways and lobbies or insulating the roof Addressing the management of common areas is key

Thatrsquos where being eco-friendly can get a little trickier Itrsquos the fiduciary responsibility of board members and managers to maintain the build-ings in value comfort and appearance So deci-sions at condos and co-ops need to involve these parties and be made along with owners But to make any greening improvement explains Joan Batory chair of the Green CondoCo-op Initiative (GCCI) the single most important step that must be taken is to make a committee

The GCCI grew out of such a green commit-tee ldquoWe started it with three people [in 2008]rdquo says Sis Eisman a resident at The Philadelphian in Fairmount Once created the group quickly grew

One of the committeersquos first initiatives was changing incandescent light bulbs for CFLs The committee also drafted (and distributed) rules for recycling within the building Next they in-stituted recycling programs for cell phones ink cartridges and electronic waste

In 2009 the group held a Green Home Show at the Philadelphianmdasha day of exhibits and edu-cational programming focused on green build-ing for condo and co-op owners managers and others Soon area buildings approached The Philadelphian looking to make the same green improvements and thus the GCCI was born

For a green committee to be influential it

needs to educate residents on the payback as-sociated with expenditures Batory talks about a $23 million project at The Philadelphian to improve the buildingrsquos envelope and energy ef-ficiency ldquoThere were several sessions with our owners here where [GCCI] and some of the pro-ponents of the project were trying to explain to the owners the value of spending money up front to achieve longer-term savingsrdquo she says ldquoIt was a very very intense series of debates and some-times argumentsrdquo The discussions eventually lead to two years of construction during which significant improvements were made including the replacement of 2000 windows and 8000 individual heating and cooling units Despite the initial challenges says Batory ldquowe are now experiencing hundreds of thousands of dollars in savingsrdquo

In addition to education the GCCI also does advocacy work Condos and co-ops can inad-vertently slip through the legislative cracks as theyrsquore neither commercial buildings nor tradi-tional residential While programs like Energy-Works do apply to these multi-family buildings other green improvements can be more difficult to initiate

The GCCI wants to change that ldquoWersquore doing our best to open our doors and make it easy for themmdashlegislators and plannersmdashto deal with

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Inaugural Philadelphia Condo Congress Live in or manage a condo or co-op Be sure to attend the inaugural

Philadelphia Condo Congress The event will feature hands-on workshops speakers exhibi-tor information booths and networking ses-sions all aimed at showing the economic and environmental benefits of adopting sustainable practices GCCI is hosting the event in collabora-tion with the Community Associations Institute and the Greater Philadelphia Condo Managers Association

Leonard Bonacci director of event opera-tions for the Philadelphia Eagles is the keynote speaker Known for his entertaining presen-tations Bonacci will talk about the teamrsquos journey to becoming the greenest professional sports stadium in the country

Another important part of the Congress will be four breakout sessions discussing the vari-ous legal economic requirements and challeng-es to making green improvements and success stories from Philadelphiarsquos condo associations

rarr Tues Oct 23 230-730 pm free The Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy For more details visit philagcciorg or call the Community Associations Institute at 877-608-9777

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To learn more about the Philadelphia Green CondoCo-op Initiative visit philagcciorg P

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food

Sweet TartsThree ways to enjoy delicious cranberries story and photos by marisa mcclellan

I was seven years old when I first cooked with fresh cranberries My mom had gone to a library sale and brought home a pair of books

called Cranberry Thanksgiving and Cranberry Christ-mas While I wasnrsquot particularly interested in the sto-ries inside the books I was intrigued by the recipes printed on the back

After much begging my parents relented and helped me bake a loaf of cranberry bread I loved the way the tart berries popped in the tender slightly sweet bread Since then cranberries have had a firm place in my top 10 favorite ingredients and Irsquom de-termined to show that theyrsquore good for a whole lot more than jelly and juice

Irsquom always looking for ways to use fresh cran-berries I stir them into baked goods add them to braises scatter them over roasting vegetables and even pickle them for cheese platters and cocktails They give a fatty braised pork butt a tangy fruity counterpoint The combination of roasted butternut squash and cranberries makes for a sweettart side dish And the combination of berries sugar vinegar and spices is wonderfully electric on the tongue

braised Pork butt with Cranberries and Leeks

Preheat oven to 350deg F Remove pork butt from fridge and let it come to room tempera-ture Pat away any moisture with paper tow-els and salt both sides of the meat generously Prepare the leeks by cutting off the green

tops and the root ends Slice them in half lengthwise and wash off any gritty soil Chop the leeks into narrow half moons (three leeks should yield approximately 3 cups) Place a four-quart or larger Dutch oven

over medium heat Add 2 tablespoons of olive oil Then add the leeks and 12 teaspoon salt cooking until they begin to soften and brown Using a spatula scrape the leeks to the side of the pan Turn the heat to

high Pat any remaining moisture from the meat and place it in the pan Cook for 3 to 4 minutes until that side has browned Flip the meat and repeat until it is uniformly seared (take care to tend to the leeks so they donrsquot burn) Arrange the leeks on top of the pork Add cranberries and stock Place a

tight-fitting lid on the pot and place it in the preheated oven Let the pork cook for 3 to 4 hours until itrsquos meltingly tender Shred the meat

and serve with mashed squash or sweet potatoes and braised kale

INGREDIENTS

2 pounds pork butt3 large leeks2 tbsp olive oil 1 cups cranberries2 cups chicken stock Salt and pepper

n ov e m b e r 2 0 12 g r i d p h i l lyco m 1 3

oven roasted butternut Squash and Cranberries

2 small butternut squashes (about 3 pounds)2 cups cranberries2 tbsp olive or coconut oil1 tsp of salt2 tbsp butter

Preheat oven to 350deg F Line a rimmed bak-ing sheet with parchment paper Set aside Wash butternut squash and cut it into

quarters Scrape out the seeds Arrange squash on a baking sheet and sprinkle cranberries over the squash quarters Drizzle oil over the berries and squash and using your hands rub it in so itrsquos well distributed Season with salt and place on your ovenrsquos top rack

Pickled Cranberries

Makes 3 pints2 12-ounce bags of cranberries3 cups apple cider vinegar3 cups granulated white sugar2 cinnamon sticks1 tsp allspice berries

tsp whole cloves tsp black peppercorns tsp juniper berries

Prepare a boiling water bath and three pint jars Place lids in a small saucepan of water and bring to a gentle simmer Wash cranberries and pick out any stems

or bad berries Combine vinegar and sugar in a medium

saucepan to create the brine Bring to a boil Add cinnamon sticks to the brine Place allspice berries whole cloves black

peppercorns and juniper berries in a spice bag or tie them up in cheesecloth Add them to the brine Once the brine is boiling vigorously add

the cranberries Stir to combine and cook for 5 to 7 minutes until the cranberries begin to pop and the brine has returned to a rolling boil Remove pot from heat and pull out the

spice bag and cinnamon sticks Break cinna-mon sticks in half and set aside Using a slotted spoon ladle cranberries

into prepared jars Cover berries with brine leaving 12 inch headspace Place a cinnamon stick segment into each jar Wipe jar rims apply lids and rings and

process in a boiling water bath canner for 10 minutes Remove jars from canner and place them

on a folded kitchen towel to cool When jars are cool enough to handle remove rings and check seals Any unsealed jars should be kept in the refrigerator Let jars sit for at least 24 hours before eat-

ing to allow the flavors to settle

Save any leftover brine Itrsquos essentially a fruit shrub and is delicious mixed with sparkling water

For more canning tips visit foodinjarscom

Roast for 35 to 40 minutes until the squash is fork tender and the cranberries juicy and shrunken Using a spoon scrape the butternut flesh out of its peel Combine roasted cranber-ries and tender squash in a large bowl Add butter Using a fork stir everything into a chunky mash Salt to taste

14 g r i d p h i l lyco m n ov e m b e r 2 0 12

food

Blue de Ewecheese of The monTh

ON-SITE CHEESE MAKINGGridrsquos illustrious neighbor the reading Terminal market has some exciting new occupants The new Jersey-based Valley shepherd creamery due to open in november will truck in milk three times a week allowing customers to witness their cheese-making process firsthand

Already open are the Tubby olive which sells olive oils and vinegars on tap and the head nut a coffee roaster from the main line that also offers bulk goods including dry beans nuts and candy so bring your refillable containers

For more information visit readingterminalmarketorg

Reading Terminal

Fair Food offering local bird options for this yearrsquos Thanksgiving table

Turkey time is almost here Once again Fair Food has plenty of local sustainable (and delicious) options for celebrating your holiday Choose from naturally-raised and Heirloom Bronze turkeys from Kochrsquos Turkey Farm (Tamaqua Pa) certified organic birds from Lancaster Farm Fresh (Leola Pa) and Heritage Breed Red Bourbons from Griggstown Quail Farm (Princeton NJ) If you fancy other birds Griggstown also offers capon quail goose and pheasant

These fresh (never frozen) fowl all are hormone- and antibiotic-free and raised with access to pasture Prices range from $310 to $840 per pound Pre-ordering is required and can be done through the Fair Food website (fairfoodphillyorg) The ordering deadline is Monday Nov 12 at 12 pm Turkeys will be available for pick up on November 21 and 22 the Tuesday and Wednesday before the holiday

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Itrsquos rare to find a raw sheeprsquos milk blue outside the Roquefort Caves in France But Pennsylvania can now make this claim thanks to two Amish farmers shepherd Emanuel Beiler and cheesemaker Amos Miller Beiler

who raises sheep in Lancaster County wanted to add value to his milk Miller who makes a variety of artisan cheeses at his Leola dairymdashMisty Creekmdash

likes to experiment This summer they re-leased their collaborative endeavor under the Shepherdrsquos Hollow Farm label which is dis-tributed by Farm Fromagemdashan intermediary for Amish dairy

When I tasted the first batch of Blue de Ewe available for market I was impressed Like a good Roquefort itrsquos peppery and unctuous Set a wedge on your cheese board and it be-gins to bead fat On the front end the taste is sweetly nutty like graham flourmdashit even has a slightly granular texture On the finish itrsquos earthy and spicy Since Blue de Ewe has a natural rind rather than a foil-wrapped exte-rior (like Roquefort) itrsquos drier than the French import with a texture similar to Stilton

I look forward to seeing how these unique wheels evolve over time Until winter Irsquoll be gorging on Blue de Ewe along with plum jam walnuts and plenty of malty stout mdashTenaya Darlington madamefromageblogcom

Blue de Ewe is available at Green Aisle Grocery and the Lansdowne and Upper Merion farmers markets Contact Shepherdrsquos Hollow Farm co Farm Fromage Lancaster 717-314-1373 farmfromagecom

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three philadelphia restaurateurs try their

hands at farmingstory by liz pacheco photos by neal santos

LUNA FARM

amp

Jose Garces and farmer Alex McCracken at Luna Farm

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hef jose garces is in his outdoor kitchen making sal-morejomdasha cold Spanish soup similar to gazpacho He adds bright yellow tomatoes to the food processor along with gar-lic vinegar and baguette pieces ldquoA few years agordquo he says

ldquoI wouldrsquove made this with tomatoes from Mexicordquo This afternoon the tomatoes are from a very local sourcemdashGarcesrsquo backyard which doubles as a farm para This is the first full season for the 40-acre Luna Farm in Ottsville which is named in honor of the Garces family dog as well as the brilliant nightscapes the property offers The nearly 100 varieties of herbs and vegetables are organically grown for the Garces company res-taurantsmdashmost specifically Philadelphiarsquos JG Domestic which focuses on using local ingredients para But Garces isnrsquot the only or first Philadelphia chef to delve into farming Mitch Prensky owner and chef of Supper is in his third year working with Blue Elephant Farm in Newtown Square which grows solely for his restaurant and catering company Last Febru-ary Andrea Rossi began cultivating in Orwigsburg on his farm Grateful Acres This spring Rossi launched a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program through his restaurant C19 para For these three chefs the farms are creative challengesmdashthey require money planning and of course physical labor At their restaurants these chefs are no longer just cooking theyrsquore developing innovative models for combining the farm and the table

jose gARces garces group

For Garces the decision to start a farm happened al-most by accident While looking for a family home out-side the city he discovered that many properties included farmland ldquoWe just started thinking lsquoWow it would be great if we could ship in our own stuffrsquordquo says Garces In 2010 he purchased the property and by summer 2011 he was working with Alex McCracken to develop the land

While McCracken had never farmed on this scale before he has extensive experience gardening He and his wife live on a nearby 16-acre property and own the Turnip Truck a business that designs installs and main-tains organic gardens for homeowners When McCracken heard that Garces was looking for a farmer he sent in

his reacutesumeacute That plus a recommendation from another local grower landed him the position In this first year McCracken and Garces are experimentingmdashlooking to see what flourishes both at the farm and in the restaurants

ldquoNext year the plan is to reduce the wide variety of crops that we grow to the things that are doing the best hererdquo says McCracken ldquoThe things that the restaurants use the most of like peppersmdashwersquoll always grow peppers here Theyrsquore easy to grow All of Josersquos restaurants use a lot of themrdquo

In addition to vegetables the organic farm is grow-ing mushrooms and raising chickens and bees Garces is also considering goats either for meat or milk The farmrsquos tractor runs on biodiesel fuel from the restaurantsrsquo fryer oil which is picked up and processed by Bucks County

2 0 g r i d p h i l lyco m N OV E M b E r 2 0 12

Freedom Fuel And therersquos talk of adding solar panels to the movable chicken coop to provide energy for the green-house and the barn This winter the greenhouse will be supplemented by hoop houses which in August already had tomatoes peppers and eggplant

ldquoIrsquom growing things here Irsquove never grown beforerdquo says McCracken referring to some of the more unusual varieties of tomatoes and greens ldquoIrsquom growing things some of the chefs have never seen before Everybodyrsquos expanding their horizons and learning a lot from the processrdquo

The chefs from Garcesrsquo seven Philadelphia restaurants and the three in Atlantic City have all visited Luna ldquoThey didnrsquot realize the scale wersquore growing on or the quality that was going to be coming out hererdquo says Garces The restau-rants receive produce Tuesday and Thursday nights some of which easily work on the menu and some that require more creativity ldquoWersquore treating them like CSAs basicallyrdquo explains Garces ldquoInitially [the chefs] were placing orders and I interceded and said no you guys are getting every-thingrdquo Some menus pose greater challenges since theyrsquore concept-based but the hope is that in future seasons the farm will cater to those needs The JG Domestic restaurant

benefits most directly from the farm offering dishes with ldquoLuna Farm Eggrdquo ldquoLuna Farm Herb Pestordquo and ldquoLuna Farm Tomatillosrdquo

But for Garces the motivation to start Luna Farm comes from his passion for food not marketing potential ldquoI think as long as [the farm] remains true to that itrsquoll keep goingrdquo But hersquos also admits that therersquos significant financial risk as well ldquoItrsquos a pretty costly endeavor for sure Wersquore still trying to make sure it all balances outrdquo

Mitch pReNsky supper

mitch prensky has been working with Blue Elephant Farm since 2010 but his commitment to local fresh food is decades old ldquoIrsquove been cooking this way for 26 yearsrdquo he says citing previous trips to the Union Square Green-market in New York City to visit farm stands In 2007 he opened Supper which he describes as ldquoseasonal farm-di-rect American cuisinerdquo Yet it wasnrsquot until three years ago that Prensky learned of the term ldquofarm to tablerdquo

ldquoSomebody said to me lsquoOh yoursquore a farm-to-table res-

Jose Garces prepares a salmorejo in his outdoor kitchen at Luna Farm The cold Spanish soup is similar to a gazpacho itrsquos made from tomatoes and garnished with strawberries eggs and olives Garcesrsquo children Olivia and Andres watch their father in the kitchen and lend a hand in adding the ingredients to the blender

The salmorejo is from Garcesrsquo newest cookbook The Latin Road Home available October 8 from Lake Isle Press For the full recipe visit gridphillycom

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taurantrsquordquo recalls Prensky ldquoItrsquos the first time Irsquove ever heard that expression So if yoursquore going to call me something at least I should know what it isrdquo Eventually Prensky con-nected with the owners of Blue Elephant Farm a privately owned 75-acre property in Newton Square At the time the owners were growing for themselves and family members Prensky started working with the estate manager Mary Butler a horticulturist to grow vegetables for Supper

ldquo[The] first season I pulled every vegetable out of the ground myselfrdquo says Prensky who works alongside Butler ldquoThere is a lot of sweat and toil involved and not a lot of [financial] returnrdquo Today the farm provides 100 percent of the produce at Supper and at the Global DishmdashPrenskyrsquos catering company Blue Elephant raises chickens sheep goats llamas horses and donkeys and there are plans to have a grass-fed beef program next year A local beekeeper has hives on the property Their greenhouse grows greens lettuces and herbs year-round and thanks to cold storage diners will see plenty of root vegetables on the winter menu This fall Prensky and Blue Elephant even canned their first line of products and preserves to be sold at Supper

With any farm there are no guarantees Prensky talks about the season when a blight kept tomatoes off the menu for a while and the creativity needed to handle an abun-dance of okra one week but none the next ldquoYou start pick-ling and preserving and then you make dishes out of itrdquo he says ldquoThatrsquos another challenge but thatrsquos a fun challenge here of writing dishes on the menurdquo

Deliveries from the farm come to Supper three times a week and Prensky makes an effort to be out in the fields at least once a week as well ldquoI always say Irsquom the luckiest chef in the worldrdquo he says explaining that having a dedicated farm for his restaurant has been a career goal ldquo[I thought] it would be great if someone could grow this stuff for us and I would know exactly what that property is doing and how theyrsquore handling the vegetables and what goes into this And thatrsquos what Irsquove been fortunate to be blessed with here with Blue Elephantrdquo

ANdReA Rossi c19

two years ago C19 (then Cichetteria 19) was already sourcing locally from Green Meadow Farm ldquoI wasnrsquot even searching for a farmer at the timerdquo admits Andrea Rossi chef and owner at C19 Then he met Alex Archambault who was delivering for Red Earth Farm to the Metropolitan Bakery across the street from the restaurant ldquoHe brought

me some tomatoes some potatoes he was growing on his own some heirloom tomatoesrdquo says Rossi ldquoThey were amazingrdquo

So Rossi expressed interest in finding space to start his own farm and Archambault mentioned there were a few acres adjacent to his backyard in Orwigsburg In 2011 Rossi officially hired Archambault to be the farmer This summer C19 offered a CSA for the farm and had four res-taurants and six individuals participate ldquoWe just wanted to start very small because the first year therersquos a lot of difficultiesrdquo says Rossi The season has so far been suc-cessful and produce from Grateful Acres can be found on the restaurant menu as well as at the Rittenhouse Farmers Market each Saturday

The decision to start a farm springs from Rossirsquos desire to provide the best quality food locally ldquoWe are what we eatrdquo he says explaining that he wants to both support the local economy and make sure people are eating nutrient-rich produce His dedication to this mission has been rec-ognized locally In November 2011 the restaurant received a ldquoSnail of Approvalrdquo from Slow Food Philadelphiamdasha distinction given to eateries that contribute to the quality authenticity and sustainability of the food supply in the area Rossi is already considering expansion He wants to lease a few more acres next season and is talking with an-other restaurant about potentially buying an organic farm in New Jersey Restaurateurs owning farms is an emerging trend but for Rossi his works stems from familial tradi-tion ldquoThe idea comes from my motherrdquo he says ldquoitrsquos how we grew uprdquo

Supper is located at 926 South St 215-592-8180 supperphillycom

C19 is located at 267 S 19th St 215-545-0441 c19pwhillycom

JG Domestic is located at 2929 Arch St 215-222-2363 jgdomesticcom

For a full list of Garcesrsquo restaurants visit garcesgroupcom

BLUe eLephANt FARM

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Top left Mitch Prensky owner and chef at Supper with a recent harvest from Blue Elephant Farm

Bottom right Andrea Rossi owner and chef at C19 sells produce from Grateful Acres with farmer Alex Archambault at the Saturday Rittenhouse farmers market

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What amazed me most about the honey locust trees at Awbury Arbo-retum were the thorns I had imag-

ined something like rose thornsmdashsharp but proportionalmdashnot four-inch-long spikes jutting out from branches and erupting from trunks in grotesque savage clusters Surely this was over-kill The trees could fend off deer with much less

Honey locust trees can be found throughout the city but these are tame trees They have an elegant spreading canopy with small leaves that screen the sun rather than block it completely What they donrsquot have is thorns The smooth ver-sions are ldquoa genetic sport [mutation] that showed up and people liked themrdquo explains Dennis Lu-cey Awbury Arboretumrsquos landscape manager

The honey locust remains prepared to fend off long- extinct creatures by bernard brown

by bernard brownurban naturalist

foot-long seed pods as wellmdashthink string beans for giant ground sloths who would subsequently disperse their seeds Twelve thousand years ago might sound like a long time for a human but itrsquos only 60 generations or so for the trees

Honey locusts arenrsquot the only trees around us likely shaped by extinct giants Next time yoursquore passing the Bala Golf Club on Belmont Avenue look at the Osage orange trees along the fence Thorny with round green softball-sized fruit the trees donrsquot appeal to our extant native crit-ters implying extinct animals once dispersed the seeds

Of course long-lived trees tell other stories wersquove forgotten Lucey referenced some old locust trees at Awbury planted in what appears to be an arbitrary line Back in the late 1800s the line was planted to screen a small slum McNabb Town from view McNabb Town was razed more than a hundred years ago but the trees remain

bernard brown is an amateur field herper bureaucrat and founder of the PBampJ Campaign (pbjcampaignorg) a movement focused on the benefits of eating lower on the food chain

Pointing to the Past

We choose nice gentle trees for our landscaping nothing with spikes that could go clean through your hand

We like locust trees for other reasons They are tough plants that can withstand air pollu-tion road salt and compacted soilmdashall things that make urban environments a nasty place for a tree Moreover those small leaves (technically leaflets since the stem with the row of leaflets on either side is considered a ldquocompound leafrdquo) are easy to clean up in the fall

But I miss the thorns and not just for their gory potential The thorns remind us that we inhabit a world shaped by extinct creatures Irsquom not talking about dinosaurs rather extinct mam-mals that shared the Delaware Valley with its first humans at the end of the last Ice Age

It might be easy to forget that these marvel-ously giant and exotic beasts (including saber-toothed cats and ground sloths the size of el-ephants not to mention actual mammoths and mastodons) lived where we do today but the trees remember

Or at least their genes do Trees that evolved over millions of years along

with giant herbivorous mammals still bear the traits shaped by them even if theyrsquore no longer useful This is likely how honey locust trees ended up with thorns big enough to intimidate a mam-moth and is probably why they have

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ldquoCountdown to (En)DangerrdquoAn exhibit featuring artistsrsquo own inter-pretations of endangered species and

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Fall Author Series Spillover Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic

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Is Sustainable Agriculture Bad for the PlanetSustainable food writers and experts

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Slow Food Seminar Chocolate Growers Seminar amp TastingKallari Cacao Growers Cooperative

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Wall Garden WorkshopTake your gardening indoors with woolly pockets This workshop will

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Rose Hips and What You Make of Them Learn how to use rose hips from the

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Terrariums WorkshopCreate a mini-oasis at this terrarium workshop Registration includes a small

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PASArsquos 100 Grass-fed Beef Cook OffJoin PASA as they announce the win-

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Fall Foliage WalkEnjoy a morning walk to explore the changing hues of autumn and learn the

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Fall Window Box WorkshopLearn to create a fall window box thatrsquoll last through Thanksgiving Also get tips

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Harvest On HenryHenry Got Crops CSA hosts a fund-raiser event featuring live music local

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Bringing It All Home Cultivating Sustainable Communities Frederick Kirschenmann PhD a sus-

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Up Close and Personal Learn the basics of home-scaled sus-tainable and regenerative practices

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Town Square Program Plenty for the Planet Sustainable Food and a Well-Fed World

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Oct26

Terrarium ClassHave a crafty start to your weekend with this terrarium-building class

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Fermenting Sauerkraut amp Mead with David SillerDavid Siller of Cobblestone Krautery

will teach about the power of fermentation and how to make mead pickles sauerkraut and much more

rarr Sat Oct 27 12-2 pm $35 Greensgrow Community Kitchen at St Michaelrsquos Church 2139 E Cumberland St For more information and to register visit greensgroworgevents

Oct2728

Philly Bike Expo Bilenky Cycle Works hosts the third-annual Philly Bike Expomdashtwo days filled with rides seminars demonstra-tions parties a swap meet and a bicycle

fashion show

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nOv7

Saving Americarsquos Exceptional GardensBill Noble director of preservation at

The Garden Conservancy will discuss his work overseeing rehabilitation activities at more than 100 gardens throughout the country

rarr Wed Nov 7 2-5 pm $18 members$20 nonmembers Morris Arboretum 100 E Northwestern Ave For more information visit morrisarboretumorg

nOv8

Food Politics Is the Current Food System Sustainable with Marion Nestle

Noted nutritionist and author Marion Nestle will discuss food politics and the sustainability of the current food system

rarr Thurs Nov 8 6-830 pm $15 nonmember $10 member$50 vIP reception The Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy For more information and to register visit ansporgvisitevents

nOv10

Art in the GardenMark Smith an artist and garden de-signer will discuss ways to expand

thinking about art in a garden setting in eco-nomical temporary and more permanent ways

rarr Sat Nov 10 9-11 am $10 Fairmount Park Horticultural Center N Horticultural and Montgomery Drs For more information visit extensionpsueduphiladelphiaprogramsmaster-gardener

nOv10

Worm Composting Urban Composting Made EasyStart worm composting after this work-

shop on decomposition worm anatomy and biol-ogy and how to care for a worm bin Participants will take home a bin with worms

rarr Sat Nov 10 10 am-12 pm Members $20per person $30couple Nonmembers $30person $40couple Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education 8480 Hagyrsquos Mill Rd For information visit schuylkillcenterorg

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Creating the East Coast GreenwayAndy Hamilton Mid-Atlantic Trail Co-ordinator for the East Coast Greenway

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That Wednesday morning customers wait outside for the Market to open making shop-ping strategies while sipping coffee provided by Market management While itrsquos a busy day for us at the General Store therersquos a lot more pressure on the big three the butcher baker and greengrocer Inside the market the green-grocers hurriedly stack towering mounds of collard greens the butchers ice down freshly-killed turkeys and the Pennsylvania Dutch bakers try to find room to display all their pies

At 8 am the doors open and the frenzy be-gins Couples split up to conquer the shopping list with a promised rendezvous for blueberry pancakes or croissants The line at Terminirsquos Bakery slows to a crawl and good-natured pa-trons start folding bakery boxes to help speed the process Customers move like hordes of lo-custs through the produce as workers hustle to

restock and replenish the ravaged displays The ticket machine at Godshallrsquos Poultry completes the first circuit of 001 to 100 and back again

In the midst of this harried buying and sell-ing there is a sense of collegiality Customers share and debate cooking tips and shopping secrets And despite the pressure to finish helping one customer to get to those waiting merchants make time to quickly trade family news with customers Today is part business and part family reunion

At Godshallrsquos therersquos a pause to advise a ner-vous first-time Thanksgiving hostess on cook-ing the perfect turkey ldquoCook it at 350 degrees 14 to 15 minutes a poundrdquo explains the butcher ldquoIf itrsquos stuffed you want an internal tempera-ture of 165 degrees Yoursquoll want to use a meat thermometer You can buy one down the aisle at the kitchen store Yoursquore welcome Good luckmdash

calling number 88rdquo The next day if all goes ac-cording to plan a beaming young woman will take a bow for serving a Thanksgiving master-piece and a lifelong customer will be born Itrsquos in these moments that the keys to the Reading Terminal Marketrsquos longevity can be found This exchange of money for merchandise is more than a business transactionmdashtherersquos something more personal happening

Many of todayrsquos customers first discovered the Market as children brought here by parents or grandparents They learned to endure the search for the freshest meat or ripest tomatoes in exchange for the promise of Bassetts Ice Cream On Thanksgiving they return forgo-ing the big box supermarkets for a place where food is not so much a commodity but some-onersquos life work This is reflected in the stand names Guintarsquos Meats Beilerrsquos Bakery Bas-setts Ice Cream These names werenrsquot picked because their owners lacked originality but rather as a sign of the shopkeepersrsquo pride in the foods they grow raise prepare and sell

For many Philadelphians the trip to Read-ing Terminal has become an essential part of the Thanksgiving holidaymdasha reminder that preparing and sharing food with loved ones is a sacred experience Hopefully this year will initiate a few young family members into that traditionmdashone thatrsquos existed since the Market opened in 1893 and if theyrsquore lucky includes a dish of Bassetts ice cream

michael holahan founded the Pennsylvania General Store with his wife Julie Holahan in 1987 The store sells locally made foods and crafts Visit them at the Reading Terminal Market or online at pageneralstorecom

Feeding on Tradition

Thanksgiving Eve at the Reading Terminal Market by michael holahan

As a shopkeeper in the Reading Terminal Market any busy day is a good day But after 25 years at the Pennsylvania General Store my favorite is the day before Thanksgiving The energy inside this more-

than-a-century-old public market is unlike any other time of year Thanksgiv-ing is about bringing together the people we love to share a meal and to give thanks as a merchant itrsquos a privilege to be even a small part of this occasion

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What if leftovers were never really left overWe recycle food Now thatrsquos a fresh idea

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for me one of the most fun parts of work is preparing for and executing Grid Alive Itrsquos a talk show that has live music local beer and cheese and most importantly fascinating guests from the pages of Grid I co-host the event with Nic Esposito an urban farmer and founder of Head and the Hand an innovative book publishing company Even though wersquove done five shows nowmdashtwo of which we have as podcasts avail-able on gridphillycommdashI still get the jitters every time we take the stage

Why give myself bi-monthly bouts of stage fright Because I think that therersquos nothing quite like hearing inspirational people tell their own stories in their own voice all unedited Obvious-ly Irsquom a big believer in print and the power of social media is undeniable but nothing replaces face-to-face meetings and interactions

Recently in preparation for a Grid Alive I had Scott Kelly and Jenn Rezeli the couple be-hind ReVision Architecture visit our office for a pre-interview ldquoIn our house Scott is known as lsquoThe Breezemasterrsquordquo Jenn told me with a hint of marital impatience because of his closemdashper-haps compulsivemdashmonitoring of the outdoor temperature When it gets to be 74 degrees out-side Jenn can expect a text from Scott alerting her to close all the windows of their house which has no air conditioning I was impressed but I wondered Could The Breezemaster help me

I opened the window of my office revealing a symphony of city living horns sirens and a seemingly ever-present jackhammer Irsquod like to open my window during the day I explained to The Breezemaster but when I do itrsquos too noisy to conduct business What should I do

Without missing a beat he asked ldquoDo you put fans in the windows and leave them open overnight when you arenrsquot thererdquo No we didnrsquot I answered somewhat shocked at how quickly he offered a solution and in retrospect how obvious his idea was This simple trick has al-ready saved us countless hours of running the air conditioning

So now thanks to a conversation with Scott and Jenn Irsquom a little bit smarter and my office is a lot more efficient

If you live in a condo there is a great oppor-tunity this month for you to have conversations about how to make your building more efficient The Green Condo and Co-op Initiative (story on p 14) is having a Condo Congress on October 23 at The Academy of Natural Sciences and will arm you with the information you need to foster change From our story yoursquoll learn that the key to making these changes happen is identifying like-minded residents talking with them and then stating your case to your fellow-owners and the condo committee Once you start talking to your neighbors you never know what windows will open

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Fossil Fools

Bill McKibben crunches the numbers and names an enemy by liz pacheco

When bill mckibben published The End of Nature in 1989 it was the first book aimed at educating the general public on climate change Since then McKibben has given lectures written books

penned articles and led countless campaigns to raise awareness and inspire action on climate changemdashthis includes a five-day walk he led in 2007 across Vermont In November McKibben will take his message on the road with 350org his international grassroots climate campaign The ldquoDo the Mathrdquo tourmdasha name taken from the frightening warming calculations McKibben presents in the August 2 2012 Rolling Stonemdashwill be making 20 stops in 20 days in an effort to jumpstart the climate movement We caught up with McKibben to discuss the tour and itrsquos goals

U P CO M I N G E V E N T

Green livinG

What can we expect from the tour Itrsquos not going to be a typical stand-at-a-mike-and-give-a-lecture Wersquore calling it a roadshowmdashwe want to drive home the math of our predicament and then we want to get people organized to go after the fossil fuel industry If it works there will be campaigns springing up everywhere in its wake

Whatrsquos the significance of the tour kicking off the night after the presidential election Because no matter who wins the people have to take the lead heremdashno waiting for Barack to save us this time And because in the end the fossil fuel companies matter more than the politicians

20 cities in 20 days is fairly ambitious why the short timelineWersquore trying to start a lot of brushfires and see if we can get them really blazing fast

Are you taking on any volunteers or local artistsbands Yesmdashthere will be music every night sometimes from national acts and sometimes local heroes Environmentalists have spent so much time with bar graphs that theyrsquove sometimes forgotten there are other ways to reach folks

Learn more at math350org

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EXPAnDInG THE MARKETArea grocers are on the moveCrEEKSIDE CO-OP In November the long-awaited Creekside Co-op will open Customers can expect a bulk foods section indoor and outdoor seating for enjoying prepared items and local products from within a 100-mile radius

7909 High School rd elkins Park creeksidecoop

WEAVErS WAy CO-OP After closing for the summer to remodel Weavers Way in Mt Airy has re-opened The renovations which cost $700000 include a Pet Care and Wellness storefront and a highly-anticipated bulk foods department

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KIMBErTON WhOlE FOODS ndash DOWNINGTON In September Kimberton Whole Foods in Downington celebrated their Grand Re-Open-ing The natural foods grocery store moved a few doors down into a building that better reflects the companyrsquos vision with eco-friendly elements like LED lighting and solar tubes that maximize natural light

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SOUTh PhIlly FOOD CO-OP September was a big month for the South Philly Food Co-op The Reinvestment Fund awarded the nonprofit a $25000 Food Access Grant and their annual garden tour raised more than $35000 Ten new members have joined bringing total membership to 305 Once 400 member-owners have enrolled the Co-op will start working to secure a loan for a storefront

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fact Last year 39 million vinyl records were sold in the US

the highest amount since 1991

problem With vinyl records making a resurgence you might be thinking twice about toss-

ing those old 45s But if you do trash them the landfill is not the best place Most old-school vinyl records are made with Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) When buried PVC can leak dioxin a toxic chemical that can contaminate groundwater Since dioxins are fat-soluble they concentrate in human tissue Addi-tionally chlorine production for new vinyl manufacturing releases more than 200000 pounds of mercury into our air water and soil each year Recycling vinyl bypasses that chlorine use

solutionFirst take your unwanted records to local record stores If they have any

value you may walk away with a few dol-lars If not recycling is a challenge since the options are limited Philadelphia-based Vinylux (vinyluxnet) has been recycling re-cords into bowls coasters and clocks (among other things) for 10 years and is committed to working in Philadelphia Vinylux accept donations of clean (no mold please) size 33 or 45 records Arrange for drop-off by con-tacting them at recordsvinyluxnet Here in Philadelphia eForce Compliance (3114 Grayrsquos Ferry Ave eforcecompliancecom) accepts vinyl records And another option although not in Philadelphia is Recy-cling Services Inc in Pottstown (365 Elm St Pottstown recyclingservicesorg) They accept records but it costs $8 per car to enter the facil-ity However they also accept other miscellaneous re-cyclables such as Tyvek envelopes candles and bat-teries making a trip there potentially more worthwhile

by samantha wittchen

Vinyl RecoRds

8 g r i d p h i l lyco m n ov e m b e r 2 0 12

Green livinG

I lovE my dishwasher With two small kids a husband a dog and many visitors

Irsquom all about having an automated helper in the kitchen It does such a great job that I became suspicious of the detergent I was using

It turns out that the main ingredient in my detergent was concentrated chlorine Digging a little further I found that according to the US Environmental Protection Agency automatic dishwashing detergents can cause skin irrita-tions or even burns and are poisonous if swal-lowed Chlorine wasnrsquot the only harsh chemical found Here are two others of concern

Phosphates act as a water softener to boost a detergentrsquos efficiency But once theyrsquove finished washing our dishes they can harm our ecosys-tems When phosphates leave the washer they can pollute local streams and lakes and cause an excess growth of algae a process known as eutrophication The overgrowth of algae or other aquatic vegetation can clog waterways depleting the waterrsquos oxygen content and killing plants and other organisms Artificial perfumes (phthalates) which are of-

ten used to scent dishwashing detergents are considered hormone-disruptors and are linked to reduced sperm count in men among other issues reports the Environmental Working Group

For an easy at-home way to green your dish-washer try this recipe

leah r troiano a certified cancer support educator works with people who have cancer or would like to prevent cancer Lowering toxicity is just one of many ways to get your body in cancer-fighting shape Videos on how to make the products featured in this column can also be found at Leahrsquos website in the ldquoVideordquo section For more information visit cancerhealthandwellnesscom or e-mail leahcancerhealthandWellnesscom

Dishwasher (and planet) safe recipes by leah r troiano

DIsHInG DETERGEnT

directions

You will need

rarr Add the castile soap water and lemon juice to the jar Close lid tightly and shake gently

rarr Use about 1 tablespoon for each load of dishes and fill the second compartment with white vinegar If your water is hard you can also add white vinegar to the rinse aid compartment as well

1 cup Super Washing

Powder

frac14 cup baking soda

1 cup Borax

cup citric acid (found in

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frac14 cup salt

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You will need

rarr Mix all ingredients very well Store in a container with a lid Add 1 tablespoon of the mixture to the soap com-partment and dump a half tablespoon onto the door

directions

With this product and all other cleaners keep out of reach of children and pets

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liQuid

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1 cup water

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community

Can-Do Condoshow to collectively green a multi-family home by kristen dowd

Being eco-friendly as a condo or co-op resident is possible to achieve on your ownmdashbut only to a point You can make energy-effi-cient lighting decisions use heating and cooling sparingly and recycle

but what about the light bulbs in the hallways and lobbies or insulating the roof Addressing the management of common areas is key

Thatrsquos where being eco-friendly can get a little trickier Itrsquos the fiduciary responsibility of board members and managers to maintain the build-ings in value comfort and appearance So deci-sions at condos and co-ops need to involve these parties and be made along with owners But to make any greening improvement explains Joan Batory chair of the Green CondoCo-op Initiative (GCCI) the single most important step that must be taken is to make a committee

The GCCI grew out of such a green commit-tee ldquoWe started it with three people [in 2008]rdquo says Sis Eisman a resident at The Philadelphian in Fairmount Once created the group quickly grew

One of the committeersquos first initiatives was changing incandescent light bulbs for CFLs The committee also drafted (and distributed) rules for recycling within the building Next they in-stituted recycling programs for cell phones ink cartridges and electronic waste

In 2009 the group held a Green Home Show at the Philadelphianmdasha day of exhibits and edu-cational programming focused on green build-ing for condo and co-op owners managers and others Soon area buildings approached The Philadelphian looking to make the same green improvements and thus the GCCI was born

For a green committee to be influential it

needs to educate residents on the payback as-sociated with expenditures Batory talks about a $23 million project at The Philadelphian to improve the buildingrsquos envelope and energy ef-ficiency ldquoThere were several sessions with our owners here where [GCCI] and some of the pro-ponents of the project were trying to explain to the owners the value of spending money up front to achieve longer-term savingsrdquo she says ldquoIt was a very very intense series of debates and some-times argumentsrdquo The discussions eventually lead to two years of construction during which significant improvements were made including the replacement of 2000 windows and 8000 individual heating and cooling units Despite the initial challenges says Batory ldquowe are now experiencing hundreds of thousands of dollars in savingsrdquo

In addition to education the GCCI also does advocacy work Condos and co-ops can inad-vertently slip through the legislative cracks as theyrsquore neither commercial buildings nor tradi-tional residential While programs like Energy-Works do apply to these multi-family buildings other green improvements can be more difficult to initiate

The GCCI wants to change that ldquoWersquore doing our best to open our doors and make it easy for themmdashlegislators and plannersmdashto deal with

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Philadelphia Condo Congress The event will feature hands-on workshops speakers exhibi-tor information booths and networking ses-sions all aimed at showing the economic and environmental benefits of adopting sustainable practices GCCI is hosting the event in collabora-tion with the Community Associations Institute and the Greater Philadelphia Condo Managers Association

Leonard Bonacci director of event opera-tions for the Philadelphia Eagles is the keynote speaker Known for his entertaining presen-tations Bonacci will talk about the teamrsquos journey to becoming the greenest professional sports stadium in the country

Another important part of the Congress will be four breakout sessions discussing the vari-ous legal economic requirements and challeng-es to making green improvements and success stories from Philadelphiarsquos condo associations

rarr Tues Oct 23 230-730 pm free The Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy For more details visit philagcciorg or call the Community Associations Institute at 877-608-9777

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food

Sweet TartsThree ways to enjoy delicious cranberries story and photos by marisa mcclellan

I was seven years old when I first cooked with fresh cranberries My mom had gone to a library sale and brought home a pair of books

called Cranberry Thanksgiving and Cranberry Christ-mas While I wasnrsquot particularly interested in the sto-ries inside the books I was intrigued by the recipes printed on the back

After much begging my parents relented and helped me bake a loaf of cranberry bread I loved the way the tart berries popped in the tender slightly sweet bread Since then cranberries have had a firm place in my top 10 favorite ingredients and Irsquom de-termined to show that theyrsquore good for a whole lot more than jelly and juice

Irsquom always looking for ways to use fresh cran-berries I stir them into baked goods add them to braises scatter them over roasting vegetables and even pickle them for cheese platters and cocktails They give a fatty braised pork butt a tangy fruity counterpoint The combination of roasted butternut squash and cranberries makes for a sweettart side dish And the combination of berries sugar vinegar and spices is wonderfully electric on the tongue

braised Pork butt with Cranberries and Leeks

Preheat oven to 350deg F Remove pork butt from fridge and let it come to room tempera-ture Pat away any moisture with paper tow-els and salt both sides of the meat generously Prepare the leeks by cutting off the green

tops and the root ends Slice them in half lengthwise and wash off any gritty soil Chop the leeks into narrow half moons (three leeks should yield approximately 3 cups) Place a four-quart or larger Dutch oven

over medium heat Add 2 tablespoons of olive oil Then add the leeks and 12 teaspoon salt cooking until they begin to soften and brown Using a spatula scrape the leeks to the side of the pan Turn the heat to

high Pat any remaining moisture from the meat and place it in the pan Cook for 3 to 4 minutes until that side has browned Flip the meat and repeat until it is uniformly seared (take care to tend to the leeks so they donrsquot burn) Arrange the leeks on top of the pork Add cranberries and stock Place a

tight-fitting lid on the pot and place it in the preheated oven Let the pork cook for 3 to 4 hours until itrsquos meltingly tender Shred the meat

and serve with mashed squash or sweet potatoes and braised kale

INGREDIENTS

2 pounds pork butt3 large leeks2 tbsp olive oil 1 cups cranberries2 cups chicken stock Salt and pepper

n ov e m b e r 2 0 12 g r i d p h i l lyco m 1 3

oven roasted butternut Squash and Cranberries

2 small butternut squashes (about 3 pounds)2 cups cranberries2 tbsp olive or coconut oil1 tsp of salt2 tbsp butter

Preheat oven to 350deg F Line a rimmed bak-ing sheet with parchment paper Set aside Wash butternut squash and cut it into

quarters Scrape out the seeds Arrange squash on a baking sheet and sprinkle cranberries over the squash quarters Drizzle oil over the berries and squash and using your hands rub it in so itrsquos well distributed Season with salt and place on your ovenrsquos top rack

Pickled Cranberries

Makes 3 pints2 12-ounce bags of cranberries3 cups apple cider vinegar3 cups granulated white sugar2 cinnamon sticks1 tsp allspice berries

tsp whole cloves tsp black peppercorns tsp juniper berries

Prepare a boiling water bath and three pint jars Place lids in a small saucepan of water and bring to a gentle simmer Wash cranberries and pick out any stems

or bad berries Combine vinegar and sugar in a medium

saucepan to create the brine Bring to a boil Add cinnamon sticks to the brine Place allspice berries whole cloves black

peppercorns and juniper berries in a spice bag or tie them up in cheesecloth Add them to the brine Once the brine is boiling vigorously add

the cranberries Stir to combine and cook for 5 to 7 minutes until the cranberries begin to pop and the brine has returned to a rolling boil Remove pot from heat and pull out the

spice bag and cinnamon sticks Break cinna-mon sticks in half and set aside Using a slotted spoon ladle cranberries

into prepared jars Cover berries with brine leaving 12 inch headspace Place a cinnamon stick segment into each jar Wipe jar rims apply lids and rings and

process in a boiling water bath canner for 10 minutes Remove jars from canner and place them

on a folded kitchen towel to cool When jars are cool enough to handle remove rings and check seals Any unsealed jars should be kept in the refrigerator Let jars sit for at least 24 hours before eat-

ing to allow the flavors to settle

Save any leftover brine Itrsquos essentially a fruit shrub and is delicious mixed with sparkling water

For more canning tips visit foodinjarscom

Roast for 35 to 40 minutes until the squash is fork tender and the cranberries juicy and shrunken Using a spoon scrape the butternut flesh out of its peel Combine roasted cranber-ries and tender squash in a large bowl Add butter Using a fork stir everything into a chunky mash Salt to taste

14 g r i d p h i l lyco m n ov e m b e r 2 0 12

food

Blue de Ewecheese of The monTh

ON-SITE CHEESE MAKINGGridrsquos illustrious neighbor the reading Terminal market has some exciting new occupants The new Jersey-based Valley shepherd creamery due to open in november will truck in milk three times a week allowing customers to witness their cheese-making process firsthand

Already open are the Tubby olive which sells olive oils and vinegars on tap and the head nut a coffee roaster from the main line that also offers bulk goods including dry beans nuts and candy so bring your refillable containers

For more information visit readingterminalmarketorg

Reading Terminal

Fair Food offering local bird options for this yearrsquos Thanksgiving table

Turkey time is almost here Once again Fair Food has plenty of local sustainable (and delicious) options for celebrating your holiday Choose from naturally-raised and Heirloom Bronze turkeys from Kochrsquos Turkey Farm (Tamaqua Pa) certified organic birds from Lancaster Farm Fresh (Leola Pa) and Heritage Breed Red Bourbons from Griggstown Quail Farm (Princeton NJ) If you fancy other birds Griggstown also offers capon quail goose and pheasant

These fresh (never frozen) fowl all are hormone- and antibiotic-free and raised with access to pasture Prices range from $310 to $840 per pound Pre-ordering is required and can be done through the Fair Food website (fairfoodphillyorg) The ordering deadline is Monday Nov 12 at 12 pm Turkeys will be available for pick up on November 21 and 22 the Tuesday and Wednesday before the holiday

TAlKInG TuRKEy

Itrsquos rare to find a raw sheeprsquos milk blue outside the Roquefort Caves in France But Pennsylvania can now make this claim thanks to two Amish farmers shepherd Emanuel Beiler and cheesemaker Amos Miller Beiler

who raises sheep in Lancaster County wanted to add value to his milk Miller who makes a variety of artisan cheeses at his Leola dairymdashMisty Creekmdash

likes to experiment This summer they re-leased their collaborative endeavor under the Shepherdrsquos Hollow Farm label which is dis-tributed by Farm Fromagemdashan intermediary for Amish dairy

When I tasted the first batch of Blue de Ewe available for market I was impressed Like a good Roquefort itrsquos peppery and unctuous Set a wedge on your cheese board and it be-gins to bead fat On the front end the taste is sweetly nutty like graham flourmdashit even has a slightly granular texture On the finish itrsquos earthy and spicy Since Blue de Ewe has a natural rind rather than a foil-wrapped exte-rior (like Roquefort) itrsquos drier than the French import with a texture similar to Stilton

I look forward to seeing how these unique wheels evolve over time Until winter Irsquoll be gorging on Blue de Ewe along with plum jam walnuts and plenty of malty stout mdashTenaya Darlington madamefromageblogcom

Blue de Ewe is available at Green Aisle Grocery and the Lansdowne and Upper Merion farmers markets Contact Shepherdrsquos Hollow Farm co Farm Fromage Lancaster 717-314-1373 farmfromagecom

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three philadelphia restaurateurs try their

hands at farmingstory by liz pacheco photos by neal santos

LUNA FARM

amp

Jose Garces and farmer Alex McCracken at Luna Farm

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hef jose garces is in his outdoor kitchen making sal-morejomdasha cold Spanish soup similar to gazpacho He adds bright yellow tomatoes to the food processor along with gar-lic vinegar and baguette pieces ldquoA few years agordquo he says

ldquoI wouldrsquove made this with tomatoes from Mexicordquo This afternoon the tomatoes are from a very local sourcemdashGarcesrsquo backyard which doubles as a farm para This is the first full season for the 40-acre Luna Farm in Ottsville which is named in honor of the Garces family dog as well as the brilliant nightscapes the property offers The nearly 100 varieties of herbs and vegetables are organically grown for the Garces company res-taurantsmdashmost specifically Philadelphiarsquos JG Domestic which focuses on using local ingredients para But Garces isnrsquot the only or first Philadelphia chef to delve into farming Mitch Prensky owner and chef of Supper is in his third year working with Blue Elephant Farm in Newtown Square which grows solely for his restaurant and catering company Last Febru-ary Andrea Rossi began cultivating in Orwigsburg on his farm Grateful Acres This spring Rossi launched a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program through his restaurant C19 para For these three chefs the farms are creative challengesmdashthey require money planning and of course physical labor At their restaurants these chefs are no longer just cooking theyrsquore developing innovative models for combining the farm and the table

jose gARces garces group

For Garces the decision to start a farm happened al-most by accident While looking for a family home out-side the city he discovered that many properties included farmland ldquoWe just started thinking lsquoWow it would be great if we could ship in our own stuffrsquordquo says Garces In 2010 he purchased the property and by summer 2011 he was working with Alex McCracken to develop the land

While McCracken had never farmed on this scale before he has extensive experience gardening He and his wife live on a nearby 16-acre property and own the Turnip Truck a business that designs installs and main-tains organic gardens for homeowners When McCracken heard that Garces was looking for a farmer he sent in

his reacutesumeacute That plus a recommendation from another local grower landed him the position In this first year McCracken and Garces are experimentingmdashlooking to see what flourishes both at the farm and in the restaurants

ldquoNext year the plan is to reduce the wide variety of crops that we grow to the things that are doing the best hererdquo says McCracken ldquoThe things that the restaurants use the most of like peppersmdashwersquoll always grow peppers here Theyrsquore easy to grow All of Josersquos restaurants use a lot of themrdquo

In addition to vegetables the organic farm is grow-ing mushrooms and raising chickens and bees Garces is also considering goats either for meat or milk The farmrsquos tractor runs on biodiesel fuel from the restaurantsrsquo fryer oil which is picked up and processed by Bucks County

2 0 g r i d p h i l lyco m N OV E M b E r 2 0 12

Freedom Fuel And therersquos talk of adding solar panels to the movable chicken coop to provide energy for the green-house and the barn This winter the greenhouse will be supplemented by hoop houses which in August already had tomatoes peppers and eggplant

ldquoIrsquom growing things here Irsquove never grown beforerdquo says McCracken referring to some of the more unusual varieties of tomatoes and greens ldquoIrsquom growing things some of the chefs have never seen before Everybodyrsquos expanding their horizons and learning a lot from the processrdquo

The chefs from Garcesrsquo seven Philadelphia restaurants and the three in Atlantic City have all visited Luna ldquoThey didnrsquot realize the scale wersquore growing on or the quality that was going to be coming out hererdquo says Garces The restau-rants receive produce Tuesday and Thursday nights some of which easily work on the menu and some that require more creativity ldquoWersquore treating them like CSAs basicallyrdquo explains Garces ldquoInitially [the chefs] were placing orders and I interceded and said no you guys are getting every-thingrdquo Some menus pose greater challenges since theyrsquore concept-based but the hope is that in future seasons the farm will cater to those needs The JG Domestic restaurant

benefits most directly from the farm offering dishes with ldquoLuna Farm Eggrdquo ldquoLuna Farm Herb Pestordquo and ldquoLuna Farm Tomatillosrdquo

But for Garces the motivation to start Luna Farm comes from his passion for food not marketing potential ldquoI think as long as [the farm] remains true to that itrsquoll keep goingrdquo But hersquos also admits that therersquos significant financial risk as well ldquoItrsquos a pretty costly endeavor for sure Wersquore still trying to make sure it all balances outrdquo

Mitch pReNsky supper

mitch prensky has been working with Blue Elephant Farm since 2010 but his commitment to local fresh food is decades old ldquoIrsquove been cooking this way for 26 yearsrdquo he says citing previous trips to the Union Square Green-market in New York City to visit farm stands In 2007 he opened Supper which he describes as ldquoseasonal farm-di-rect American cuisinerdquo Yet it wasnrsquot until three years ago that Prensky learned of the term ldquofarm to tablerdquo

ldquoSomebody said to me lsquoOh yoursquore a farm-to-table res-

Jose Garces prepares a salmorejo in his outdoor kitchen at Luna Farm The cold Spanish soup is similar to a gazpacho itrsquos made from tomatoes and garnished with strawberries eggs and olives Garcesrsquo children Olivia and Andres watch their father in the kitchen and lend a hand in adding the ingredients to the blender

The salmorejo is from Garcesrsquo newest cookbook The Latin Road Home available October 8 from Lake Isle Press For the full recipe visit gridphillycom

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taurantrsquordquo recalls Prensky ldquoItrsquos the first time Irsquove ever heard that expression So if yoursquore going to call me something at least I should know what it isrdquo Eventually Prensky con-nected with the owners of Blue Elephant Farm a privately owned 75-acre property in Newton Square At the time the owners were growing for themselves and family members Prensky started working with the estate manager Mary Butler a horticulturist to grow vegetables for Supper

ldquo[The] first season I pulled every vegetable out of the ground myselfrdquo says Prensky who works alongside Butler ldquoThere is a lot of sweat and toil involved and not a lot of [financial] returnrdquo Today the farm provides 100 percent of the produce at Supper and at the Global DishmdashPrenskyrsquos catering company Blue Elephant raises chickens sheep goats llamas horses and donkeys and there are plans to have a grass-fed beef program next year A local beekeeper has hives on the property Their greenhouse grows greens lettuces and herbs year-round and thanks to cold storage diners will see plenty of root vegetables on the winter menu This fall Prensky and Blue Elephant even canned their first line of products and preserves to be sold at Supper

With any farm there are no guarantees Prensky talks about the season when a blight kept tomatoes off the menu for a while and the creativity needed to handle an abun-dance of okra one week but none the next ldquoYou start pick-ling and preserving and then you make dishes out of itrdquo he says ldquoThatrsquos another challenge but thatrsquos a fun challenge here of writing dishes on the menurdquo

Deliveries from the farm come to Supper three times a week and Prensky makes an effort to be out in the fields at least once a week as well ldquoI always say Irsquom the luckiest chef in the worldrdquo he says explaining that having a dedicated farm for his restaurant has been a career goal ldquo[I thought] it would be great if someone could grow this stuff for us and I would know exactly what that property is doing and how theyrsquore handling the vegetables and what goes into this And thatrsquos what Irsquove been fortunate to be blessed with here with Blue Elephantrdquo

ANdReA Rossi c19

two years ago C19 (then Cichetteria 19) was already sourcing locally from Green Meadow Farm ldquoI wasnrsquot even searching for a farmer at the timerdquo admits Andrea Rossi chef and owner at C19 Then he met Alex Archambault who was delivering for Red Earth Farm to the Metropolitan Bakery across the street from the restaurant ldquoHe brought

me some tomatoes some potatoes he was growing on his own some heirloom tomatoesrdquo says Rossi ldquoThey were amazingrdquo

So Rossi expressed interest in finding space to start his own farm and Archambault mentioned there were a few acres adjacent to his backyard in Orwigsburg In 2011 Rossi officially hired Archambault to be the farmer This summer C19 offered a CSA for the farm and had four res-taurants and six individuals participate ldquoWe just wanted to start very small because the first year therersquos a lot of difficultiesrdquo says Rossi The season has so far been suc-cessful and produce from Grateful Acres can be found on the restaurant menu as well as at the Rittenhouse Farmers Market each Saturday

The decision to start a farm springs from Rossirsquos desire to provide the best quality food locally ldquoWe are what we eatrdquo he says explaining that he wants to both support the local economy and make sure people are eating nutrient-rich produce His dedication to this mission has been rec-ognized locally In November 2011 the restaurant received a ldquoSnail of Approvalrdquo from Slow Food Philadelphiamdasha distinction given to eateries that contribute to the quality authenticity and sustainability of the food supply in the area Rossi is already considering expansion He wants to lease a few more acres next season and is talking with an-other restaurant about potentially buying an organic farm in New Jersey Restaurateurs owning farms is an emerging trend but for Rossi his works stems from familial tradi-tion ldquoThe idea comes from my motherrdquo he says ldquoitrsquos how we grew uprdquo

Supper is located at 926 South St 215-592-8180 supperphillycom

C19 is located at 267 S 19th St 215-545-0441 c19pwhillycom

JG Domestic is located at 2929 Arch St 215-222-2363 jgdomesticcom

For a full list of Garcesrsquo restaurants visit garcesgroupcom

BLUe eLephANt FARM

gRAteFUL AcRes

Top left Mitch Prensky owner and chef at Supper with a recent harvest from Blue Elephant Farm

Bottom right Andrea Rossi owner and chef at C19 sells produce from Grateful Acres with farmer Alex Archambault at the Saturday Rittenhouse farmers market

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What amazed me most about the honey locust trees at Awbury Arbo-retum were the thorns I had imag-

ined something like rose thornsmdashsharp but proportionalmdashnot four-inch-long spikes jutting out from branches and erupting from trunks in grotesque savage clusters Surely this was over-kill The trees could fend off deer with much less

Honey locust trees can be found throughout the city but these are tame trees They have an elegant spreading canopy with small leaves that screen the sun rather than block it completely What they donrsquot have is thorns The smooth ver-sions are ldquoa genetic sport [mutation] that showed up and people liked themrdquo explains Dennis Lu-cey Awbury Arboretumrsquos landscape manager

The honey locust remains prepared to fend off long- extinct creatures by bernard brown

by bernard brownurban naturalist

foot-long seed pods as wellmdashthink string beans for giant ground sloths who would subsequently disperse their seeds Twelve thousand years ago might sound like a long time for a human but itrsquos only 60 generations or so for the trees

Honey locusts arenrsquot the only trees around us likely shaped by extinct giants Next time yoursquore passing the Bala Golf Club on Belmont Avenue look at the Osage orange trees along the fence Thorny with round green softball-sized fruit the trees donrsquot appeal to our extant native crit-ters implying extinct animals once dispersed the seeds

Of course long-lived trees tell other stories wersquove forgotten Lucey referenced some old locust trees at Awbury planted in what appears to be an arbitrary line Back in the late 1800s the line was planted to screen a small slum McNabb Town from view McNabb Town was razed more than a hundred years ago but the trees remain

bernard brown is an amateur field herper bureaucrat and founder of the PBampJ Campaign (pbjcampaignorg) a movement focused on the benefits of eating lower on the food chain

Pointing to the Past

We choose nice gentle trees for our landscaping nothing with spikes that could go clean through your hand

We like locust trees for other reasons They are tough plants that can withstand air pollu-tion road salt and compacted soilmdashall things that make urban environments a nasty place for a tree Moreover those small leaves (technically leaflets since the stem with the row of leaflets on either side is considered a ldquocompound leafrdquo) are easy to clean up in the fall

But I miss the thorns and not just for their gory potential The thorns remind us that we inhabit a world shaped by extinct creatures Irsquom not talking about dinosaurs rather extinct mam-mals that shared the Delaware Valley with its first humans at the end of the last Ice Age

It might be easy to forget that these marvel-ously giant and exotic beasts (including saber-toothed cats and ground sloths the size of el-ephants not to mention actual mammoths and mastodons) lived where we do today but the trees remember

Or at least their genes do Trees that evolved over millions of years along

with giant herbivorous mammals still bear the traits shaped by them even if theyrsquore no longer useful This is likely how honey locust trees ended up with thorns big enough to intimidate a mam-moth and is probably why they have

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Oct13

ldquoCountdown to (En)DangerrdquoAn exhibit featuring artistsrsquo own inter-pretations of endangered species and

the continued risks of extinction Proceeds ben-efit the World Wildlife Fund Open until Nov 7

rarr Sat Oct 13 6-9 pm free B2 Cafeacute 1500 E Passyunk Ave For more information visit facebookcomevents482540518437645

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Fall Author Series Spillover Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic

Hear from author David Quammen on the sci-ence and history of major diseases that originate in wild animals and pass to humans and what might be the next pandemic

rarr Tues Oct 16 630-830 pm free to members$5 nonmembers The Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy For more informa-tion and to register visit ansporgvisitevents

Oct18

Is Sustainable Agriculture Bad for the PlanetSustainable food writers and experts

examine questions like Does eating grass-fed livestock raise your emissions And is it worth paying extra for organic products

rarr Thurs Oct 18 6-830 pm free to members$5 nonmembers The Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy For more informa-tion and to register visit ansporgvisitevents

Oct18

Slow Food Seminar Chocolate Growers Seminar amp TastingKallari Cacao Growers Cooperative

from Ecuador will talk about their cacao farms and have a tasting of their chocolate (Fair Trade and Direct Trade)

rarr Thurs Oct 18 7-9 pm $20 Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College 4100 Walnut St For tickets visit slowfoodphillyorg

Oct19

Wall Garden WorkshopTake your gardening indoors with woolly pockets This workshop will

teach where to hang a woolly pocket what to plant and how to water

rarr Fri Oct 19 630-830 pm $40 City Planter 814 N 4th St For more information and to register visit cityplantercom

Oct20

Rose Hips and What You Make of Them Learn how to use rose hips from the

garden to make jam candy and syrup Students will take home what they make

rarr Sat Oct 20 9 am-12 pm $50 members$75 nonmembers Wyck 6026 Germantown Ave To register visit wyckorgprograms or call 215-848-1690

Oct20

Terrariums WorkshopCreate a mini-oasis at this terrarium workshop Registration includes a small

glass globe vessel soil charcoal and stones Plants will be available for purchase

rarr Sat Oct 20 12-2 pm $30 Greensgrow Farms 2501 E Cumberland St For more information and to register visit greensgroworgevents

Oct20

PASArsquos 100 Grass-fed Beef Cook OffJoin PASA as they announce the win-

ners of the Cook Off which features local chefs and farmers Philly CowShare and cookbook authorchef Aliza Green will be there and Wye-brook (open 11 am-6 pm) will have live music and food available for purchase

rarr Sat Oct 20 2-4 pm free Wyebrook Farm 150 Wyebrook Rd Honey Brook For more information visit pasafarmingorgevents

Oct20

Fall Foliage WalkEnjoy a morning walk to explore the changing hues of autumn and learn the

surprising answer to why leaves change colors

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Oct18

Fall Window Box WorkshopLearn to create a fall window box thatrsquoll last through Thanksgiving Also get tips

for the best plantings watering practices and soil mixes for the fall season

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Oct20

Harvest On HenryHenry Got Crops CSA hosts a fund-raiser event featuring live music local

food hayrides childrenrsquos activities face paint-ing pumpkin painting and a pie bake-off

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Backyard ChickensEver thought of keeping chickens Learn everything from choosing the

right chicks for a flock to keeping them happy and healthy

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Oct20

Bringing It All Home Cultivating Sustainable Communities Frederick Kirschenmann PhD a sus-

tainability speaker writer farmer-philosopher and president of Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture will speak about developing resilient sustainable communities

rarr Sat Oct 20 1-3 pm $15$8 students Arsht Hall (University of Delaware - Wilmington Campus) 2600 Pennsylvania Ave Wilmington DE Register at historicpennfarmorg or by calling 302-655-7275

Oct21

Up Close and Personal Learn the basics of home-scaled sus-tainable and regenerative practices

including backyard chickens composting fer-mentation and more This workshop will focus on extending the growing season

rarr Sun Oct 21 1-5 pm $49 before Oct 15$10 late fee after Oct 14 Flourtown (specific location TBA) For more information and to register visit thehomegrowninstituteorg

Oct21

Town Square Program Plenty for the Planet Sustainable Food and a Well-Fed World

Join acclaimed writer and sustainability advocate Anna Lappeacute and local experts as they discuss the role of sustainable food systems in addressing hunger The evening includes a local food tasting

rarr Sun Oct 21 530-830 pm Program free Reception $10 members$12 nonmembers Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy For more information and to register visit ansporgvisitevents

Oct26

Terrarium ClassHave a crafty start to your weekend with this terrarium-building class

rarr Fri Oct 26 630-830 pm $50 City Planter 814 N 4th St For more information and to register visit cityplantercom

Oct27

Fermenting Sauerkraut amp Mead with David SillerDavid Siller of Cobblestone Krautery

will teach about the power of fermentation and how to make mead pickles sauerkraut and much more

rarr Sat Oct 27 12-2 pm $35 Greensgrow Community Kitchen at St Michaelrsquos Church 2139 E Cumberland St For more information and to register visit greensgroworgevents

Oct2728

Philly Bike Expo Bilenky Cycle Works hosts the third-annual Philly Bike Expomdashtwo days filled with rides seminars demonstra-tions parties a swap meet and a bicycle

fashion show

rarr Sat Oct 27-Sun Oct 28 $8-25 depending on ticket type 23rd Street Armory 22 S 23rd St For more information and tickets visit phillybikeexpocom

nOv7

Saving Americarsquos Exceptional GardensBill Noble director of preservation at

The Garden Conservancy will discuss his work overseeing rehabilitation activities at more than 100 gardens throughout the country

rarr Wed Nov 7 2-5 pm $18 members$20 nonmembers Morris Arboretum 100 E Northwestern Ave For more information visit morrisarboretumorg

nOv8

Food Politics Is the Current Food System Sustainable with Marion Nestle

Noted nutritionist and author Marion Nestle will discuss food politics and the sustainability of the current food system

rarr Thurs Nov 8 6-830 pm $15 nonmember $10 member$50 vIP reception The Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy For more information and to register visit ansporgvisitevents

nOv10

Art in the GardenMark Smith an artist and garden de-signer will discuss ways to expand

thinking about art in a garden setting in eco-nomical temporary and more permanent ways

rarr Sat Nov 10 9-11 am $10 Fairmount Park Horticultural Center N Horticultural and Montgomery Drs For more information visit extensionpsueduphiladelphiaprogramsmaster-gardener

nOv10

Worm Composting Urban Composting Made EasyStart worm composting after this work-

shop on decomposition worm anatomy and biol-ogy and how to care for a worm bin Participants will take home a bin with worms

rarr Sat Nov 10 10 am-12 pm Members $20per person $30couple Nonmembers $30person $40couple Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education 8480 Hagyrsquos Mill Rd For information visit schuylkillcenterorg

nOv7

Creating the East Coast GreenwayAndy Hamilton Mid-Atlantic Trail Co-ordinator for the East Coast Greenway

Alliance will outline how this trail system en-hances local communities and the region at large

rarr Wed Nov 7 6-9 pm free valley Green Inn valley Green Road at Wissahickon For more information and to register visit foworg

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That Wednesday morning customers wait outside for the Market to open making shop-ping strategies while sipping coffee provided by Market management While itrsquos a busy day for us at the General Store therersquos a lot more pressure on the big three the butcher baker and greengrocer Inside the market the green-grocers hurriedly stack towering mounds of collard greens the butchers ice down freshly-killed turkeys and the Pennsylvania Dutch bakers try to find room to display all their pies

At 8 am the doors open and the frenzy be-gins Couples split up to conquer the shopping list with a promised rendezvous for blueberry pancakes or croissants The line at Terminirsquos Bakery slows to a crawl and good-natured pa-trons start folding bakery boxes to help speed the process Customers move like hordes of lo-custs through the produce as workers hustle to

restock and replenish the ravaged displays The ticket machine at Godshallrsquos Poultry completes the first circuit of 001 to 100 and back again

In the midst of this harried buying and sell-ing there is a sense of collegiality Customers share and debate cooking tips and shopping secrets And despite the pressure to finish helping one customer to get to those waiting merchants make time to quickly trade family news with customers Today is part business and part family reunion

At Godshallrsquos therersquos a pause to advise a ner-vous first-time Thanksgiving hostess on cook-ing the perfect turkey ldquoCook it at 350 degrees 14 to 15 minutes a poundrdquo explains the butcher ldquoIf itrsquos stuffed you want an internal tempera-ture of 165 degrees Yoursquoll want to use a meat thermometer You can buy one down the aisle at the kitchen store Yoursquore welcome Good luckmdash

calling number 88rdquo The next day if all goes ac-cording to plan a beaming young woman will take a bow for serving a Thanksgiving master-piece and a lifelong customer will be born Itrsquos in these moments that the keys to the Reading Terminal Marketrsquos longevity can be found This exchange of money for merchandise is more than a business transactionmdashtherersquos something more personal happening

Many of todayrsquos customers first discovered the Market as children brought here by parents or grandparents They learned to endure the search for the freshest meat or ripest tomatoes in exchange for the promise of Bassetts Ice Cream On Thanksgiving they return forgo-ing the big box supermarkets for a place where food is not so much a commodity but some-onersquos life work This is reflected in the stand names Guintarsquos Meats Beilerrsquos Bakery Bas-setts Ice Cream These names werenrsquot picked because their owners lacked originality but rather as a sign of the shopkeepersrsquo pride in the foods they grow raise prepare and sell

For many Philadelphians the trip to Read-ing Terminal has become an essential part of the Thanksgiving holidaymdasha reminder that preparing and sharing food with loved ones is a sacred experience Hopefully this year will initiate a few young family members into that traditionmdashone thatrsquos existed since the Market opened in 1893 and if theyrsquore lucky includes a dish of Bassetts ice cream

michael holahan founded the Pennsylvania General Store with his wife Julie Holahan in 1987 The store sells locally made foods and crafts Visit them at the Reading Terminal Market or online at pageneralstorecom

Feeding on Tradition

Thanksgiving Eve at the Reading Terminal Market by michael holahan

As a shopkeeper in the Reading Terminal Market any busy day is a good day But after 25 years at the Pennsylvania General Store my favorite is the day before Thanksgiving The energy inside this more-

than-a-century-old public market is unlike any other time of year Thanksgiv-ing is about bringing together the people we love to share a meal and to give thanks as a merchant itrsquos a privilege to be even a small part of this occasion

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for me one of the most fun parts of work is preparing for and executing Grid Alive Itrsquos a talk show that has live music local beer and cheese and most importantly fascinating guests from the pages of Grid I co-host the event with Nic Esposito an urban farmer and founder of Head and the Hand an innovative book publishing company Even though wersquove done five shows nowmdashtwo of which we have as podcasts avail-able on gridphillycommdashI still get the jitters every time we take the stage

Why give myself bi-monthly bouts of stage fright Because I think that therersquos nothing quite like hearing inspirational people tell their own stories in their own voice all unedited Obvious-ly Irsquom a big believer in print and the power of social media is undeniable but nothing replaces face-to-face meetings and interactions

Recently in preparation for a Grid Alive I had Scott Kelly and Jenn Rezeli the couple be-hind ReVision Architecture visit our office for a pre-interview ldquoIn our house Scott is known as lsquoThe Breezemasterrsquordquo Jenn told me with a hint of marital impatience because of his closemdashper-haps compulsivemdashmonitoring of the outdoor temperature When it gets to be 74 degrees out-side Jenn can expect a text from Scott alerting her to close all the windows of their house which has no air conditioning I was impressed but I wondered Could The Breezemaster help me

I opened the window of my office revealing a symphony of city living horns sirens and a seemingly ever-present jackhammer Irsquod like to open my window during the day I explained to The Breezemaster but when I do itrsquos too noisy to conduct business What should I do

Without missing a beat he asked ldquoDo you put fans in the windows and leave them open overnight when you arenrsquot thererdquo No we didnrsquot I answered somewhat shocked at how quickly he offered a solution and in retrospect how obvious his idea was This simple trick has al-ready saved us countless hours of running the air conditioning

So now thanks to a conversation with Scott and Jenn Irsquom a little bit smarter and my office is a lot more efficient

If you live in a condo there is a great oppor-tunity this month for you to have conversations about how to make your building more efficient The Green Condo and Co-op Initiative (story on p 14) is having a Condo Congress on October 23 at The Academy of Natural Sciences and will arm you with the information you need to foster change From our story yoursquoll learn that the key to making these changes happen is identifying like-minded residents talking with them and then stating your case to your fellow-owners and the condo committee Once you start talking to your neighbors you never know what windows will open

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Fossil Fools

Bill McKibben crunches the numbers and names an enemy by liz pacheco

When bill mckibben published The End of Nature in 1989 it was the first book aimed at educating the general public on climate change Since then McKibben has given lectures written books

penned articles and led countless campaigns to raise awareness and inspire action on climate changemdashthis includes a five-day walk he led in 2007 across Vermont In November McKibben will take his message on the road with 350org his international grassroots climate campaign The ldquoDo the Mathrdquo tourmdasha name taken from the frightening warming calculations McKibben presents in the August 2 2012 Rolling Stonemdashwill be making 20 stops in 20 days in an effort to jumpstart the climate movement We caught up with McKibben to discuss the tour and itrsquos goals

U P CO M I N G E V E N T

Green livinG

What can we expect from the tour Itrsquos not going to be a typical stand-at-a-mike-and-give-a-lecture Wersquore calling it a roadshowmdashwe want to drive home the math of our predicament and then we want to get people organized to go after the fossil fuel industry If it works there will be campaigns springing up everywhere in its wake

Whatrsquos the significance of the tour kicking off the night after the presidential election Because no matter who wins the people have to take the lead heremdashno waiting for Barack to save us this time And because in the end the fossil fuel companies matter more than the politicians

20 cities in 20 days is fairly ambitious why the short timelineWersquore trying to start a lot of brushfires and see if we can get them really blazing fast

Are you taking on any volunteers or local artistsbands Yesmdashthere will be music every night sometimes from national acts and sometimes local heroes Environmentalists have spent so much time with bar graphs that theyrsquove sometimes forgotten there are other ways to reach folks

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EXPAnDInG THE MARKETArea grocers are on the moveCrEEKSIDE CO-OP In November the long-awaited Creekside Co-op will open Customers can expect a bulk foods section indoor and outdoor seating for enjoying prepared items and local products from within a 100-mile radius

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KIMBErTON WhOlE FOODS ndash DOWNINGTON In September Kimberton Whole Foods in Downington celebrated their Grand Re-Open-ing The natural foods grocery store moved a few doors down into a building that better reflects the companyrsquos vision with eco-friendly elements like LED lighting and solar tubes that maximize natural light

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SOUTh PhIlly FOOD CO-OP September was a big month for the South Philly Food Co-op The Reinvestment Fund awarded the nonprofit a $25000 Food Access Grant and their annual garden tour raised more than $35000 Ten new members have joined bringing total membership to 305 Once 400 member-owners have enrolled the Co-op will start working to secure a loan for a storefront

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fact Last year 39 million vinyl records were sold in the US

the highest amount since 1991

problem With vinyl records making a resurgence you might be thinking twice about toss-

ing those old 45s But if you do trash them the landfill is not the best place Most old-school vinyl records are made with Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) When buried PVC can leak dioxin a toxic chemical that can contaminate groundwater Since dioxins are fat-soluble they concentrate in human tissue Addi-tionally chlorine production for new vinyl manufacturing releases more than 200000 pounds of mercury into our air water and soil each year Recycling vinyl bypasses that chlorine use

solutionFirst take your unwanted records to local record stores If they have any

value you may walk away with a few dol-lars If not recycling is a challenge since the options are limited Philadelphia-based Vinylux (vinyluxnet) has been recycling re-cords into bowls coasters and clocks (among other things) for 10 years and is committed to working in Philadelphia Vinylux accept donations of clean (no mold please) size 33 or 45 records Arrange for drop-off by con-tacting them at recordsvinyluxnet Here in Philadelphia eForce Compliance (3114 Grayrsquos Ferry Ave eforcecompliancecom) accepts vinyl records And another option although not in Philadelphia is Recy-cling Services Inc in Pottstown (365 Elm St Pottstown recyclingservicesorg) They accept records but it costs $8 per car to enter the facil-ity However they also accept other miscellaneous re-cyclables such as Tyvek envelopes candles and bat-teries making a trip there potentially more worthwhile

by samantha wittchen

Vinyl RecoRds

8 g r i d p h i l lyco m n ov e m b e r 2 0 12

Green livinG

I lovE my dishwasher With two small kids a husband a dog and many visitors

Irsquom all about having an automated helper in the kitchen It does such a great job that I became suspicious of the detergent I was using

It turns out that the main ingredient in my detergent was concentrated chlorine Digging a little further I found that according to the US Environmental Protection Agency automatic dishwashing detergents can cause skin irrita-tions or even burns and are poisonous if swal-lowed Chlorine wasnrsquot the only harsh chemical found Here are two others of concern

Phosphates act as a water softener to boost a detergentrsquos efficiency But once theyrsquove finished washing our dishes they can harm our ecosys-tems When phosphates leave the washer they can pollute local streams and lakes and cause an excess growth of algae a process known as eutrophication The overgrowth of algae or other aquatic vegetation can clog waterways depleting the waterrsquos oxygen content and killing plants and other organisms Artificial perfumes (phthalates) which are of-

ten used to scent dishwashing detergents are considered hormone-disruptors and are linked to reduced sperm count in men among other issues reports the Environmental Working Group

For an easy at-home way to green your dish-washer try this recipe

leah r troiano a certified cancer support educator works with people who have cancer or would like to prevent cancer Lowering toxicity is just one of many ways to get your body in cancer-fighting shape Videos on how to make the products featured in this column can also be found at Leahrsquos website in the ldquoVideordquo section For more information visit cancerhealthandwellnesscom or e-mail leahcancerhealthandWellnesscom

Dishwasher (and planet) safe recipes by leah r troiano

DIsHInG DETERGEnT

directions

You will need

rarr Add the castile soap water and lemon juice to the jar Close lid tightly and shake gently

rarr Use about 1 tablespoon for each load of dishes and fill the second compartment with white vinegar If your water is hard you can also add white vinegar to the rinse aid compartment as well

1 cup Super Washing

Powder

frac14 cup baking soda

1 cup Borax

cup citric acid (found in

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frac14 cup salt

20 drops essential oil (optional)

You will need

rarr Mix all ingredients very well Store in a container with a lid Add 1 tablespoon of the mixture to the soap com-partment and dump a half tablespoon onto the door

directions

With this product and all other cleaners keep out of reach of children and pets

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liQuid

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1 cup water

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community

Can-Do Condoshow to collectively green a multi-family home by kristen dowd

Being eco-friendly as a condo or co-op resident is possible to achieve on your ownmdashbut only to a point You can make energy-effi-cient lighting decisions use heating and cooling sparingly and recycle

but what about the light bulbs in the hallways and lobbies or insulating the roof Addressing the management of common areas is key

Thatrsquos where being eco-friendly can get a little trickier Itrsquos the fiduciary responsibility of board members and managers to maintain the build-ings in value comfort and appearance So deci-sions at condos and co-ops need to involve these parties and be made along with owners But to make any greening improvement explains Joan Batory chair of the Green CondoCo-op Initiative (GCCI) the single most important step that must be taken is to make a committee

The GCCI grew out of such a green commit-tee ldquoWe started it with three people [in 2008]rdquo says Sis Eisman a resident at The Philadelphian in Fairmount Once created the group quickly grew

One of the committeersquos first initiatives was changing incandescent light bulbs for CFLs The committee also drafted (and distributed) rules for recycling within the building Next they in-stituted recycling programs for cell phones ink cartridges and electronic waste

In 2009 the group held a Green Home Show at the Philadelphianmdasha day of exhibits and edu-cational programming focused on green build-ing for condo and co-op owners managers and others Soon area buildings approached The Philadelphian looking to make the same green improvements and thus the GCCI was born

For a green committee to be influential it

needs to educate residents on the payback as-sociated with expenditures Batory talks about a $23 million project at The Philadelphian to improve the buildingrsquos envelope and energy ef-ficiency ldquoThere were several sessions with our owners here where [GCCI] and some of the pro-ponents of the project were trying to explain to the owners the value of spending money up front to achieve longer-term savingsrdquo she says ldquoIt was a very very intense series of debates and some-times argumentsrdquo The discussions eventually lead to two years of construction during which significant improvements were made including the replacement of 2000 windows and 8000 individual heating and cooling units Despite the initial challenges says Batory ldquowe are now experiencing hundreds of thousands of dollars in savingsrdquo

In addition to education the GCCI also does advocacy work Condos and co-ops can inad-vertently slip through the legislative cracks as theyrsquore neither commercial buildings nor tradi-tional residential While programs like Energy-Works do apply to these multi-family buildings other green improvements can be more difficult to initiate

The GCCI wants to change that ldquoWersquore doing our best to open our doors and make it easy for themmdashlegislators and plannersmdashto deal with

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Philadelphia Condo Congress The event will feature hands-on workshops speakers exhibi-tor information booths and networking ses-sions all aimed at showing the economic and environmental benefits of adopting sustainable practices GCCI is hosting the event in collabora-tion with the Community Associations Institute and the Greater Philadelphia Condo Managers Association

Leonard Bonacci director of event opera-tions for the Philadelphia Eagles is the keynote speaker Known for his entertaining presen-tations Bonacci will talk about the teamrsquos journey to becoming the greenest professional sports stadium in the country

Another important part of the Congress will be four breakout sessions discussing the vari-ous legal economic requirements and challeng-es to making green improvements and success stories from Philadelphiarsquos condo associations

rarr Tues Oct 23 230-730 pm free The Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy For more details visit philagcciorg or call the Community Associations Institute at 877-608-9777

condosrdquo says Batory who has been in commu-nication with the Cityrsquos Office of Sustainability ldquoThis is right along with the cityrsquos goal So why canrsquot we have a group of condo and co-op build-ings that are the greenest in Americardquo

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food

Sweet TartsThree ways to enjoy delicious cranberries story and photos by marisa mcclellan

I was seven years old when I first cooked with fresh cranberries My mom had gone to a library sale and brought home a pair of books

called Cranberry Thanksgiving and Cranberry Christ-mas While I wasnrsquot particularly interested in the sto-ries inside the books I was intrigued by the recipes printed on the back

After much begging my parents relented and helped me bake a loaf of cranberry bread I loved the way the tart berries popped in the tender slightly sweet bread Since then cranberries have had a firm place in my top 10 favorite ingredients and Irsquom de-termined to show that theyrsquore good for a whole lot more than jelly and juice

Irsquom always looking for ways to use fresh cran-berries I stir them into baked goods add them to braises scatter them over roasting vegetables and even pickle them for cheese platters and cocktails They give a fatty braised pork butt a tangy fruity counterpoint The combination of roasted butternut squash and cranberries makes for a sweettart side dish And the combination of berries sugar vinegar and spices is wonderfully electric on the tongue

braised Pork butt with Cranberries and Leeks

Preheat oven to 350deg F Remove pork butt from fridge and let it come to room tempera-ture Pat away any moisture with paper tow-els and salt both sides of the meat generously Prepare the leeks by cutting off the green

tops and the root ends Slice them in half lengthwise and wash off any gritty soil Chop the leeks into narrow half moons (three leeks should yield approximately 3 cups) Place a four-quart or larger Dutch oven

over medium heat Add 2 tablespoons of olive oil Then add the leeks and 12 teaspoon salt cooking until they begin to soften and brown Using a spatula scrape the leeks to the side of the pan Turn the heat to

high Pat any remaining moisture from the meat and place it in the pan Cook for 3 to 4 minutes until that side has browned Flip the meat and repeat until it is uniformly seared (take care to tend to the leeks so they donrsquot burn) Arrange the leeks on top of the pork Add cranberries and stock Place a

tight-fitting lid on the pot and place it in the preheated oven Let the pork cook for 3 to 4 hours until itrsquos meltingly tender Shred the meat

and serve with mashed squash or sweet potatoes and braised kale

INGREDIENTS

2 pounds pork butt3 large leeks2 tbsp olive oil 1 cups cranberries2 cups chicken stock Salt and pepper

n ov e m b e r 2 0 12 g r i d p h i l lyco m 1 3

oven roasted butternut Squash and Cranberries

2 small butternut squashes (about 3 pounds)2 cups cranberries2 tbsp olive or coconut oil1 tsp of salt2 tbsp butter

Preheat oven to 350deg F Line a rimmed bak-ing sheet with parchment paper Set aside Wash butternut squash and cut it into

quarters Scrape out the seeds Arrange squash on a baking sheet and sprinkle cranberries over the squash quarters Drizzle oil over the berries and squash and using your hands rub it in so itrsquos well distributed Season with salt and place on your ovenrsquos top rack

Pickled Cranberries

Makes 3 pints2 12-ounce bags of cranberries3 cups apple cider vinegar3 cups granulated white sugar2 cinnamon sticks1 tsp allspice berries

tsp whole cloves tsp black peppercorns tsp juniper berries

Prepare a boiling water bath and three pint jars Place lids in a small saucepan of water and bring to a gentle simmer Wash cranberries and pick out any stems

or bad berries Combine vinegar and sugar in a medium

saucepan to create the brine Bring to a boil Add cinnamon sticks to the brine Place allspice berries whole cloves black

peppercorns and juniper berries in a spice bag or tie them up in cheesecloth Add them to the brine Once the brine is boiling vigorously add

the cranberries Stir to combine and cook for 5 to 7 minutes until the cranberries begin to pop and the brine has returned to a rolling boil Remove pot from heat and pull out the

spice bag and cinnamon sticks Break cinna-mon sticks in half and set aside Using a slotted spoon ladle cranberries

into prepared jars Cover berries with brine leaving 12 inch headspace Place a cinnamon stick segment into each jar Wipe jar rims apply lids and rings and

process in a boiling water bath canner for 10 minutes Remove jars from canner and place them

on a folded kitchen towel to cool When jars are cool enough to handle remove rings and check seals Any unsealed jars should be kept in the refrigerator Let jars sit for at least 24 hours before eat-

ing to allow the flavors to settle

Save any leftover brine Itrsquos essentially a fruit shrub and is delicious mixed with sparkling water

For more canning tips visit foodinjarscom

Roast for 35 to 40 minutes until the squash is fork tender and the cranberries juicy and shrunken Using a spoon scrape the butternut flesh out of its peel Combine roasted cranber-ries and tender squash in a large bowl Add butter Using a fork stir everything into a chunky mash Salt to taste

14 g r i d p h i l lyco m n ov e m b e r 2 0 12

food

Blue de Ewecheese of The monTh

ON-SITE CHEESE MAKINGGridrsquos illustrious neighbor the reading Terminal market has some exciting new occupants The new Jersey-based Valley shepherd creamery due to open in november will truck in milk three times a week allowing customers to witness their cheese-making process firsthand

Already open are the Tubby olive which sells olive oils and vinegars on tap and the head nut a coffee roaster from the main line that also offers bulk goods including dry beans nuts and candy so bring your refillable containers

For more information visit readingterminalmarketorg

Reading Terminal

Fair Food offering local bird options for this yearrsquos Thanksgiving table

Turkey time is almost here Once again Fair Food has plenty of local sustainable (and delicious) options for celebrating your holiday Choose from naturally-raised and Heirloom Bronze turkeys from Kochrsquos Turkey Farm (Tamaqua Pa) certified organic birds from Lancaster Farm Fresh (Leola Pa) and Heritage Breed Red Bourbons from Griggstown Quail Farm (Princeton NJ) If you fancy other birds Griggstown also offers capon quail goose and pheasant

These fresh (never frozen) fowl all are hormone- and antibiotic-free and raised with access to pasture Prices range from $310 to $840 per pound Pre-ordering is required and can be done through the Fair Food website (fairfoodphillyorg) The ordering deadline is Monday Nov 12 at 12 pm Turkeys will be available for pick up on November 21 and 22 the Tuesday and Wednesday before the holiday

TAlKInG TuRKEy

Itrsquos rare to find a raw sheeprsquos milk blue outside the Roquefort Caves in France But Pennsylvania can now make this claim thanks to two Amish farmers shepherd Emanuel Beiler and cheesemaker Amos Miller Beiler

who raises sheep in Lancaster County wanted to add value to his milk Miller who makes a variety of artisan cheeses at his Leola dairymdashMisty Creekmdash

likes to experiment This summer they re-leased their collaborative endeavor under the Shepherdrsquos Hollow Farm label which is dis-tributed by Farm Fromagemdashan intermediary for Amish dairy

When I tasted the first batch of Blue de Ewe available for market I was impressed Like a good Roquefort itrsquos peppery and unctuous Set a wedge on your cheese board and it be-gins to bead fat On the front end the taste is sweetly nutty like graham flourmdashit even has a slightly granular texture On the finish itrsquos earthy and spicy Since Blue de Ewe has a natural rind rather than a foil-wrapped exte-rior (like Roquefort) itrsquos drier than the French import with a texture similar to Stilton

I look forward to seeing how these unique wheels evolve over time Until winter Irsquoll be gorging on Blue de Ewe along with plum jam walnuts and plenty of malty stout mdashTenaya Darlington madamefromageblogcom

Blue de Ewe is available at Green Aisle Grocery and the Lansdowne and Upper Merion farmers markets Contact Shepherdrsquos Hollow Farm co Farm Fromage Lancaster 717-314-1373 farmfromagecom

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three philadelphia restaurateurs try their

hands at farmingstory by liz pacheco photos by neal santos

LUNA FARM

amp

Jose Garces and farmer Alex McCracken at Luna Farm

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hef jose garces is in his outdoor kitchen making sal-morejomdasha cold Spanish soup similar to gazpacho He adds bright yellow tomatoes to the food processor along with gar-lic vinegar and baguette pieces ldquoA few years agordquo he says

ldquoI wouldrsquove made this with tomatoes from Mexicordquo This afternoon the tomatoes are from a very local sourcemdashGarcesrsquo backyard which doubles as a farm para This is the first full season for the 40-acre Luna Farm in Ottsville which is named in honor of the Garces family dog as well as the brilliant nightscapes the property offers The nearly 100 varieties of herbs and vegetables are organically grown for the Garces company res-taurantsmdashmost specifically Philadelphiarsquos JG Domestic which focuses on using local ingredients para But Garces isnrsquot the only or first Philadelphia chef to delve into farming Mitch Prensky owner and chef of Supper is in his third year working with Blue Elephant Farm in Newtown Square which grows solely for his restaurant and catering company Last Febru-ary Andrea Rossi began cultivating in Orwigsburg on his farm Grateful Acres This spring Rossi launched a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program through his restaurant C19 para For these three chefs the farms are creative challengesmdashthey require money planning and of course physical labor At their restaurants these chefs are no longer just cooking theyrsquore developing innovative models for combining the farm and the table

jose gARces garces group

For Garces the decision to start a farm happened al-most by accident While looking for a family home out-side the city he discovered that many properties included farmland ldquoWe just started thinking lsquoWow it would be great if we could ship in our own stuffrsquordquo says Garces In 2010 he purchased the property and by summer 2011 he was working with Alex McCracken to develop the land

While McCracken had never farmed on this scale before he has extensive experience gardening He and his wife live on a nearby 16-acre property and own the Turnip Truck a business that designs installs and main-tains organic gardens for homeowners When McCracken heard that Garces was looking for a farmer he sent in

his reacutesumeacute That plus a recommendation from another local grower landed him the position In this first year McCracken and Garces are experimentingmdashlooking to see what flourishes both at the farm and in the restaurants

ldquoNext year the plan is to reduce the wide variety of crops that we grow to the things that are doing the best hererdquo says McCracken ldquoThe things that the restaurants use the most of like peppersmdashwersquoll always grow peppers here Theyrsquore easy to grow All of Josersquos restaurants use a lot of themrdquo

In addition to vegetables the organic farm is grow-ing mushrooms and raising chickens and bees Garces is also considering goats either for meat or milk The farmrsquos tractor runs on biodiesel fuel from the restaurantsrsquo fryer oil which is picked up and processed by Bucks County

2 0 g r i d p h i l lyco m N OV E M b E r 2 0 12

Freedom Fuel And therersquos talk of adding solar panels to the movable chicken coop to provide energy for the green-house and the barn This winter the greenhouse will be supplemented by hoop houses which in August already had tomatoes peppers and eggplant

ldquoIrsquom growing things here Irsquove never grown beforerdquo says McCracken referring to some of the more unusual varieties of tomatoes and greens ldquoIrsquom growing things some of the chefs have never seen before Everybodyrsquos expanding their horizons and learning a lot from the processrdquo

The chefs from Garcesrsquo seven Philadelphia restaurants and the three in Atlantic City have all visited Luna ldquoThey didnrsquot realize the scale wersquore growing on or the quality that was going to be coming out hererdquo says Garces The restau-rants receive produce Tuesday and Thursday nights some of which easily work on the menu and some that require more creativity ldquoWersquore treating them like CSAs basicallyrdquo explains Garces ldquoInitially [the chefs] were placing orders and I interceded and said no you guys are getting every-thingrdquo Some menus pose greater challenges since theyrsquore concept-based but the hope is that in future seasons the farm will cater to those needs The JG Domestic restaurant

benefits most directly from the farm offering dishes with ldquoLuna Farm Eggrdquo ldquoLuna Farm Herb Pestordquo and ldquoLuna Farm Tomatillosrdquo

But for Garces the motivation to start Luna Farm comes from his passion for food not marketing potential ldquoI think as long as [the farm] remains true to that itrsquoll keep goingrdquo But hersquos also admits that therersquos significant financial risk as well ldquoItrsquos a pretty costly endeavor for sure Wersquore still trying to make sure it all balances outrdquo

Mitch pReNsky supper

mitch prensky has been working with Blue Elephant Farm since 2010 but his commitment to local fresh food is decades old ldquoIrsquove been cooking this way for 26 yearsrdquo he says citing previous trips to the Union Square Green-market in New York City to visit farm stands In 2007 he opened Supper which he describes as ldquoseasonal farm-di-rect American cuisinerdquo Yet it wasnrsquot until three years ago that Prensky learned of the term ldquofarm to tablerdquo

ldquoSomebody said to me lsquoOh yoursquore a farm-to-table res-

Jose Garces prepares a salmorejo in his outdoor kitchen at Luna Farm The cold Spanish soup is similar to a gazpacho itrsquos made from tomatoes and garnished with strawberries eggs and olives Garcesrsquo children Olivia and Andres watch their father in the kitchen and lend a hand in adding the ingredients to the blender

The salmorejo is from Garcesrsquo newest cookbook The Latin Road Home available October 8 from Lake Isle Press For the full recipe visit gridphillycom

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taurantrsquordquo recalls Prensky ldquoItrsquos the first time Irsquove ever heard that expression So if yoursquore going to call me something at least I should know what it isrdquo Eventually Prensky con-nected with the owners of Blue Elephant Farm a privately owned 75-acre property in Newton Square At the time the owners were growing for themselves and family members Prensky started working with the estate manager Mary Butler a horticulturist to grow vegetables for Supper

ldquo[The] first season I pulled every vegetable out of the ground myselfrdquo says Prensky who works alongside Butler ldquoThere is a lot of sweat and toil involved and not a lot of [financial] returnrdquo Today the farm provides 100 percent of the produce at Supper and at the Global DishmdashPrenskyrsquos catering company Blue Elephant raises chickens sheep goats llamas horses and donkeys and there are plans to have a grass-fed beef program next year A local beekeeper has hives on the property Their greenhouse grows greens lettuces and herbs year-round and thanks to cold storage diners will see plenty of root vegetables on the winter menu This fall Prensky and Blue Elephant even canned their first line of products and preserves to be sold at Supper

With any farm there are no guarantees Prensky talks about the season when a blight kept tomatoes off the menu for a while and the creativity needed to handle an abun-dance of okra one week but none the next ldquoYou start pick-ling and preserving and then you make dishes out of itrdquo he says ldquoThatrsquos another challenge but thatrsquos a fun challenge here of writing dishes on the menurdquo

Deliveries from the farm come to Supper three times a week and Prensky makes an effort to be out in the fields at least once a week as well ldquoI always say Irsquom the luckiest chef in the worldrdquo he says explaining that having a dedicated farm for his restaurant has been a career goal ldquo[I thought] it would be great if someone could grow this stuff for us and I would know exactly what that property is doing and how theyrsquore handling the vegetables and what goes into this And thatrsquos what Irsquove been fortunate to be blessed with here with Blue Elephantrdquo

ANdReA Rossi c19

two years ago C19 (then Cichetteria 19) was already sourcing locally from Green Meadow Farm ldquoI wasnrsquot even searching for a farmer at the timerdquo admits Andrea Rossi chef and owner at C19 Then he met Alex Archambault who was delivering for Red Earth Farm to the Metropolitan Bakery across the street from the restaurant ldquoHe brought

me some tomatoes some potatoes he was growing on his own some heirloom tomatoesrdquo says Rossi ldquoThey were amazingrdquo

So Rossi expressed interest in finding space to start his own farm and Archambault mentioned there were a few acres adjacent to his backyard in Orwigsburg In 2011 Rossi officially hired Archambault to be the farmer This summer C19 offered a CSA for the farm and had four res-taurants and six individuals participate ldquoWe just wanted to start very small because the first year therersquos a lot of difficultiesrdquo says Rossi The season has so far been suc-cessful and produce from Grateful Acres can be found on the restaurant menu as well as at the Rittenhouse Farmers Market each Saturday

The decision to start a farm springs from Rossirsquos desire to provide the best quality food locally ldquoWe are what we eatrdquo he says explaining that he wants to both support the local economy and make sure people are eating nutrient-rich produce His dedication to this mission has been rec-ognized locally In November 2011 the restaurant received a ldquoSnail of Approvalrdquo from Slow Food Philadelphiamdasha distinction given to eateries that contribute to the quality authenticity and sustainability of the food supply in the area Rossi is already considering expansion He wants to lease a few more acres next season and is talking with an-other restaurant about potentially buying an organic farm in New Jersey Restaurateurs owning farms is an emerging trend but for Rossi his works stems from familial tradi-tion ldquoThe idea comes from my motherrdquo he says ldquoitrsquos how we grew uprdquo

Supper is located at 926 South St 215-592-8180 supperphillycom

C19 is located at 267 S 19th St 215-545-0441 c19pwhillycom

JG Domestic is located at 2929 Arch St 215-222-2363 jgdomesticcom

For a full list of Garcesrsquo restaurants visit garcesgroupcom

BLUe eLephANt FARM

gRAteFUL AcRes

Top left Mitch Prensky owner and chef at Supper with a recent harvest from Blue Elephant Farm

Bottom right Andrea Rossi owner and chef at C19 sells produce from Grateful Acres with farmer Alex Archambault at the Saturday Rittenhouse farmers market

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What amazed me most about the honey locust trees at Awbury Arbo-retum were the thorns I had imag-

ined something like rose thornsmdashsharp but proportionalmdashnot four-inch-long spikes jutting out from branches and erupting from trunks in grotesque savage clusters Surely this was over-kill The trees could fend off deer with much less

Honey locust trees can be found throughout the city but these are tame trees They have an elegant spreading canopy with small leaves that screen the sun rather than block it completely What they donrsquot have is thorns The smooth ver-sions are ldquoa genetic sport [mutation] that showed up and people liked themrdquo explains Dennis Lu-cey Awbury Arboretumrsquos landscape manager

The honey locust remains prepared to fend off long- extinct creatures by bernard brown

by bernard brownurban naturalist

foot-long seed pods as wellmdashthink string beans for giant ground sloths who would subsequently disperse their seeds Twelve thousand years ago might sound like a long time for a human but itrsquos only 60 generations or so for the trees

Honey locusts arenrsquot the only trees around us likely shaped by extinct giants Next time yoursquore passing the Bala Golf Club on Belmont Avenue look at the Osage orange trees along the fence Thorny with round green softball-sized fruit the trees donrsquot appeal to our extant native crit-ters implying extinct animals once dispersed the seeds

Of course long-lived trees tell other stories wersquove forgotten Lucey referenced some old locust trees at Awbury planted in what appears to be an arbitrary line Back in the late 1800s the line was planted to screen a small slum McNabb Town from view McNabb Town was razed more than a hundred years ago but the trees remain

bernard brown is an amateur field herper bureaucrat and founder of the PBampJ Campaign (pbjcampaignorg) a movement focused on the benefits of eating lower on the food chain

Pointing to the Past

We choose nice gentle trees for our landscaping nothing with spikes that could go clean through your hand

We like locust trees for other reasons They are tough plants that can withstand air pollu-tion road salt and compacted soilmdashall things that make urban environments a nasty place for a tree Moreover those small leaves (technically leaflets since the stem with the row of leaflets on either side is considered a ldquocompound leafrdquo) are easy to clean up in the fall

But I miss the thorns and not just for their gory potential The thorns remind us that we inhabit a world shaped by extinct creatures Irsquom not talking about dinosaurs rather extinct mam-mals that shared the Delaware Valley with its first humans at the end of the last Ice Age

It might be easy to forget that these marvel-ously giant and exotic beasts (including saber-toothed cats and ground sloths the size of el-ephants not to mention actual mammoths and mastodons) lived where we do today but the trees remember

Or at least their genes do Trees that evolved over millions of years along

with giant herbivorous mammals still bear the traits shaped by them even if theyrsquore no longer useful This is likely how honey locust trees ended up with thorns big enough to intimidate a mam-moth and is probably why they have

read more about honey locusts Osage oranges and other plants likely

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Oct13

ldquoCountdown to (En)DangerrdquoAn exhibit featuring artistsrsquo own inter-pretations of endangered species and

the continued risks of extinction Proceeds ben-efit the World Wildlife Fund Open until Nov 7

rarr Sat Oct 13 6-9 pm free B2 Cafeacute 1500 E Passyunk Ave For more information visit facebookcomevents482540518437645

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Fall Author Series Spillover Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic

Hear from author David Quammen on the sci-ence and history of major diseases that originate in wild animals and pass to humans and what might be the next pandemic

rarr Tues Oct 16 630-830 pm free to members$5 nonmembers The Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy For more informa-tion and to register visit ansporgvisitevents

Oct18

Is Sustainable Agriculture Bad for the PlanetSustainable food writers and experts

examine questions like Does eating grass-fed livestock raise your emissions And is it worth paying extra for organic products

rarr Thurs Oct 18 6-830 pm free to members$5 nonmembers The Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy For more informa-tion and to register visit ansporgvisitevents

Oct18

Slow Food Seminar Chocolate Growers Seminar amp TastingKallari Cacao Growers Cooperative

from Ecuador will talk about their cacao farms and have a tasting of their chocolate (Fair Trade and Direct Trade)

rarr Thurs Oct 18 7-9 pm $20 Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College 4100 Walnut St For tickets visit slowfoodphillyorg

Oct19

Wall Garden WorkshopTake your gardening indoors with woolly pockets This workshop will

teach where to hang a woolly pocket what to plant and how to water

rarr Fri Oct 19 630-830 pm $40 City Planter 814 N 4th St For more information and to register visit cityplantercom

Oct20

Rose Hips and What You Make of Them Learn how to use rose hips from the

garden to make jam candy and syrup Students will take home what they make

rarr Sat Oct 20 9 am-12 pm $50 members$75 nonmembers Wyck 6026 Germantown Ave To register visit wyckorgprograms or call 215-848-1690

Oct20

Terrariums WorkshopCreate a mini-oasis at this terrarium workshop Registration includes a small

glass globe vessel soil charcoal and stones Plants will be available for purchase

rarr Sat Oct 20 12-2 pm $30 Greensgrow Farms 2501 E Cumberland St For more information and to register visit greensgroworgevents

Oct20

PASArsquos 100 Grass-fed Beef Cook OffJoin PASA as they announce the win-

ners of the Cook Off which features local chefs and farmers Philly CowShare and cookbook authorchef Aliza Green will be there and Wye-brook (open 11 am-6 pm) will have live music and food available for purchase

rarr Sat Oct 20 2-4 pm free Wyebrook Farm 150 Wyebrook Rd Honey Brook For more information visit pasafarmingorgevents

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Fall Foliage WalkEnjoy a morning walk to explore the changing hues of autumn and learn the

surprising answer to why leaves change colors

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Fall Window Box WorkshopLearn to create a fall window box thatrsquoll last through Thanksgiving Also get tips

for the best plantings watering practices and soil mixes for the fall season

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Harvest On HenryHenry Got Crops CSA hosts a fund-raiser event featuring live music local

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Backyard ChickensEver thought of keeping chickens Learn everything from choosing the

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Bringing It All Home Cultivating Sustainable Communities Frederick Kirschenmann PhD a sus-

tainability speaker writer farmer-philosopher and president of Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture will speak about developing resilient sustainable communities

rarr Sat Oct 20 1-3 pm $15$8 students Arsht Hall (University of Delaware - Wilmington Campus) 2600 Pennsylvania Ave Wilmington DE Register at historicpennfarmorg or by calling 302-655-7275

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Up Close and Personal Learn the basics of home-scaled sus-tainable and regenerative practices

including backyard chickens composting fer-mentation and more This workshop will focus on extending the growing season

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Town Square Program Plenty for the Planet Sustainable Food and a Well-Fed World

Join acclaimed writer and sustainability advocate Anna Lappeacute and local experts as they discuss the role of sustainable food systems in addressing hunger The evening includes a local food tasting

rarr Sun Oct 21 530-830 pm Program free Reception $10 members$12 nonmembers Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy For more information and to register visit ansporgvisitevents

Oct26

Terrarium ClassHave a crafty start to your weekend with this terrarium-building class

rarr Fri Oct 26 630-830 pm $50 City Planter 814 N 4th St For more information and to register visit cityplantercom

Oct27

Fermenting Sauerkraut amp Mead with David SillerDavid Siller of Cobblestone Krautery

will teach about the power of fermentation and how to make mead pickles sauerkraut and much more

rarr Sat Oct 27 12-2 pm $35 Greensgrow Community Kitchen at St Michaelrsquos Church 2139 E Cumberland St For more information and to register visit greensgroworgevents

Oct2728

Philly Bike Expo Bilenky Cycle Works hosts the third-annual Philly Bike Expomdashtwo days filled with rides seminars demonstra-tions parties a swap meet and a bicycle

fashion show

rarr Sat Oct 27-Sun Oct 28 $8-25 depending on ticket type 23rd Street Armory 22 S 23rd St For more information and tickets visit phillybikeexpocom

nOv7

Saving Americarsquos Exceptional GardensBill Noble director of preservation at

The Garden Conservancy will discuss his work overseeing rehabilitation activities at more than 100 gardens throughout the country

rarr Wed Nov 7 2-5 pm $18 members$20 nonmembers Morris Arboretum 100 E Northwestern Ave For more information visit morrisarboretumorg

nOv8

Food Politics Is the Current Food System Sustainable with Marion Nestle

Noted nutritionist and author Marion Nestle will discuss food politics and the sustainability of the current food system

rarr Thurs Nov 8 6-830 pm $15 nonmember $10 member$50 vIP reception The Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy For more information and to register visit ansporgvisitevents

nOv10

Art in the GardenMark Smith an artist and garden de-signer will discuss ways to expand

thinking about art in a garden setting in eco-nomical temporary and more permanent ways

rarr Sat Nov 10 9-11 am $10 Fairmount Park Horticultural Center N Horticultural and Montgomery Drs For more information visit extensionpsueduphiladelphiaprogramsmaster-gardener

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Worm Composting Urban Composting Made EasyStart worm composting after this work-

shop on decomposition worm anatomy and biol-ogy and how to care for a worm bin Participants will take home a bin with worms

rarr Sat Nov 10 10 am-12 pm Members $20per person $30couple Nonmembers $30person $40couple Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education 8480 Hagyrsquos Mill Rd For information visit schuylkillcenterorg

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Creating the East Coast GreenwayAndy Hamilton Mid-Atlantic Trail Co-ordinator for the East Coast Greenway

Alliance will outline how this trail system en-hances local communities and the region at large

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That Wednesday morning customers wait outside for the Market to open making shop-ping strategies while sipping coffee provided by Market management While itrsquos a busy day for us at the General Store therersquos a lot more pressure on the big three the butcher baker and greengrocer Inside the market the green-grocers hurriedly stack towering mounds of collard greens the butchers ice down freshly-killed turkeys and the Pennsylvania Dutch bakers try to find room to display all their pies

At 8 am the doors open and the frenzy be-gins Couples split up to conquer the shopping list with a promised rendezvous for blueberry pancakes or croissants The line at Terminirsquos Bakery slows to a crawl and good-natured pa-trons start folding bakery boxes to help speed the process Customers move like hordes of lo-custs through the produce as workers hustle to

restock and replenish the ravaged displays The ticket machine at Godshallrsquos Poultry completes the first circuit of 001 to 100 and back again

In the midst of this harried buying and sell-ing there is a sense of collegiality Customers share and debate cooking tips and shopping secrets And despite the pressure to finish helping one customer to get to those waiting merchants make time to quickly trade family news with customers Today is part business and part family reunion

At Godshallrsquos therersquos a pause to advise a ner-vous first-time Thanksgiving hostess on cook-ing the perfect turkey ldquoCook it at 350 degrees 14 to 15 minutes a poundrdquo explains the butcher ldquoIf itrsquos stuffed you want an internal tempera-ture of 165 degrees Yoursquoll want to use a meat thermometer You can buy one down the aisle at the kitchen store Yoursquore welcome Good luckmdash

calling number 88rdquo The next day if all goes ac-cording to plan a beaming young woman will take a bow for serving a Thanksgiving master-piece and a lifelong customer will be born Itrsquos in these moments that the keys to the Reading Terminal Marketrsquos longevity can be found This exchange of money for merchandise is more than a business transactionmdashtherersquos something more personal happening

Many of todayrsquos customers first discovered the Market as children brought here by parents or grandparents They learned to endure the search for the freshest meat or ripest tomatoes in exchange for the promise of Bassetts Ice Cream On Thanksgiving they return forgo-ing the big box supermarkets for a place where food is not so much a commodity but some-onersquos life work This is reflected in the stand names Guintarsquos Meats Beilerrsquos Bakery Bas-setts Ice Cream These names werenrsquot picked because their owners lacked originality but rather as a sign of the shopkeepersrsquo pride in the foods they grow raise prepare and sell

For many Philadelphians the trip to Read-ing Terminal has become an essential part of the Thanksgiving holidaymdasha reminder that preparing and sharing food with loved ones is a sacred experience Hopefully this year will initiate a few young family members into that traditionmdashone thatrsquos existed since the Market opened in 1893 and if theyrsquore lucky includes a dish of Bassetts ice cream

michael holahan founded the Pennsylvania General Store with his wife Julie Holahan in 1987 The store sells locally made foods and crafts Visit them at the Reading Terminal Market or online at pageneralstorecom

Feeding on Tradition

Thanksgiving Eve at the Reading Terminal Market by michael holahan

As a shopkeeper in the Reading Terminal Market any busy day is a good day But after 25 years at the Pennsylvania General Store my favorite is the day before Thanksgiving The energy inside this more-

than-a-century-old public market is unlike any other time of year Thanksgiv-ing is about bringing together the people we love to share a meal and to give thanks as a merchant itrsquos a privilege to be even a small part of this occasion

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Fossil Fools

Bill McKibben crunches the numbers and names an enemy by liz pacheco

When bill mckibben published The End of Nature in 1989 it was the first book aimed at educating the general public on climate change Since then McKibben has given lectures written books

penned articles and led countless campaigns to raise awareness and inspire action on climate changemdashthis includes a five-day walk he led in 2007 across Vermont In November McKibben will take his message on the road with 350org his international grassroots climate campaign The ldquoDo the Mathrdquo tourmdasha name taken from the frightening warming calculations McKibben presents in the August 2 2012 Rolling Stonemdashwill be making 20 stops in 20 days in an effort to jumpstart the climate movement We caught up with McKibben to discuss the tour and itrsquos goals

U P CO M I N G E V E N T

Green livinG

What can we expect from the tour Itrsquos not going to be a typical stand-at-a-mike-and-give-a-lecture Wersquore calling it a roadshowmdashwe want to drive home the math of our predicament and then we want to get people organized to go after the fossil fuel industry If it works there will be campaigns springing up everywhere in its wake

Whatrsquos the significance of the tour kicking off the night after the presidential election Because no matter who wins the people have to take the lead heremdashno waiting for Barack to save us this time And because in the end the fossil fuel companies matter more than the politicians

20 cities in 20 days is fairly ambitious why the short timelineWersquore trying to start a lot of brushfires and see if we can get them really blazing fast

Are you taking on any volunteers or local artistsbands Yesmdashthere will be music every night sometimes from national acts and sometimes local heroes Environmentalists have spent so much time with bar graphs that theyrsquove sometimes forgotten there are other ways to reach folks

Learn more at math350org

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Tickets available at math350org

EXPAnDInG THE MARKETArea grocers are on the moveCrEEKSIDE CO-OP In November the long-awaited Creekside Co-op will open Customers can expect a bulk foods section indoor and outdoor seating for enjoying prepared items and local products from within a 100-mile radius

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WEAVErS WAy CO-OP After closing for the summer to remodel Weavers Way in Mt Airy has re-opened The renovations which cost $700000 include a Pet Care and Wellness storefront and a highly-anticipated bulk foods department

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KIMBErTON WhOlE FOODS ndash DOWNINGTON In September Kimberton Whole Foods in Downington celebrated their Grand Re-Open-ing The natural foods grocery store moved a few doors down into a building that better reflects the companyrsquos vision with eco-friendly elements like LED lighting and solar tubes that maximize natural light

2140 Kimberton rd Kimberton kimbertonwholefoodscom

SOUTh PhIlly FOOD CO-OP September was a big month for the South Philly Food Co-op The Reinvestment Fund awarded the nonprofit a $25000 Food Access Grant and their annual garden tour raised more than $35000 Ten new members have joined bringing total membership to 305 Once 400 member-owners have enrolled the Co-op will start working to secure a loan for a storefront

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fact Last year 39 million vinyl records were sold in the US

the highest amount since 1991

problem With vinyl records making a resurgence you might be thinking twice about toss-

ing those old 45s But if you do trash them the landfill is not the best place Most old-school vinyl records are made with Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) When buried PVC can leak dioxin a toxic chemical that can contaminate groundwater Since dioxins are fat-soluble they concentrate in human tissue Addi-tionally chlorine production for new vinyl manufacturing releases more than 200000 pounds of mercury into our air water and soil each year Recycling vinyl bypasses that chlorine use

solutionFirst take your unwanted records to local record stores If they have any

value you may walk away with a few dol-lars If not recycling is a challenge since the options are limited Philadelphia-based Vinylux (vinyluxnet) has been recycling re-cords into bowls coasters and clocks (among other things) for 10 years and is committed to working in Philadelphia Vinylux accept donations of clean (no mold please) size 33 or 45 records Arrange for drop-off by con-tacting them at recordsvinyluxnet Here in Philadelphia eForce Compliance (3114 Grayrsquos Ferry Ave eforcecompliancecom) accepts vinyl records And another option although not in Philadelphia is Recy-cling Services Inc in Pottstown (365 Elm St Pottstown recyclingservicesorg) They accept records but it costs $8 per car to enter the facil-ity However they also accept other miscellaneous re-cyclables such as Tyvek envelopes candles and bat-teries making a trip there potentially more worthwhile

by samantha wittchen

Vinyl RecoRds

8 g r i d p h i l lyco m n ov e m b e r 2 0 12

Green livinG

I lovE my dishwasher With two small kids a husband a dog and many visitors

Irsquom all about having an automated helper in the kitchen It does such a great job that I became suspicious of the detergent I was using

It turns out that the main ingredient in my detergent was concentrated chlorine Digging a little further I found that according to the US Environmental Protection Agency automatic dishwashing detergents can cause skin irrita-tions or even burns and are poisonous if swal-lowed Chlorine wasnrsquot the only harsh chemical found Here are two others of concern

Phosphates act as a water softener to boost a detergentrsquos efficiency But once theyrsquove finished washing our dishes they can harm our ecosys-tems When phosphates leave the washer they can pollute local streams and lakes and cause an excess growth of algae a process known as eutrophication The overgrowth of algae or other aquatic vegetation can clog waterways depleting the waterrsquos oxygen content and killing plants and other organisms Artificial perfumes (phthalates) which are of-

ten used to scent dishwashing detergents are considered hormone-disruptors and are linked to reduced sperm count in men among other issues reports the Environmental Working Group

For an easy at-home way to green your dish-washer try this recipe

leah r troiano a certified cancer support educator works with people who have cancer or would like to prevent cancer Lowering toxicity is just one of many ways to get your body in cancer-fighting shape Videos on how to make the products featured in this column can also be found at Leahrsquos website in the ldquoVideordquo section For more information visit cancerhealthandwellnesscom or e-mail leahcancerhealthandWellnesscom

Dishwasher (and planet) safe recipes by leah r troiano

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directions

You will need

rarr Add the castile soap water and lemon juice to the jar Close lid tightly and shake gently

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community

Can-Do Condoshow to collectively green a multi-family home by kristen dowd

Being eco-friendly as a condo or co-op resident is possible to achieve on your ownmdashbut only to a point You can make energy-effi-cient lighting decisions use heating and cooling sparingly and recycle

but what about the light bulbs in the hallways and lobbies or insulating the roof Addressing the management of common areas is key

Thatrsquos where being eco-friendly can get a little trickier Itrsquos the fiduciary responsibility of board members and managers to maintain the build-ings in value comfort and appearance So deci-sions at condos and co-ops need to involve these parties and be made along with owners But to make any greening improvement explains Joan Batory chair of the Green CondoCo-op Initiative (GCCI) the single most important step that must be taken is to make a committee

The GCCI grew out of such a green commit-tee ldquoWe started it with three people [in 2008]rdquo says Sis Eisman a resident at The Philadelphian in Fairmount Once created the group quickly grew

One of the committeersquos first initiatives was changing incandescent light bulbs for CFLs The committee also drafted (and distributed) rules for recycling within the building Next they in-stituted recycling programs for cell phones ink cartridges and electronic waste

In 2009 the group held a Green Home Show at the Philadelphianmdasha day of exhibits and edu-cational programming focused on green build-ing for condo and co-op owners managers and others Soon area buildings approached The Philadelphian looking to make the same green improvements and thus the GCCI was born

For a green committee to be influential it

needs to educate residents on the payback as-sociated with expenditures Batory talks about a $23 million project at The Philadelphian to improve the buildingrsquos envelope and energy ef-ficiency ldquoThere were several sessions with our owners here where [GCCI] and some of the pro-ponents of the project were trying to explain to the owners the value of spending money up front to achieve longer-term savingsrdquo she says ldquoIt was a very very intense series of debates and some-times argumentsrdquo The discussions eventually lead to two years of construction during which significant improvements were made including the replacement of 2000 windows and 8000 individual heating and cooling units Despite the initial challenges says Batory ldquowe are now experiencing hundreds of thousands of dollars in savingsrdquo

In addition to education the GCCI also does advocacy work Condos and co-ops can inad-vertently slip through the legislative cracks as theyrsquore neither commercial buildings nor tradi-tional residential While programs like Energy-Works do apply to these multi-family buildings other green improvements can be more difficult to initiate

The GCCI wants to change that ldquoWersquore doing our best to open our doors and make it easy for themmdashlegislators and plannersmdashto deal with

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Inaugural Philadelphia Condo Congress Live in or manage a condo or co-op Be sure to attend the inaugural

Philadelphia Condo Congress The event will feature hands-on workshops speakers exhibi-tor information booths and networking ses-sions all aimed at showing the economic and environmental benefits of adopting sustainable practices GCCI is hosting the event in collabora-tion with the Community Associations Institute and the Greater Philadelphia Condo Managers Association

Leonard Bonacci director of event opera-tions for the Philadelphia Eagles is the keynote speaker Known for his entertaining presen-tations Bonacci will talk about the teamrsquos journey to becoming the greenest professional sports stadium in the country

Another important part of the Congress will be four breakout sessions discussing the vari-ous legal economic requirements and challeng-es to making green improvements and success stories from Philadelphiarsquos condo associations

rarr Tues Oct 23 230-730 pm free The Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy For more details visit philagcciorg or call the Community Associations Institute at 877-608-9777

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food

Sweet TartsThree ways to enjoy delicious cranberries story and photos by marisa mcclellan

I was seven years old when I first cooked with fresh cranberries My mom had gone to a library sale and brought home a pair of books

called Cranberry Thanksgiving and Cranberry Christ-mas While I wasnrsquot particularly interested in the sto-ries inside the books I was intrigued by the recipes printed on the back

After much begging my parents relented and helped me bake a loaf of cranberry bread I loved the way the tart berries popped in the tender slightly sweet bread Since then cranberries have had a firm place in my top 10 favorite ingredients and Irsquom de-termined to show that theyrsquore good for a whole lot more than jelly and juice

Irsquom always looking for ways to use fresh cran-berries I stir them into baked goods add them to braises scatter them over roasting vegetables and even pickle them for cheese platters and cocktails They give a fatty braised pork butt a tangy fruity counterpoint The combination of roasted butternut squash and cranberries makes for a sweettart side dish And the combination of berries sugar vinegar and spices is wonderfully electric on the tongue

braised Pork butt with Cranberries and Leeks

Preheat oven to 350deg F Remove pork butt from fridge and let it come to room tempera-ture Pat away any moisture with paper tow-els and salt both sides of the meat generously Prepare the leeks by cutting off the green

tops and the root ends Slice them in half lengthwise and wash off any gritty soil Chop the leeks into narrow half moons (three leeks should yield approximately 3 cups) Place a four-quart or larger Dutch oven

over medium heat Add 2 tablespoons of olive oil Then add the leeks and 12 teaspoon salt cooking until they begin to soften and brown Using a spatula scrape the leeks to the side of the pan Turn the heat to

high Pat any remaining moisture from the meat and place it in the pan Cook for 3 to 4 minutes until that side has browned Flip the meat and repeat until it is uniformly seared (take care to tend to the leeks so they donrsquot burn) Arrange the leeks on top of the pork Add cranberries and stock Place a

tight-fitting lid on the pot and place it in the preheated oven Let the pork cook for 3 to 4 hours until itrsquos meltingly tender Shred the meat

and serve with mashed squash or sweet potatoes and braised kale

INGREDIENTS

2 pounds pork butt3 large leeks2 tbsp olive oil 1 cups cranberries2 cups chicken stock Salt and pepper

n ov e m b e r 2 0 12 g r i d p h i l lyco m 1 3

oven roasted butternut Squash and Cranberries

2 small butternut squashes (about 3 pounds)2 cups cranberries2 tbsp olive or coconut oil1 tsp of salt2 tbsp butter

Preheat oven to 350deg F Line a rimmed bak-ing sheet with parchment paper Set aside Wash butternut squash and cut it into

quarters Scrape out the seeds Arrange squash on a baking sheet and sprinkle cranberries over the squash quarters Drizzle oil over the berries and squash and using your hands rub it in so itrsquos well distributed Season with salt and place on your ovenrsquos top rack

Pickled Cranberries

Makes 3 pints2 12-ounce bags of cranberries3 cups apple cider vinegar3 cups granulated white sugar2 cinnamon sticks1 tsp allspice berries

tsp whole cloves tsp black peppercorns tsp juniper berries

Prepare a boiling water bath and three pint jars Place lids in a small saucepan of water and bring to a gentle simmer Wash cranberries and pick out any stems

or bad berries Combine vinegar and sugar in a medium

saucepan to create the brine Bring to a boil Add cinnamon sticks to the brine Place allspice berries whole cloves black

peppercorns and juniper berries in a spice bag or tie them up in cheesecloth Add them to the brine Once the brine is boiling vigorously add

the cranberries Stir to combine and cook for 5 to 7 minutes until the cranberries begin to pop and the brine has returned to a rolling boil Remove pot from heat and pull out the

spice bag and cinnamon sticks Break cinna-mon sticks in half and set aside Using a slotted spoon ladle cranberries

into prepared jars Cover berries with brine leaving 12 inch headspace Place a cinnamon stick segment into each jar Wipe jar rims apply lids and rings and

process in a boiling water bath canner for 10 minutes Remove jars from canner and place them

on a folded kitchen towel to cool When jars are cool enough to handle remove rings and check seals Any unsealed jars should be kept in the refrigerator Let jars sit for at least 24 hours before eat-

ing to allow the flavors to settle

Save any leftover brine Itrsquos essentially a fruit shrub and is delicious mixed with sparkling water

For more canning tips visit foodinjarscom

Roast for 35 to 40 minutes until the squash is fork tender and the cranberries juicy and shrunken Using a spoon scrape the butternut flesh out of its peel Combine roasted cranber-ries and tender squash in a large bowl Add butter Using a fork stir everything into a chunky mash Salt to taste

14 g r i d p h i l lyco m n ov e m b e r 2 0 12

food

Blue de Ewecheese of The monTh

ON-SITE CHEESE MAKINGGridrsquos illustrious neighbor the reading Terminal market has some exciting new occupants The new Jersey-based Valley shepherd creamery due to open in november will truck in milk three times a week allowing customers to witness their cheese-making process firsthand

Already open are the Tubby olive which sells olive oils and vinegars on tap and the head nut a coffee roaster from the main line that also offers bulk goods including dry beans nuts and candy so bring your refillable containers

For more information visit readingterminalmarketorg

Reading Terminal

Fair Food offering local bird options for this yearrsquos Thanksgiving table

Turkey time is almost here Once again Fair Food has plenty of local sustainable (and delicious) options for celebrating your holiday Choose from naturally-raised and Heirloom Bronze turkeys from Kochrsquos Turkey Farm (Tamaqua Pa) certified organic birds from Lancaster Farm Fresh (Leola Pa) and Heritage Breed Red Bourbons from Griggstown Quail Farm (Princeton NJ) If you fancy other birds Griggstown also offers capon quail goose and pheasant

These fresh (never frozen) fowl all are hormone- and antibiotic-free and raised with access to pasture Prices range from $310 to $840 per pound Pre-ordering is required and can be done through the Fair Food website (fairfoodphillyorg) The ordering deadline is Monday Nov 12 at 12 pm Turkeys will be available for pick up on November 21 and 22 the Tuesday and Wednesday before the holiday

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Itrsquos rare to find a raw sheeprsquos milk blue outside the Roquefort Caves in France But Pennsylvania can now make this claim thanks to two Amish farmers shepherd Emanuel Beiler and cheesemaker Amos Miller Beiler

who raises sheep in Lancaster County wanted to add value to his milk Miller who makes a variety of artisan cheeses at his Leola dairymdashMisty Creekmdash

likes to experiment This summer they re-leased their collaborative endeavor under the Shepherdrsquos Hollow Farm label which is dis-tributed by Farm Fromagemdashan intermediary for Amish dairy

When I tasted the first batch of Blue de Ewe available for market I was impressed Like a good Roquefort itrsquos peppery and unctuous Set a wedge on your cheese board and it be-gins to bead fat On the front end the taste is sweetly nutty like graham flourmdashit even has a slightly granular texture On the finish itrsquos earthy and spicy Since Blue de Ewe has a natural rind rather than a foil-wrapped exte-rior (like Roquefort) itrsquos drier than the French import with a texture similar to Stilton

I look forward to seeing how these unique wheels evolve over time Until winter Irsquoll be gorging on Blue de Ewe along with plum jam walnuts and plenty of malty stout mdashTenaya Darlington madamefromageblogcom

Blue de Ewe is available at Green Aisle Grocery and the Lansdowne and Upper Merion farmers markets Contact Shepherdrsquos Hollow Farm co Farm Fromage Lancaster 717-314-1373 farmfromagecom

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three philadelphia restaurateurs try their

hands at farmingstory by liz pacheco photos by neal santos

LUNA FARM

amp

Jose Garces and farmer Alex McCracken at Luna Farm

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hef jose garces is in his outdoor kitchen making sal-morejomdasha cold Spanish soup similar to gazpacho He adds bright yellow tomatoes to the food processor along with gar-lic vinegar and baguette pieces ldquoA few years agordquo he says

ldquoI wouldrsquove made this with tomatoes from Mexicordquo This afternoon the tomatoes are from a very local sourcemdashGarcesrsquo backyard which doubles as a farm para This is the first full season for the 40-acre Luna Farm in Ottsville which is named in honor of the Garces family dog as well as the brilliant nightscapes the property offers The nearly 100 varieties of herbs and vegetables are organically grown for the Garces company res-taurantsmdashmost specifically Philadelphiarsquos JG Domestic which focuses on using local ingredients para But Garces isnrsquot the only or first Philadelphia chef to delve into farming Mitch Prensky owner and chef of Supper is in his third year working with Blue Elephant Farm in Newtown Square which grows solely for his restaurant and catering company Last Febru-ary Andrea Rossi began cultivating in Orwigsburg on his farm Grateful Acres This spring Rossi launched a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program through his restaurant C19 para For these three chefs the farms are creative challengesmdashthey require money planning and of course physical labor At their restaurants these chefs are no longer just cooking theyrsquore developing innovative models for combining the farm and the table

jose gARces garces group

For Garces the decision to start a farm happened al-most by accident While looking for a family home out-side the city he discovered that many properties included farmland ldquoWe just started thinking lsquoWow it would be great if we could ship in our own stuffrsquordquo says Garces In 2010 he purchased the property and by summer 2011 he was working with Alex McCracken to develop the land

While McCracken had never farmed on this scale before he has extensive experience gardening He and his wife live on a nearby 16-acre property and own the Turnip Truck a business that designs installs and main-tains organic gardens for homeowners When McCracken heard that Garces was looking for a farmer he sent in

his reacutesumeacute That plus a recommendation from another local grower landed him the position In this first year McCracken and Garces are experimentingmdashlooking to see what flourishes both at the farm and in the restaurants

ldquoNext year the plan is to reduce the wide variety of crops that we grow to the things that are doing the best hererdquo says McCracken ldquoThe things that the restaurants use the most of like peppersmdashwersquoll always grow peppers here Theyrsquore easy to grow All of Josersquos restaurants use a lot of themrdquo

In addition to vegetables the organic farm is grow-ing mushrooms and raising chickens and bees Garces is also considering goats either for meat or milk The farmrsquos tractor runs on biodiesel fuel from the restaurantsrsquo fryer oil which is picked up and processed by Bucks County

2 0 g r i d p h i l lyco m N OV E M b E r 2 0 12

Freedom Fuel And therersquos talk of adding solar panels to the movable chicken coop to provide energy for the green-house and the barn This winter the greenhouse will be supplemented by hoop houses which in August already had tomatoes peppers and eggplant

ldquoIrsquom growing things here Irsquove never grown beforerdquo says McCracken referring to some of the more unusual varieties of tomatoes and greens ldquoIrsquom growing things some of the chefs have never seen before Everybodyrsquos expanding their horizons and learning a lot from the processrdquo

The chefs from Garcesrsquo seven Philadelphia restaurants and the three in Atlantic City have all visited Luna ldquoThey didnrsquot realize the scale wersquore growing on or the quality that was going to be coming out hererdquo says Garces The restau-rants receive produce Tuesday and Thursday nights some of which easily work on the menu and some that require more creativity ldquoWersquore treating them like CSAs basicallyrdquo explains Garces ldquoInitially [the chefs] were placing orders and I interceded and said no you guys are getting every-thingrdquo Some menus pose greater challenges since theyrsquore concept-based but the hope is that in future seasons the farm will cater to those needs The JG Domestic restaurant

benefits most directly from the farm offering dishes with ldquoLuna Farm Eggrdquo ldquoLuna Farm Herb Pestordquo and ldquoLuna Farm Tomatillosrdquo

But for Garces the motivation to start Luna Farm comes from his passion for food not marketing potential ldquoI think as long as [the farm] remains true to that itrsquoll keep goingrdquo But hersquos also admits that therersquos significant financial risk as well ldquoItrsquos a pretty costly endeavor for sure Wersquore still trying to make sure it all balances outrdquo

Mitch pReNsky supper

mitch prensky has been working with Blue Elephant Farm since 2010 but his commitment to local fresh food is decades old ldquoIrsquove been cooking this way for 26 yearsrdquo he says citing previous trips to the Union Square Green-market in New York City to visit farm stands In 2007 he opened Supper which he describes as ldquoseasonal farm-di-rect American cuisinerdquo Yet it wasnrsquot until three years ago that Prensky learned of the term ldquofarm to tablerdquo

ldquoSomebody said to me lsquoOh yoursquore a farm-to-table res-

Jose Garces prepares a salmorejo in his outdoor kitchen at Luna Farm The cold Spanish soup is similar to a gazpacho itrsquos made from tomatoes and garnished with strawberries eggs and olives Garcesrsquo children Olivia and Andres watch their father in the kitchen and lend a hand in adding the ingredients to the blender

The salmorejo is from Garcesrsquo newest cookbook The Latin Road Home available October 8 from Lake Isle Press For the full recipe visit gridphillycom

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taurantrsquordquo recalls Prensky ldquoItrsquos the first time Irsquove ever heard that expression So if yoursquore going to call me something at least I should know what it isrdquo Eventually Prensky con-nected with the owners of Blue Elephant Farm a privately owned 75-acre property in Newton Square At the time the owners were growing for themselves and family members Prensky started working with the estate manager Mary Butler a horticulturist to grow vegetables for Supper

ldquo[The] first season I pulled every vegetable out of the ground myselfrdquo says Prensky who works alongside Butler ldquoThere is a lot of sweat and toil involved and not a lot of [financial] returnrdquo Today the farm provides 100 percent of the produce at Supper and at the Global DishmdashPrenskyrsquos catering company Blue Elephant raises chickens sheep goats llamas horses and donkeys and there are plans to have a grass-fed beef program next year A local beekeeper has hives on the property Their greenhouse grows greens lettuces and herbs year-round and thanks to cold storage diners will see plenty of root vegetables on the winter menu This fall Prensky and Blue Elephant even canned their first line of products and preserves to be sold at Supper

With any farm there are no guarantees Prensky talks about the season when a blight kept tomatoes off the menu for a while and the creativity needed to handle an abun-dance of okra one week but none the next ldquoYou start pick-ling and preserving and then you make dishes out of itrdquo he says ldquoThatrsquos another challenge but thatrsquos a fun challenge here of writing dishes on the menurdquo

Deliveries from the farm come to Supper three times a week and Prensky makes an effort to be out in the fields at least once a week as well ldquoI always say Irsquom the luckiest chef in the worldrdquo he says explaining that having a dedicated farm for his restaurant has been a career goal ldquo[I thought] it would be great if someone could grow this stuff for us and I would know exactly what that property is doing and how theyrsquore handling the vegetables and what goes into this And thatrsquos what Irsquove been fortunate to be blessed with here with Blue Elephantrdquo

ANdReA Rossi c19

two years ago C19 (then Cichetteria 19) was already sourcing locally from Green Meadow Farm ldquoI wasnrsquot even searching for a farmer at the timerdquo admits Andrea Rossi chef and owner at C19 Then he met Alex Archambault who was delivering for Red Earth Farm to the Metropolitan Bakery across the street from the restaurant ldquoHe brought

me some tomatoes some potatoes he was growing on his own some heirloom tomatoesrdquo says Rossi ldquoThey were amazingrdquo

So Rossi expressed interest in finding space to start his own farm and Archambault mentioned there were a few acres adjacent to his backyard in Orwigsburg In 2011 Rossi officially hired Archambault to be the farmer This summer C19 offered a CSA for the farm and had four res-taurants and six individuals participate ldquoWe just wanted to start very small because the first year therersquos a lot of difficultiesrdquo says Rossi The season has so far been suc-cessful and produce from Grateful Acres can be found on the restaurant menu as well as at the Rittenhouse Farmers Market each Saturday

The decision to start a farm springs from Rossirsquos desire to provide the best quality food locally ldquoWe are what we eatrdquo he says explaining that he wants to both support the local economy and make sure people are eating nutrient-rich produce His dedication to this mission has been rec-ognized locally In November 2011 the restaurant received a ldquoSnail of Approvalrdquo from Slow Food Philadelphiamdasha distinction given to eateries that contribute to the quality authenticity and sustainability of the food supply in the area Rossi is already considering expansion He wants to lease a few more acres next season and is talking with an-other restaurant about potentially buying an organic farm in New Jersey Restaurateurs owning farms is an emerging trend but for Rossi his works stems from familial tradi-tion ldquoThe idea comes from my motherrdquo he says ldquoitrsquos how we grew uprdquo

Supper is located at 926 South St 215-592-8180 supperphillycom

C19 is located at 267 S 19th St 215-545-0441 c19pwhillycom

JG Domestic is located at 2929 Arch St 215-222-2363 jgdomesticcom

For a full list of Garcesrsquo restaurants visit garcesgroupcom

BLUe eLephANt FARM

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Top left Mitch Prensky owner and chef at Supper with a recent harvest from Blue Elephant Farm

Bottom right Andrea Rossi owner and chef at C19 sells produce from Grateful Acres with farmer Alex Archambault at the Saturday Rittenhouse farmers market

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What amazed me most about the honey locust trees at Awbury Arbo-retum were the thorns I had imag-

ined something like rose thornsmdashsharp but proportionalmdashnot four-inch-long spikes jutting out from branches and erupting from trunks in grotesque savage clusters Surely this was over-kill The trees could fend off deer with much less

Honey locust trees can be found throughout the city but these are tame trees They have an elegant spreading canopy with small leaves that screen the sun rather than block it completely What they donrsquot have is thorns The smooth ver-sions are ldquoa genetic sport [mutation] that showed up and people liked themrdquo explains Dennis Lu-cey Awbury Arboretumrsquos landscape manager

The honey locust remains prepared to fend off long- extinct creatures by bernard brown

by bernard brownurban naturalist

foot-long seed pods as wellmdashthink string beans for giant ground sloths who would subsequently disperse their seeds Twelve thousand years ago might sound like a long time for a human but itrsquos only 60 generations or so for the trees

Honey locusts arenrsquot the only trees around us likely shaped by extinct giants Next time yoursquore passing the Bala Golf Club on Belmont Avenue look at the Osage orange trees along the fence Thorny with round green softball-sized fruit the trees donrsquot appeal to our extant native crit-ters implying extinct animals once dispersed the seeds

Of course long-lived trees tell other stories wersquove forgotten Lucey referenced some old locust trees at Awbury planted in what appears to be an arbitrary line Back in the late 1800s the line was planted to screen a small slum McNabb Town from view McNabb Town was razed more than a hundred years ago but the trees remain

bernard brown is an amateur field herper bureaucrat and founder of the PBampJ Campaign (pbjcampaignorg) a movement focused on the benefits of eating lower on the food chain

Pointing to the Past

We choose nice gentle trees for our landscaping nothing with spikes that could go clean through your hand

We like locust trees for other reasons They are tough plants that can withstand air pollu-tion road salt and compacted soilmdashall things that make urban environments a nasty place for a tree Moreover those small leaves (technically leaflets since the stem with the row of leaflets on either side is considered a ldquocompound leafrdquo) are easy to clean up in the fall

But I miss the thorns and not just for their gory potential The thorns remind us that we inhabit a world shaped by extinct creatures Irsquom not talking about dinosaurs rather extinct mam-mals that shared the Delaware Valley with its first humans at the end of the last Ice Age

It might be easy to forget that these marvel-ously giant and exotic beasts (including saber-toothed cats and ground sloths the size of el-ephants not to mention actual mammoths and mastodons) lived where we do today but the trees remember

Or at least their genes do Trees that evolved over millions of years along

with giant herbivorous mammals still bear the traits shaped by them even if theyrsquore no longer useful This is likely how honey locust trees ended up with thorns big enough to intimidate a mam-moth and is probably why they have

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ldquoCountdown to (En)DangerrdquoAn exhibit featuring artistsrsquo own inter-pretations of endangered species and

the continued risks of extinction Proceeds ben-efit the World Wildlife Fund Open until Nov 7

rarr Sat Oct 13 6-9 pm free B2 Cafeacute 1500 E Passyunk Ave For more information visit facebookcomevents482540518437645

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Fall Author Series Spillover Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic

Hear from author David Quammen on the sci-ence and history of major diseases that originate in wild animals and pass to humans and what might be the next pandemic

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Is Sustainable Agriculture Bad for the PlanetSustainable food writers and experts

examine questions like Does eating grass-fed livestock raise your emissions And is it worth paying extra for organic products

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Slow Food Seminar Chocolate Growers Seminar amp TastingKallari Cacao Growers Cooperative

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rarr Thurs Oct 18 7-9 pm $20 Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College 4100 Walnut St For tickets visit slowfoodphillyorg

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Wall Garden WorkshopTake your gardening indoors with woolly pockets This workshop will

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Rose Hips and What You Make of Them Learn how to use rose hips from the

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Oct20

Terrariums WorkshopCreate a mini-oasis at this terrarium workshop Registration includes a small

glass globe vessel soil charcoal and stones Plants will be available for purchase

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PASArsquos 100 Grass-fed Beef Cook OffJoin PASA as they announce the win-

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Fall Foliage WalkEnjoy a morning walk to explore the changing hues of autumn and learn the

surprising answer to why leaves change colors

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Fall Window Box WorkshopLearn to create a fall window box thatrsquoll last through Thanksgiving Also get tips

for the best plantings watering practices and soil mixes for the fall season

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Harvest On HenryHenry Got Crops CSA hosts a fund-raiser event featuring live music local

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Bringing It All Home Cultivating Sustainable Communities Frederick Kirschenmann PhD a sus-

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Up Close and Personal Learn the basics of home-scaled sus-tainable and regenerative practices

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Town Square Program Plenty for the Planet Sustainable Food and a Well-Fed World

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Oct26

Terrarium ClassHave a crafty start to your weekend with this terrarium-building class

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Oct27

Fermenting Sauerkraut amp Mead with David SillerDavid Siller of Cobblestone Krautery

will teach about the power of fermentation and how to make mead pickles sauerkraut and much more

rarr Sat Oct 27 12-2 pm $35 Greensgrow Community Kitchen at St Michaelrsquos Church 2139 E Cumberland St For more information and to register visit greensgroworgevents

Oct2728

Philly Bike Expo Bilenky Cycle Works hosts the third-annual Philly Bike Expomdashtwo days filled with rides seminars demonstra-tions parties a swap meet and a bicycle

fashion show

rarr Sat Oct 27-Sun Oct 28 $8-25 depending on ticket type 23rd Street Armory 22 S 23rd St For more information and tickets visit phillybikeexpocom

nOv7

Saving Americarsquos Exceptional GardensBill Noble director of preservation at

The Garden Conservancy will discuss his work overseeing rehabilitation activities at more than 100 gardens throughout the country

rarr Wed Nov 7 2-5 pm $18 members$20 nonmembers Morris Arboretum 100 E Northwestern Ave For more information visit morrisarboretumorg

nOv8

Food Politics Is the Current Food System Sustainable with Marion Nestle

Noted nutritionist and author Marion Nestle will discuss food politics and the sustainability of the current food system

rarr Thurs Nov 8 6-830 pm $15 nonmember $10 member$50 vIP reception The Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy For more information and to register visit ansporgvisitevents

nOv10

Art in the GardenMark Smith an artist and garden de-signer will discuss ways to expand

thinking about art in a garden setting in eco-nomical temporary and more permanent ways

rarr Sat Nov 10 9-11 am $10 Fairmount Park Horticultural Center N Horticultural and Montgomery Drs For more information visit extensionpsueduphiladelphiaprogramsmaster-gardener

nOv10

Worm Composting Urban Composting Made EasyStart worm composting after this work-

shop on decomposition worm anatomy and biol-ogy and how to care for a worm bin Participants will take home a bin with worms

rarr Sat Nov 10 10 am-12 pm Members $20per person $30couple Nonmembers $30person $40couple Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education 8480 Hagyrsquos Mill Rd For information visit schuylkillcenterorg

nOv7

Creating the East Coast GreenwayAndy Hamilton Mid-Atlantic Trail Co-ordinator for the East Coast Greenway

Alliance will outline how this trail system en-hances local communities and the region at large

rarr Wed Nov 7 6-9 pm free valley Green Inn valley Green Road at Wissahickon For more information and to register visit foworg

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That Wednesday morning customers wait outside for the Market to open making shop-ping strategies while sipping coffee provided by Market management While itrsquos a busy day for us at the General Store therersquos a lot more pressure on the big three the butcher baker and greengrocer Inside the market the green-grocers hurriedly stack towering mounds of collard greens the butchers ice down freshly-killed turkeys and the Pennsylvania Dutch bakers try to find room to display all their pies

At 8 am the doors open and the frenzy be-gins Couples split up to conquer the shopping list with a promised rendezvous for blueberry pancakes or croissants The line at Terminirsquos Bakery slows to a crawl and good-natured pa-trons start folding bakery boxes to help speed the process Customers move like hordes of lo-custs through the produce as workers hustle to

restock and replenish the ravaged displays The ticket machine at Godshallrsquos Poultry completes the first circuit of 001 to 100 and back again

In the midst of this harried buying and sell-ing there is a sense of collegiality Customers share and debate cooking tips and shopping secrets And despite the pressure to finish helping one customer to get to those waiting merchants make time to quickly trade family news with customers Today is part business and part family reunion

At Godshallrsquos therersquos a pause to advise a ner-vous first-time Thanksgiving hostess on cook-ing the perfect turkey ldquoCook it at 350 degrees 14 to 15 minutes a poundrdquo explains the butcher ldquoIf itrsquos stuffed you want an internal tempera-ture of 165 degrees Yoursquoll want to use a meat thermometer You can buy one down the aisle at the kitchen store Yoursquore welcome Good luckmdash

calling number 88rdquo The next day if all goes ac-cording to plan a beaming young woman will take a bow for serving a Thanksgiving master-piece and a lifelong customer will be born Itrsquos in these moments that the keys to the Reading Terminal Marketrsquos longevity can be found This exchange of money for merchandise is more than a business transactionmdashtherersquos something more personal happening

Many of todayrsquos customers first discovered the Market as children brought here by parents or grandparents They learned to endure the search for the freshest meat or ripest tomatoes in exchange for the promise of Bassetts Ice Cream On Thanksgiving they return forgo-ing the big box supermarkets for a place where food is not so much a commodity but some-onersquos life work This is reflected in the stand names Guintarsquos Meats Beilerrsquos Bakery Bas-setts Ice Cream These names werenrsquot picked because their owners lacked originality but rather as a sign of the shopkeepersrsquo pride in the foods they grow raise prepare and sell

For many Philadelphians the trip to Read-ing Terminal has become an essential part of the Thanksgiving holidaymdasha reminder that preparing and sharing food with loved ones is a sacred experience Hopefully this year will initiate a few young family members into that traditionmdashone thatrsquos existed since the Market opened in 1893 and if theyrsquore lucky includes a dish of Bassetts ice cream

michael holahan founded the Pennsylvania General Store with his wife Julie Holahan in 1987 The store sells locally made foods and crafts Visit them at the Reading Terminal Market or online at pageneralstorecom

Feeding on Tradition

Thanksgiving Eve at the Reading Terminal Market by michael holahan

As a shopkeeper in the Reading Terminal Market any busy day is a good day But after 25 years at the Pennsylvania General Store my favorite is the day before Thanksgiving The energy inside this more-

than-a-century-old public market is unlike any other time of year Thanksgiv-ing is about bringing together the people we love to share a meal and to give thanks as a merchant itrsquos a privilege to be even a small part of this occasion

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Fossil Fools

Bill McKibben crunches the numbers and names an enemy by liz pacheco

When bill mckibben published The End of Nature in 1989 it was the first book aimed at educating the general public on climate change Since then McKibben has given lectures written books

penned articles and led countless campaigns to raise awareness and inspire action on climate changemdashthis includes a five-day walk he led in 2007 across Vermont In November McKibben will take his message on the road with 350org his international grassroots climate campaign The ldquoDo the Mathrdquo tourmdasha name taken from the frightening warming calculations McKibben presents in the August 2 2012 Rolling Stonemdashwill be making 20 stops in 20 days in an effort to jumpstart the climate movement We caught up with McKibben to discuss the tour and itrsquos goals

U P CO M I N G E V E N T

Green livinG

What can we expect from the tour Itrsquos not going to be a typical stand-at-a-mike-and-give-a-lecture Wersquore calling it a roadshowmdashwe want to drive home the math of our predicament and then we want to get people organized to go after the fossil fuel industry If it works there will be campaigns springing up everywhere in its wake

Whatrsquos the significance of the tour kicking off the night after the presidential election Because no matter who wins the people have to take the lead heremdashno waiting for Barack to save us this time And because in the end the fossil fuel companies matter more than the politicians

20 cities in 20 days is fairly ambitious why the short timelineWersquore trying to start a lot of brushfires and see if we can get them really blazing fast

Are you taking on any volunteers or local artistsbands Yesmdashthere will be music every night sometimes from national acts and sometimes local heroes Environmentalists have spent so much time with bar graphs that theyrsquove sometimes forgotten there are other ways to reach folks

Learn more at math350org

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EXPAnDInG THE MARKETArea grocers are on the moveCrEEKSIDE CO-OP In November the long-awaited Creekside Co-op will open Customers can expect a bulk foods section indoor and outdoor seating for enjoying prepared items and local products from within a 100-mile radius

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KIMBErTON WhOlE FOODS ndash DOWNINGTON In September Kimberton Whole Foods in Downington celebrated their Grand Re-Open-ing The natural foods grocery store moved a few doors down into a building that better reflects the companyrsquos vision with eco-friendly elements like LED lighting and solar tubes that maximize natural light

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SOUTh PhIlly FOOD CO-OP September was a big month for the South Philly Food Co-op The Reinvestment Fund awarded the nonprofit a $25000 Food Access Grant and their annual garden tour raised more than $35000 Ten new members have joined bringing total membership to 305 Once 400 member-owners have enrolled the Co-op will start working to secure a loan for a storefront

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fact Last year 39 million vinyl records were sold in the US

the highest amount since 1991

problem With vinyl records making a resurgence you might be thinking twice about toss-

ing those old 45s But if you do trash them the landfill is not the best place Most old-school vinyl records are made with Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) When buried PVC can leak dioxin a toxic chemical that can contaminate groundwater Since dioxins are fat-soluble they concentrate in human tissue Addi-tionally chlorine production for new vinyl manufacturing releases more than 200000 pounds of mercury into our air water and soil each year Recycling vinyl bypasses that chlorine use

solutionFirst take your unwanted records to local record stores If they have any

value you may walk away with a few dol-lars If not recycling is a challenge since the options are limited Philadelphia-based Vinylux (vinyluxnet) has been recycling re-cords into bowls coasters and clocks (among other things) for 10 years and is committed to working in Philadelphia Vinylux accept donations of clean (no mold please) size 33 or 45 records Arrange for drop-off by con-tacting them at recordsvinyluxnet Here in Philadelphia eForce Compliance (3114 Grayrsquos Ferry Ave eforcecompliancecom) accepts vinyl records And another option although not in Philadelphia is Recy-cling Services Inc in Pottstown (365 Elm St Pottstown recyclingservicesorg) They accept records but it costs $8 per car to enter the facil-ity However they also accept other miscellaneous re-cyclables such as Tyvek envelopes candles and bat-teries making a trip there potentially more worthwhile

by samantha wittchen

Vinyl RecoRds

8 g r i d p h i l lyco m n ov e m b e r 2 0 12

Green livinG

I lovE my dishwasher With two small kids a husband a dog and many visitors

Irsquom all about having an automated helper in the kitchen It does such a great job that I became suspicious of the detergent I was using

It turns out that the main ingredient in my detergent was concentrated chlorine Digging a little further I found that according to the US Environmental Protection Agency automatic dishwashing detergents can cause skin irrita-tions or even burns and are poisonous if swal-lowed Chlorine wasnrsquot the only harsh chemical found Here are two others of concern

Phosphates act as a water softener to boost a detergentrsquos efficiency But once theyrsquove finished washing our dishes they can harm our ecosys-tems When phosphates leave the washer they can pollute local streams and lakes and cause an excess growth of algae a process known as eutrophication The overgrowth of algae or other aquatic vegetation can clog waterways depleting the waterrsquos oxygen content and killing plants and other organisms Artificial perfumes (phthalates) which are of-

ten used to scent dishwashing detergents are considered hormone-disruptors and are linked to reduced sperm count in men among other issues reports the Environmental Working Group

For an easy at-home way to green your dish-washer try this recipe

leah r troiano a certified cancer support educator works with people who have cancer or would like to prevent cancer Lowering toxicity is just one of many ways to get your body in cancer-fighting shape Videos on how to make the products featured in this column can also be found at Leahrsquos website in the ldquoVideordquo section For more information visit cancerhealthandwellnesscom or e-mail leahcancerhealthandWellnesscom

Dishwasher (and planet) safe recipes by leah r troiano

DIsHInG DETERGEnT

directions

You will need

rarr Add the castile soap water and lemon juice to the jar Close lid tightly and shake gently

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community

Can-Do Condoshow to collectively green a multi-family home by kristen dowd

Being eco-friendly as a condo or co-op resident is possible to achieve on your ownmdashbut only to a point You can make energy-effi-cient lighting decisions use heating and cooling sparingly and recycle

but what about the light bulbs in the hallways and lobbies or insulating the roof Addressing the management of common areas is key

Thatrsquos where being eco-friendly can get a little trickier Itrsquos the fiduciary responsibility of board members and managers to maintain the build-ings in value comfort and appearance So deci-sions at condos and co-ops need to involve these parties and be made along with owners But to make any greening improvement explains Joan Batory chair of the Green CondoCo-op Initiative (GCCI) the single most important step that must be taken is to make a committee

The GCCI grew out of such a green commit-tee ldquoWe started it with three people [in 2008]rdquo says Sis Eisman a resident at The Philadelphian in Fairmount Once created the group quickly grew

One of the committeersquos first initiatives was changing incandescent light bulbs for CFLs The committee also drafted (and distributed) rules for recycling within the building Next they in-stituted recycling programs for cell phones ink cartridges and electronic waste

In 2009 the group held a Green Home Show at the Philadelphianmdasha day of exhibits and edu-cational programming focused on green build-ing for condo and co-op owners managers and others Soon area buildings approached The Philadelphian looking to make the same green improvements and thus the GCCI was born

For a green committee to be influential it

needs to educate residents on the payback as-sociated with expenditures Batory talks about a $23 million project at The Philadelphian to improve the buildingrsquos envelope and energy ef-ficiency ldquoThere were several sessions with our owners here where [GCCI] and some of the pro-ponents of the project were trying to explain to the owners the value of spending money up front to achieve longer-term savingsrdquo she says ldquoIt was a very very intense series of debates and some-times argumentsrdquo The discussions eventually lead to two years of construction during which significant improvements were made including the replacement of 2000 windows and 8000 individual heating and cooling units Despite the initial challenges says Batory ldquowe are now experiencing hundreds of thousands of dollars in savingsrdquo

In addition to education the GCCI also does advocacy work Condos and co-ops can inad-vertently slip through the legislative cracks as theyrsquore neither commercial buildings nor tradi-tional residential While programs like Energy-Works do apply to these multi-family buildings other green improvements can be more difficult to initiate

The GCCI wants to change that ldquoWersquore doing our best to open our doors and make it easy for themmdashlegislators and plannersmdashto deal with

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Philadelphia Condo Congress The event will feature hands-on workshops speakers exhibi-tor information booths and networking ses-sions all aimed at showing the economic and environmental benefits of adopting sustainable practices GCCI is hosting the event in collabora-tion with the Community Associations Institute and the Greater Philadelphia Condo Managers Association

Leonard Bonacci director of event opera-tions for the Philadelphia Eagles is the keynote speaker Known for his entertaining presen-tations Bonacci will talk about the teamrsquos journey to becoming the greenest professional sports stadium in the country

Another important part of the Congress will be four breakout sessions discussing the vari-ous legal economic requirements and challeng-es to making green improvements and success stories from Philadelphiarsquos condo associations

rarr Tues Oct 23 230-730 pm free The Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy For more details visit philagcciorg or call the Community Associations Institute at 877-608-9777

condosrdquo says Batory who has been in commu-nication with the Cityrsquos Office of Sustainability ldquoThis is right along with the cityrsquos goal So why canrsquot we have a group of condo and co-op build-ings that are the greenest in Americardquo

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food

Sweet TartsThree ways to enjoy delicious cranberries story and photos by marisa mcclellan

I was seven years old when I first cooked with fresh cranberries My mom had gone to a library sale and brought home a pair of books

called Cranberry Thanksgiving and Cranberry Christ-mas While I wasnrsquot particularly interested in the sto-ries inside the books I was intrigued by the recipes printed on the back

After much begging my parents relented and helped me bake a loaf of cranberry bread I loved the way the tart berries popped in the tender slightly sweet bread Since then cranberries have had a firm place in my top 10 favorite ingredients and Irsquom de-termined to show that theyrsquore good for a whole lot more than jelly and juice

Irsquom always looking for ways to use fresh cran-berries I stir them into baked goods add them to braises scatter them over roasting vegetables and even pickle them for cheese platters and cocktails They give a fatty braised pork butt a tangy fruity counterpoint The combination of roasted butternut squash and cranberries makes for a sweettart side dish And the combination of berries sugar vinegar and spices is wonderfully electric on the tongue

braised Pork butt with Cranberries and Leeks

Preheat oven to 350deg F Remove pork butt from fridge and let it come to room tempera-ture Pat away any moisture with paper tow-els and salt both sides of the meat generously Prepare the leeks by cutting off the green

tops and the root ends Slice them in half lengthwise and wash off any gritty soil Chop the leeks into narrow half moons (three leeks should yield approximately 3 cups) Place a four-quart or larger Dutch oven

over medium heat Add 2 tablespoons of olive oil Then add the leeks and 12 teaspoon salt cooking until they begin to soften and brown Using a spatula scrape the leeks to the side of the pan Turn the heat to

high Pat any remaining moisture from the meat and place it in the pan Cook for 3 to 4 minutes until that side has browned Flip the meat and repeat until it is uniformly seared (take care to tend to the leeks so they donrsquot burn) Arrange the leeks on top of the pork Add cranberries and stock Place a

tight-fitting lid on the pot and place it in the preheated oven Let the pork cook for 3 to 4 hours until itrsquos meltingly tender Shred the meat

and serve with mashed squash or sweet potatoes and braised kale

INGREDIENTS

2 pounds pork butt3 large leeks2 tbsp olive oil 1 cups cranberries2 cups chicken stock Salt and pepper

n ov e m b e r 2 0 12 g r i d p h i l lyco m 1 3

oven roasted butternut Squash and Cranberries

2 small butternut squashes (about 3 pounds)2 cups cranberries2 tbsp olive or coconut oil1 tsp of salt2 tbsp butter

Preheat oven to 350deg F Line a rimmed bak-ing sheet with parchment paper Set aside Wash butternut squash and cut it into

quarters Scrape out the seeds Arrange squash on a baking sheet and sprinkle cranberries over the squash quarters Drizzle oil over the berries and squash and using your hands rub it in so itrsquos well distributed Season with salt and place on your ovenrsquos top rack

Pickled Cranberries

Makes 3 pints2 12-ounce bags of cranberries3 cups apple cider vinegar3 cups granulated white sugar2 cinnamon sticks1 tsp allspice berries

tsp whole cloves tsp black peppercorns tsp juniper berries

Prepare a boiling water bath and three pint jars Place lids in a small saucepan of water and bring to a gentle simmer Wash cranberries and pick out any stems

or bad berries Combine vinegar and sugar in a medium

saucepan to create the brine Bring to a boil Add cinnamon sticks to the brine Place allspice berries whole cloves black

peppercorns and juniper berries in a spice bag or tie them up in cheesecloth Add them to the brine Once the brine is boiling vigorously add

the cranberries Stir to combine and cook for 5 to 7 minutes until the cranberries begin to pop and the brine has returned to a rolling boil Remove pot from heat and pull out the

spice bag and cinnamon sticks Break cinna-mon sticks in half and set aside Using a slotted spoon ladle cranberries

into prepared jars Cover berries with brine leaving 12 inch headspace Place a cinnamon stick segment into each jar Wipe jar rims apply lids and rings and

process in a boiling water bath canner for 10 minutes Remove jars from canner and place them

on a folded kitchen towel to cool When jars are cool enough to handle remove rings and check seals Any unsealed jars should be kept in the refrigerator Let jars sit for at least 24 hours before eat-

ing to allow the flavors to settle

Save any leftover brine Itrsquos essentially a fruit shrub and is delicious mixed with sparkling water

For more canning tips visit foodinjarscom

Roast for 35 to 40 minutes until the squash is fork tender and the cranberries juicy and shrunken Using a spoon scrape the butternut flesh out of its peel Combine roasted cranber-ries and tender squash in a large bowl Add butter Using a fork stir everything into a chunky mash Salt to taste

14 g r i d p h i l lyco m n ov e m b e r 2 0 12

food

Blue de Ewecheese of The monTh

ON-SITE CHEESE MAKINGGridrsquos illustrious neighbor the reading Terminal market has some exciting new occupants The new Jersey-based Valley shepherd creamery due to open in november will truck in milk three times a week allowing customers to witness their cheese-making process firsthand

Already open are the Tubby olive which sells olive oils and vinegars on tap and the head nut a coffee roaster from the main line that also offers bulk goods including dry beans nuts and candy so bring your refillable containers

For more information visit readingterminalmarketorg

Reading Terminal

Fair Food offering local bird options for this yearrsquos Thanksgiving table

Turkey time is almost here Once again Fair Food has plenty of local sustainable (and delicious) options for celebrating your holiday Choose from naturally-raised and Heirloom Bronze turkeys from Kochrsquos Turkey Farm (Tamaqua Pa) certified organic birds from Lancaster Farm Fresh (Leola Pa) and Heritage Breed Red Bourbons from Griggstown Quail Farm (Princeton NJ) If you fancy other birds Griggstown also offers capon quail goose and pheasant

These fresh (never frozen) fowl all are hormone- and antibiotic-free and raised with access to pasture Prices range from $310 to $840 per pound Pre-ordering is required and can be done through the Fair Food website (fairfoodphillyorg) The ordering deadline is Monday Nov 12 at 12 pm Turkeys will be available for pick up on November 21 and 22 the Tuesday and Wednesday before the holiday

TAlKInG TuRKEy

Itrsquos rare to find a raw sheeprsquos milk blue outside the Roquefort Caves in France But Pennsylvania can now make this claim thanks to two Amish farmers shepherd Emanuel Beiler and cheesemaker Amos Miller Beiler

who raises sheep in Lancaster County wanted to add value to his milk Miller who makes a variety of artisan cheeses at his Leola dairymdashMisty Creekmdash

likes to experiment This summer they re-leased their collaborative endeavor under the Shepherdrsquos Hollow Farm label which is dis-tributed by Farm Fromagemdashan intermediary for Amish dairy

When I tasted the first batch of Blue de Ewe available for market I was impressed Like a good Roquefort itrsquos peppery and unctuous Set a wedge on your cheese board and it be-gins to bead fat On the front end the taste is sweetly nutty like graham flourmdashit even has a slightly granular texture On the finish itrsquos earthy and spicy Since Blue de Ewe has a natural rind rather than a foil-wrapped exte-rior (like Roquefort) itrsquos drier than the French import with a texture similar to Stilton

I look forward to seeing how these unique wheels evolve over time Until winter Irsquoll be gorging on Blue de Ewe along with plum jam walnuts and plenty of malty stout mdashTenaya Darlington madamefromageblogcom

Blue de Ewe is available at Green Aisle Grocery and the Lansdowne and Upper Merion farmers markets Contact Shepherdrsquos Hollow Farm co Farm Fromage Lancaster 717-314-1373 farmfromagecom

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three philadelphia restaurateurs try their

hands at farmingstory by liz pacheco photos by neal santos

LUNA FARM

amp

Jose Garces and farmer Alex McCracken at Luna Farm

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hef jose garces is in his outdoor kitchen making sal-morejomdasha cold Spanish soup similar to gazpacho He adds bright yellow tomatoes to the food processor along with gar-lic vinegar and baguette pieces ldquoA few years agordquo he says

ldquoI wouldrsquove made this with tomatoes from Mexicordquo This afternoon the tomatoes are from a very local sourcemdashGarcesrsquo backyard which doubles as a farm para This is the first full season for the 40-acre Luna Farm in Ottsville which is named in honor of the Garces family dog as well as the brilliant nightscapes the property offers The nearly 100 varieties of herbs and vegetables are organically grown for the Garces company res-taurantsmdashmost specifically Philadelphiarsquos JG Domestic which focuses on using local ingredients para But Garces isnrsquot the only or first Philadelphia chef to delve into farming Mitch Prensky owner and chef of Supper is in his third year working with Blue Elephant Farm in Newtown Square which grows solely for his restaurant and catering company Last Febru-ary Andrea Rossi began cultivating in Orwigsburg on his farm Grateful Acres This spring Rossi launched a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program through his restaurant C19 para For these three chefs the farms are creative challengesmdashthey require money planning and of course physical labor At their restaurants these chefs are no longer just cooking theyrsquore developing innovative models for combining the farm and the table

jose gARces garces group

For Garces the decision to start a farm happened al-most by accident While looking for a family home out-side the city he discovered that many properties included farmland ldquoWe just started thinking lsquoWow it would be great if we could ship in our own stuffrsquordquo says Garces In 2010 he purchased the property and by summer 2011 he was working with Alex McCracken to develop the land

While McCracken had never farmed on this scale before he has extensive experience gardening He and his wife live on a nearby 16-acre property and own the Turnip Truck a business that designs installs and main-tains organic gardens for homeowners When McCracken heard that Garces was looking for a farmer he sent in

his reacutesumeacute That plus a recommendation from another local grower landed him the position In this first year McCracken and Garces are experimentingmdashlooking to see what flourishes both at the farm and in the restaurants

ldquoNext year the plan is to reduce the wide variety of crops that we grow to the things that are doing the best hererdquo says McCracken ldquoThe things that the restaurants use the most of like peppersmdashwersquoll always grow peppers here Theyrsquore easy to grow All of Josersquos restaurants use a lot of themrdquo

In addition to vegetables the organic farm is grow-ing mushrooms and raising chickens and bees Garces is also considering goats either for meat or milk The farmrsquos tractor runs on biodiesel fuel from the restaurantsrsquo fryer oil which is picked up and processed by Bucks County

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Freedom Fuel And therersquos talk of adding solar panels to the movable chicken coop to provide energy for the green-house and the barn This winter the greenhouse will be supplemented by hoop houses which in August already had tomatoes peppers and eggplant

ldquoIrsquom growing things here Irsquove never grown beforerdquo says McCracken referring to some of the more unusual varieties of tomatoes and greens ldquoIrsquom growing things some of the chefs have never seen before Everybodyrsquos expanding their horizons and learning a lot from the processrdquo

The chefs from Garcesrsquo seven Philadelphia restaurants and the three in Atlantic City have all visited Luna ldquoThey didnrsquot realize the scale wersquore growing on or the quality that was going to be coming out hererdquo says Garces The restau-rants receive produce Tuesday and Thursday nights some of which easily work on the menu and some that require more creativity ldquoWersquore treating them like CSAs basicallyrdquo explains Garces ldquoInitially [the chefs] were placing orders and I interceded and said no you guys are getting every-thingrdquo Some menus pose greater challenges since theyrsquore concept-based but the hope is that in future seasons the farm will cater to those needs The JG Domestic restaurant

benefits most directly from the farm offering dishes with ldquoLuna Farm Eggrdquo ldquoLuna Farm Herb Pestordquo and ldquoLuna Farm Tomatillosrdquo

But for Garces the motivation to start Luna Farm comes from his passion for food not marketing potential ldquoI think as long as [the farm] remains true to that itrsquoll keep goingrdquo But hersquos also admits that therersquos significant financial risk as well ldquoItrsquos a pretty costly endeavor for sure Wersquore still trying to make sure it all balances outrdquo

Mitch pReNsky supper

mitch prensky has been working with Blue Elephant Farm since 2010 but his commitment to local fresh food is decades old ldquoIrsquove been cooking this way for 26 yearsrdquo he says citing previous trips to the Union Square Green-market in New York City to visit farm stands In 2007 he opened Supper which he describes as ldquoseasonal farm-di-rect American cuisinerdquo Yet it wasnrsquot until three years ago that Prensky learned of the term ldquofarm to tablerdquo

ldquoSomebody said to me lsquoOh yoursquore a farm-to-table res-

Jose Garces prepares a salmorejo in his outdoor kitchen at Luna Farm The cold Spanish soup is similar to a gazpacho itrsquos made from tomatoes and garnished with strawberries eggs and olives Garcesrsquo children Olivia and Andres watch their father in the kitchen and lend a hand in adding the ingredients to the blender

The salmorejo is from Garcesrsquo newest cookbook The Latin Road Home available October 8 from Lake Isle Press For the full recipe visit gridphillycom

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taurantrsquordquo recalls Prensky ldquoItrsquos the first time Irsquove ever heard that expression So if yoursquore going to call me something at least I should know what it isrdquo Eventually Prensky con-nected with the owners of Blue Elephant Farm a privately owned 75-acre property in Newton Square At the time the owners were growing for themselves and family members Prensky started working with the estate manager Mary Butler a horticulturist to grow vegetables for Supper

ldquo[The] first season I pulled every vegetable out of the ground myselfrdquo says Prensky who works alongside Butler ldquoThere is a lot of sweat and toil involved and not a lot of [financial] returnrdquo Today the farm provides 100 percent of the produce at Supper and at the Global DishmdashPrenskyrsquos catering company Blue Elephant raises chickens sheep goats llamas horses and donkeys and there are plans to have a grass-fed beef program next year A local beekeeper has hives on the property Their greenhouse grows greens lettuces and herbs year-round and thanks to cold storage diners will see plenty of root vegetables on the winter menu This fall Prensky and Blue Elephant even canned their first line of products and preserves to be sold at Supper

With any farm there are no guarantees Prensky talks about the season when a blight kept tomatoes off the menu for a while and the creativity needed to handle an abun-dance of okra one week but none the next ldquoYou start pick-ling and preserving and then you make dishes out of itrdquo he says ldquoThatrsquos another challenge but thatrsquos a fun challenge here of writing dishes on the menurdquo

Deliveries from the farm come to Supper three times a week and Prensky makes an effort to be out in the fields at least once a week as well ldquoI always say Irsquom the luckiest chef in the worldrdquo he says explaining that having a dedicated farm for his restaurant has been a career goal ldquo[I thought] it would be great if someone could grow this stuff for us and I would know exactly what that property is doing and how theyrsquore handling the vegetables and what goes into this And thatrsquos what Irsquove been fortunate to be blessed with here with Blue Elephantrdquo

ANdReA Rossi c19

two years ago C19 (then Cichetteria 19) was already sourcing locally from Green Meadow Farm ldquoI wasnrsquot even searching for a farmer at the timerdquo admits Andrea Rossi chef and owner at C19 Then he met Alex Archambault who was delivering for Red Earth Farm to the Metropolitan Bakery across the street from the restaurant ldquoHe brought

me some tomatoes some potatoes he was growing on his own some heirloom tomatoesrdquo says Rossi ldquoThey were amazingrdquo

So Rossi expressed interest in finding space to start his own farm and Archambault mentioned there were a few acres adjacent to his backyard in Orwigsburg In 2011 Rossi officially hired Archambault to be the farmer This summer C19 offered a CSA for the farm and had four res-taurants and six individuals participate ldquoWe just wanted to start very small because the first year therersquos a lot of difficultiesrdquo says Rossi The season has so far been suc-cessful and produce from Grateful Acres can be found on the restaurant menu as well as at the Rittenhouse Farmers Market each Saturday

The decision to start a farm springs from Rossirsquos desire to provide the best quality food locally ldquoWe are what we eatrdquo he says explaining that he wants to both support the local economy and make sure people are eating nutrient-rich produce His dedication to this mission has been rec-ognized locally In November 2011 the restaurant received a ldquoSnail of Approvalrdquo from Slow Food Philadelphiamdasha distinction given to eateries that contribute to the quality authenticity and sustainability of the food supply in the area Rossi is already considering expansion He wants to lease a few more acres next season and is talking with an-other restaurant about potentially buying an organic farm in New Jersey Restaurateurs owning farms is an emerging trend but for Rossi his works stems from familial tradi-tion ldquoThe idea comes from my motherrdquo he says ldquoitrsquos how we grew uprdquo

Supper is located at 926 South St 215-592-8180 supperphillycom

C19 is located at 267 S 19th St 215-545-0441 c19pwhillycom

JG Domestic is located at 2929 Arch St 215-222-2363 jgdomesticcom

For a full list of Garcesrsquo restaurants visit garcesgroupcom

BLUe eLephANt FARM

gRAteFUL AcRes

Top left Mitch Prensky owner and chef at Supper with a recent harvest from Blue Elephant Farm

Bottom right Andrea Rossi owner and chef at C19 sells produce from Grateful Acres with farmer Alex Archambault at the Saturday Rittenhouse farmers market

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What amazed me most about the honey locust trees at Awbury Arbo-retum were the thorns I had imag-

ined something like rose thornsmdashsharp but proportionalmdashnot four-inch-long spikes jutting out from branches and erupting from trunks in grotesque savage clusters Surely this was over-kill The trees could fend off deer with much less

Honey locust trees can be found throughout the city but these are tame trees They have an elegant spreading canopy with small leaves that screen the sun rather than block it completely What they donrsquot have is thorns The smooth ver-sions are ldquoa genetic sport [mutation] that showed up and people liked themrdquo explains Dennis Lu-cey Awbury Arboretumrsquos landscape manager

The honey locust remains prepared to fend off long- extinct creatures by bernard brown

by bernard brownurban naturalist

foot-long seed pods as wellmdashthink string beans for giant ground sloths who would subsequently disperse their seeds Twelve thousand years ago might sound like a long time for a human but itrsquos only 60 generations or so for the trees

Honey locusts arenrsquot the only trees around us likely shaped by extinct giants Next time yoursquore passing the Bala Golf Club on Belmont Avenue look at the Osage orange trees along the fence Thorny with round green softball-sized fruit the trees donrsquot appeal to our extant native crit-ters implying extinct animals once dispersed the seeds

Of course long-lived trees tell other stories wersquove forgotten Lucey referenced some old locust trees at Awbury planted in what appears to be an arbitrary line Back in the late 1800s the line was planted to screen a small slum McNabb Town from view McNabb Town was razed more than a hundred years ago but the trees remain

bernard brown is an amateur field herper bureaucrat and founder of the PBampJ Campaign (pbjcampaignorg) a movement focused on the benefits of eating lower on the food chain

Pointing to the Past

We choose nice gentle trees for our landscaping nothing with spikes that could go clean through your hand

We like locust trees for other reasons They are tough plants that can withstand air pollu-tion road salt and compacted soilmdashall things that make urban environments a nasty place for a tree Moreover those small leaves (technically leaflets since the stem with the row of leaflets on either side is considered a ldquocompound leafrdquo) are easy to clean up in the fall

But I miss the thorns and not just for their gory potential The thorns remind us that we inhabit a world shaped by extinct creatures Irsquom not talking about dinosaurs rather extinct mam-mals that shared the Delaware Valley with its first humans at the end of the last Ice Age

It might be easy to forget that these marvel-ously giant and exotic beasts (including saber-toothed cats and ground sloths the size of el-ephants not to mention actual mammoths and mastodons) lived where we do today but the trees remember

Or at least their genes do Trees that evolved over millions of years along

with giant herbivorous mammals still bear the traits shaped by them even if theyrsquore no longer useful This is likely how honey locust trees ended up with thorns big enough to intimidate a mam-moth and is probably why they have

read more about honey locusts Osage oranges and other plants likely

shaped by extinct animals in the Ghosts of Evolu-tion by Connie Barlow (Basic Books 2002 $19)

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Oct13

ldquoCountdown to (En)DangerrdquoAn exhibit featuring artistsrsquo own inter-pretations of endangered species and

the continued risks of extinction Proceeds ben-efit the World Wildlife Fund Open until Nov 7

rarr Sat Oct 13 6-9 pm free B2 Cafeacute 1500 E Passyunk Ave For more information visit facebookcomevents482540518437645

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Fall Author Series Spillover Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic

Hear from author David Quammen on the sci-ence and history of major diseases that originate in wild animals and pass to humans and what might be the next pandemic

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Is Sustainable Agriculture Bad for the PlanetSustainable food writers and experts

examine questions like Does eating grass-fed livestock raise your emissions And is it worth paying extra for organic products

rarr Thurs Oct 18 6-830 pm free to members$5 nonmembers The Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy For more informa-tion and to register visit ansporgvisitevents

Oct18

Slow Food Seminar Chocolate Growers Seminar amp TastingKallari Cacao Growers Cooperative

from Ecuador will talk about their cacao farms and have a tasting of their chocolate (Fair Trade and Direct Trade)

rarr Thurs Oct 18 7-9 pm $20 Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College 4100 Walnut St For tickets visit slowfoodphillyorg

Oct19

Wall Garden WorkshopTake your gardening indoors with woolly pockets This workshop will

teach where to hang a woolly pocket what to plant and how to water

rarr Fri Oct 19 630-830 pm $40 City Planter 814 N 4th St For more information and to register visit cityplantercom

Oct20

Rose Hips and What You Make of Them Learn how to use rose hips from the

garden to make jam candy and syrup Students will take home what they make

rarr Sat Oct 20 9 am-12 pm $50 members$75 nonmembers Wyck 6026 Germantown Ave To register visit wyckorgprograms or call 215-848-1690

Oct20

Terrariums WorkshopCreate a mini-oasis at this terrarium workshop Registration includes a small

glass globe vessel soil charcoal and stones Plants will be available for purchase

rarr Sat Oct 20 12-2 pm $30 Greensgrow Farms 2501 E Cumberland St For more information and to register visit greensgroworgevents

Oct20

PASArsquos 100 Grass-fed Beef Cook OffJoin PASA as they announce the win-

ners of the Cook Off which features local chefs and farmers Philly CowShare and cookbook authorchef Aliza Green will be there and Wye-brook (open 11 am-6 pm) will have live music and food available for purchase

rarr Sat Oct 20 2-4 pm free Wyebrook Farm 150 Wyebrook Rd Honey Brook For more information visit pasafarmingorgevents

Oct20

Fall Foliage WalkEnjoy a morning walk to explore the changing hues of autumn and learn the

surprising answer to why leaves change colors

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Oct18

Fall Window Box WorkshopLearn to create a fall window box thatrsquoll last through Thanksgiving Also get tips

for the best plantings watering practices and soil mixes for the fall season

rarr Thurs Oct 18 6-830 pm $20 Greensgrow Farms 2501 E Cumberland St For more information and to register visit greensgroworgevents

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Harvest On HenryHenry Got Crops CSA hosts a fund-raiser event featuring live music local

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Backyard ChickensEver thought of keeping chickens Learn everything from choosing the

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Oct20

Bringing It All Home Cultivating Sustainable Communities Frederick Kirschenmann PhD a sus-

tainability speaker writer farmer-philosopher and president of Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture will speak about developing resilient sustainable communities

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Up Close and Personal Learn the basics of home-scaled sus-tainable and regenerative practices

including backyard chickens composting fer-mentation and more This workshop will focus on extending the growing season

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Town Square Program Plenty for the Planet Sustainable Food and a Well-Fed World

Join acclaimed writer and sustainability advocate Anna Lappeacute and local experts as they discuss the role of sustainable food systems in addressing hunger The evening includes a local food tasting

rarr Sun Oct 21 530-830 pm Program free Reception $10 members$12 nonmembers Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy For more information and to register visit ansporgvisitevents

Oct26

Terrarium ClassHave a crafty start to your weekend with this terrarium-building class

rarr Fri Oct 26 630-830 pm $50 City Planter 814 N 4th St For more information and to register visit cityplantercom

Oct27

Fermenting Sauerkraut amp Mead with David SillerDavid Siller of Cobblestone Krautery

will teach about the power of fermentation and how to make mead pickles sauerkraut and much more

rarr Sat Oct 27 12-2 pm $35 Greensgrow Community Kitchen at St Michaelrsquos Church 2139 E Cumberland St For more information and to register visit greensgroworgevents

Oct2728

Philly Bike Expo Bilenky Cycle Works hosts the third-annual Philly Bike Expomdashtwo days filled with rides seminars demonstra-tions parties a swap meet and a bicycle

fashion show

rarr Sat Oct 27-Sun Oct 28 $8-25 depending on ticket type 23rd Street Armory 22 S 23rd St For more information and tickets visit phillybikeexpocom

nOv7

Saving Americarsquos Exceptional GardensBill Noble director of preservation at

The Garden Conservancy will discuss his work overseeing rehabilitation activities at more than 100 gardens throughout the country

rarr Wed Nov 7 2-5 pm $18 members$20 nonmembers Morris Arboretum 100 E Northwestern Ave For more information visit morrisarboretumorg

nOv8

Food Politics Is the Current Food System Sustainable with Marion Nestle

Noted nutritionist and author Marion Nestle will discuss food politics and the sustainability of the current food system

rarr Thurs Nov 8 6-830 pm $15 nonmember $10 member$50 vIP reception The Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy For more information and to register visit ansporgvisitevents

nOv10

Art in the GardenMark Smith an artist and garden de-signer will discuss ways to expand

thinking about art in a garden setting in eco-nomical temporary and more permanent ways

rarr Sat Nov 10 9-11 am $10 Fairmount Park Horticultural Center N Horticultural and Montgomery Drs For more information visit extensionpsueduphiladelphiaprogramsmaster-gardener

nOv10

Worm Composting Urban Composting Made EasyStart worm composting after this work-

shop on decomposition worm anatomy and biol-ogy and how to care for a worm bin Participants will take home a bin with worms

rarr Sat Nov 10 10 am-12 pm Members $20per person $30couple Nonmembers $30person $40couple Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education 8480 Hagyrsquos Mill Rd For information visit schuylkillcenterorg

nOv7

Creating the East Coast GreenwayAndy Hamilton Mid-Atlantic Trail Co-ordinator for the East Coast Greenway

Alliance will outline how this trail system en-hances local communities and the region at large

rarr Wed Nov 7 6-9 pm free valley Green Inn valley Green Road at Wissahickon For more information and to register visit foworg

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That Wednesday morning customers wait outside for the Market to open making shop-ping strategies while sipping coffee provided by Market management While itrsquos a busy day for us at the General Store therersquos a lot more pressure on the big three the butcher baker and greengrocer Inside the market the green-grocers hurriedly stack towering mounds of collard greens the butchers ice down freshly-killed turkeys and the Pennsylvania Dutch bakers try to find room to display all their pies

At 8 am the doors open and the frenzy be-gins Couples split up to conquer the shopping list with a promised rendezvous for blueberry pancakes or croissants The line at Terminirsquos Bakery slows to a crawl and good-natured pa-trons start folding bakery boxes to help speed the process Customers move like hordes of lo-custs through the produce as workers hustle to

restock and replenish the ravaged displays The ticket machine at Godshallrsquos Poultry completes the first circuit of 001 to 100 and back again

In the midst of this harried buying and sell-ing there is a sense of collegiality Customers share and debate cooking tips and shopping secrets And despite the pressure to finish helping one customer to get to those waiting merchants make time to quickly trade family news with customers Today is part business and part family reunion

At Godshallrsquos therersquos a pause to advise a ner-vous first-time Thanksgiving hostess on cook-ing the perfect turkey ldquoCook it at 350 degrees 14 to 15 minutes a poundrdquo explains the butcher ldquoIf itrsquos stuffed you want an internal tempera-ture of 165 degrees Yoursquoll want to use a meat thermometer You can buy one down the aisle at the kitchen store Yoursquore welcome Good luckmdash

calling number 88rdquo The next day if all goes ac-cording to plan a beaming young woman will take a bow for serving a Thanksgiving master-piece and a lifelong customer will be born Itrsquos in these moments that the keys to the Reading Terminal Marketrsquos longevity can be found This exchange of money for merchandise is more than a business transactionmdashtherersquos something more personal happening

Many of todayrsquos customers first discovered the Market as children brought here by parents or grandparents They learned to endure the search for the freshest meat or ripest tomatoes in exchange for the promise of Bassetts Ice Cream On Thanksgiving they return forgo-ing the big box supermarkets for a place where food is not so much a commodity but some-onersquos life work This is reflected in the stand names Guintarsquos Meats Beilerrsquos Bakery Bas-setts Ice Cream These names werenrsquot picked because their owners lacked originality but rather as a sign of the shopkeepersrsquo pride in the foods they grow raise prepare and sell

For many Philadelphians the trip to Read-ing Terminal has become an essential part of the Thanksgiving holidaymdasha reminder that preparing and sharing food with loved ones is a sacred experience Hopefully this year will initiate a few young family members into that traditionmdashone thatrsquos existed since the Market opened in 1893 and if theyrsquore lucky includes a dish of Bassetts ice cream

michael holahan founded the Pennsylvania General Store with his wife Julie Holahan in 1987 The store sells locally made foods and crafts Visit them at the Reading Terminal Market or online at pageneralstorecom

Feeding on Tradition

Thanksgiving Eve at the Reading Terminal Market by michael holahan

As a shopkeeper in the Reading Terminal Market any busy day is a good day But after 25 years at the Pennsylvania General Store my favorite is the day before Thanksgiving The energy inside this more-

than-a-century-old public market is unlike any other time of year Thanksgiv-ing is about bringing together the people we love to share a meal and to give thanks as a merchant itrsquos a privilege to be even a small part of this occasion

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fact Last year 39 million vinyl records were sold in the US

the highest amount since 1991

problem With vinyl records making a resurgence you might be thinking twice about toss-

ing those old 45s But if you do trash them the landfill is not the best place Most old-school vinyl records are made with Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) When buried PVC can leak dioxin a toxic chemical that can contaminate groundwater Since dioxins are fat-soluble they concentrate in human tissue Addi-tionally chlorine production for new vinyl manufacturing releases more than 200000 pounds of mercury into our air water and soil each year Recycling vinyl bypasses that chlorine use

solutionFirst take your unwanted records to local record stores If they have any

value you may walk away with a few dol-lars If not recycling is a challenge since the options are limited Philadelphia-based Vinylux (vinyluxnet) has been recycling re-cords into bowls coasters and clocks (among other things) for 10 years and is committed to working in Philadelphia Vinylux accept donations of clean (no mold please) size 33 or 45 records Arrange for drop-off by con-tacting them at recordsvinyluxnet Here in Philadelphia eForce Compliance (3114 Grayrsquos Ferry Ave eforcecompliancecom) accepts vinyl records And another option although not in Philadelphia is Recy-cling Services Inc in Pottstown (365 Elm St Pottstown recyclingservicesorg) They accept records but it costs $8 per car to enter the facil-ity However they also accept other miscellaneous re-cyclables such as Tyvek envelopes candles and bat-teries making a trip there potentially more worthwhile

by samantha wittchen

Vinyl RecoRds

8 g r i d p h i l lyco m n ov e m b e r 2 0 12

Green livinG

I lovE my dishwasher With two small kids a husband a dog and many visitors

Irsquom all about having an automated helper in the kitchen It does such a great job that I became suspicious of the detergent I was using

It turns out that the main ingredient in my detergent was concentrated chlorine Digging a little further I found that according to the US Environmental Protection Agency automatic dishwashing detergents can cause skin irrita-tions or even burns and are poisonous if swal-lowed Chlorine wasnrsquot the only harsh chemical found Here are two others of concern

Phosphates act as a water softener to boost a detergentrsquos efficiency But once theyrsquove finished washing our dishes they can harm our ecosys-tems When phosphates leave the washer they can pollute local streams and lakes and cause an excess growth of algae a process known as eutrophication The overgrowth of algae or other aquatic vegetation can clog waterways depleting the waterrsquos oxygen content and killing plants and other organisms Artificial perfumes (phthalates) which are of-

ten used to scent dishwashing detergents are considered hormone-disruptors and are linked to reduced sperm count in men among other issues reports the Environmental Working Group

For an easy at-home way to green your dish-washer try this recipe

leah r troiano a certified cancer support educator works with people who have cancer or would like to prevent cancer Lowering toxicity is just one of many ways to get your body in cancer-fighting shape Videos on how to make the products featured in this column can also be found at Leahrsquos website in the ldquoVideordquo section For more information visit cancerhealthandwellnesscom or e-mail leahcancerhealthandWellnesscom

Dishwasher (and planet) safe recipes by leah r troiano

DIsHInG DETERGEnT

directions

You will need

rarr Add the castile soap water and lemon juice to the jar Close lid tightly and shake gently

rarr Use about 1 tablespoon for each load of dishes and fill the second compartment with white vinegar If your water is hard you can also add white vinegar to the rinse aid compartment as well

1 cup Super Washing

Powder

frac14 cup baking soda

1 cup Borax

cup citric acid (found in

health foods store or online)

frac14 cup salt

20 drops essential oil (optional)

You will need

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directions

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community

Can-Do Condoshow to collectively green a multi-family home by kristen dowd

Being eco-friendly as a condo or co-op resident is possible to achieve on your ownmdashbut only to a point You can make energy-effi-cient lighting decisions use heating and cooling sparingly and recycle

but what about the light bulbs in the hallways and lobbies or insulating the roof Addressing the management of common areas is key

Thatrsquos where being eco-friendly can get a little trickier Itrsquos the fiduciary responsibility of board members and managers to maintain the build-ings in value comfort and appearance So deci-sions at condos and co-ops need to involve these parties and be made along with owners But to make any greening improvement explains Joan Batory chair of the Green CondoCo-op Initiative (GCCI) the single most important step that must be taken is to make a committee

The GCCI grew out of such a green commit-tee ldquoWe started it with three people [in 2008]rdquo says Sis Eisman a resident at The Philadelphian in Fairmount Once created the group quickly grew

One of the committeersquos first initiatives was changing incandescent light bulbs for CFLs The committee also drafted (and distributed) rules for recycling within the building Next they in-stituted recycling programs for cell phones ink cartridges and electronic waste

In 2009 the group held a Green Home Show at the Philadelphianmdasha day of exhibits and edu-cational programming focused on green build-ing for condo and co-op owners managers and others Soon area buildings approached The Philadelphian looking to make the same green improvements and thus the GCCI was born

For a green committee to be influential it

needs to educate residents on the payback as-sociated with expenditures Batory talks about a $23 million project at The Philadelphian to improve the buildingrsquos envelope and energy ef-ficiency ldquoThere were several sessions with our owners here where [GCCI] and some of the pro-ponents of the project were trying to explain to the owners the value of spending money up front to achieve longer-term savingsrdquo she says ldquoIt was a very very intense series of debates and some-times argumentsrdquo The discussions eventually lead to two years of construction during which significant improvements were made including the replacement of 2000 windows and 8000 individual heating and cooling units Despite the initial challenges says Batory ldquowe are now experiencing hundreds of thousands of dollars in savingsrdquo

In addition to education the GCCI also does advocacy work Condos and co-ops can inad-vertently slip through the legislative cracks as theyrsquore neither commercial buildings nor tradi-tional residential While programs like Energy-Works do apply to these multi-family buildings other green improvements can be more difficult to initiate

The GCCI wants to change that ldquoWersquore doing our best to open our doors and make it easy for themmdashlegislators and plannersmdashto deal with

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Philadelphia Condo Congress The event will feature hands-on workshops speakers exhibi-tor information booths and networking ses-sions all aimed at showing the economic and environmental benefits of adopting sustainable practices GCCI is hosting the event in collabora-tion with the Community Associations Institute and the Greater Philadelphia Condo Managers Association

Leonard Bonacci director of event opera-tions for the Philadelphia Eagles is the keynote speaker Known for his entertaining presen-tations Bonacci will talk about the teamrsquos journey to becoming the greenest professional sports stadium in the country

Another important part of the Congress will be four breakout sessions discussing the vari-ous legal economic requirements and challeng-es to making green improvements and success stories from Philadelphiarsquos condo associations

rarr Tues Oct 23 230-730 pm free The Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy For more details visit philagcciorg or call the Community Associations Institute at 877-608-9777

condosrdquo says Batory who has been in commu-nication with the Cityrsquos Office of Sustainability ldquoThis is right along with the cityrsquos goal So why canrsquot we have a group of condo and co-op build-ings that are the greenest in Americardquo

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food

Sweet TartsThree ways to enjoy delicious cranberries story and photos by marisa mcclellan

I was seven years old when I first cooked with fresh cranberries My mom had gone to a library sale and brought home a pair of books

called Cranberry Thanksgiving and Cranberry Christ-mas While I wasnrsquot particularly interested in the sto-ries inside the books I was intrigued by the recipes printed on the back

After much begging my parents relented and helped me bake a loaf of cranberry bread I loved the way the tart berries popped in the tender slightly sweet bread Since then cranberries have had a firm place in my top 10 favorite ingredients and Irsquom de-termined to show that theyrsquore good for a whole lot more than jelly and juice

Irsquom always looking for ways to use fresh cran-berries I stir them into baked goods add them to braises scatter them over roasting vegetables and even pickle them for cheese platters and cocktails They give a fatty braised pork butt a tangy fruity counterpoint The combination of roasted butternut squash and cranberries makes for a sweettart side dish And the combination of berries sugar vinegar and spices is wonderfully electric on the tongue

braised Pork butt with Cranberries and Leeks

Preheat oven to 350deg F Remove pork butt from fridge and let it come to room tempera-ture Pat away any moisture with paper tow-els and salt both sides of the meat generously Prepare the leeks by cutting off the green

tops and the root ends Slice them in half lengthwise and wash off any gritty soil Chop the leeks into narrow half moons (three leeks should yield approximately 3 cups) Place a four-quart or larger Dutch oven

over medium heat Add 2 tablespoons of olive oil Then add the leeks and 12 teaspoon salt cooking until they begin to soften and brown Using a spatula scrape the leeks to the side of the pan Turn the heat to

high Pat any remaining moisture from the meat and place it in the pan Cook for 3 to 4 minutes until that side has browned Flip the meat and repeat until it is uniformly seared (take care to tend to the leeks so they donrsquot burn) Arrange the leeks on top of the pork Add cranberries and stock Place a

tight-fitting lid on the pot and place it in the preheated oven Let the pork cook for 3 to 4 hours until itrsquos meltingly tender Shred the meat

and serve with mashed squash or sweet potatoes and braised kale

INGREDIENTS

2 pounds pork butt3 large leeks2 tbsp olive oil 1 cups cranberries2 cups chicken stock Salt and pepper

n ov e m b e r 2 0 12 g r i d p h i l lyco m 1 3

oven roasted butternut Squash and Cranberries

2 small butternut squashes (about 3 pounds)2 cups cranberries2 tbsp olive or coconut oil1 tsp of salt2 tbsp butter

Preheat oven to 350deg F Line a rimmed bak-ing sheet with parchment paper Set aside Wash butternut squash and cut it into

quarters Scrape out the seeds Arrange squash on a baking sheet and sprinkle cranberries over the squash quarters Drizzle oil over the berries and squash and using your hands rub it in so itrsquos well distributed Season with salt and place on your ovenrsquos top rack

Pickled Cranberries

Makes 3 pints2 12-ounce bags of cranberries3 cups apple cider vinegar3 cups granulated white sugar2 cinnamon sticks1 tsp allspice berries

tsp whole cloves tsp black peppercorns tsp juniper berries

Prepare a boiling water bath and three pint jars Place lids in a small saucepan of water and bring to a gentle simmer Wash cranberries and pick out any stems

or bad berries Combine vinegar and sugar in a medium

saucepan to create the brine Bring to a boil Add cinnamon sticks to the brine Place allspice berries whole cloves black

peppercorns and juniper berries in a spice bag or tie them up in cheesecloth Add them to the brine Once the brine is boiling vigorously add

the cranberries Stir to combine and cook for 5 to 7 minutes until the cranberries begin to pop and the brine has returned to a rolling boil Remove pot from heat and pull out the

spice bag and cinnamon sticks Break cinna-mon sticks in half and set aside Using a slotted spoon ladle cranberries

into prepared jars Cover berries with brine leaving 12 inch headspace Place a cinnamon stick segment into each jar Wipe jar rims apply lids and rings and

process in a boiling water bath canner for 10 minutes Remove jars from canner and place them

on a folded kitchen towel to cool When jars are cool enough to handle remove rings and check seals Any unsealed jars should be kept in the refrigerator Let jars sit for at least 24 hours before eat-

ing to allow the flavors to settle

Save any leftover brine Itrsquos essentially a fruit shrub and is delicious mixed with sparkling water

For more canning tips visit foodinjarscom

Roast for 35 to 40 minutes until the squash is fork tender and the cranberries juicy and shrunken Using a spoon scrape the butternut flesh out of its peel Combine roasted cranber-ries and tender squash in a large bowl Add butter Using a fork stir everything into a chunky mash Salt to taste

14 g r i d p h i l lyco m n ov e m b e r 2 0 12

food

Blue de Ewecheese of The monTh

ON-SITE CHEESE MAKINGGridrsquos illustrious neighbor the reading Terminal market has some exciting new occupants The new Jersey-based Valley shepherd creamery due to open in november will truck in milk three times a week allowing customers to witness their cheese-making process firsthand

Already open are the Tubby olive which sells olive oils and vinegars on tap and the head nut a coffee roaster from the main line that also offers bulk goods including dry beans nuts and candy so bring your refillable containers

For more information visit readingterminalmarketorg

Reading Terminal

Fair Food offering local bird options for this yearrsquos Thanksgiving table

Turkey time is almost here Once again Fair Food has plenty of local sustainable (and delicious) options for celebrating your holiday Choose from naturally-raised and Heirloom Bronze turkeys from Kochrsquos Turkey Farm (Tamaqua Pa) certified organic birds from Lancaster Farm Fresh (Leola Pa) and Heritage Breed Red Bourbons from Griggstown Quail Farm (Princeton NJ) If you fancy other birds Griggstown also offers capon quail goose and pheasant

These fresh (never frozen) fowl all are hormone- and antibiotic-free and raised with access to pasture Prices range from $310 to $840 per pound Pre-ordering is required and can be done through the Fair Food website (fairfoodphillyorg) The ordering deadline is Monday Nov 12 at 12 pm Turkeys will be available for pick up on November 21 and 22 the Tuesday and Wednesday before the holiday

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Itrsquos rare to find a raw sheeprsquos milk blue outside the Roquefort Caves in France But Pennsylvania can now make this claim thanks to two Amish farmers shepherd Emanuel Beiler and cheesemaker Amos Miller Beiler

who raises sheep in Lancaster County wanted to add value to his milk Miller who makes a variety of artisan cheeses at his Leola dairymdashMisty Creekmdash

likes to experiment This summer they re-leased their collaborative endeavor under the Shepherdrsquos Hollow Farm label which is dis-tributed by Farm Fromagemdashan intermediary for Amish dairy

When I tasted the first batch of Blue de Ewe available for market I was impressed Like a good Roquefort itrsquos peppery and unctuous Set a wedge on your cheese board and it be-gins to bead fat On the front end the taste is sweetly nutty like graham flourmdashit even has a slightly granular texture On the finish itrsquos earthy and spicy Since Blue de Ewe has a natural rind rather than a foil-wrapped exte-rior (like Roquefort) itrsquos drier than the French import with a texture similar to Stilton

I look forward to seeing how these unique wheels evolve over time Until winter Irsquoll be gorging on Blue de Ewe along with plum jam walnuts and plenty of malty stout mdashTenaya Darlington madamefromageblogcom

Blue de Ewe is available at Green Aisle Grocery and the Lansdowne and Upper Merion farmers markets Contact Shepherdrsquos Hollow Farm co Farm Fromage Lancaster 717-314-1373 farmfromagecom

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three philadelphia restaurateurs try their

hands at farmingstory by liz pacheco photos by neal santos

LUNA FARM

amp

Jose Garces and farmer Alex McCracken at Luna Farm

N OV E M b E r 2 0 12 g r i d p h i l lyco m 1 9

hef jose garces is in his outdoor kitchen making sal-morejomdasha cold Spanish soup similar to gazpacho He adds bright yellow tomatoes to the food processor along with gar-lic vinegar and baguette pieces ldquoA few years agordquo he says

ldquoI wouldrsquove made this with tomatoes from Mexicordquo This afternoon the tomatoes are from a very local sourcemdashGarcesrsquo backyard which doubles as a farm para This is the first full season for the 40-acre Luna Farm in Ottsville which is named in honor of the Garces family dog as well as the brilliant nightscapes the property offers The nearly 100 varieties of herbs and vegetables are organically grown for the Garces company res-taurantsmdashmost specifically Philadelphiarsquos JG Domestic which focuses on using local ingredients para But Garces isnrsquot the only or first Philadelphia chef to delve into farming Mitch Prensky owner and chef of Supper is in his third year working with Blue Elephant Farm in Newtown Square which grows solely for his restaurant and catering company Last Febru-ary Andrea Rossi began cultivating in Orwigsburg on his farm Grateful Acres This spring Rossi launched a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program through his restaurant C19 para For these three chefs the farms are creative challengesmdashthey require money planning and of course physical labor At their restaurants these chefs are no longer just cooking theyrsquore developing innovative models for combining the farm and the table

jose gARces garces group

For Garces the decision to start a farm happened al-most by accident While looking for a family home out-side the city he discovered that many properties included farmland ldquoWe just started thinking lsquoWow it would be great if we could ship in our own stuffrsquordquo says Garces In 2010 he purchased the property and by summer 2011 he was working with Alex McCracken to develop the land

While McCracken had never farmed on this scale before he has extensive experience gardening He and his wife live on a nearby 16-acre property and own the Turnip Truck a business that designs installs and main-tains organic gardens for homeowners When McCracken heard that Garces was looking for a farmer he sent in

his reacutesumeacute That plus a recommendation from another local grower landed him the position In this first year McCracken and Garces are experimentingmdashlooking to see what flourishes both at the farm and in the restaurants

ldquoNext year the plan is to reduce the wide variety of crops that we grow to the things that are doing the best hererdquo says McCracken ldquoThe things that the restaurants use the most of like peppersmdashwersquoll always grow peppers here Theyrsquore easy to grow All of Josersquos restaurants use a lot of themrdquo

In addition to vegetables the organic farm is grow-ing mushrooms and raising chickens and bees Garces is also considering goats either for meat or milk The farmrsquos tractor runs on biodiesel fuel from the restaurantsrsquo fryer oil which is picked up and processed by Bucks County

2 0 g r i d p h i l lyco m N OV E M b E r 2 0 12

Freedom Fuel And therersquos talk of adding solar panels to the movable chicken coop to provide energy for the green-house and the barn This winter the greenhouse will be supplemented by hoop houses which in August already had tomatoes peppers and eggplant

ldquoIrsquom growing things here Irsquove never grown beforerdquo says McCracken referring to some of the more unusual varieties of tomatoes and greens ldquoIrsquom growing things some of the chefs have never seen before Everybodyrsquos expanding their horizons and learning a lot from the processrdquo

The chefs from Garcesrsquo seven Philadelphia restaurants and the three in Atlantic City have all visited Luna ldquoThey didnrsquot realize the scale wersquore growing on or the quality that was going to be coming out hererdquo says Garces The restau-rants receive produce Tuesday and Thursday nights some of which easily work on the menu and some that require more creativity ldquoWersquore treating them like CSAs basicallyrdquo explains Garces ldquoInitially [the chefs] were placing orders and I interceded and said no you guys are getting every-thingrdquo Some menus pose greater challenges since theyrsquore concept-based but the hope is that in future seasons the farm will cater to those needs The JG Domestic restaurant

benefits most directly from the farm offering dishes with ldquoLuna Farm Eggrdquo ldquoLuna Farm Herb Pestordquo and ldquoLuna Farm Tomatillosrdquo

But for Garces the motivation to start Luna Farm comes from his passion for food not marketing potential ldquoI think as long as [the farm] remains true to that itrsquoll keep goingrdquo But hersquos also admits that therersquos significant financial risk as well ldquoItrsquos a pretty costly endeavor for sure Wersquore still trying to make sure it all balances outrdquo

Mitch pReNsky supper

mitch prensky has been working with Blue Elephant Farm since 2010 but his commitment to local fresh food is decades old ldquoIrsquove been cooking this way for 26 yearsrdquo he says citing previous trips to the Union Square Green-market in New York City to visit farm stands In 2007 he opened Supper which he describes as ldquoseasonal farm-di-rect American cuisinerdquo Yet it wasnrsquot until three years ago that Prensky learned of the term ldquofarm to tablerdquo

ldquoSomebody said to me lsquoOh yoursquore a farm-to-table res-

Jose Garces prepares a salmorejo in his outdoor kitchen at Luna Farm The cold Spanish soup is similar to a gazpacho itrsquos made from tomatoes and garnished with strawberries eggs and olives Garcesrsquo children Olivia and Andres watch their father in the kitchen and lend a hand in adding the ingredients to the blender

The salmorejo is from Garcesrsquo newest cookbook The Latin Road Home available October 8 from Lake Isle Press For the full recipe visit gridphillycom

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taurantrsquordquo recalls Prensky ldquoItrsquos the first time Irsquove ever heard that expression So if yoursquore going to call me something at least I should know what it isrdquo Eventually Prensky con-nected with the owners of Blue Elephant Farm a privately owned 75-acre property in Newton Square At the time the owners were growing for themselves and family members Prensky started working with the estate manager Mary Butler a horticulturist to grow vegetables for Supper

ldquo[The] first season I pulled every vegetable out of the ground myselfrdquo says Prensky who works alongside Butler ldquoThere is a lot of sweat and toil involved and not a lot of [financial] returnrdquo Today the farm provides 100 percent of the produce at Supper and at the Global DishmdashPrenskyrsquos catering company Blue Elephant raises chickens sheep goats llamas horses and donkeys and there are plans to have a grass-fed beef program next year A local beekeeper has hives on the property Their greenhouse grows greens lettuces and herbs year-round and thanks to cold storage diners will see plenty of root vegetables on the winter menu This fall Prensky and Blue Elephant even canned their first line of products and preserves to be sold at Supper

With any farm there are no guarantees Prensky talks about the season when a blight kept tomatoes off the menu for a while and the creativity needed to handle an abun-dance of okra one week but none the next ldquoYou start pick-ling and preserving and then you make dishes out of itrdquo he says ldquoThatrsquos another challenge but thatrsquos a fun challenge here of writing dishes on the menurdquo

Deliveries from the farm come to Supper three times a week and Prensky makes an effort to be out in the fields at least once a week as well ldquoI always say Irsquom the luckiest chef in the worldrdquo he says explaining that having a dedicated farm for his restaurant has been a career goal ldquo[I thought] it would be great if someone could grow this stuff for us and I would know exactly what that property is doing and how theyrsquore handling the vegetables and what goes into this And thatrsquos what Irsquove been fortunate to be blessed with here with Blue Elephantrdquo

ANdReA Rossi c19

two years ago C19 (then Cichetteria 19) was already sourcing locally from Green Meadow Farm ldquoI wasnrsquot even searching for a farmer at the timerdquo admits Andrea Rossi chef and owner at C19 Then he met Alex Archambault who was delivering for Red Earth Farm to the Metropolitan Bakery across the street from the restaurant ldquoHe brought

me some tomatoes some potatoes he was growing on his own some heirloom tomatoesrdquo says Rossi ldquoThey were amazingrdquo

So Rossi expressed interest in finding space to start his own farm and Archambault mentioned there were a few acres adjacent to his backyard in Orwigsburg In 2011 Rossi officially hired Archambault to be the farmer This summer C19 offered a CSA for the farm and had four res-taurants and six individuals participate ldquoWe just wanted to start very small because the first year therersquos a lot of difficultiesrdquo says Rossi The season has so far been suc-cessful and produce from Grateful Acres can be found on the restaurant menu as well as at the Rittenhouse Farmers Market each Saturday

The decision to start a farm springs from Rossirsquos desire to provide the best quality food locally ldquoWe are what we eatrdquo he says explaining that he wants to both support the local economy and make sure people are eating nutrient-rich produce His dedication to this mission has been rec-ognized locally In November 2011 the restaurant received a ldquoSnail of Approvalrdquo from Slow Food Philadelphiamdasha distinction given to eateries that contribute to the quality authenticity and sustainability of the food supply in the area Rossi is already considering expansion He wants to lease a few more acres next season and is talking with an-other restaurant about potentially buying an organic farm in New Jersey Restaurateurs owning farms is an emerging trend but for Rossi his works stems from familial tradi-tion ldquoThe idea comes from my motherrdquo he says ldquoitrsquos how we grew uprdquo

Supper is located at 926 South St 215-592-8180 supperphillycom

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Top left Mitch Prensky owner and chef at Supper with a recent harvest from Blue Elephant Farm

Bottom right Andrea Rossi owner and chef at C19 sells produce from Grateful Acres with farmer Alex Archambault at the Saturday Rittenhouse farmers market

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What amazed me most about the honey locust trees at Awbury Arbo-retum were the thorns I had imag-

ined something like rose thornsmdashsharp but proportionalmdashnot four-inch-long spikes jutting out from branches and erupting from trunks in grotesque savage clusters Surely this was over-kill The trees could fend off deer with much less

Honey locust trees can be found throughout the city but these are tame trees They have an elegant spreading canopy with small leaves that screen the sun rather than block it completely What they donrsquot have is thorns The smooth ver-sions are ldquoa genetic sport [mutation] that showed up and people liked themrdquo explains Dennis Lu-cey Awbury Arboretumrsquos landscape manager

The honey locust remains prepared to fend off long- extinct creatures by bernard brown

by bernard brownurban naturalist

foot-long seed pods as wellmdashthink string beans for giant ground sloths who would subsequently disperse their seeds Twelve thousand years ago might sound like a long time for a human but itrsquos only 60 generations or so for the trees

Honey locusts arenrsquot the only trees around us likely shaped by extinct giants Next time yoursquore passing the Bala Golf Club on Belmont Avenue look at the Osage orange trees along the fence Thorny with round green softball-sized fruit the trees donrsquot appeal to our extant native crit-ters implying extinct animals once dispersed the seeds

Of course long-lived trees tell other stories wersquove forgotten Lucey referenced some old locust trees at Awbury planted in what appears to be an arbitrary line Back in the late 1800s the line was planted to screen a small slum McNabb Town from view McNabb Town was razed more than a hundred years ago but the trees remain

bernard brown is an amateur field herper bureaucrat and founder of the PBampJ Campaign (pbjcampaignorg) a movement focused on the benefits of eating lower on the food chain

Pointing to the Past

We choose nice gentle trees for our landscaping nothing with spikes that could go clean through your hand

We like locust trees for other reasons They are tough plants that can withstand air pollu-tion road salt and compacted soilmdashall things that make urban environments a nasty place for a tree Moreover those small leaves (technically leaflets since the stem with the row of leaflets on either side is considered a ldquocompound leafrdquo) are easy to clean up in the fall

But I miss the thorns and not just for their gory potential The thorns remind us that we inhabit a world shaped by extinct creatures Irsquom not talking about dinosaurs rather extinct mam-mals that shared the Delaware Valley with its first humans at the end of the last Ice Age

It might be easy to forget that these marvel-ously giant and exotic beasts (including saber-toothed cats and ground sloths the size of el-ephants not to mention actual mammoths and mastodons) lived where we do today but the trees remember

Or at least their genes do Trees that evolved over millions of years along

with giant herbivorous mammals still bear the traits shaped by them even if theyrsquore no longer useful This is likely how honey locust trees ended up with thorns big enough to intimidate a mam-moth and is probably why they have

read more about honey locusts Osage oranges and other plants likely

shaped by extinct animals in the Ghosts of Evolu-tion by Connie Barlow (Basic Books 2002 $19)

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Oct13

ldquoCountdown to (En)DangerrdquoAn exhibit featuring artistsrsquo own inter-pretations of endangered species and

the continued risks of extinction Proceeds ben-efit the World Wildlife Fund Open until Nov 7

rarr Sat Oct 13 6-9 pm free B2 Cafeacute 1500 E Passyunk Ave For more information visit facebookcomevents482540518437645

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Fall Author Series Spillover Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic

Hear from author David Quammen on the sci-ence and history of major diseases that originate in wild animals and pass to humans and what might be the next pandemic

rarr Tues Oct 16 630-830 pm free to members$5 nonmembers The Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy For more informa-tion and to register visit ansporgvisitevents

Oct18

Is Sustainable Agriculture Bad for the PlanetSustainable food writers and experts

examine questions like Does eating grass-fed livestock raise your emissions And is it worth paying extra for organic products

rarr Thurs Oct 18 6-830 pm free to members$5 nonmembers The Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy For more informa-tion and to register visit ansporgvisitevents

Oct18

Slow Food Seminar Chocolate Growers Seminar amp TastingKallari Cacao Growers Cooperative

from Ecuador will talk about their cacao farms and have a tasting of their chocolate (Fair Trade and Direct Trade)

rarr Thurs Oct 18 7-9 pm $20 Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College 4100 Walnut St For tickets visit slowfoodphillyorg

Oct19

Wall Garden WorkshopTake your gardening indoors with woolly pockets This workshop will

teach where to hang a woolly pocket what to plant and how to water

rarr Fri Oct 19 630-830 pm $40 City Planter 814 N 4th St For more information and to register visit cityplantercom

Oct20

Rose Hips and What You Make of Them Learn how to use rose hips from the

garden to make jam candy and syrup Students will take home what they make

rarr Sat Oct 20 9 am-12 pm $50 members$75 nonmembers Wyck 6026 Germantown Ave To register visit wyckorgprograms or call 215-848-1690

Oct20

Terrariums WorkshopCreate a mini-oasis at this terrarium workshop Registration includes a small

glass globe vessel soil charcoal and stones Plants will be available for purchase

rarr Sat Oct 20 12-2 pm $30 Greensgrow Farms 2501 E Cumberland St For more information and to register visit greensgroworgevents

Oct20

PASArsquos 100 Grass-fed Beef Cook OffJoin PASA as they announce the win-

ners of the Cook Off which features local chefs and farmers Philly CowShare and cookbook authorchef Aliza Green will be there and Wye-brook (open 11 am-6 pm) will have live music and food available for purchase

rarr Sat Oct 20 2-4 pm free Wyebrook Farm 150 Wyebrook Rd Honey Brook For more information visit pasafarmingorgevents

Oct20

Fall Foliage WalkEnjoy a morning walk to explore the changing hues of autumn and learn the

surprising answer to why leaves change colors

rarr Sat Oct 20 1030-1130 am free Schuylkill Cen-ter for Environmental Education 8480 Hagyrsquos Mill Rd For more information visit schuylkillcenterorg

Oct18

Fall Window Box WorkshopLearn to create a fall window box thatrsquoll last through Thanksgiving Also get tips

for the best plantings watering practices and soil mixes for the fall season

rarr Thurs Oct 18 6-830 pm $20 Greensgrow Farms 2501 E Cumberland St For more information and to register visit greensgroworgevents

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Harvest On HenryHenry Got Crops CSA hosts a fund-raiser event featuring live music local

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Backyard ChickensEver thought of keeping chickens Learn everything from choosing the

right chicks for a flock to keeping them happy and healthy

rarr Sat Oct 20 1-2 pm $10 Primex Garden Center 435 W Glenside Ave Glenside Register in the store or by calling 215-887-7500

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Bringing It All Home Cultivating Sustainable Communities Frederick Kirschenmann PhD a sus-

tainability speaker writer farmer-philosopher and president of Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture will speak about developing resilient sustainable communities

rarr Sat Oct 20 1-3 pm $15$8 students Arsht Hall (University of Delaware - Wilmington Campus) 2600 Pennsylvania Ave Wilmington DE Register at historicpennfarmorg or by calling 302-655-7275

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Up Close and Personal Learn the basics of home-scaled sus-tainable and regenerative practices

including backyard chickens composting fer-mentation and more This workshop will focus on extending the growing season

rarr Sun Oct 21 1-5 pm $49 before Oct 15$10 late fee after Oct 14 Flourtown (specific location TBA) For more information and to register visit thehomegrowninstituteorg

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Town Square Program Plenty for the Planet Sustainable Food and a Well-Fed World

Join acclaimed writer and sustainability advocate Anna Lappeacute and local experts as they discuss the role of sustainable food systems in addressing hunger The evening includes a local food tasting

rarr Sun Oct 21 530-830 pm Program free Reception $10 members$12 nonmembers Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy For more information and to register visit ansporgvisitevents

Oct26

Terrarium ClassHave a crafty start to your weekend with this terrarium-building class

rarr Fri Oct 26 630-830 pm $50 City Planter 814 N 4th St For more information and to register visit cityplantercom

Oct27

Fermenting Sauerkraut amp Mead with David SillerDavid Siller of Cobblestone Krautery

will teach about the power of fermentation and how to make mead pickles sauerkraut and much more

rarr Sat Oct 27 12-2 pm $35 Greensgrow Community Kitchen at St Michaelrsquos Church 2139 E Cumberland St For more information and to register visit greensgroworgevents

Oct2728

Philly Bike Expo Bilenky Cycle Works hosts the third-annual Philly Bike Expomdashtwo days filled with rides seminars demonstra-tions parties a swap meet and a bicycle

fashion show

rarr Sat Oct 27-Sun Oct 28 $8-25 depending on ticket type 23rd Street Armory 22 S 23rd St For more information and tickets visit phillybikeexpocom

nOv7

Saving Americarsquos Exceptional GardensBill Noble director of preservation at

The Garden Conservancy will discuss his work overseeing rehabilitation activities at more than 100 gardens throughout the country

rarr Wed Nov 7 2-5 pm $18 members$20 nonmembers Morris Arboretum 100 E Northwestern Ave For more information visit morrisarboretumorg

nOv8

Food Politics Is the Current Food System Sustainable with Marion Nestle

Noted nutritionist and author Marion Nestle will discuss food politics and the sustainability of the current food system

rarr Thurs Nov 8 6-830 pm $15 nonmember $10 member$50 vIP reception The Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy For more information and to register visit ansporgvisitevents

nOv10

Art in the GardenMark Smith an artist and garden de-signer will discuss ways to expand

thinking about art in a garden setting in eco-nomical temporary and more permanent ways

rarr Sat Nov 10 9-11 am $10 Fairmount Park Horticultural Center N Horticultural and Montgomery Drs For more information visit extensionpsueduphiladelphiaprogramsmaster-gardener

nOv10

Worm Composting Urban Composting Made EasyStart worm composting after this work-

shop on decomposition worm anatomy and biol-ogy and how to care for a worm bin Participants will take home a bin with worms

rarr Sat Nov 10 10 am-12 pm Members $20per person $30couple Nonmembers $30person $40couple Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education 8480 Hagyrsquos Mill Rd For information visit schuylkillcenterorg

nOv7

Creating the East Coast GreenwayAndy Hamilton Mid-Atlantic Trail Co-ordinator for the East Coast Greenway

Alliance will outline how this trail system en-hances local communities and the region at large

rarr Wed Nov 7 6-9 pm free valley Green Inn valley Green Road at Wissahickon For more information and to register visit foworg

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That Wednesday morning customers wait outside for the Market to open making shop-ping strategies while sipping coffee provided by Market management While itrsquos a busy day for us at the General Store therersquos a lot more pressure on the big three the butcher baker and greengrocer Inside the market the green-grocers hurriedly stack towering mounds of collard greens the butchers ice down freshly-killed turkeys and the Pennsylvania Dutch bakers try to find room to display all their pies

At 8 am the doors open and the frenzy be-gins Couples split up to conquer the shopping list with a promised rendezvous for blueberry pancakes or croissants The line at Terminirsquos Bakery slows to a crawl and good-natured pa-trons start folding bakery boxes to help speed the process Customers move like hordes of lo-custs through the produce as workers hustle to

restock and replenish the ravaged displays The ticket machine at Godshallrsquos Poultry completes the first circuit of 001 to 100 and back again

In the midst of this harried buying and sell-ing there is a sense of collegiality Customers share and debate cooking tips and shopping secrets And despite the pressure to finish helping one customer to get to those waiting merchants make time to quickly trade family news with customers Today is part business and part family reunion

At Godshallrsquos therersquos a pause to advise a ner-vous first-time Thanksgiving hostess on cook-ing the perfect turkey ldquoCook it at 350 degrees 14 to 15 minutes a poundrdquo explains the butcher ldquoIf itrsquos stuffed you want an internal tempera-ture of 165 degrees Yoursquoll want to use a meat thermometer You can buy one down the aisle at the kitchen store Yoursquore welcome Good luckmdash

calling number 88rdquo The next day if all goes ac-cording to plan a beaming young woman will take a bow for serving a Thanksgiving master-piece and a lifelong customer will be born Itrsquos in these moments that the keys to the Reading Terminal Marketrsquos longevity can be found This exchange of money for merchandise is more than a business transactionmdashtherersquos something more personal happening

Many of todayrsquos customers first discovered the Market as children brought here by parents or grandparents They learned to endure the search for the freshest meat or ripest tomatoes in exchange for the promise of Bassetts Ice Cream On Thanksgiving they return forgo-ing the big box supermarkets for a place where food is not so much a commodity but some-onersquos life work This is reflected in the stand names Guintarsquos Meats Beilerrsquos Bakery Bas-setts Ice Cream These names werenrsquot picked because their owners lacked originality but rather as a sign of the shopkeepersrsquo pride in the foods they grow raise prepare and sell

For many Philadelphians the trip to Read-ing Terminal has become an essential part of the Thanksgiving holidaymdasha reminder that preparing and sharing food with loved ones is a sacred experience Hopefully this year will initiate a few young family members into that traditionmdashone thatrsquos existed since the Market opened in 1893 and if theyrsquore lucky includes a dish of Bassetts ice cream

michael holahan founded the Pennsylvania General Store with his wife Julie Holahan in 1987 The store sells locally made foods and crafts Visit them at the Reading Terminal Market or online at pageneralstorecom

Feeding on Tradition

Thanksgiving Eve at the Reading Terminal Market by michael holahan

As a shopkeeper in the Reading Terminal Market any busy day is a good day But after 25 years at the Pennsylvania General Store my favorite is the day before Thanksgiving The energy inside this more-

than-a-century-old public market is unlike any other time of year Thanksgiv-ing is about bringing together the people we love to share a meal and to give thanks as a merchant itrsquos a privilege to be even a small part of this occasion

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Page 8: Grid Magazine November 2012 [#043]

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Green livinG

I lovE my dishwasher With two small kids a husband a dog and many visitors

Irsquom all about having an automated helper in the kitchen It does such a great job that I became suspicious of the detergent I was using

It turns out that the main ingredient in my detergent was concentrated chlorine Digging a little further I found that according to the US Environmental Protection Agency automatic dishwashing detergents can cause skin irrita-tions or even burns and are poisonous if swal-lowed Chlorine wasnrsquot the only harsh chemical found Here are two others of concern

Phosphates act as a water softener to boost a detergentrsquos efficiency But once theyrsquove finished washing our dishes they can harm our ecosys-tems When phosphates leave the washer they can pollute local streams and lakes and cause an excess growth of algae a process known as eutrophication The overgrowth of algae or other aquatic vegetation can clog waterways depleting the waterrsquos oxygen content and killing plants and other organisms Artificial perfumes (phthalates) which are of-

ten used to scent dishwashing detergents are considered hormone-disruptors and are linked to reduced sperm count in men among other issues reports the Environmental Working Group

For an easy at-home way to green your dish-washer try this recipe

leah r troiano a certified cancer support educator works with people who have cancer or would like to prevent cancer Lowering toxicity is just one of many ways to get your body in cancer-fighting shape Videos on how to make the products featured in this column can also be found at Leahrsquos website in the ldquoVideordquo section For more information visit cancerhealthandwellnesscom or e-mail leahcancerhealthandWellnesscom

Dishwasher (and planet) safe recipes by leah r troiano

DIsHInG DETERGEnT

directions

You will need

rarr Add the castile soap water and lemon juice to the jar Close lid tightly and shake gently

rarr Use about 1 tablespoon for each load of dishes and fill the second compartment with white vinegar If your water is hard you can also add white vinegar to the rinse aid compartment as well

1 cup Super Washing

Powder

frac14 cup baking soda

1 cup Borax

cup citric acid (found in

health foods store or online)

frac14 cup salt

20 drops essential oil (optional)

You will need

rarr Mix all ingredients very well Store in a container with a lid Add 1 tablespoon of the mixture to the soap com-partment and dump a half tablespoon onto the door

directions

With this product and all other cleaners keep out of reach of children and pets

Powder

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1 8-oz bottle castile soap

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community

Can-Do Condoshow to collectively green a multi-family home by kristen dowd

Being eco-friendly as a condo or co-op resident is possible to achieve on your ownmdashbut only to a point You can make energy-effi-cient lighting decisions use heating and cooling sparingly and recycle

but what about the light bulbs in the hallways and lobbies or insulating the roof Addressing the management of common areas is key

Thatrsquos where being eco-friendly can get a little trickier Itrsquos the fiduciary responsibility of board members and managers to maintain the build-ings in value comfort and appearance So deci-sions at condos and co-ops need to involve these parties and be made along with owners But to make any greening improvement explains Joan Batory chair of the Green CondoCo-op Initiative (GCCI) the single most important step that must be taken is to make a committee

The GCCI grew out of such a green commit-tee ldquoWe started it with three people [in 2008]rdquo says Sis Eisman a resident at The Philadelphian in Fairmount Once created the group quickly grew

One of the committeersquos first initiatives was changing incandescent light bulbs for CFLs The committee also drafted (and distributed) rules for recycling within the building Next they in-stituted recycling programs for cell phones ink cartridges and electronic waste

In 2009 the group held a Green Home Show at the Philadelphianmdasha day of exhibits and edu-cational programming focused on green build-ing for condo and co-op owners managers and others Soon area buildings approached The Philadelphian looking to make the same green improvements and thus the GCCI was born

For a green committee to be influential it

needs to educate residents on the payback as-sociated with expenditures Batory talks about a $23 million project at The Philadelphian to improve the buildingrsquos envelope and energy ef-ficiency ldquoThere were several sessions with our owners here where [GCCI] and some of the pro-ponents of the project were trying to explain to the owners the value of spending money up front to achieve longer-term savingsrdquo she says ldquoIt was a very very intense series of debates and some-times argumentsrdquo The discussions eventually lead to two years of construction during which significant improvements were made including the replacement of 2000 windows and 8000 individual heating and cooling units Despite the initial challenges says Batory ldquowe are now experiencing hundreds of thousands of dollars in savingsrdquo

In addition to education the GCCI also does advocacy work Condos and co-ops can inad-vertently slip through the legislative cracks as theyrsquore neither commercial buildings nor tradi-tional residential While programs like Energy-Works do apply to these multi-family buildings other green improvements can be more difficult to initiate

The GCCI wants to change that ldquoWersquore doing our best to open our doors and make it easy for themmdashlegislators and plannersmdashto deal with

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Inaugural Philadelphia Condo Congress Live in or manage a condo or co-op Be sure to attend the inaugural

Philadelphia Condo Congress The event will feature hands-on workshops speakers exhibi-tor information booths and networking ses-sions all aimed at showing the economic and environmental benefits of adopting sustainable practices GCCI is hosting the event in collabora-tion with the Community Associations Institute and the Greater Philadelphia Condo Managers Association

Leonard Bonacci director of event opera-tions for the Philadelphia Eagles is the keynote speaker Known for his entertaining presen-tations Bonacci will talk about the teamrsquos journey to becoming the greenest professional sports stadium in the country

Another important part of the Congress will be four breakout sessions discussing the vari-ous legal economic requirements and challeng-es to making green improvements and success stories from Philadelphiarsquos condo associations

rarr Tues Oct 23 230-730 pm free The Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy For more details visit philagcciorg or call the Community Associations Institute at 877-608-9777

condosrdquo says Batory who has been in commu-nication with the Cityrsquos Office of Sustainability ldquoThis is right along with the cityrsquos goal So why canrsquot we have a group of condo and co-op build-ings that are the greenest in Americardquo

To learn more about the Philadelphia Green CondoCo-op Initiative visit philagcciorg P

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food

Sweet TartsThree ways to enjoy delicious cranberries story and photos by marisa mcclellan

I was seven years old when I first cooked with fresh cranberries My mom had gone to a library sale and brought home a pair of books

called Cranberry Thanksgiving and Cranberry Christ-mas While I wasnrsquot particularly interested in the sto-ries inside the books I was intrigued by the recipes printed on the back

After much begging my parents relented and helped me bake a loaf of cranberry bread I loved the way the tart berries popped in the tender slightly sweet bread Since then cranberries have had a firm place in my top 10 favorite ingredients and Irsquom de-termined to show that theyrsquore good for a whole lot more than jelly and juice

Irsquom always looking for ways to use fresh cran-berries I stir them into baked goods add them to braises scatter them over roasting vegetables and even pickle them for cheese platters and cocktails They give a fatty braised pork butt a tangy fruity counterpoint The combination of roasted butternut squash and cranberries makes for a sweettart side dish And the combination of berries sugar vinegar and spices is wonderfully electric on the tongue

braised Pork butt with Cranberries and Leeks

Preheat oven to 350deg F Remove pork butt from fridge and let it come to room tempera-ture Pat away any moisture with paper tow-els and salt both sides of the meat generously Prepare the leeks by cutting off the green

tops and the root ends Slice them in half lengthwise and wash off any gritty soil Chop the leeks into narrow half moons (three leeks should yield approximately 3 cups) Place a four-quart or larger Dutch oven

over medium heat Add 2 tablespoons of olive oil Then add the leeks and 12 teaspoon salt cooking until they begin to soften and brown Using a spatula scrape the leeks to the side of the pan Turn the heat to

high Pat any remaining moisture from the meat and place it in the pan Cook for 3 to 4 minutes until that side has browned Flip the meat and repeat until it is uniformly seared (take care to tend to the leeks so they donrsquot burn) Arrange the leeks on top of the pork Add cranberries and stock Place a

tight-fitting lid on the pot and place it in the preheated oven Let the pork cook for 3 to 4 hours until itrsquos meltingly tender Shred the meat

and serve with mashed squash or sweet potatoes and braised kale

INGREDIENTS

2 pounds pork butt3 large leeks2 tbsp olive oil 1 cups cranberries2 cups chicken stock Salt and pepper

n ov e m b e r 2 0 12 g r i d p h i l lyco m 1 3

oven roasted butternut Squash and Cranberries

2 small butternut squashes (about 3 pounds)2 cups cranberries2 tbsp olive or coconut oil1 tsp of salt2 tbsp butter

Preheat oven to 350deg F Line a rimmed bak-ing sheet with parchment paper Set aside Wash butternut squash and cut it into

quarters Scrape out the seeds Arrange squash on a baking sheet and sprinkle cranberries over the squash quarters Drizzle oil over the berries and squash and using your hands rub it in so itrsquos well distributed Season with salt and place on your ovenrsquos top rack

Pickled Cranberries

Makes 3 pints2 12-ounce bags of cranberries3 cups apple cider vinegar3 cups granulated white sugar2 cinnamon sticks1 tsp allspice berries

tsp whole cloves tsp black peppercorns tsp juniper berries

Prepare a boiling water bath and three pint jars Place lids in a small saucepan of water and bring to a gentle simmer Wash cranberries and pick out any stems

or bad berries Combine vinegar and sugar in a medium

saucepan to create the brine Bring to a boil Add cinnamon sticks to the brine Place allspice berries whole cloves black

peppercorns and juniper berries in a spice bag or tie them up in cheesecloth Add them to the brine Once the brine is boiling vigorously add

the cranberries Stir to combine and cook for 5 to 7 minutes until the cranberries begin to pop and the brine has returned to a rolling boil Remove pot from heat and pull out the

spice bag and cinnamon sticks Break cinna-mon sticks in half and set aside Using a slotted spoon ladle cranberries

into prepared jars Cover berries with brine leaving 12 inch headspace Place a cinnamon stick segment into each jar Wipe jar rims apply lids and rings and

process in a boiling water bath canner for 10 minutes Remove jars from canner and place them

on a folded kitchen towel to cool When jars are cool enough to handle remove rings and check seals Any unsealed jars should be kept in the refrigerator Let jars sit for at least 24 hours before eat-

ing to allow the flavors to settle

Save any leftover brine Itrsquos essentially a fruit shrub and is delicious mixed with sparkling water

For more canning tips visit foodinjarscom

Roast for 35 to 40 minutes until the squash is fork tender and the cranberries juicy and shrunken Using a spoon scrape the butternut flesh out of its peel Combine roasted cranber-ries and tender squash in a large bowl Add butter Using a fork stir everything into a chunky mash Salt to taste

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food

Blue de Ewecheese of The monTh

ON-SITE CHEESE MAKINGGridrsquos illustrious neighbor the reading Terminal market has some exciting new occupants The new Jersey-based Valley shepherd creamery due to open in november will truck in milk three times a week allowing customers to witness their cheese-making process firsthand

Already open are the Tubby olive which sells olive oils and vinegars on tap and the head nut a coffee roaster from the main line that also offers bulk goods including dry beans nuts and candy so bring your refillable containers

For more information visit readingterminalmarketorg

Reading Terminal

Fair Food offering local bird options for this yearrsquos Thanksgiving table

Turkey time is almost here Once again Fair Food has plenty of local sustainable (and delicious) options for celebrating your holiday Choose from naturally-raised and Heirloom Bronze turkeys from Kochrsquos Turkey Farm (Tamaqua Pa) certified organic birds from Lancaster Farm Fresh (Leola Pa) and Heritage Breed Red Bourbons from Griggstown Quail Farm (Princeton NJ) If you fancy other birds Griggstown also offers capon quail goose and pheasant

These fresh (never frozen) fowl all are hormone- and antibiotic-free and raised with access to pasture Prices range from $310 to $840 per pound Pre-ordering is required and can be done through the Fair Food website (fairfoodphillyorg) The ordering deadline is Monday Nov 12 at 12 pm Turkeys will be available for pick up on November 21 and 22 the Tuesday and Wednesday before the holiday

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Itrsquos rare to find a raw sheeprsquos milk blue outside the Roquefort Caves in France But Pennsylvania can now make this claim thanks to two Amish farmers shepherd Emanuel Beiler and cheesemaker Amos Miller Beiler

who raises sheep in Lancaster County wanted to add value to his milk Miller who makes a variety of artisan cheeses at his Leola dairymdashMisty Creekmdash

likes to experiment This summer they re-leased their collaborative endeavor under the Shepherdrsquos Hollow Farm label which is dis-tributed by Farm Fromagemdashan intermediary for Amish dairy

When I tasted the first batch of Blue de Ewe available for market I was impressed Like a good Roquefort itrsquos peppery and unctuous Set a wedge on your cheese board and it be-gins to bead fat On the front end the taste is sweetly nutty like graham flourmdashit even has a slightly granular texture On the finish itrsquos earthy and spicy Since Blue de Ewe has a natural rind rather than a foil-wrapped exte-rior (like Roquefort) itrsquos drier than the French import with a texture similar to Stilton

I look forward to seeing how these unique wheels evolve over time Until winter Irsquoll be gorging on Blue de Ewe along with plum jam walnuts and plenty of malty stout mdashTenaya Darlington madamefromageblogcom

Blue de Ewe is available at Green Aisle Grocery and the Lansdowne and Upper Merion farmers markets Contact Shepherdrsquos Hollow Farm co Farm Fromage Lancaster 717-314-1373 farmfromagecom

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three philadelphia restaurateurs try their

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LUNA FARM

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Jose Garces and farmer Alex McCracken at Luna Farm

N OV E M b E r 2 0 12 g r i d p h i l lyco m 1 9

hef jose garces is in his outdoor kitchen making sal-morejomdasha cold Spanish soup similar to gazpacho He adds bright yellow tomatoes to the food processor along with gar-lic vinegar and baguette pieces ldquoA few years agordquo he says

ldquoI wouldrsquove made this with tomatoes from Mexicordquo This afternoon the tomatoes are from a very local sourcemdashGarcesrsquo backyard which doubles as a farm para This is the first full season for the 40-acre Luna Farm in Ottsville which is named in honor of the Garces family dog as well as the brilliant nightscapes the property offers The nearly 100 varieties of herbs and vegetables are organically grown for the Garces company res-taurantsmdashmost specifically Philadelphiarsquos JG Domestic which focuses on using local ingredients para But Garces isnrsquot the only or first Philadelphia chef to delve into farming Mitch Prensky owner and chef of Supper is in his third year working with Blue Elephant Farm in Newtown Square which grows solely for his restaurant and catering company Last Febru-ary Andrea Rossi began cultivating in Orwigsburg on his farm Grateful Acres This spring Rossi launched a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program through his restaurant C19 para For these three chefs the farms are creative challengesmdashthey require money planning and of course physical labor At their restaurants these chefs are no longer just cooking theyrsquore developing innovative models for combining the farm and the table

jose gARces garces group

For Garces the decision to start a farm happened al-most by accident While looking for a family home out-side the city he discovered that many properties included farmland ldquoWe just started thinking lsquoWow it would be great if we could ship in our own stuffrsquordquo says Garces In 2010 he purchased the property and by summer 2011 he was working with Alex McCracken to develop the land

While McCracken had never farmed on this scale before he has extensive experience gardening He and his wife live on a nearby 16-acre property and own the Turnip Truck a business that designs installs and main-tains organic gardens for homeowners When McCracken heard that Garces was looking for a farmer he sent in

his reacutesumeacute That plus a recommendation from another local grower landed him the position In this first year McCracken and Garces are experimentingmdashlooking to see what flourishes both at the farm and in the restaurants

ldquoNext year the plan is to reduce the wide variety of crops that we grow to the things that are doing the best hererdquo says McCracken ldquoThe things that the restaurants use the most of like peppersmdashwersquoll always grow peppers here Theyrsquore easy to grow All of Josersquos restaurants use a lot of themrdquo

In addition to vegetables the organic farm is grow-ing mushrooms and raising chickens and bees Garces is also considering goats either for meat or milk The farmrsquos tractor runs on biodiesel fuel from the restaurantsrsquo fryer oil which is picked up and processed by Bucks County

2 0 g r i d p h i l lyco m N OV E M b E r 2 0 12

Freedom Fuel And therersquos talk of adding solar panels to the movable chicken coop to provide energy for the green-house and the barn This winter the greenhouse will be supplemented by hoop houses which in August already had tomatoes peppers and eggplant

ldquoIrsquom growing things here Irsquove never grown beforerdquo says McCracken referring to some of the more unusual varieties of tomatoes and greens ldquoIrsquom growing things some of the chefs have never seen before Everybodyrsquos expanding their horizons and learning a lot from the processrdquo

The chefs from Garcesrsquo seven Philadelphia restaurants and the three in Atlantic City have all visited Luna ldquoThey didnrsquot realize the scale wersquore growing on or the quality that was going to be coming out hererdquo says Garces The restau-rants receive produce Tuesday and Thursday nights some of which easily work on the menu and some that require more creativity ldquoWersquore treating them like CSAs basicallyrdquo explains Garces ldquoInitially [the chefs] were placing orders and I interceded and said no you guys are getting every-thingrdquo Some menus pose greater challenges since theyrsquore concept-based but the hope is that in future seasons the farm will cater to those needs The JG Domestic restaurant

benefits most directly from the farm offering dishes with ldquoLuna Farm Eggrdquo ldquoLuna Farm Herb Pestordquo and ldquoLuna Farm Tomatillosrdquo

But for Garces the motivation to start Luna Farm comes from his passion for food not marketing potential ldquoI think as long as [the farm] remains true to that itrsquoll keep goingrdquo But hersquos also admits that therersquos significant financial risk as well ldquoItrsquos a pretty costly endeavor for sure Wersquore still trying to make sure it all balances outrdquo

Mitch pReNsky supper

mitch prensky has been working with Blue Elephant Farm since 2010 but his commitment to local fresh food is decades old ldquoIrsquove been cooking this way for 26 yearsrdquo he says citing previous trips to the Union Square Green-market in New York City to visit farm stands In 2007 he opened Supper which he describes as ldquoseasonal farm-di-rect American cuisinerdquo Yet it wasnrsquot until three years ago that Prensky learned of the term ldquofarm to tablerdquo

ldquoSomebody said to me lsquoOh yoursquore a farm-to-table res-

Jose Garces prepares a salmorejo in his outdoor kitchen at Luna Farm The cold Spanish soup is similar to a gazpacho itrsquos made from tomatoes and garnished with strawberries eggs and olives Garcesrsquo children Olivia and Andres watch their father in the kitchen and lend a hand in adding the ingredients to the blender

The salmorejo is from Garcesrsquo newest cookbook The Latin Road Home available October 8 from Lake Isle Press For the full recipe visit gridphillycom

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taurantrsquordquo recalls Prensky ldquoItrsquos the first time Irsquove ever heard that expression So if yoursquore going to call me something at least I should know what it isrdquo Eventually Prensky con-nected with the owners of Blue Elephant Farm a privately owned 75-acre property in Newton Square At the time the owners were growing for themselves and family members Prensky started working with the estate manager Mary Butler a horticulturist to grow vegetables for Supper

ldquo[The] first season I pulled every vegetable out of the ground myselfrdquo says Prensky who works alongside Butler ldquoThere is a lot of sweat and toil involved and not a lot of [financial] returnrdquo Today the farm provides 100 percent of the produce at Supper and at the Global DishmdashPrenskyrsquos catering company Blue Elephant raises chickens sheep goats llamas horses and donkeys and there are plans to have a grass-fed beef program next year A local beekeeper has hives on the property Their greenhouse grows greens lettuces and herbs year-round and thanks to cold storage diners will see plenty of root vegetables on the winter menu This fall Prensky and Blue Elephant even canned their first line of products and preserves to be sold at Supper

With any farm there are no guarantees Prensky talks about the season when a blight kept tomatoes off the menu for a while and the creativity needed to handle an abun-dance of okra one week but none the next ldquoYou start pick-ling and preserving and then you make dishes out of itrdquo he says ldquoThatrsquos another challenge but thatrsquos a fun challenge here of writing dishes on the menurdquo

Deliveries from the farm come to Supper three times a week and Prensky makes an effort to be out in the fields at least once a week as well ldquoI always say Irsquom the luckiest chef in the worldrdquo he says explaining that having a dedicated farm for his restaurant has been a career goal ldquo[I thought] it would be great if someone could grow this stuff for us and I would know exactly what that property is doing and how theyrsquore handling the vegetables and what goes into this And thatrsquos what Irsquove been fortunate to be blessed with here with Blue Elephantrdquo

ANdReA Rossi c19

two years ago C19 (then Cichetteria 19) was already sourcing locally from Green Meadow Farm ldquoI wasnrsquot even searching for a farmer at the timerdquo admits Andrea Rossi chef and owner at C19 Then he met Alex Archambault who was delivering for Red Earth Farm to the Metropolitan Bakery across the street from the restaurant ldquoHe brought

me some tomatoes some potatoes he was growing on his own some heirloom tomatoesrdquo says Rossi ldquoThey were amazingrdquo

So Rossi expressed interest in finding space to start his own farm and Archambault mentioned there were a few acres adjacent to his backyard in Orwigsburg In 2011 Rossi officially hired Archambault to be the farmer This summer C19 offered a CSA for the farm and had four res-taurants and six individuals participate ldquoWe just wanted to start very small because the first year therersquos a lot of difficultiesrdquo says Rossi The season has so far been suc-cessful and produce from Grateful Acres can be found on the restaurant menu as well as at the Rittenhouse Farmers Market each Saturday

The decision to start a farm springs from Rossirsquos desire to provide the best quality food locally ldquoWe are what we eatrdquo he says explaining that he wants to both support the local economy and make sure people are eating nutrient-rich produce His dedication to this mission has been rec-ognized locally In November 2011 the restaurant received a ldquoSnail of Approvalrdquo from Slow Food Philadelphiamdasha distinction given to eateries that contribute to the quality authenticity and sustainability of the food supply in the area Rossi is already considering expansion He wants to lease a few more acres next season and is talking with an-other restaurant about potentially buying an organic farm in New Jersey Restaurateurs owning farms is an emerging trend but for Rossi his works stems from familial tradi-tion ldquoThe idea comes from my motherrdquo he says ldquoitrsquos how we grew uprdquo

Supper is located at 926 South St 215-592-8180 supperphillycom

C19 is located at 267 S 19th St 215-545-0441 c19pwhillycom

JG Domestic is located at 2929 Arch St 215-222-2363 jgdomesticcom

For a full list of Garcesrsquo restaurants visit garcesgroupcom

BLUe eLephANt FARM

gRAteFUL AcRes

Top left Mitch Prensky owner and chef at Supper with a recent harvest from Blue Elephant Farm

Bottom right Andrea Rossi owner and chef at C19 sells produce from Grateful Acres with farmer Alex Archambault at the Saturday Rittenhouse farmers market

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What amazed me most about the honey locust trees at Awbury Arbo-retum were the thorns I had imag-

ined something like rose thornsmdashsharp but proportionalmdashnot four-inch-long spikes jutting out from branches and erupting from trunks in grotesque savage clusters Surely this was over-kill The trees could fend off deer with much less

Honey locust trees can be found throughout the city but these are tame trees They have an elegant spreading canopy with small leaves that screen the sun rather than block it completely What they donrsquot have is thorns The smooth ver-sions are ldquoa genetic sport [mutation] that showed up and people liked themrdquo explains Dennis Lu-cey Awbury Arboretumrsquos landscape manager

The honey locust remains prepared to fend off long- extinct creatures by bernard brown

by bernard brownurban naturalist

foot-long seed pods as wellmdashthink string beans for giant ground sloths who would subsequently disperse their seeds Twelve thousand years ago might sound like a long time for a human but itrsquos only 60 generations or so for the trees

Honey locusts arenrsquot the only trees around us likely shaped by extinct giants Next time yoursquore passing the Bala Golf Club on Belmont Avenue look at the Osage orange trees along the fence Thorny with round green softball-sized fruit the trees donrsquot appeal to our extant native crit-ters implying extinct animals once dispersed the seeds

Of course long-lived trees tell other stories wersquove forgotten Lucey referenced some old locust trees at Awbury planted in what appears to be an arbitrary line Back in the late 1800s the line was planted to screen a small slum McNabb Town from view McNabb Town was razed more than a hundred years ago but the trees remain

bernard brown is an amateur field herper bureaucrat and founder of the PBampJ Campaign (pbjcampaignorg) a movement focused on the benefits of eating lower on the food chain

Pointing to the Past

We choose nice gentle trees for our landscaping nothing with spikes that could go clean through your hand

We like locust trees for other reasons They are tough plants that can withstand air pollu-tion road salt and compacted soilmdashall things that make urban environments a nasty place for a tree Moreover those small leaves (technically leaflets since the stem with the row of leaflets on either side is considered a ldquocompound leafrdquo) are easy to clean up in the fall

But I miss the thorns and not just for their gory potential The thorns remind us that we inhabit a world shaped by extinct creatures Irsquom not talking about dinosaurs rather extinct mam-mals that shared the Delaware Valley with its first humans at the end of the last Ice Age

It might be easy to forget that these marvel-ously giant and exotic beasts (including saber-toothed cats and ground sloths the size of el-ephants not to mention actual mammoths and mastodons) lived where we do today but the trees remember

Or at least their genes do Trees that evolved over millions of years along

with giant herbivorous mammals still bear the traits shaped by them even if theyrsquore no longer useful This is likely how honey locust trees ended up with thorns big enough to intimidate a mam-moth and is probably why they have

read more about honey locusts Osage oranges and other plants likely

shaped by extinct animals in the Ghosts of Evolu-tion by Connie Barlow (Basic Books 2002 $19)

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Oct13

ldquoCountdown to (En)DangerrdquoAn exhibit featuring artistsrsquo own inter-pretations of endangered species and

the continued risks of extinction Proceeds ben-efit the World Wildlife Fund Open until Nov 7

rarr Sat Oct 13 6-9 pm free B2 Cafeacute 1500 E Passyunk Ave For more information visit facebookcomevents482540518437645

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Fall Author Series Spillover Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic

Hear from author David Quammen on the sci-ence and history of major diseases that originate in wild animals and pass to humans and what might be the next pandemic

rarr Tues Oct 16 630-830 pm free to members$5 nonmembers The Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy For more informa-tion and to register visit ansporgvisitevents

Oct18

Is Sustainable Agriculture Bad for the PlanetSustainable food writers and experts

examine questions like Does eating grass-fed livestock raise your emissions And is it worth paying extra for organic products

rarr Thurs Oct 18 6-830 pm free to members$5 nonmembers The Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy For more informa-tion and to register visit ansporgvisitevents

Oct18

Slow Food Seminar Chocolate Growers Seminar amp TastingKallari Cacao Growers Cooperative

from Ecuador will talk about their cacao farms and have a tasting of their chocolate (Fair Trade and Direct Trade)

rarr Thurs Oct 18 7-9 pm $20 Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College 4100 Walnut St For tickets visit slowfoodphillyorg

Oct19

Wall Garden WorkshopTake your gardening indoors with woolly pockets This workshop will

teach where to hang a woolly pocket what to plant and how to water

rarr Fri Oct 19 630-830 pm $40 City Planter 814 N 4th St For more information and to register visit cityplantercom

Oct20

Rose Hips and What You Make of Them Learn how to use rose hips from the

garden to make jam candy and syrup Students will take home what they make

rarr Sat Oct 20 9 am-12 pm $50 members$75 nonmembers Wyck 6026 Germantown Ave To register visit wyckorgprograms or call 215-848-1690

Oct20

Terrariums WorkshopCreate a mini-oasis at this terrarium workshop Registration includes a small

glass globe vessel soil charcoal and stones Plants will be available for purchase

rarr Sat Oct 20 12-2 pm $30 Greensgrow Farms 2501 E Cumberland St For more information and to register visit greensgroworgevents

Oct20

PASArsquos 100 Grass-fed Beef Cook OffJoin PASA as they announce the win-

ners of the Cook Off which features local chefs and farmers Philly CowShare and cookbook authorchef Aliza Green will be there and Wye-brook (open 11 am-6 pm) will have live music and food available for purchase

rarr Sat Oct 20 2-4 pm free Wyebrook Farm 150 Wyebrook Rd Honey Brook For more information visit pasafarmingorgevents

Oct20

Fall Foliage WalkEnjoy a morning walk to explore the changing hues of autumn and learn the

surprising answer to why leaves change colors

rarr Sat Oct 20 1030-1130 am free Schuylkill Cen-ter for Environmental Education 8480 Hagyrsquos Mill Rd For more information visit schuylkillcenterorg

Oct18

Fall Window Box WorkshopLearn to create a fall window box thatrsquoll last through Thanksgiving Also get tips

for the best plantings watering practices and soil mixes for the fall season

rarr Thurs Oct 18 6-830 pm $20 Greensgrow Farms 2501 E Cumberland St For more information and to register visit greensgroworgevents

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Harvest On HenryHenry Got Crops CSA hosts a fund-raiser event featuring live music local

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Bringing It All Home Cultivating Sustainable Communities Frederick Kirschenmann PhD a sus-

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Up Close and Personal Learn the basics of home-scaled sus-tainable and regenerative practices

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Town Square Program Plenty for the Planet Sustainable Food and a Well-Fed World

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Terrarium ClassHave a crafty start to your weekend with this terrarium-building class

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Fermenting Sauerkraut amp Mead with David SillerDavid Siller of Cobblestone Krautery

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rarr Sat Oct 27 12-2 pm $35 Greensgrow Community Kitchen at St Michaelrsquos Church 2139 E Cumberland St For more information and to register visit greensgroworgevents

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Philly Bike Expo Bilenky Cycle Works hosts the third-annual Philly Bike Expomdashtwo days filled with rides seminars demonstra-tions parties a swap meet and a bicycle

fashion show

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nOv7

Saving Americarsquos Exceptional GardensBill Noble director of preservation at

The Garden Conservancy will discuss his work overseeing rehabilitation activities at more than 100 gardens throughout the country

rarr Wed Nov 7 2-5 pm $18 members$20 nonmembers Morris Arboretum 100 E Northwestern Ave For more information visit morrisarboretumorg

nOv8

Food Politics Is the Current Food System Sustainable with Marion Nestle

Noted nutritionist and author Marion Nestle will discuss food politics and the sustainability of the current food system

rarr Thurs Nov 8 6-830 pm $15 nonmember $10 member$50 vIP reception The Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy For more information and to register visit ansporgvisitevents

nOv10

Art in the GardenMark Smith an artist and garden de-signer will discuss ways to expand

thinking about art in a garden setting in eco-nomical temporary and more permanent ways

rarr Sat Nov 10 9-11 am $10 Fairmount Park Horticultural Center N Horticultural and Montgomery Drs For more information visit extensionpsueduphiladelphiaprogramsmaster-gardener

nOv10

Worm Composting Urban Composting Made EasyStart worm composting after this work-

shop on decomposition worm anatomy and biol-ogy and how to care for a worm bin Participants will take home a bin with worms

rarr Sat Nov 10 10 am-12 pm Members $20per person $30couple Nonmembers $30person $40couple Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education 8480 Hagyrsquos Mill Rd For information visit schuylkillcenterorg

nOv7

Creating the East Coast GreenwayAndy Hamilton Mid-Atlantic Trail Co-ordinator for the East Coast Greenway

Alliance will outline how this trail system en-hances local communities and the region at large

rarr Wed Nov 7 6-9 pm free valley Green Inn valley Green Road at Wissahickon For more information and to register visit foworg

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That Wednesday morning customers wait outside for the Market to open making shop-ping strategies while sipping coffee provided by Market management While itrsquos a busy day for us at the General Store therersquos a lot more pressure on the big three the butcher baker and greengrocer Inside the market the green-grocers hurriedly stack towering mounds of collard greens the butchers ice down freshly-killed turkeys and the Pennsylvania Dutch bakers try to find room to display all their pies

At 8 am the doors open and the frenzy be-gins Couples split up to conquer the shopping list with a promised rendezvous for blueberry pancakes or croissants The line at Terminirsquos Bakery slows to a crawl and good-natured pa-trons start folding bakery boxes to help speed the process Customers move like hordes of lo-custs through the produce as workers hustle to

restock and replenish the ravaged displays The ticket machine at Godshallrsquos Poultry completes the first circuit of 001 to 100 and back again

In the midst of this harried buying and sell-ing there is a sense of collegiality Customers share and debate cooking tips and shopping secrets And despite the pressure to finish helping one customer to get to those waiting merchants make time to quickly trade family news with customers Today is part business and part family reunion

At Godshallrsquos therersquos a pause to advise a ner-vous first-time Thanksgiving hostess on cook-ing the perfect turkey ldquoCook it at 350 degrees 14 to 15 minutes a poundrdquo explains the butcher ldquoIf itrsquos stuffed you want an internal tempera-ture of 165 degrees Yoursquoll want to use a meat thermometer You can buy one down the aisle at the kitchen store Yoursquore welcome Good luckmdash

calling number 88rdquo The next day if all goes ac-cording to plan a beaming young woman will take a bow for serving a Thanksgiving master-piece and a lifelong customer will be born Itrsquos in these moments that the keys to the Reading Terminal Marketrsquos longevity can be found This exchange of money for merchandise is more than a business transactionmdashtherersquos something more personal happening

Many of todayrsquos customers first discovered the Market as children brought here by parents or grandparents They learned to endure the search for the freshest meat or ripest tomatoes in exchange for the promise of Bassetts Ice Cream On Thanksgiving they return forgo-ing the big box supermarkets for a place where food is not so much a commodity but some-onersquos life work This is reflected in the stand names Guintarsquos Meats Beilerrsquos Bakery Bas-setts Ice Cream These names werenrsquot picked because their owners lacked originality but rather as a sign of the shopkeepersrsquo pride in the foods they grow raise prepare and sell

For many Philadelphians the trip to Read-ing Terminal has become an essential part of the Thanksgiving holidaymdasha reminder that preparing and sharing food with loved ones is a sacred experience Hopefully this year will initiate a few young family members into that traditionmdashone thatrsquos existed since the Market opened in 1893 and if theyrsquore lucky includes a dish of Bassetts ice cream

michael holahan founded the Pennsylvania General Store with his wife Julie Holahan in 1987 The store sells locally made foods and crafts Visit them at the Reading Terminal Market or online at pageneralstorecom

Feeding on Tradition

Thanksgiving Eve at the Reading Terminal Market by michael holahan

As a shopkeeper in the Reading Terminal Market any busy day is a good day But after 25 years at the Pennsylvania General Store my favorite is the day before Thanksgiving The energy inside this more-

than-a-century-old public market is unlike any other time of year Thanksgiv-ing is about bringing together the people we love to share a meal and to give thanks as a merchant itrsquos a privilege to be even a small part of this occasion

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community

Can-Do Condoshow to collectively green a multi-family home by kristen dowd

Being eco-friendly as a condo or co-op resident is possible to achieve on your ownmdashbut only to a point You can make energy-effi-cient lighting decisions use heating and cooling sparingly and recycle

but what about the light bulbs in the hallways and lobbies or insulating the roof Addressing the management of common areas is key

Thatrsquos where being eco-friendly can get a little trickier Itrsquos the fiduciary responsibility of board members and managers to maintain the build-ings in value comfort and appearance So deci-sions at condos and co-ops need to involve these parties and be made along with owners But to make any greening improvement explains Joan Batory chair of the Green CondoCo-op Initiative (GCCI) the single most important step that must be taken is to make a committee

The GCCI grew out of such a green commit-tee ldquoWe started it with three people [in 2008]rdquo says Sis Eisman a resident at The Philadelphian in Fairmount Once created the group quickly grew

One of the committeersquos first initiatives was changing incandescent light bulbs for CFLs The committee also drafted (and distributed) rules for recycling within the building Next they in-stituted recycling programs for cell phones ink cartridges and electronic waste

In 2009 the group held a Green Home Show at the Philadelphianmdasha day of exhibits and edu-cational programming focused on green build-ing for condo and co-op owners managers and others Soon area buildings approached The Philadelphian looking to make the same green improvements and thus the GCCI was born

For a green committee to be influential it

needs to educate residents on the payback as-sociated with expenditures Batory talks about a $23 million project at The Philadelphian to improve the buildingrsquos envelope and energy ef-ficiency ldquoThere were several sessions with our owners here where [GCCI] and some of the pro-ponents of the project were trying to explain to the owners the value of spending money up front to achieve longer-term savingsrdquo she says ldquoIt was a very very intense series of debates and some-times argumentsrdquo The discussions eventually lead to two years of construction during which significant improvements were made including the replacement of 2000 windows and 8000 individual heating and cooling units Despite the initial challenges says Batory ldquowe are now experiencing hundreds of thousands of dollars in savingsrdquo

In addition to education the GCCI also does advocacy work Condos and co-ops can inad-vertently slip through the legislative cracks as theyrsquore neither commercial buildings nor tradi-tional residential While programs like Energy-Works do apply to these multi-family buildings other green improvements can be more difficult to initiate

The GCCI wants to change that ldquoWersquore doing our best to open our doors and make it easy for themmdashlegislators and plannersmdashto deal with

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Inaugural Philadelphia Condo Congress Live in or manage a condo or co-op Be sure to attend the inaugural

Philadelphia Condo Congress The event will feature hands-on workshops speakers exhibi-tor information booths and networking ses-sions all aimed at showing the economic and environmental benefits of adopting sustainable practices GCCI is hosting the event in collabora-tion with the Community Associations Institute and the Greater Philadelphia Condo Managers Association

Leonard Bonacci director of event opera-tions for the Philadelphia Eagles is the keynote speaker Known for his entertaining presen-tations Bonacci will talk about the teamrsquos journey to becoming the greenest professional sports stadium in the country

Another important part of the Congress will be four breakout sessions discussing the vari-ous legal economic requirements and challeng-es to making green improvements and success stories from Philadelphiarsquos condo associations

rarr Tues Oct 23 230-730 pm free The Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy For more details visit philagcciorg or call the Community Associations Institute at 877-608-9777

condosrdquo says Batory who has been in commu-nication with the Cityrsquos Office of Sustainability ldquoThis is right along with the cityrsquos goal So why canrsquot we have a group of condo and co-op build-ings that are the greenest in Americardquo

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food

Sweet TartsThree ways to enjoy delicious cranberries story and photos by marisa mcclellan

I was seven years old when I first cooked with fresh cranberries My mom had gone to a library sale and brought home a pair of books

called Cranberry Thanksgiving and Cranberry Christ-mas While I wasnrsquot particularly interested in the sto-ries inside the books I was intrigued by the recipes printed on the back

After much begging my parents relented and helped me bake a loaf of cranberry bread I loved the way the tart berries popped in the tender slightly sweet bread Since then cranberries have had a firm place in my top 10 favorite ingredients and Irsquom de-termined to show that theyrsquore good for a whole lot more than jelly and juice

Irsquom always looking for ways to use fresh cran-berries I stir them into baked goods add them to braises scatter them over roasting vegetables and even pickle them for cheese platters and cocktails They give a fatty braised pork butt a tangy fruity counterpoint The combination of roasted butternut squash and cranberries makes for a sweettart side dish And the combination of berries sugar vinegar and spices is wonderfully electric on the tongue

braised Pork butt with Cranberries and Leeks

Preheat oven to 350deg F Remove pork butt from fridge and let it come to room tempera-ture Pat away any moisture with paper tow-els and salt both sides of the meat generously Prepare the leeks by cutting off the green

tops and the root ends Slice them in half lengthwise and wash off any gritty soil Chop the leeks into narrow half moons (three leeks should yield approximately 3 cups) Place a four-quart or larger Dutch oven

over medium heat Add 2 tablespoons of olive oil Then add the leeks and 12 teaspoon salt cooking until they begin to soften and brown Using a spatula scrape the leeks to the side of the pan Turn the heat to

high Pat any remaining moisture from the meat and place it in the pan Cook for 3 to 4 minutes until that side has browned Flip the meat and repeat until it is uniformly seared (take care to tend to the leeks so they donrsquot burn) Arrange the leeks on top of the pork Add cranberries and stock Place a

tight-fitting lid on the pot and place it in the preheated oven Let the pork cook for 3 to 4 hours until itrsquos meltingly tender Shred the meat

and serve with mashed squash or sweet potatoes and braised kale

INGREDIENTS

2 pounds pork butt3 large leeks2 tbsp olive oil 1 cups cranberries2 cups chicken stock Salt and pepper

n ov e m b e r 2 0 12 g r i d p h i l lyco m 1 3

oven roasted butternut Squash and Cranberries

2 small butternut squashes (about 3 pounds)2 cups cranberries2 tbsp olive or coconut oil1 tsp of salt2 tbsp butter

Preheat oven to 350deg F Line a rimmed bak-ing sheet with parchment paper Set aside Wash butternut squash and cut it into

quarters Scrape out the seeds Arrange squash on a baking sheet and sprinkle cranberries over the squash quarters Drizzle oil over the berries and squash and using your hands rub it in so itrsquos well distributed Season with salt and place on your ovenrsquos top rack

Pickled Cranberries

Makes 3 pints2 12-ounce bags of cranberries3 cups apple cider vinegar3 cups granulated white sugar2 cinnamon sticks1 tsp allspice berries

tsp whole cloves tsp black peppercorns tsp juniper berries

Prepare a boiling water bath and three pint jars Place lids in a small saucepan of water and bring to a gentle simmer Wash cranberries and pick out any stems

or bad berries Combine vinegar and sugar in a medium

saucepan to create the brine Bring to a boil Add cinnamon sticks to the brine Place allspice berries whole cloves black

peppercorns and juniper berries in a spice bag or tie them up in cheesecloth Add them to the brine Once the brine is boiling vigorously add

the cranberries Stir to combine and cook for 5 to 7 minutes until the cranberries begin to pop and the brine has returned to a rolling boil Remove pot from heat and pull out the

spice bag and cinnamon sticks Break cinna-mon sticks in half and set aside Using a slotted spoon ladle cranberries

into prepared jars Cover berries with brine leaving 12 inch headspace Place a cinnamon stick segment into each jar Wipe jar rims apply lids and rings and

process in a boiling water bath canner for 10 minutes Remove jars from canner and place them

on a folded kitchen towel to cool When jars are cool enough to handle remove rings and check seals Any unsealed jars should be kept in the refrigerator Let jars sit for at least 24 hours before eat-

ing to allow the flavors to settle

Save any leftover brine Itrsquos essentially a fruit shrub and is delicious mixed with sparkling water

For more canning tips visit foodinjarscom

Roast for 35 to 40 minutes until the squash is fork tender and the cranberries juicy and shrunken Using a spoon scrape the butternut flesh out of its peel Combine roasted cranber-ries and tender squash in a large bowl Add butter Using a fork stir everything into a chunky mash Salt to taste

14 g r i d p h i l lyco m n ov e m b e r 2 0 12

food

Blue de Ewecheese of The monTh

ON-SITE CHEESE MAKINGGridrsquos illustrious neighbor the reading Terminal market has some exciting new occupants The new Jersey-based Valley shepherd creamery due to open in november will truck in milk three times a week allowing customers to witness their cheese-making process firsthand

Already open are the Tubby olive which sells olive oils and vinegars on tap and the head nut a coffee roaster from the main line that also offers bulk goods including dry beans nuts and candy so bring your refillable containers

For more information visit readingterminalmarketorg

Reading Terminal

Fair Food offering local bird options for this yearrsquos Thanksgiving table

Turkey time is almost here Once again Fair Food has plenty of local sustainable (and delicious) options for celebrating your holiday Choose from naturally-raised and Heirloom Bronze turkeys from Kochrsquos Turkey Farm (Tamaqua Pa) certified organic birds from Lancaster Farm Fresh (Leola Pa) and Heritage Breed Red Bourbons from Griggstown Quail Farm (Princeton NJ) If you fancy other birds Griggstown also offers capon quail goose and pheasant

These fresh (never frozen) fowl all are hormone- and antibiotic-free and raised with access to pasture Prices range from $310 to $840 per pound Pre-ordering is required and can be done through the Fair Food website (fairfoodphillyorg) The ordering deadline is Monday Nov 12 at 12 pm Turkeys will be available for pick up on November 21 and 22 the Tuesday and Wednesday before the holiday

TAlKInG TuRKEy

Itrsquos rare to find a raw sheeprsquos milk blue outside the Roquefort Caves in France But Pennsylvania can now make this claim thanks to two Amish farmers shepherd Emanuel Beiler and cheesemaker Amos Miller Beiler

who raises sheep in Lancaster County wanted to add value to his milk Miller who makes a variety of artisan cheeses at his Leola dairymdashMisty Creekmdash

likes to experiment This summer they re-leased their collaborative endeavor under the Shepherdrsquos Hollow Farm label which is dis-tributed by Farm Fromagemdashan intermediary for Amish dairy

When I tasted the first batch of Blue de Ewe available for market I was impressed Like a good Roquefort itrsquos peppery and unctuous Set a wedge on your cheese board and it be-gins to bead fat On the front end the taste is sweetly nutty like graham flourmdashit even has a slightly granular texture On the finish itrsquos earthy and spicy Since Blue de Ewe has a natural rind rather than a foil-wrapped exte-rior (like Roquefort) itrsquos drier than the French import with a texture similar to Stilton

I look forward to seeing how these unique wheels evolve over time Until winter Irsquoll be gorging on Blue de Ewe along with plum jam walnuts and plenty of malty stout mdashTenaya Darlington madamefromageblogcom

Blue de Ewe is available at Green Aisle Grocery and the Lansdowne and Upper Merion farmers markets Contact Shepherdrsquos Hollow Farm co Farm Fromage Lancaster 717-314-1373 farmfromagecom

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three philadelphia restaurateurs try their

hands at farmingstory by liz pacheco photos by neal santos

LUNA FARM

amp

Jose Garces and farmer Alex McCracken at Luna Farm

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hef jose garces is in his outdoor kitchen making sal-morejomdasha cold Spanish soup similar to gazpacho He adds bright yellow tomatoes to the food processor along with gar-lic vinegar and baguette pieces ldquoA few years agordquo he says

ldquoI wouldrsquove made this with tomatoes from Mexicordquo This afternoon the tomatoes are from a very local sourcemdashGarcesrsquo backyard which doubles as a farm para This is the first full season for the 40-acre Luna Farm in Ottsville which is named in honor of the Garces family dog as well as the brilliant nightscapes the property offers The nearly 100 varieties of herbs and vegetables are organically grown for the Garces company res-taurantsmdashmost specifically Philadelphiarsquos JG Domestic which focuses on using local ingredients para But Garces isnrsquot the only or first Philadelphia chef to delve into farming Mitch Prensky owner and chef of Supper is in his third year working with Blue Elephant Farm in Newtown Square which grows solely for his restaurant and catering company Last Febru-ary Andrea Rossi began cultivating in Orwigsburg on his farm Grateful Acres This spring Rossi launched a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program through his restaurant C19 para For these three chefs the farms are creative challengesmdashthey require money planning and of course physical labor At their restaurants these chefs are no longer just cooking theyrsquore developing innovative models for combining the farm and the table

jose gARces garces group

For Garces the decision to start a farm happened al-most by accident While looking for a family home out-side the city he discovered that many properties included farmland ldquoWe just started thinking lsquoWow it would be great if we could ship in our own stuffrsquordquo says Garces In 2010 he purchased the property and by summer 2011 he was working with Alex McCracken to develop the land

While McCracken had never farmed on this scale before he has extensive experience gardening He and his wife live on a nearby 16-acre property and own the Turnip Truck a business that designs installs and main-tains organic gardens for homeowners When McCracken heard that Garces was looking for a farmer he sent in

his reacutesumeacute That plus a recommendation from another local grower landed him the position In this first year McCracken and Garces are experimentingmdashlooking to see what flourishes both at the farm and in the restaurants

ldquoNext year the plan is to reduce the wide variety of crops that we grow to the things that are doing the best hererdquo says McCracken ldquoThe things that the restaurants use the most of like peppersmdashwersquoll always grow peppers here Theyrsquore easy to grow All of Josersquos restaurants use a lot of themrdquo

In addition to vegetables the organic farm is grow-ing mushrooms and raising chickens and bees Garces is also considering goats either for meat or milk The farmrsquos tractor runs on biodiesel fuel from the restaurantsrsquo fryer oil which is picked up and processed by Bucks County

2 0 g r i d p h i l lyco m N OV E M b E r 2 0 12

Freedom Fuel And therersquos talk of adding solar panels to the movable chicken coop to provide energy for the green-house and the barn This winter the greenhouse will be supplemented by hoop houses which in August already had tomatoes peppers and eggplant

ldquoIrsquom growing things here Irsquove never grown beforerdquo says McCracken referring to some of the more unusual varieties of tomatoes and greens ldquoIrsquom growing things some of the chefs have never seen before Everybodyrsquos expanding their horizons and learning a lot from the processrdquo

The chefs from Garcesrsquo seven Philadelphia restaurants and the three in Atlantic City have all visited Luna ldquoThey didnrsquot realize the scale wersquore growing on or the quality that was going to be coming out hererdquo says Garces The restau-rants receive produce Tuesday and Thursday nights some of which easily work on the menu and some that require more creativity ldquoWersquore treating them like CSAs basicallyrdquo explains Garces ldquoInitially [the chefs] were placing orders and I interceded and said no you guys are getting every-thingrdquo Some menus pose greater challenges since theyrsquore concept-based but the hope is that in future seasons the farm will cater to those needs The JG Domestic restaurant

benefits most directly from the farm offering dishes with ldquoLuna Farm Eggrdquo ldquoLuna Farm Herb Pestordquo and ldquoLuna Farm Tomatillosrdquo

But for Garces the motivation to start Luna Farm comes from his passion for food not marketing potential ldquoI think as long as [the farm] remains true to that itrsquoll keep goingrdquo But hersquos also admits that therersquos significant financial risk as well ldquoItrsquos a pretty costly endeavor for sure Wersquore still trying to make sure it all balances outrdquo

Mitch pReNsky supper

mitch prensky has been working with Blue Elephant Farm since 2010 but his commitment to local fresh food is decades old ldquoIrsquove been cooking this way for 26 yearsrdquo he says citing previous trips to the Union Square Green-market in New York City to visit farm stands In 2007 he opened Supper which he describes as ldquoseasonal farm-di-rect American cuisinerdquo Yet it wasnrsquot until three years ago that Prensky learned of the term ldquofarm to tablerdquo

ldquoSomebody said to me lsquoOh yoursquore a farm-to-table res-

Jose Garces prepares a salmorejo in his outdoor kitchen at Luna Farm The cold Spanish soup is similar to a gazpacho itrsquos made from tomatoes and garnished with strawberries eggs and olives Garcesrsquo children Olivia and Andres watch their father in the kitchen and lend a hand in adding the ingredients to the blender

The salmorejo is from Garcesrsquo newest cookbook The Latin Road Home available October 8 from Lake Isle Press For the full recipe visit gridphillycom

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taurantrsquordquo recalls Prensky ldquoItrsquos the first time Irsquove ever heard that expression So if yoursquore going to call me something at least I should know what it isrdquo Eventually Prensky con-nected with the owners of Blue Elephant Farm a privately owned 75-acre property in Newton Square At the time the owners were growing for themselves and family members Prensky started working with the estate manager Mary Butler a horticulturist to grow vegetables for Supper

ldquo[The] first season I pulled every vegetable out of the ground myselfrdquo says Prensky who works alongside Butler ldquoThere is a lot of sweat and toil involved and not a lot of [financial] returnrdquo Today the farm provides 100 percent of the produce at Supper and at the Global DishmdashPrenskyrsquos catering company Blue Elephant raises chickens sheep goats llamas horses and donkeys and there are plans to have a grass-fed beef program next year A local beekeeper has hives on the property Their greenhouse grows greens lettuces and herbs year-round and thanks to cold storage diners will see plenty of root vegetables on the winter menu This fall Prensky and Blue Elephant even canned their first line of products and preserves to be sold at Supper

With any farm there are no guarantees Prensky talks about the season when a blight kept tomatoes off the menu for a while and the creativity needed to handle an abun-dance of okra one week but none the next ldquoYou start pick-ling and preserving and then you make dishes out of itrdquo he says ldquoThatrsquos another challenge but thatrsquos a fun challenge here of writing dishes on the menurdquo

Deliveries from the farm come to Supper three times a week and Prensky makes an effort to be out in the fields at least once a week as well ldquoI always say Irsquom the luckiest chef in the worldrdquo he says explaining that having a dedicated farm for his restaurant has been a career goal ldquo[I thought] it would be great if someone could grow this stuff for us and I would know exactly what that property is doing and how theyrsquore handling the vegetables and what goes into this And thatrsquos what Irsquove been fortunate to be blessed with here with Blue Elephantrdquo

ANdReA Rossi c19

two years ago C19 (then Cichetteria 19) was already sourcing locally from Green Meadow Farm ldquoI wasnrsquot even searching for a farmer at the timerdquo admits Andrea Rossi chef and owner at C19 Then he met Alex Archambault who was delivering for Red Earth Farm to the Metropolitan Bakery across the street from the restaurant ldquoHe brought

me some tomatoes some potatoes he was growing on his own some heirloom tomatoesrdquo says Rossi ldquoThey were amazingrdquo

So Rossi expressed interest in finding space to start his own farm and Archambault mentioned there were a few acres adjacent to his backyard in Orwigsburg In 2011 Rossi officially hired Archambault to be the farmer This summer C19 offered a CSA for the farm and had four res-taurants and six individuals participate ldquoWe just wanted to start very small because the first year therersquos a lot of difficultiesrdquo says Rossi The season has so far been suc-cessful and produce from Grateful Acres can be found on the restaurant menu as well as at the Rittenhouse Farmers Market each Saturday

The decision to start a farm springs from Rossirsquos desire to provide the best quality food locally ldquoWe are what we eatrdquo he says explaining that he wants to both support the local economy and make sure people are eating nutrient-rich produce His dedication to this mission has been rec-ognized locally In November 2011 the restaurant received a ldquoSnail of Approvalrdquo from Slow Food Philadelphiamdasha distinction given to eateries that contribute to the quality authenticity and sustainability of the food supply in the area Rossi is already considering expansion He wants to lease a few more acres next season and is talking with an-other restaurant about potentially buying an organic farm in New Jersey Restaurateurs owning farms is an emerging trend but for Rossi his works stems from familial tradi-tion ldquoThe idea comes from my motherrdquo he says ldquoitrsquos how we grew uprdquo

Supper is located at 926 South St 215-592-8180 supperphillycom

C19 is located at 267 S 19th St 215-545-0441 c19pwhillycom

JG Domestic is located at 2929 Arch St 215-222-2363 jgdomesticcom

For a full list of Garcesrsquo restaurants visit garcesgroupcom

BLUe eLephANt FARM

gRAteFUL AcRes

Top left Mitch Prensky owner and chef at Supper with a recent harvest from Blue Elephant Farm

Bottom right Andrea Rossi owner and chef at C19 sells produce from Grateful Acres with farmer Alex Archambault at the Saturday Rittenhouse farmers market

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What amazed me most about the honey locust trees at Awbury Arbo-retum were the thorns I had imag-

ined something like rose thornsmdashsharp but proportionalmdashnot four-inch-long spikes jutting out from branches and erupting from trunks in grotesque savage clusters Surely this was over-kill The trees could fend off deer with much less

Honey locust trees can be found throughout the city but these are tame trees They have an elegant spreading canopy with small leaves that screen the sun rather than block it completely What they donrsquot have is thorns The smooth ver-sions are ldquoa genetic sport [mutation] that showed up and people liked themrdquo explains Dennis Lu-cey Awbury Arboretumrsquos landscape manager

The honey locust remains prepared to fend off long- extinct creatures by bernard brown

by bernard brownurban naturalist

foot-long seed pods as wellmdashthink string beans for giant ground sloths who would subsequently disperse their seeds Twelve thousand years ago might sound like a long time for a human but itrsquos only 60 generations or so for the trees

Honey locusts arenrsquot the only trees around us likely shaped by extinct giants Next time yoursquore passing the Bala Golf Club on Belmont Avenue look at the Osage orange trees along the fence Thorny with round green softball-sized fruit the trees donrsquot appeal to our extant native crit-ters implying extinct animals once dispersed the seeds

Of course long-lived trees tell other stories wersquove forgotten Lucey referenced some old locust trees at Awbury planted in what appears to be an arbitrary line Back in the late 1800s the line was planted to screen a small slum McNabb Town from view McNabb Town was razed more than a hundred years ago but the trees remain

bernard brown is an amateur field herper bureaucrat and founder of the PBampJ Campaign (pbjcampaignorg) a movement focused on the benefits of eating lower on the food chain

Pointing to the Past

We choose nice gentle trees for our landscaping nothing with spikes that could go clean through your hand

We like locust trees for other reasons They are tough plants that can withstand air pollu-tion road salt and compacted soilmdashall things that make urban environments a nasty place for a tree Moreover those small leaves (technically leaflets since the stem with the row of leaflets on either side is considered a ldquocompound leafrdquo) are easy to clean up in the fall

But I miss the thorns and not just for their gory potential The thorns remind us that we inhabit a world shaped by extinct creatures Irsquom not talking about dinosaurs rather extinct mam-mals that shared the Delaware Valley with its first humans at the end of the last Ice Age

It might be easy to forget that these marvel-ously giant and exotic beasts (including saber-toothed cats and ground sloths the size of el-ephants not to mention actual mammoths and mastodons) lived where we do today but the trees remember

Or at least their genes do Trees that evolved over millions of years along

with giant herbivorous mammals still bear the traits shaped by them even if theyrsquore no longer useful This is likely how honey locust trees ended up with thorns big enough to intimidate a mam-moth and is probably why they have

read more about honey locusts Osage oranges and other plants likely

shaped by extinct animals in the Ghosts of Evolu-tion by Connie Barlow (Basic Books 2002 $19)

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Oct13

ldquoCountdown to (En)DangerrdquoAn exhibit featuring artistsrsquo own inter-pretations of endangered species and

the continued risks of extinction Proceeds ben-efit the World Wildlife Fund Open until Nov 7

rarr Sat Oct 13 6-9 pm free B2 Cafeacute 1500 E Passyunk Ave For more information visit facebookcomevents482540518437645

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Fall Author Series Spillover Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic

Hear from author David Quammen on the sci-ence and history of major diseases that originate in wild animals and pass to humans and what might be the next pandemic

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Is Sustainable Agriculture Bad for the PlanetSustainable food writers and experts

examine questions like Does eating grass-fed livestock raise your emissions And is it worth paying extra for organic products

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Oct18

Slow Food Seminar Chocolate Growers Seminar amp TastingKallari Cacao Growers Cooperative

from Ecuador will talk about their cacao farms and have a tasting of their chocolate (Fair Trade and Direct Trade)

rarr Thurs Oct 18 7-9 pm $20 Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College 4100 Walnut St For tickets visit slowfoodphillyorg

Oct19

Wall Garden WorkshopTake your gardening indoors with woolly pockets This workshop will

teach where to hang a woolly pocket what to plant and how to water

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Oct20

Rose Hips and What You Make of Them Learn how to use rose hips from the

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rarr Sat Oct 20 9 am-12 pm $50 members$75 nonmembers Wyck 6026 Germantown Ave To register visit wyckorgprograms or call 215-848-1690

Oct20

Terrariums WorkshopCreate a mini-oasis at this terrarium workshop Registration includes a small

glass globe vessel soil charcoal and stones Plants will be available for purchase

rarr Sat Oct 20 12-2 pm $30 Greensgrow Farms 2501 E Cumberland St For more information and to register visit greensgroworgevents

Oct20

PASArsquos 100 Grass-fed Beef Cook OffJoin PASA as they announce the win-

ners of the Cook Off which features local chefs and farmers Philly CowShare and cookbook authorchef Aliza Green will be there and Wye-brook (open 11 am-6 pm) will have live music and food available for purchase

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Fall Foliage WalkEnjoy a morning walk to explore the changing hues of autumn and learn the

surprising answer to why leaves change colors

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Fall Window Box WorkshopLearn to create a fall window box thatrsquoll last through Thanksgiving Also get tips

for the best plantings watering practices and soil mixes for the fall season

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Harvest On HenryHenry Got Crops CSA hosts a fund-raiser event featuring live music local

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Bringing It All Home Cultivating Sustainable Communities Frederick Kirschenmann PhD a sus-

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Up Close and Personal Learn the basics of home-scaled sus-tainable and regenerative practices

including backyard chickens composting fer-mentation and more This workshop will focus on extending the growing season

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Oct21

Town Square Program Plenty for the Planet Sustainable Food and a Well-Fed World

Join acclaimed writer and sustainability advocate Anna Lappeacute and local experts as they discuss the role of sustainable food systems in addressing hunger The evening includes a local food tasting

rarr Sun Oct 21 530-830 pm Program free Reception $10 members$12 nonmembers Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy For more information and to register visit ansporgvisitevents

Oct26

Terrarium ClassHave a crafty start to your weekend with this terrarium-building class

rarr Fri Oct 26 630-830 pm $50 City Planter 814 N 4th St For more information and to register visit cityplantercom

Oct27

Fermenting Sauerkraut amp Mead with David SillerDavid Siller of Cobblestone Krautery

will teach about the power of fermentation and how to make mead pickles sauerkraut and much more

rarr Sat Oct 27 12-2 pm $35 Greensgrow Community Kitchen at St Michaelrsquos Church 2139 E Cumberland St For more information and to register visit greensgroworgevents

Oct2728

Philly Bike Expo Bilenky Cycle Works hosts the third-annual Philly Bike Expomdashtwo days filled with rides seminars demonstra-tions parties a swap meet and a bicycle

fashion show

rarr Sat Oct 27-Sun Oct 28 $8-25 depending on ticket type 23rd Street Armory 22 S 23rd St For more information and tickets visit phillybikeexpocom

nOv7

Saving Americarsquos Exceptional GardensBill Noble director of preservation at

The Garden Conservancy will discuss his work overseeing rehabilitation activities at more than 100 gardens throughout the country

rarr Wed Nov 7 2-5 pm $18 members$20 nonmembers Morris Arboretum 100 E Northwestern Ave For more information visit morrisarboretumorg

nOv8

Food Politics Is the Current Food System Sustainable with Marion Nestle

Noted nutritionist and author Marion Nestle will discuss food politics and the sustainability of the current food system

rarr Thurs Nov 8 6-830 pm $15 nonmember $10 member$50 vIP reception The Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy For more information and to register visit ansporgvisitevents

nOv10

Art in the GardenMark Smith an artist and garden de-signer will discuss ways to expand

thinking about art in a garden setting in eco-nomical temporary and more permanent ways

rarr Sat Nov 10 9-11 am $10 Fairmount Park Horticultural Center N Horticultural and Montgomery Drs For more information visit extensionpsueduphiladelphiaprogramsmaster-gardener

nOv10

Worm Composting Urban Composting Made EasyStart worm composting after this work-

shop on decomposition worm anatomy and biol-ogy and how to care for a worm bin Participants will take home a bin with worms

rarr Sat Nov 10 10 am-12 pm Members $20per person $30couple Nonmembers $30person $40couple Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education 8480 Hagyrsquos Mill Rd For information visit schuylkillcenterorg

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That Wednesday morning customers wait outside for the Market to open making shop-ping strategies while sipping coffee provided by Market management While itrsquos a busy day for us at the General Store therersquos a lot more pressure on the big three the butcher baker and greengrocer Inside the market the green-grocers hurriedly stack towering mounds of collard greens the butchers ice down freshly-killed turkeys and the Pennsylvania Dutch bakers try to find room to display all their pies

At 8 am the doors open and the frenzy be-gins Couples split up to conquer the shopping list with a promised rendezvous for blueberry pancakes or croissants The line at Terminirsquos Bakery slows to a crawl and good-natured pa-trons start folding bakery boxes to help speed the process Customers move like hordes of lo-custs through the produce as workers hustle to

restock and replenish the ravaged displays The ticket machine at Godshallrsquos Poultry completes the first circuit of 001 to 100 and back again

In the midst of this harried buying and sell-ing there is a sense of collegiality Customers share and debate cooking tips and shopping secrets And despite the pressure to finish helping one customer to get to those waiting merchants make time to quickly trade family news with customers Today is part business and part family reunion

At Godshallrsquos therersquos a pause to advise a ner-vous first-time Thanksgiving hostess on cook-ing the perfect turkey ldquoCook it at 350 degrees 14 to 15 minutes a poundrdquo explains the butcher ldquoIf itrsquos stuffed you want an internal tempera-ture of 165 degrees Yoursquoll want to use a meat thermometer You can buy one down the aisle at the kitchen store Yoursquore welcome Good luckmdash

calling number 88rdquo The next day if all goes ac-cording to plan a beaming young woman will take a bow for serving a Thanksgiving master-piece and a lifelong customer will be born Itrsquos in these moments that the keys to the Reading Terminal Marketrsquos longevity can be found This exchange of money for merchandise is more than a business transactionmdashtherersquos something more personal happening

Many of todayrsquos customers first discovered the Market as children brought here by parents or grandparents They learned to endure the search for the freshest meat or ripest tomatoes in exchange for the promise of Bassetts Ice Cream On Thanksgiving they return forgo-ing the big box supermarkets for a place where food is not so much a commodity but some-onersquos life work This is reflected in the stand names Guintarsquos Meats Beilerrsquos Bakery Bas-setts Ice Cream These names werenrsquot picked because their owners lacked originality but rather as a sign of the shopkeepersrsquo pride in the foods they grow raise prepare and sell

For many Philadelphians the trip to Read-ing Terminal has become an essential part of the Thanksgiving holidaymdasha reminder that preparing and sharing food with loved ones is a sacred experience Hopefully this year will initiate a few young family members into that traditionmdashone thatrsquos existed since the Market opened in 1893 and if theyrsquore lucky includes a dish of Bassetts ice cream

michael holahan founded the Pennsylvania General Store with his wife Julie Holahan in 1987 The store sells locally made foods and crafts Visit them at the Reading Terminal Market or online at pageneralstorecom

Feeding on Tradition

Thanksgiving Eve at the Reading Terminal Market by michael holahan

As a shopkeeper in the Reading Terminal Market any busy day is a good day But after 25 years at the Pennsylvania General Store my favorite is the day before Thanksgiving The energy inside this more-

than-a-century-old public market is unlike any other time of year Thanksgiv-ing is about bringing together the people we love to share a meal and to give thanks as a merchant itrsquos a privilege to be even a small part of this occasion

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community

Can-Do Condoshow to collectively green a multi-family home by kristen dowd

Being eco-friendly as a condo or co-op resident is possible to achieve on your ownmdashbut only to a point You can make energy-effi-cient lighting decisions use heating and cooling sparingly and recycle

but what about the light bulbs in the hallways and lobbies or insulating the roof Addressing the management of common areas is key

Thatrsquos where being eco-friendly can get a little trickier Itrsquos the fiduciary responsibility of board members and managers to maintain the build-ings in value comfort and appearance So deci-sions at condos and co-ops need to involve these parties and be made along with owners But to make any greening improvement explains Joan Batory chair of the Green CondoCo-op Initiative (GCCI) the single most important step that must be taken is to make a committee

The GCCI grew out of such a green commit-tee ldquoWe started it with three people [in 2008]rdquo says Sis Eisman a resident at The Philadelphian in Fairmount Once created the group quickly grew

One of the committeersquos first initiatives was changing incandescent light bulbs for CFLs The committee also drafted (and distributed) rules for recycling within the building Next they in-stituted recycling programs for cell phones ink cartridges and electronic waste

In 2009 the group held a Green Home Show at the Philadelphianmdasha day of exhibits and edu-cational programming focused on green build-ing for condo and co-op owners managers and others Soon area buildings approached The Philadelphian looking to make the same green improvements and thus the GCCI was born

For a green committee to be influential it

needs to educate residents on the payback as-sociated with expenditures Batory talks about a $23 million project at The Philadelphian to improve the buildingrsquos envelope and energy ef-ficiency ldquoThere were several sessions with our owners here where [GCCI] and some of the pro-ponents of the project were trying to explain to the owners the value of spending money up front to achieve longer-term savingsrdquo she says ldquoIt was a very very intense series of debates and some-times argumentsrdquo The discussions eventually lead to two years of construction during which significant improvements were made including the replacement of 2000 windows and 8000 individual heating and cooling units Despite the initial challenges says Batory ldquowe are now experiencing hundreds of thousands of dollars in savingsrdquo

In addition to education the GCCI also does advocacy work Condos and co-ops can inad-vertently slip through the legislative cracks as theyrsquore neither commercial buildings nor tradi-tional residential While programs like Energy-Works do apply to these multi-family buildings other green improvements can be more difficult to initiate

The GCCI wants to change that ldquoWersquore doing our best to open our doors and make it easy for themmdashlegislators and plannersmdashto deal with

ocT23

Inaugural Philadelphia Condo Congress Live in or manage a condo or co-op Be sure to attend the inaugural

Philadelphia Condo Congress The event will feature hands-on workshops speakers exhibi-tor information booths and networking ses-sions all aimed at showing the economic and environmental benefits of adopting sustainable practices GCCI is hosting the event in collabora-tion with the Community Associations Institute and the Greater Philadelphia Condo Managers Association

Leonard Bonacci director of event opera-tions for the Philadelphia Eagles is the keynote speaker Known for his entertaining presen-tations Bonacci will talk about the teamrsquos journey to becoming the greenest professional sports stadium in the country

Another important part of the Congress will be four breakout sessions discussing the vari-ous legal economic requirements and challeng-es to making green improvements and success stories from Philadelphiarsquos condo associations

rarr Tues Oct 23 230-730 pm free The Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy For more details visit philagcciorg or call the Community Associations Institute at 877-608-9777

condosrdquo says Batory who has been in commu-nication with the Cityrsquos Office of Sustainability ldquoThis is right along with the cityrsquos goal So why canrsquot we have a group of condo and co-op build-ings that are the greenest in Americardquo

To learn more about the Philadelphia Green CondoCo-op Initiative visit philagcciorg P

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food

Sweet TartsThree ways to enjoy delicious cranberries story and photos by marisa mcclellan

I was seven years old when I first cooked with fresh cranberries My mom had gone to a library sale and brought home a pair of books

called Cranberry Thanksgiving and Cranberry Christ-mas While I wasnrsquot particularly interested in the sto-ries inside the books I was intrigued by the recipes printed on the back

After much begging my parents relented and helped me bake a loaf of cranberry bread I loved the way the tart berries popped in the tender slightly sweet bread Since then cranberries have had a firm place in my top 10 favorite ingredients and Irsquom de-termined to show that theyrsquore good for a whole lot more than jelly and juice

Irsquom always looking for ways to use fresh cran-berries I stir them into baked goods add them to braises scatter them over roasting vegetables and even pickle them for cheese platters and cocktails They give a fatty braised pork butt a tangy fruity counterpoint The combination of roasted butternut squash and cranberries makes for a sweettart side dish And the combination of berries sugar vinegar and spices is wonderfully electric on the tongue

braised Pork butt with Cranberries and Leeks

Preheat oven to 350deg F Remove pork butt from fridge and let it come to room tempera-ture Pat away any moisture with paper tow-els and salt both sides of the meat generously Prepare the leeks by cutting off the green

tops and the root ends Slice them in half lengthwise and wash off any gritty soil Chop the leeks into narrow half moons (three leeks should yield approximately 3 cups) Place a four-quart or larger Dutch oven

over medium heat Add 2 tablespoons of olive oil Then add the leeks and 12 teaspoon salt cooking until they begin to soften and brown Using a spatula scrape the leeks to the side of the pan Turn the heat to

high Pat any remaining moisture from the meat and place it in the pan Cook for 3 to 4 minutes until that side has browned Flip the meat and repeat until it is uniformly seared (take care to tend to the leeks so they donrsquot burn) Arrange the leeks on top of the pork Add cranberries and stock Place a

tight-fitting lid on the pot and place it in the preheated oven Let the pork cook for 3 to 4 hours until itrsquos meltingly tender Shred the meat

and serve with mashed squash or sweet potatoes and braised kale

INGREDIENTS

2 pounds pork butt3 large leeks2 tbsp olive oil 1 cups cranberries2 cups chicken stock Salt and pepper

n ov e m b e r 2 0 12 g r i d p h i l lyco m 1 3

oven roasted butternut Squash and Cranberries

2 small butternut squashes (about 3 pounds)2 cups cranberries2 tbsp olive or coconut oil1 tsp of salt2 tbsp butter

Preheat oven to 350deg F Line a rimmed bak-ing sheet with parchment paper Set aside Wash butternut squash and cut it into

quarters Scrape out the seeds Arrange squash on a baking sheet and sprinkle cranberries over the squash quarters Drizzle oil over the berries and squash and using your hands rub it in so itrsquos well distributed Season with salt and place on your ovenrsquos top rack

Pickled Cranberries

Makes 3 pints2 12-ounce bags of cranberries3 cups apple cider vinegar3 cups granulated white sugar2 cinnamon sticks1 tsp allspice berries

tsp whole cloves tsp black peppercorns tsp juniper berries

Prepare a boiling water bath and three pint jars Place lids in a small saucepan of water and bring to a gentle simmer Wash cranberries and pick out any stems

or bad berries Combine vinegar and sugar in a medium

saucepan to create the brine Bring to a boil Add cinnamon sticks to the brine Place allspice berries whole cloves black

peppercorns and juniper berries in a spice bag or tie them up in cheesecloth Add them to the brine Once the brine is boiling vigorously add

the cranberries Stir to combine and cook for 5 to 7 minutes until the cranberries begin to pop and the brine has returned to a rolling boil Remove pot from heat and pull out the

spice bag and cinnamon sticks Break cinna-mon sticks in half and set aside Using a slotted spoon ladle cranberries

into prepared jars Cover berries with brine leaving 12 inch headspace Place a cinnamon stick segment into each jar Wipe jar rims apply lids and rings and

process in a boiling water bath canner for 10 minutes Remove jars from canner and place them

on a folded kitchen towel to cool When jars are cool enough to handle remove rings and check seals Any unsealed jars should be kept in the refrigerator Let jars sit for at least 24 hours before eat-

ing to allow the flavors to settle

Save any leftover brine Itrsquos essentially a fruit shrub and is delicious mixed with sparkling water

For more canning tips visit foodinjarscom

Roast for 35 to 40 minutes until the squash is fork tender and the cranberries juicy and shrunken Using a spoon scrape the butternut flesh out of its peel Combine roasted cranber-ries and tender squash in a large bowl Add butter Using a fork stir everything into a chunky mash Salt to taste

14 g r i d p h i l lyco m n ov e m b e r 2 0 12

food

Blue de Ewecheese of The monTh

ON-SITE CHEESE MAKINGGridrsquos illustrious neighbor the reading Terminal market has some exciting new occupants The new Jersey-based Valley shepherd creamery due to open in november will truck in milk three times a week allowing customers to witness their cheese-making process firsthand

Already open are the Tubby olive which sells olive oils and vinegars on tap and the head nut a coffee roaster from the main line that also offers bulk goods including dry beans nuts and candy so bring your refillable containers

For more information visit readingterminalmarketorg

Reading Terminal

Fair Food offering local bird options for this yearrsquos Thanksgiving table

Turkey time is almost here Once again Fair Food has plenty of local sustainable (and delicious) options for celebrating your holiday Choose from naturally-raised and Heirloom Bronze turkeys from Kochrsquos Turkey Farm (Tamaqua Pa) certified organic birds from Lancaster Farm Fresh (Leola Pa) and Heritage Breed Red Bourbons from Griggstown Quail Farm (Princeton NJ) If you fancy other birds Griggstown also offers capon quail goose and pheasant

These fresh (never frozen) fowl all are hormone- and antibiotic-free and raised with access to pasture Prices range from $310 to $840 per pound Pre-ordering is required and can be done through the Fair Food website (fairfoodphillyorg) The ordering deadline is Monday Nov 12 at 12 pm Turkeys will be available for pick up on November 21 and 22 the Tuesday and Wednesday before the holiday

TAlKInG TuRKEy

Itrsquos rare to find a raw sheeprsquos milk blue outside the Roquefort Caves in France But Pennsylvania can now make this claim thanks to two Amish farmers shepherd Emanuel Beiler and cheesemaker Amos Miller Beiler

who raises sheep in Lancaster County wanted to add value to his milk Miller who makes a variety of artisan cheeses at his Leola dairymdashMisty Creekmdash

likes to experiment This summer they re-leased their collaborative endeavor under the Shepherdrsquos Hollow Farm label which is dis-tributed by Farm Fromagemdashan intermediary for Amish dairy

When I tasted the first batch of Blue de Ewe available for market I was impressed Like a good Roquefort itrsquos peppery and unctuous Set a wedge on your cheese board and it be-gins to bead fat On the front end the taste is sweetly nutty like graham flourmdashit even has a slightly granular texture On the finish itrsquos earthy and spicy Since Blue de Ewe has a natural rind rather than a foil-wrapped exte-rior (like Roquefort) itrsquos drier than the French import with a texture similar to Stilton

I look forward to seeing how these unique wheels evolve over time Until winter Irsquoll be gorging on Blue de Ewe along with plum jam walnuts and plenty of malty stout mdashTenaya Darlington madamefromageblogcom

Blue de Ewe is available at Green Aisle Grocery and the Lansdowne and Upper Merion farmers markets Contact Shepherdrsquos Hollow Farm co Farm Fromage Lancaster 717-314-1373 farmfromagecom

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three philadelphia restaurateurs try their

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LUNA FARM

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Jose Garces and farmer Alex McCracken at Luna Farm

N OV E M b E r 2 0 12 g r i d p h i l lyco m 1 9

hef jose garces is in his outdoor kitchen making sal-morejomdasha cold Spanish soup similar to gazpacho He adds bright yellow tomatoes to the food processor along with gar-lic vinegar and baguette pieces ldquoA few years agordquo he says

ldquoI wouldrsquove made this with tomatoes from Mexicordquo This afternoon the tomatoes are from a very local sourcemdashGarcesrsquo backyard which doubles as a farm para This is the first full season for the 40-acre Luna Farm in Ottsville which is named in honor of the Garces family dog as well as the brilliant nightscapes the property offers The nearly 100 varieties of herbs and vegetables are organically grown for the Garces company res-taurantsmdashmost specifically Philadelphiarsquos JG Domestic which focuses on using local ingredients para But Garces isnrsquot the only or first Philadelphia chef to delve into farming Mitch Prensky owner and chef of Supper is in his third year working with Blue Elephant Farm in Newtown Square which grows solely for his restaurant and catering company Last Febru-ary Andrea Rossi began cultivating in Orwigsburg on his farm Grateful Acres This spring Rossi launched a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program through his restaurant C19 para For these three chefs the farms are creative challengesmdashthey require money planning and of course physical labor At their restaurants these chefs are no longer just cooking theyrsquore developing innovative models for combining the farm and the table

jose gARces garces group

For Garces the decision to start a farm happened al-most by accident While looking for a family home out-side the city he discovered that many properties included farmland ldquoWe just started thinking lsquoWow it would be great if we could ship in our own stuffrsquordquo says Garces In 2010 he purchased the property and by summer 2011 he was working with Alex McCracken to develop the land

While McCracken had never farmed on this scale before he has extensive experience gardening He and his wife live on a nearby 16-acre property and own the Turnip Truck a business that designs installs and main-tains organic gardens for homeowners When McCracken heard that Garces was looking for a farmer he sent in

his reacutesumeacute That plus a recommendation from another local grower landed him the position In this first year McCracken and Garces are experimentingmdashlooking to see what flourishes both at the farm and in the restaurants

ldquoNext year the plan is to reduce the wide variety of crops that we grow to the things that are doing the best hererdquo says McCracken ldquoThe things that the restaurants use the most of like peppersmdashwersquoll always grow peppers here Theyrsquore easy to grow All of Josersquos restaurants use a lot of themrdquo

In addition to vegetables the organic farm is grow-ing mushrooms and raising chickens and bees Garces is also considering goats either for meat or milk The farmrsquos tractor runs on biodiesel fuel from the restaurantsrsquo fryer oil which is picked up and processed by Bucks County

2 0 g r i d p h i l lyco m N OV E M b E r 2 0 12

Freedom Fuel And therersquos talk of adding solar panels to the movable chicken coop to provide energy for the green-house and the barn This winter the greenhouse will be supplemented by hoop houses which in August already had tomatoes peppers and eggplant

ldquoIrsquom growing things here Irsquove never grown beforerdquo says McCracken referring to some of the more unusual varieties of tomatoes and greens ldquoIrsquom growing things some of the chefs have never seen before Everybodyrsquos expanding their horizons and learning a lot from the processrdquo

The chefs from Garcesrsquo seven Philadelphia restaurants and the three in Atlantic City have all visited Luna ldquoThey didnrsquot realize the scale wersquore growing on or the quality that was going to be coming out hererdquo says Garces The restau-rants receive produce Tuesday and Thursday nights some of which easily work on the menu and some that require more creativity ldquoWersquore treating them like CSAs basicallyrdquo explains Garces ldquoInitially [the chefs] were placing orders and I interceded and said no you guys are getting every-thingrdquo Some menus pose greater challenges since theyrsquore concept-based but the hope is that in future seasons the farm will cater to those needs The JG Domestic restaurant

benefits most directly from the farm offering dishes with ldquoLuna Farm Eggrdquo ldquoLuna Farm Herb Pestordquo and ldquoLuna Farm Tomatillosrdquo

But for Garces the motivation to start Luna Farm comes from his passion for food not marketing potential ldquoI think as long as [the farm] remains true to that itrsquoll keep goingrdquo But hersquos also admits that therersquos significant financial risk as well ldquoItrsquos a pretty costly endeavor for sure Wersquore still trying to make sure it all balances outrdquo

Mitch pReNsky supper

mitch prensky has been working with Blue Elephant Farm since 2010 but his commitment to local fresh food is decades old ldquoIrsquove been cooking this way for 26 yearsrdquo he says citing previous trips to the Union Square Green-market in New York City to visit farm stands In 2007 he opened Supper which he describes as ldquoseasonal farm-di-rect American cuisinerdquo Yet it wasnrsquot until three years ago that Prensky learned of the term ldquofarm to tablerdquo

ldquoSomebody said to me lsquoOh yoursquore a farm-to-table res-

Jose Garces prepares a salmorejo in his outdoor kitchen at Luna Farm The cold Spanish soup is similar to a gazpacho itrsquos made from tomatoes and garnished with strawberries eggs and olives Garcesrsquo children Olivia and Andres watch their father in the kitchen and lend a hand in adding the ingredients to the blender

The salmorejo is from Garcesrsquo newest cookbook The Latin Road Home available October 8 from Lake Isle Press For the full recipe visit gridphillycom

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taurantrsquordquo recalls Prensky ldquoItrsquos the first time Irsquove ever heard that expression So if yoursquore going to call me something at least I should know what it isrdquo Eventually Prensky con-nected with the owners of Blue Elephant Farm a privately owned 75-acre property in Newton Square At the time the owners were growing for themselves and family members Prensky started working with the estate manager Mary Butler a horticulturist to grow vegetables for Supper

ldquo[The] first season I pulled every vegetable out of the ground myselfrdquo says Prensky who works alongside Butler ldquoThere is a lot of sweat and toil involved and not a lot of [financial] returnrdquo Today the farm provides 100 percent of the produce at Supper and at the Global DishmdashPrenskyrsquos catering company Blue Elephant raises chickens sheep goats llamas horses and donkeys and there are plans to have a grass-fed beef program next year A local beekeeper has hives on the property Their greenhouse grows greens lettuces and herbs year-round and thanks to cold storage diners will see plenty of root vegetables on the winter menu This fall Prensky and Blue Elephant even canned their first line of products and preserves to be sold at Supper

With any farm there are no guarantees Prensky talks about the season when a blight kept tomatoes off the menu for a while and the creativity needed to handle an abun-dance of okra one week but none the next ldquoYou start pick-ling and preserving and then you make dishes out of itrdquo he says ldquoThatrsquos another challenge but thatrsquos a fun challenge here of writing dishes on the menurdquo

Deliveries from the farm come to Supper three times a week and Prensky makes an effort to be out in the fields at least once a week as well ldquoI always say Irsquom the luckiest chef in the worldrdquo he says explaining that having a dedicated farm for his restaurant has been a career goal ldquo[I thought] it would be great if someone could grow this stuff for us and I would know exactly what that property is doing and how theyrsquore handling the vegetables and what goes into this And thatrsquos what Irsquove been fortunate to be blessed with here with Blue Elephantrdquo

ANdReA Rossi c19

two years ago C19 (then Cichetteria 19) was already sourcing locally from Green Meadow Farm ldquoI wasnrsquot even searching for a farmer at the timerdquo admits Andrea Rossi chef and owner at C19 Then he met Alex Archambault who was delivering for Red Earth Farm to the Metropolitan Bakery across the street from the restaurant ldquoHe brought

me some tomatoes some potatoes he was growing on his own some heirloom tomatoesrdquo says Rossi ldquoThey were amazingrdquo

So Rossi expressed interest in finding space to start his own farm and Archambault mentioned there were a few acres adjacent to his backyard in Orwigsburg In 2011 Rossi officially hired Archambault to be the farmer This summer C19 offered a CSA for the farm and had four res-taurants and six individuals participate ldquoWe just wanted to start very small because the first year therersquos a lot of difficultiesrdquo says Rossi The season has so far been suc-cessful and produce from Grateful Acres can be found on the restaurant menu as well as at the Rittenhouse Farmers Market each Saturday

The decision to start a farm springs from Rossirsquos desire to provide the best quality food locally ldquoWe are what we eatrdquo he says explaining that he wants to both support the local economy and make sure people are eating nutrient-rich produce His dedication to this mission has been rec-ognized locally In November 2011 the restaurant received a ldquoSnail of Approvalrdquo from Slow Food Philadelphiamdasha distinction given to eateries that contribute to the quality authenticity and sustainability of the food supply in the area Rossi is already considering expansion He wants to lease a few more acres next season and is talking with an-other restaurant about potentially buying an organic farm in New Jersey Restaurateurs owning farms is an emerging trend but for Rossi his works stems from familial tradi-tion ldquoThe idea comes from my motherrdquo he says ldquoitrsquos how we grew uprdquo

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Top left Mitch Prensky owner and chef at Supper with a recent harvest from Blue Elephant Farm

Bottom right Andrea Rossi owner and chef at C19 sells produce from Grateful Acres with farmer Alex Archambault at the Saturday Rittenhouse farmers market

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What amazed me most about the honey locust trees at Awbury Arbo-retum were the thorns I had imag-

ined something like rose thornsmdashsharp but proportionalmdashnot four-inch-long spikes jutting out from branches and erupting from trunks in grotesque savage clusters Surely this was over-kill The trees could fend off deer with much less

Honey locust trees can be found throughout the city but these are tame trees They have an elegant spreading canopy with small leaves that screen the sun rather than block it completely What they donrsquot have is thorns The smooth ver-sions are ldquoa genetic sport [mutation] that showed up and people liked themrdquo explains Dennis Lu-cey Awbury Arboretumrsquos landscape manager

The honey locust remains prepared to fend off long- extinct creatures by bernard brown

by bernard brownurban naturalist

foot-long seed pods as wellmdashthink string beans for giant ground sloths who would subsequently disperse their seeds Twelve thousand years ago might sound like a long time for a human but itrsquos only 60 generations or so for the trees

Honey locusts arenrsquot the only trees around us likely shaped by extinct giants Next time yoursquore passing the Bala Golf Club on Belmont Avenue look at the Osage orange trees along the fence Thorny with round green softball-sized fruit the trees donrsquot appeal to our extant native crit-ters implying extinct animals once dispersed the seeds

Of course long-lived trees tell other stories wersquove forgotten Lucey referenced some old locust trees at Awbury planted in what appears to be an arbitrary line Back in the late 1800s the line was planted to screen a small slum McNabb Town from view McNabb Town was razed more than a hundred years ago but the trees remain

bernard brown is an amateur field herper bureaucrat and founder of the PBampJ Campaign (pbjcampaignorg) a movement focused on the benefits of eating lower on the food chain

Pointing to the Past

We choose nice gentle trees for our landscaping nothing with spikes that could go clean through your hand

We like locust trees for other reasons They are tough plants that can withstand air pollu-tion road salt and compacted soilmdashall things that make urban environments a nasty place for a tree Moreover those small leaves (technically leaflets since the stem with the row of leaflets on either side is considered a ldquocompound leafrdquo) are easy to clean up in the fall

But I miss the thorns and not just for their gory potential The thorns remind us that we inhabit a world shaped by extinct creatures Irsquom not talking about dinosaurs rather extinct mam-mals that shared the Delaware Valley with its first humans at the end of the last Ice Age

It might be easy to forget that these marvel-ously giant and exotic beasts (including saber-toothed cats and ground sloths the size of el-ephants not to mention actual mammoths and mastodons) lived where we do today but the trees remember

Or at least their genes do Trees that evolved over millions of years along

with giant herbivorous mammals still bear the traits shaped by them even if theyrsquore no longer useful This is likely how honey locust trees ended up with thorns big enough to intimidate a mam-moth and is probably why they have

read more about honey locusts Osage oranges and other plants likely

shaped by extinct animals in the Ghosts of Evolu-tion by Connie Barlow (Basic Books 2002 $19)

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ldquoCountdown to (En)DangerrdquoAn exhibit featuring artistsrsquo own inter-pretations of endangered species and

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Fall Author Series Spillover Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic

Hear from author David Quammen on the sci-ence and history of major diseases that originate in wild animals and pass to humans and what might be the next pandemic

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Is Sustainable Agriculture Bad for the PlanetSustainable food writers and experts

examine questions like Does eating grass-fed livestock raise your emissions And is it worth paying extra for organic products

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Slow Food Seminar Chocolate Growers Seminar amp TastingKallari Cacao Growers Cooperative

from Ecuador will talk about their cacao farms and have a tasting of their chocolate (Fair Trade and Direct Trade)

rarr Thurs Oct 18 7-9 pm $20 Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College 4100 Walnut St For tickets visit slowfoodphillyorg

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Wall Garden WorkshopTake your gardening indoors with woolly pockets This workshop will

teach where to hang a woolly pocket what to plant and how to water

rarr Fri Oct 19 630-830 pm $40 City Planter 814 N 4th St For more information and to register visit cityplantercom

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Rose Hips and What You Make of Them Learn how to use rose hips from the

garden to make jam candy and syrup Students will take home what they make

rarr Sat Oct 20 9 am-12 pm $50 members$75 nonmembers Wyck 6026 Germantown Ave To register visit wyckorgprograms or call 215-848-1690

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Terrariums WorkshopCreate a mini-oasis at this terrarium workshop Registration includes a small

glass globe vessel soil charcoal and stones Plants will be available for purchase

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Oct20

PASArsquos 100 Grass-fed Beef Cook OffJoin PASA as they announce the win-

ners of the Cook Off which features local chefs and farmers Philly CowShare and cookbook authorchef Aliza Green will be there and Wye-brook (open 11 am-6 pm) will have live music and food available for purchase

rarr Sat Oct 20 2-4 pm free Wyebrook Farm 150 Wyebrook Rd Honey Brook For more information visit pasafarmingorgevents

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Fall Foliage WalkEnjoy a morning walk to explore the changing hues of autumn and learn the

surprising answer to why leaves change colors

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Fall Window Box WorkshopLearn to create a fall window box thatrsquoll last through Thanksgiving Also get tips

for the best plantings watering practices and soil mixes for the fall season

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Harvest On HenryHenry Got Crops CSA hosts a fund-raiser event featuring live music local

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Bringing It All Home Cultivating Sustainable Communities Frederick Kirschenmann PhD a sus-

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Up Close and Personal Learn the basics of home-scaled sus-tainable and regenerative practices

including backyard chickens composting fer-mentation and more This workshop will focus on extending the growing season

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Town Square Program Plenty for the Planet Sustainable Food and a Well-Fed World

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Oct26

Terrarium ClassHave a crafty start to your weekend with this terrarium-building class

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Fermenting Sauerkraut amp Mead with David SillerDavid Siller of Cobblestone Krautery

will teach about the power of fermentation and how to make mead pickles sauerkraut and much more

rarr Sat Oct 27 12-2 pm $35 Greensgrow Community Kitchen at St Michaelrsquos Church 2139 E Cumberland St For more information and to register visit greensgroworgevents

Oct2728

Philly Bike Expo Bilenky Cycle Works hosts the third-annual Philly Bike Expomdashtwo days filled with rides seminars demonstra-tions parties a swap meet and a bicycle

fashion show

rarr Sat Oct 27-Sun Oct 28 $8-25 depending on ticket type 23rd Street Armory 22 S 23rd St For more information and tickets visit phillybikeexpocom

nOv7

Saving Americarsquos Exceptional GardensBill Noble director of preservation at

The Garden Conservancy will discuss his work overseeing rehabilitation activities at more than 100 gardens throughout the country

rarr Wed Nov 7 2-5 pm $18 members$20 nonmembers Morris Arboretum 100 E Northwestern Ave For more information visit morrisarboretumorg

nOv8

Food Politics Is the Current Food System Sustainable with Marion Nestle

Noted nutritionist and author Marion Nestle will discuss food politics and the sustainability of the current food system

rarr Thurs Nov 8 6-830 pm $15 nonmember $10 member$50 vIP reception The Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy For more information and to register visit ansporgvisitevents

nOv10

Art in the GardenMark Smith an artist and garden de-signer will discuss ways to expand

thinking about art in a garden setting in eco-nomical temporary and more permanent ways

rarr Sat Nov 10 9-11 am $10 Fairmount Park Horticultural Center N Horticultural and Montgomery Drs For more information visit extensionpsueduphiladelphiaprogramsmaster-gardener

nOv10

Worm Composting Urban Composting Made EasyStart worm composting after this work-

shop on decomposition worm anatomy and biol-ogy and how to care for a worm bin Participants will take home a bin with worms

rarr Sat Nov 10 10 am-12 pm Members $20per person $30couple Nonmembers $30person $40couple Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education 8480 Hagyrsquos Mill Rd For information visit schuylkillcenterorg

nOv7

Creating the East Coast GreenwayAndy Hamilton Mid-Atlantic Trail Co-ordinator for the East Coast Greenway

Alliance will outline how this trail system en-hances local communities and the region at large

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That Wednesday morning customers wait outside for the Market to open making shop-ping strategies while sipping coffee provided by Market management While itrsquos a busy day for us at the General Store therersquos a lot more pressure on the big three the butcher baker and greengrocer Inside the market the green-grocers hurriedly stack towering mounds of collard greens the butchers ice down freshly-killed turkeys and the Pennsylvania Dutch bakers try to find room to display all their pies

At 8 am the doors open and the frenzy be-gins Couples split up to conquer the shopping list with a promised rendezvous for blueberry pancakes or croissants The line at Terminirsquos Bakery slows to a crawl and good-natured pa-trons start folding bakery boxes to help speed the process Customers move like hordes of lo-custs through the produce as workers hustle to

restock and replenish the ravaged displays The ticket machine at Godshallrsquos Poultry completes the first circuit of 001 to 100 and back again

In the midst of this harried buying and sell-ing there is a sense of collegiality Customers share and debate cooking tips and shopping secrets And despite the pressure to finish helping one customer to get to those waiting merchants make time to quickly trade family news with customers Today is part business and part family reunion

At Godshallrsquos therersquos a pause to advise a ner-vous first-time Thanksgiving hostess on cook-ing the perfect turkey ldquoCook it at 350 degrees 14 to 15 minutes a poundrdquo explains the butcher ldquoIf itrsquos stuffed you want an internal tempera-ture of 165 degrees Yoursquoll want to use a meat thermometer You can buy one down the aisle at the kitchen store Yoursquore welcome Good luckmdash

calling number 88rdquo The next day if all goes ac-cording to plan a beaming young woman will take a bow for serving a Thanksgiving master-piece and a lifelong customer will be born Itrsquos in these moments that the keys to the Reading Terminal Marketrsquos longevity can be found This exchange of money for merchandise is more than a business transactionmdashtherersquos something more personal happening

Many of todayrsquos customers first discovered the Market as children brought here by parents or grandparents They learned to endure the search for the freshest meat or ripest tomatoes in exchange for the promise of Bassetts Ice Cream On Thanksgiving they return forgo-ing the big box supermarkets for a place where food is not so much a commodity but some-onersquos life work This is reflected in the stand names Guintarsquos Meats Beilerrsquos Bakery Bas-setts Ice Cream These names werenrsquot picked because their owners lacked originality but rather as a sign of the shopkeepersrsquo pride in the foods they grow raise prepare and sell

For many Philadelphians the trip to Read-ing Terminal has become an essential part of the Thanksgiving holidaymdasha reminder that preparing and sharing food with loved ones is a sacred experience Hopefully this year will initiate a few young family members into that traditionmdashone thatrsquos existed since the Market opened in 1893 and if theyrsquore lucky includes a dish of Bassetts ice cream

michael holahan founded the Pennsylvania General Store with his wife Julie Holahan in 1987 The store sells locally made foods and crafts Visit them at the Reading Terminal Market or online at pageneralstorecom

Feeding on Tradition

Thanksgiving Eve at the Reading Terminal Market by michael holahan

As a shopkeeper in the Reading Terminal Market any busy day is a good day But after 25 years at the Pennsylvania General Store my favorite is the day before Thanksgiving The energy inside this more-

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Sweet TartsThree ways to enjoy delicious cranberries story and photos by marisa mcclellan

I was seven years old when I first cooked with fresh cranberries My mom had gone to a library sale and brought home a pair of books

called Cranberry Thanksgiving and Cranberry Christ-mas While I wasnrsquot particularly interested in the sto-ries inside the books I was intrigued by the recipes printed on the back

After much begging my parents relented and helped me bake a loaf of cranberry bread I loved the way the tart berries popped in the tender slightly sweet bread Since then cranberries have had a firm place in my top 10 favorite ingredients and Irsquom de-termined to show that theyrsquore good for a whole lot more than jelly and juice

Irsquom always looking for ways to use fresh cran-berries I stir them into baked goods add them to braises scatter them over roasting vegetables and even pickle them for cheese platters and cocktails They give a fatty braised pork butt a tangy fruity counterpoint The combination of roasted butternut squash and cranberries makes for a sweettart side dish And the combination of berries sugar vinegar and spices is wonderfully electric on the tongue

braised Pork butt with Cranberries and Leeks

Preheat oven to 350deg F Remove pork butt from fridge and let it come to room tempera-ture Pat away any moisture with paper tow-els and salt both sides of the meat generously Prepare the leeks by cutting off the green

tops and the root ends Slice them in half lengthwise and wash off any gritty soil Chop the leeks into narrow half moons (three leeks should yield approximately 3 cups) Place a four-quart or larger Dutch oven

over medium heat Add 2 tablespoons of olive oil Then add the leeks and 12 teaspoon salt cooking until they begin to soften and brown Using a spatula scrape the leeks to the side of the pan Turn the heat to

high Pat any remaining moisture from the meat and place it in the pan Cook for 3 to 4 minutes until that side has browned Flip the meat and repeat until it is uniformly seared (take care to tend to the leeks so they donrsquot burn) Arrange the leeks on top of the pork Add cranberries and stock Place a

tight-fitting lid on the pot and place it in the preheated oven Let the pork cook for 3 to 4 hours until itrsquos meltingly tender Shred the meat

and serve with mashed squash or sweet potatoes and braised kale

INGREDIENTS

2 pounds pork butt3 large leeks2 tbsp olive oil 1 cups cranberries2 cups chicken stock Salt and pepper

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oven roasted butternut Squash and Cranberries

2 small butternut squashes (about 3 pounds)2 cups cranberries2 tbsp olive or coconut oil1 tsp of salt2 tbsp butter

Preheat oven to 350deg F Line a rimmed bak-ing sheet with parchment paper Set aside Wash butternut squash and cut it into

quarters Scrape out the seeds Arrange squash on a baking sheet and sprinkle cranberries over the squash quarters Drizzle oil over the berries and squash and using your hands rub it in so itrsquos well distributed Season with salt and place on your ovenrsquos top rack

Pickled Cranberries

Makes 3 pints2 12-ounce bags of cranberries3 cups apple cider vinegar3 cups granulated white sugar2 cinnamon sticks1 tsp allspice berries

tsp whole cloves tsp black peppercorns tsp juniper berries

Prepare a boiling water bath and three pint jars Place lids in a small saucepan of water and bring to a gentle simmer Wash cranberries and pick out any stems

or bad berries Combine vinegar and sugar in a medium

saucepan to create the brine Bring to a boil Add cinnamon sticks to the brine Place allspice berries whole cloves black

peppercorns and juniper berries in a spice bag or tie them up in cheesecloth Add them to the brine Once the brine is boiling vigorously add

the cranberries Stir to combine and cook for 5 to 7 minutes until the cranberries begin to pop and the brine has returned to a rolling boil Remove pot from heat and pull out the

spice bag and cinnamon sticks Break cinna-mon sticks in half and set aside Using a slotted spoon ladle cranberries

into prepared jars Cover berries with brine leaving 12 inch headspace Place a cinnamon stick segment into each jar Wipe jar rims apply lids and rings and

process in a boiling water bath canner for 10 minutes Remove jars from canner and place them

on a folded kitchen towel to cool When jars are cool enough to handle remove rings and check seals Any unsealed jars should be kept in the refrigerator Let jars sit for at least 24 hours before eat-

ing to allow the flavors to settle

Save any leftover brine Itrsquos essentially a fruit shrub and is delicious mixed with sparkling water

For more canning tips visit foodinjarscom

Roast for 35 to 40 minutes until the squash is fork tender and the cranberries juicy and shrunken Using a spoon scrape the butternut flesh out of its peel Combine roasted cranber-ries and tender squash in a large bowl Add butter Using a fork stir everything into a chunky mash Salt to taste

14 g r i d p h i l lyco m n ov e m b e r 2 0 12

food

Blue de Ewecheese of The monTh

ON-SITE CHEESE MAKINGGridrsquos illustrious neighbor the reading Terminal market has some exciting new occupants The new Jersey-based Valley shepherd creamery due to open in november will truck in milk three times a week allowing customers to witness their cheese-making process firsthand

Already open are the Tubby olive which sells olive oils and vinegars on tap and the head nut a coffee roaster from the main line that also offers bulk goods including dry beans nuts and candy so bring your refillable containers

For more information visit readingterminalmarketorg

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Fair Food offering local bird options for this yearrsquos Thanksgiving table

Turkey time is almost here Once again Fair Food has plenty of local sustainable (and delicious) options for celebrating your holiday Choose from naturally-raised and Heirloom Bronze turkeys from Kochrsquos Turkey Farm (Tamaqua Pa) certified organic birds from Lancaster Farm Fresh (Leola Pa) and Heritage Breed Red Bourbons from Griggstown Quail Farm (Princeton NJ) If you fancy other birds Griggstown also offers capon quail goose and pheasant

These fresh (never frozen) fowl all are hormone- and antibiotic-free and raised with access to pasture Prices range from $310 to $840 per pound Pre-ordering is required and can be done through the Fair Food website (fairfoodphillyorg) The ordering deadline is Monday Nov 12 at 12 pm Turkeys will be available for pick up on November 21 and 22 the Tuesday and Wednesday before the holiday

TAlKInG TuRKEy

Itrsquos rare to find a raw sheeprsquos milk blue outside the Roquefort Caves in France But Pennsylvania can now make this claim thanks to two Amish farmers shepherd Emanuel Beiler and cheesemaker Amos Miller Beiler

who raises sheep in Lancaster County wanted to add value to his milk Miller who makes a variety of artisan cheeses at his Leola dairymdashMisty Creekmdash

likes to experiment This summer they re-leased their collaborative endeavor under the Shepherdrsquos Hollow Farm label which is dis-tributed by Farm Fromagemdashan intermediary for Amish dairy

When I tasted the first batch of Blue de Ewe available for market I was impressed Like a good Roquefort itrsquos peppery and unctuous Set a wedge on your cheese board and it be-gins to bead fat On the front end the taste is sweetly nutty like graham flourmdashit even has a slightly granular texture On the finish itrsquos earthy and spicy Since Blue de Ewe has a natural rind rather than a foil-wrapped exte-rior (like Roquefort) itrsquos drier than the French import with a texture similar to Stilton

I look forward to seeing how these unique wheels evolve over time Until winter Irsquoll be gorging on Blue de Ewe along with plum jam walnuts and plenty of malty stout mdashTenaya Darlington madamefromageblogcom

Blue de Ewe is available at Green Aisle Grocery and the Lansdowne and Upper Merion farmers markets Contact Shepherdrsquos Hollow Farm co Farm Fromage Lancaster 717-314-1373 farmfromagecom

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three philadelphia restaurateurs try their

hands at farmingstory by liz pacheco photos by neal santos

LUNA FARM

amp

Jose Garces and farmer Alex McCracken at Luna Farm

N OV E M b E r 2 0 12 g r i d p h i l lyco m 1 9

hef jose garces is in his outdoor kitchen making sal-morejomdasha cold Spanish soup similar to gazpacho He adds bright yellow tomatoes to the food processor along with gar-lic vinegar and baguette pieces ldquoA few years agordquo he says

ldquoI wouldrsquove made this with tomatoes from Mexicordquo This afternoon the tomatoes are from a very local sourcemdashGarcesrsquo backyard which doubles as a farm para This is the first full season for the 40-acre Luna Farm in Ottsville which is named in honor of the Garces family dog as well as the brilliant nightscapes the property offers The nearly 100 varieties of herbs and vegetables are organically grown for the Garces company res-taurantsmdashmost specifically Philadelphiarsquos JG Domestic which focuses on using local ingredients para But Garces isnrsquot the only or first Philadelphia chef to delve into farming Mitch Prensky owner and chef of Supper is in his third year working with Blue Elephant Farm in Newtown Square which grows solely for his restaurant and catering company Last Febru-ary Andrea Rossi began cultivating in Orwigsburg on his farm Grateful Acres This spring Rossi launched a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program through his restaurant C19 para For these three chefs the farms are creative challengesmdashthey require money planning and of course physical labor At their restaurants these chefs are no longer just cooking theyrsquore developing innovative models for combining the farm and the table

jose gARces garces group

For Garces the decision to start a farm happened al-most by accident While looking for a family home out-side the city he discovered that many properties included farmland ldquoWe just started thinking lsquoWow it would be great if we could ship in our own stuffrsquordquo says Garces In 2010 he purchased the property and by summer 2011 he was working with Alex McCracken to develop the land

While McCracken had never farmed on this scale before he has extensive experience gardening He and his wife live on a nearby 16-acre property and own the Turnip Truck a business that designs installs and main-tains organic gardens for homeowners When McCracken heard that Garces was looking for a farmer he sent in

his reacutesumeacute That plus a recommendation from another local grower landed him the position In this first year McCracken and Garces are experimentingmdashlooking to see what flourishes both at the farm and in the restaurants

ldquoNext year the plan is to reduce the wide variety of crops that we grow to the things that are doing the best hererdquo says McCracken ldquoThe things that the restaurants use the most of like peppersmdashwersquoll always grow peppers here Theyrsquore easy to grow All of Josersquos restaurants use a lot of themrdquo

In addition to vegetables the organic farm is grow-ing mushrooms and raising chickens and bees Garces is also considering goats either for meat or milk The farmrsquos tractor runs on biodiesel fuel from the restaurantsrsquo fryer oil which is picked up and processed by Bucks County

2 0 g r i d p h i l lyco m N OV E M b E r 2 0 12

Freedom Fuel And therersquos talk of adding solar panels to the movable chicken coop to provide energy for the green-house and the barn This winter the greenhouse will be supplemented by hoop houses which in August already had tomatoes peppers and eggplant

ldquoIrsquom growing things here Irsquove never grown beforerdquo says McCracken referring to some of the more unusual varieties of tomatoes and greens ldquoIrsquom growing things some of the chefs have never seen before Everybodyrsquos expanding their horizons and learning a lot from the processrdquo

The chefs from Garcesrsquo seven Philadelphia restaurants and the three in Atlantic City have all visited Luna ldquoThey didnrsquot realize the scale wersquore growing on or the quality that was going to be coming out hererdquo says Garces The restau-rants receive produce Tuesday and Thursday nights some of which easily work on the menu and some that require more creativity ldquoWersquore treating them like CSAs basicallyrdquo explains Garces ldquoInitially [the chefs] were placing orders and I interceded and said no you guys are getting every-thingrdquo Some menus pose greater challenges since theyrsquore concept-based but the hope is that in future seasons the farm will cater to those needs The JG Domestic restaurant

benefits most directly from the farm offering dishes with ldquoLuna Farm Eggrdquo ldquoLuna Farm Herb Pestordquo and ldquoLuna Farm Tomatillosrdquo

But for Garces the motivation to start Luna Farm comes from his passion for food not marketing potential ldquoI think as long as [the farm] remains true to that itrsquoll keep goingrdquo But hersquos also admits that therersquos significant financial risk as well ldquoItrsquos a pretty costly endeavor for sure Wersquore still trying to make sure it all balances outrdquo

Mitch pReNsky supper

mitch prensky has been working with Blue Elephant Farm since 2010 but his commitment to local fresh food is decades old ldquoIrsquove been cooking this way for 26 yearsrdquo he says citing previous trips to the Union Square Green-market in New York City to visit farm stands In 2007 he opened Supper which he describes as ldquoseasonal farm-di-rect American cuisinerdquo Yet it wasnrsquot until three years ago that Prensky learned of the term ldquofarm to tablerdquo

ldquoSomebody said to me lsquoOh yoursquore a farm-to-table res-

Jose Garces prepares a salmorejo in his outdoor kitchen at Luna Farm The cold Spanish soup is similar to a gazpacho itrsquos made from tomatoes and garnished with strawberries eggs and olives Garcesrsquo children Olivia and Andres watch their father in the kitchen and lend a hand in adding the ingredients to the blender

The salmorejo is from Garcesrsquo newest cookbook The Latin Road Home available October 8 from Lake Isle Press For the full recipe visit gridphillycom

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taurantrsquordquo recalls Prensky ldquoItrsquos the first time Irsquove ever heard that expression So if yoursquore going to call me something at least I should know what it isrdquo Eventually Prensky con-nected with the owners of Blue Elephant Farm a privately owned 75-acre property in Newton Square At the time the owners were growing for themselves and family members Prensky started working with the estate manager Mary Butler a horticulturist to grow vegetables for Supper

ldquo[The] first season I pulled every vegetable out of the ground myselfrdquo says Prensky who works alongside Butler ldquoThere is a lot of sweat and toil involved and not a lot of [financial] returnrdquo Today the farm provides 100 percent of the produce at Supper and at the Global DishmdashPrenskyrsquos catering company Blue Elephant raises chickens sheep goats llamas horses and donkeys and there are plans to have a grass-fed beef program next year A local beekeeper has hives on the property Their greenhouse grows greens lettuces and herbs year-round and thanks to cold storage diners will see plenty of root vegetables on the winter menu This fall Prensky and Blue Elephant even canned their first line of products and preserves to be sold at Supper

With any farm there are no guarantees Prensky talks about the season when a blight kept tomatoes off the menu for a while and the creativity needed to handle an abun-dance of okra one week but none the next ldquoYou start pick-ling and preserving and then you make dishes out of itrdquo he says ldquoThatrsquos another challenge but thatrsquos a fun challenge here of writing dishes on the menurdquo

Deliveries from the farm come to Supper three times a week and Prensky makes an effort to be out in the fields at least once a week as well ldquoI always say Irsquom the luckiest chef in the worldrdquo he says explaining that having a dedicated farm for his restaurant has been a career goal ldquo[I thought] it would be great if someone could grow this stuff for us and I would know exactly what that property is doing and how theyrsquore handling the vegetables and what goes into this And thatrsquos what Irsquove been fortunate to be blessed with here with Blue Elephantrdquo

ANdReA Rossi c19

two years ago C19 (then Cichetteria 19) was already sourcing locally from Green Meadow Farm ldquoI wasnrsquot even searching for a farmer at the timerdquo admits Andrea Rossi chef and owner at C19 Then he met Alex Archambault who was delivering for Red Earth Farm to the Metropolitan Bakery across the street from the restaurant ldquoHe brought

me some tomatoes some potatoes he was growing on his own some heirloom tomatoesrdquo says Rossi ldquoThey were amazingrdquo

So Rossi expressed interest in finding space to start his own farm and Archambault mentioned there were a few acres adjacent to his backyard in Orwigsburg In 2011 Rossi officially hired Archambault to be the farmer This summer C19 offered a CSA for the farm and had four res-taurants and six individuals participate ldquoWe just wanted to start very small because the first year therersquos a lot of difficultiesrdquo says Rossi The season has so far been suc-cessful and produce from Grateful Acres can be found on the restaurant menu as well as at the Rittenhouse Farmers Market each Saturday

The decision to start a farm springs from Rossirsquos desire to provide the best quality food locally ldquoWe are what we eatrdquo he says explaining that he wants to both support the local economy and make sure people are eating nutrient-rich produce His dedication to this mission has been rec-ognized locally In November 2011 the restaurant received a ldquoSnail of Approvalrdquo from Slow Food Philadelphiamdasha distinction given to eateries that contribute to the quality authenticity and sustainability of the food supply in the area Rossi is already considering expansion He wants to lease a few more acres next season and is talking with an-other restaurant about potentially buying an organic farm in New Jersey Restaurateurs owning farms is an emerging trend but for Rossi his works stems from familial tradi-tion ldquoThe idea comes from my motherrdquo he says ldquoitrsquos how we grew uprdquo

Supper is located at 926 South St 215-592-8180 supperphillycom

C19 is located at 267 S 19th St 215-545-0441 c19pwhillycom

JG Domestic is located at 2929 Arch St 215-222-2363 jgdomesticcom

For a full list of Garcesrsquo restaurants visit garcesgroupcom

BLUe eLephANt FARM

gRAteFUL AcRes

Top left Mitch Prensky owner and chef at Supper with a recent harvest from Blue Elephant Farm

Bottom right Andrea Rossi owner and chef at C19 sells produce from Grateful Acres with farmer Alex Archambault at the Saturday Rittenhouse farmers market

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What amazed me most about the honey locust trees at Awbury Arbo-retum were the thorns I had imag-

ined something like rose thornsmdashsharp but proportionalmdashnot four-inch-long spikes jutting out from branches and erupting from trunks in grotesque savage clusters Surely this was over-kill The trees could fend off deer with much less

Honey locust trees can be found throughout the city but these are tame trees They have an elegant spreading canopy with small leaves that screen the sun rather than block it completely What they donrsquot have is thorns The smooth ver-sions are ldquoa genetic sport [mutation] that showed up and people liked themrdquo explains Dennis Lu-cey Awbury Arboretumrsquos landscape manager

The honey locust remains prepared to fend off long- extinct creatures by bernard brown

by bernard brownurban naturalist

foot-long seed pods as wellmdashthink string beans for giant ground sloths who would subsequently disperse their seeds Twelve thousand years ago might sound like a long time for a human but itrsquos only 60 generations or so for the trees

Honey locusts arenrsquot the only trees around us likely shaped by extinct giants Next time yoursquore passing the Bala Golf Club on Belmont Avenue look at the Osage orange trees along the fence Thorny with round green softball-sized fruit the trees donrsquot appeal to our extant native crit-ters implying extinct animals once dispersed the seeds

Of course long-lived trees tell other stories wersquove forgotten Lucey referenced some old locust trees at Awbury planted in what appears to be an arbitrary line Back in the late 1800s the line was planted to screen a small slum McNabb Town from view McNabb Town was razed more than a hundred years ago but the trees remain

bernard brown is an amateur field herper bureaucrat and founder of the PBampJ Campaign (pbjcampaignorg) a movement focused on the benefits of eating lower on the food chain

Pointing to the Past

We choose nice gentle trees for our landscaping nothing with spikes that could go clean through your hand

We like locust trees for other reasons They are tough plants that can withstand air pollu-tion road salt and compacted soilmdashall things that make urban environments a nasty place for a tree Moreover those small leaves (technically leaflets since the stem with the row of leaflets on either side is considered a ldquocompound leafrdquo) are easy to clean up in the fall

But I miss the thorns and not just for their gory potential The thorns remind us that we inhabit a world shaped by extinct creatures Irsquom not talking about dinosaurs rather extinct mam-mals that shared the Delaware Valley with its first humans at the end of the last Ice Age

It might be easy to forget that these marvel-ously giant and exotic beasts (including saber-toothed cats and ground sloths the size of el-ephants not to mention actual mammoths and mastodons) lived where we do today but the trees remember

Or at least their genes do Trees that evolved over millions of years along

with giant herbivorous mammals still bear the traits shaped by them even if theyrsquore no longer useful This is likely how honey locust trees ended up with thorns big enough to intimidate a mam-moth and is probably why they have

read more about honey locusts Osage oranges and other plants likely

shaped by extinct animals in the Ghosts of Evolu-tion by Connie Barlow (Basic Books 2002 $19)

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ldquoCountdown to (En)DangerrdquoAn exhibit featuring artistsrsquo own inter-pretations of endangered species and

the continued risks of extinction Proceeds ben-efit the World Wildlife Fund Open until Nov 7

rarr Sat Oct 13 6-9 pm free B2 Cafeacute 1500 E Passyunk Ave For more information visit facebookcomevents482540518437645

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Fall Author Series Spillover Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic

Hear from author David Quammen on the sci-ence and history of major diseases that originate in wild animals and pass to humans and what might be the next pandemic

rarr Tues Oct 16 630-830 pm free to members$5 nonmembers The Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy For more informa-tion and to register visit ansporgvisitevents

Oct18

Is Sustainable Agriculture Bad for the PlanetSustainable food writers and experts

examine questions like Does eating grass-fed livestock raise your emissions And is it worth paying extra for organic products

rarr Thurs Oct 18 6-830 pm free to members$5 nonmembers The Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy For more informa-tion and to register visit ansporgvisitevents

Oct18

Slow Food Seminar Chocolate Growers Seminar amp TastingKallari Cacao Growers Cooperative

from Ecuador will talk about their cacao farms and have a tasting of their chocolate (Fair Trade and Direct Trade)

rarr Thurs Oct 18 7-9 pm $20 Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College 4100 Walnut St For tickets visit slowfoodphillyorg

Oct19

Wall Garden WorkshopTake your gardening indoors with woolly pockets This workshop will

teach where to hang a woolly pocket what to plant and how to water

rarr Fri Oct 19 630-830 pm $40 City Planter 814 N 4th St For more information and to register visit cityplantercom

Oct20

Rose Hips and What You Make of Them Learn how to use rose hips from the

garden to make jam candy and syrup Students will take home what they make

rarr Sat Oct 20 9 am-12 pm $50 members$75 nonmembers Wyck 6026 Germantown Ave To register visit wyckorgprograms or call 215-848-1690

Oct20

Terrariums WorkshopCreate a mini-oasis at this terrarium workshop Registration includes a small

glass globe vessel soil charcoal and stones Plants will be available for purchase

rarr Sat Oct 20 12-2 pm $30 Greensgrow Farms 2501 E Cumberland St For more information and to register visit greensgroworgevents

Oct20

PASArsquos 100 Grass-fed Beef Cook OffJoin PASA as they announce the win-

ners of the Cook Off which features local chefs and farmers Philly CowShare and cookbook authorchef Aliza Green will be there and Wye-brook (open 11 am-6 pm) will have live music and food available for purchase

rarr Sat Oct 20 2-4 pm free Wyebrook Farm 150 Wyebrook Rd Honey Brook For more information visit pasafarmingorgevents

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Fall Foliage WalkEnjoy a morning walk to explore the changing hues of autumn and learn the

surprising answer to why leaves change colors

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Fall Window Box WorkshopLearn to create a fall window box thatrsquoll last through Thanksgiving Also get tips

for the best plantings watering practices and soil mixes for the fall season

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Harvest On HenryHenry Got Crops CSA hosts a fund-raiser event featuring live music local

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Backyard ChickensEver thought of keeping chickens Learn everything from choosing the

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Bringing It All Home Cultivating Sustainable Communities Frederick Kirschenmann PhD a sus-

tainability speaker writer farmer-philosopher and president of Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture will speak about developing resilient sustainable communities

rarr Sat Oct 20 1-3 pm $15$8 students Arsht Hall (University of Delaware - Wilmington Campus) 2600 Pennsylvania Ave Wilmington DE Register at historicpennfarmorg or by calling 302-655-7275

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Up Close and Personal Learn the basics of home-scaled sus-tainable and regenerative practices

including backyard chickens composting fer-mentation and more This workshop will focus on extending the growing season

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Town Square Program Plenty for the Planet Sustainable Food and a Well-Fed World

Join acclaimed writer and sustainability advocate Anna Lappeacute and local experts as they discuss the role of sustainable food systems in addressing hunger The evening includes a local food tasting

rarr Sun Oct 21 530-830 pm Program free Reception $10 members$12 nonmembers Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy For more information and to register visit ansporgvisitevents

Oct26

Terrarium ClassHave a crafty start to your weekend with this terrarium-building class

rarr Fri Oct 26 630-830 pm $50 City Planter 814 N 4th St For more information and to register visit cityplantercom

Oct27

Fermenting Sauerkraut amp Mead with David SillerDavid Siller of Cobblestone Krautery

will teach about the power of fermentation and how to make mead pickles sauerkraut and much more

rarr Sat Oct 27 12-2 pm $35 Greensgrow Community Kitchen at St Michaelrsquos Church 2139 E Cumberland St For more information and to register visit greensgroworgevents

Oct2728

Philly Bike Expo Bilenky Cycle Works hosts the third-annual Philly Bike Expomdashtwo days filled with rides seminars demonstra-tions parties a swap meet and a bicycle

fashion show

rarr Sat Oct 27-Sun Oct 28 $8-25 depending on ticket type 23rd Street Armory 22 S 23rd St For more information and tickets visit phillybikeexpocom

nOv7

Saving Americarsquos Exceptional GardensBill Noble director of preservation at

The Garden Conservancy will discuss his work overseeing rehabilitation activities at more than 100 gardens throughout the country

rarr Wed Nov 7 2-5 pm $18 members$20 nonmembers Morris Arboretum 100 E Northwestern Ave For more information visit morrisarboretumorg

nOv8

Food Politics Is the Current Food System Sustainable with Marion Nestle

Noted nutritionist and author Marion Nestle will discuss food politics and the sustainability of the current food system

rarr Thurs Nov 8 6-830 pm $15 nonmember $10 member$50 vIP reception The Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy For more information and to register visit ansporgvisitevents

nOv10

Art in the GardenMark Smith an artist and garden de-signer will discuss ways to expand

thinking about art in a garden setting in eco-nomical temporary and more permanent ways

rarr Sat Nov 10 9-11 am $10 Fairmount Park Horticultural Center N Horticultural and Montgomery Drs For more information visit extensionpsueduphiladelphiaprogramsmaster-gardener

nOv10

Worm Composting Urban Composting Made EasyStart worm composting after this work-

shop on decomposition worm anatomy and biol-ogy and how to care for a worm bin Participants will take home a bin with worms

rarr Sat Nov 10 10 am-12 pm Members $20per person $30couple Nonmembers $30person $40couple Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education 8480 Hagyrsquos Mill Rd For information visit schuylkillcenterorg

nOv7

Creating the East Coast GreenwayAndy Hamilton Mid-Atlantic Trail Co-ordinator for the East Coast Greenway

Alliance will outline how this trail system en-hances local communities and the region at large

rarr Wed Nov 7 6-9 pm free valley Green Inn valley Green Road at Wissahickon For more information and to register visit foworg

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That Wednesday morning customers wait outside for the Market to open making shop-ping strategies while sipping coffee provided by Market management While itrsquos a busy day for us at the General Store therersquos a lot more pressure on the big three the butcher baker and greengrocer Inside the market the green-grocers hurriedly stack towering mounds of collard greens the butchers ice down freshly-killed turkeys and the Pennsylvania Dutch bakers try to find room to display all their pies

At 8 am the doors open and the frenzy be-gins Couples split up to conquer the shopping list with a promised rendezvous for blueberry pancakes or croissants The line at Terminirsquos Bakery slows to a crawl and good-natured pa-trons start folding bakery boxes to help speed the process Customers move like hordes of lo-custs through the produce as workers hustle to

restock and replenish the ravaged displays The ticket machine at Godshallrsquos Poultry completes the first circuit of 001 to 100 and back again

In the midst of this harried buying and sell-ing there is a sense of collegiality Customers share and debate cooking tips and shopping secrets And despite the pressure to finish helping one customer to get to those waiting merchants make time to quickly trade family news with customers Today is part business and part family reunion

At Godshallrsquos therersquos a pause to advise a ner-vous first-time Thanksgiving hostess on cook-ing the perfect turkey ldquoCook it at 350 degrees 14 to 15 minutes a poundrdquo explains the butcher ldquoIf itrsquos stuffed you want an internal tempera-ture of 165 degrees Yoursquoll want to use a meat thermometer You can buy one down the aisle at the kitchen store Yoursquore welcome Good luckmdash

calling number 88rdquo The next day if all goes ac-cording to plan a beaming young woman will take a bow for serving a Thanksgiving master-piece and a lifelong customer will be born Itrsquos in these moments that the keys to the Reading Terminal Marketrsquos longevity can be found This exchange of money for merchandise is more than a business transactionmdashtherersquos something more personal happening

Many of todayrsquos customers first discovered the Market as children brought here by parents or grandparents They learned to endure the search for the freshest meat or ripest tomatoes in exchange for the promise of Bassetts Ice Cream On Thanksgiving they return forgo-ing the big box supermarkets for a place where food is not so much a commodity but some-onersquos life work This is reflected in the stand names Guintarsquos Meats Beilerrsquos Bakery Bas-setts Ice Cream These names werenrsquot picked because their owners lacked originality but rather as a sign of the shopkeepersrsquo pride in the foods they grow raise prepare and sell

For many Philadelphians the trip to Read-ing Terminal has become an essential part of the Thanksgiving holidaymdasha reminder that preparing and sharing food with loved ones is a sacred experience Hopefully this year will initiate a few young family members into that traditionmdashone thatrsquos existed since the Market opened in 1893 and if theyrsquore lucky includes a dish of Bassetts ice cream

michael holahan founded the Pennsylvania General Store with his wife Julie Holahan in 1987 The store sells locally made foods and crafts Visit them at the Reading Terminal Market or online at pageneralstorecom

Feeding on Tradition

Thanksgiving Eve at the Reading Terminal Market by michael holahan

As a shopkeeper in the Reading Terminal Market any busy day is a good day But after 25 years at the Pennsylvania General Store my favorite is the day before Thanksgiving The energy inside this more-

than-a-century-old public market is unlike any other time of year Thanksgiv-ing is about bringing together the people we love to share a meal and to give thanks as a merchant itrsquos a privilege to be even a small part of this occasion

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12 g r i d p h i l lyco m n ov e m b e r 2 0 12

food

Sweet TartsThree ways to enjoy delicious cranberries story and photos by marisa mcclellan

I was seven years old when I first cooked with fresh cranberries My mom had gone to a library sale and brought home a pair of books

called Cranberry Thanksgiving and Cranberry Christ-mas While I wasnrsquot particularly interested in the sto-ries inside the books I was intrigued by the recipes printed on the back

After much begging my parents relented and helped me bake a loaf of cranberry bread I loved the way the tart berries popped in the tender slightly sweet bread Since then cranberries have had a firm place in my top 10 favorite ingredients and Irsquom de-termined to show that theyrsquore good for a whole lot more than jelly and juice

Irsquom always looking for ways to use fresh cran-berries I stir them into baked goods add them to braises scatter them over roasting vegetables and even pickle them for cheese platters and cocktails They give a fatty braised pork butt a tangy fruity counterpoint The combination of roasted butternut squash and cranberries makes for a sweettart side dish And the combination of berries sugar vinegar and spices is wonderfully electric on the tongue

braised Pork butt with Cranberries and Leeks

Preheat oven to 350deg F Remove pork butt from fridge and let it come to room tempera-ture Pat away any moisture with paper tow-els and salt both sides of the meat generously Prepare the leeks by cutting off the green

tops and the root ends Slice them in half lengthwise and wash off any gritty soil Chop the leeks into narrow half moons (three leeks should yield approximately 3 cups) Place a four-quart or larger Dutch oven

over medium heat Add 2 tablespoons of olive oil Then add the leeks and 12 teaspoon salt cooking until they begin to soften and brown Using a spatula scrape the leeks to the side of the pan Turn the heat to

high Pat any remaining moisture from the meat and place it in the pan Cook for 3 to 4 minutes until that side has browned Flip the meat and repeat until it is uniformly seared (take care to tend to the leeks so they donrsquot burn) Arrange the leeks on top of the pork Add cranberries and stock Place a

tight-fitting lid on the pot and place it in the preheated oven Let the pork cook for 3 to 4 hours until itrsquos meltingly tender Shred the meat

and serve with mashed squash or sweet potatoes and braised kale

INGREDIENTS

2 pounds pork butt3 large leeks2 tbsp olive oil 1 cups cranberries2 cups chicken stock Salt and pepper

n ov e m b e r 2 0 12 g r i d p h i l lyco m 1 3

oven roasted butternut Squash and Cranberries

2 small butternut squashes (about 3 pounds)2 cups cranberries2 tbsp olive or coconut oil1 tsp of salt2 tbsp butter

Preheat oven to 350deg F Line a rimmed bak-ing sheet with parchment paper Set aside Wash butternut squash and cut it into

quarters Scrape out the seeds Arrange squash on a baking sheet and sprinkle cranberries over the squash quarters Drizzle oil over the berries and squash and using your hands rub it in so itrsquos well distributed Season with salt and place on your ovenrsquos top rack

Pickled Cranberries

Makes 3 pints2 12-ounce bags of cranberries3 cups apple cider vinegar3 cups granulated white sugar2 cinnamon sticks1 tsp allspice berries

tsp whole cloves tsp black peppercorns tsp juniper berries

Prepare a boiling water bath and three pint jars Place lids in a small saucepan of water and bring to a gentle simmer Wash cranberries and pick out any stems

or bad berries Combine vinegar and sugar in a medium

saucepan to create the brine Bring to a boil Add cinnamon sticks to the brine Place allspice berries whole cloves black

peppercorns and juniper berries in a spice bag or tie them up in cheesecloth Add them to the brine Once the brine is boiling vigorously add

the cranberries Stir to combine and cook for 5 to 7 minutes until the cranberries begin to pop and the brine has returned to a rolling boil Remove pot from heat and pull out the

spice bag and cinnamon sticks Break cinna-mon sticks in half and set aside Using a slotted spoon ladle cranberries

into prepared jars Cover berries with brine leaving 12 inch headspace Place a cinnamon stick segment into each jar Wipe jar rims apply lids and rings and

process in a boiling water bath canner for 10 minutes Remove jars from canner and place them

on a folded kitchen towel to cool When jars are cool enough to handle remove rings and check seals Any unsealed jars should be kept in the refrigerator Let jars sit for at least 24 hours before eat-

ing to allow the flavors to settle

Save any leftover brine Itrsquos essentially a fruit shrub and is delicious mixed with sparkling water

For more canning tips visit foodinjarscom

Roast for 35 to 40 minutes until the squash is fork tender and the cranberries juicy and shrunken Using a spoon scrape the butternut flesh out of its peel Combine roasted cranber-ries and tender squash in a large bowl Add butter Using a fork stir everything into a chunky mash Salt to taste

14 g r i d p h i l lyco m n ov e m b e r 2 0 12

food

Blue de Ewecheese of The monTh

ON-SITE CHEESE MAKINGGridrsquos illustrious neighbor the reading Terminal market has some exciting new occupants The new Jersey-based Valley shepherd creamery due to open in november will truck in milk three times a week allowing customers to witness their cheese-making process firsthand

Already open are the Tubby olive which sells olive oils and vinegars on tap and the head nut a coffee roaster from the main line that also offers bulk goods including dry beans nuts and candy so bring your refillable containers

For more information visit readingterminalmarketorg

Reading Terminal

Fair Food offering local bird options for this yearrsquos Thanksgiving table

Turkey time is almost here Once again Fair Food has plenty of local sustainable (and delicious) options for celebrating your holiday Choose from naturally-raised and Heirloom Bronze turkeys from Kochrsquos Turkey Farm (Tamaqua Pa) certified organic birds from Lancaster Farm Fresh (Leola Pa) and Heritage Breed Red Bourbons from Griggstown Quail Farm (Princeton NJ) If you fancy other birds Griggstown also offers capon quail goose and pheasant

These fresh (never frozen) fowl all are hormone- and antibiotic-free and raised with access to pasture Prices range from $310 to $840 per pound Pre-ordering is required and can be done through the Fair Food website (fairfoodphillyorg) The ordering deadline is Monday Nov 12 at 12 pm Turkeys will be available for pick up on November 21 and 22 the Tuesday and Wednesday before the holiday

TAlKInG TuRKEy

Itrsquos rare to find a raw sheeprsquos milk blue outside the Roquefort Caves in France But Pennsylvania can now make this claim thanks to two Amish farmers shepherd Emanuel Beiler and cheesemaker Amos Miller Beiler

who raises sheep in Lancaster County wanted to add value to his milk Miller who makes a variety of artisan cheeses at his Leola dairymdashMisty Creekmdash

likes to experiment This summer they re-leased their collaborative endeavor under the Shepherdrsquos Hollow Farm label which is dis-tributed by Farm Fromagemdashan intermediary for Amish dairy

When I tasted the first batch of Blue de Ewe available for market I was impressed Like a good Roquefort itrsquos peppery and unctuous Set a wedge on your cheese board and it be-gins to bead fat On the front end the taste is sweetly nutty like graham flourmdashit even has a slightly granular texture On the finish itrsquos earthy and spicy Since Blue de Ewe has a natural rind rather than a foil-wrapped exte-rior (like Roquefort) itrsquos drier than the French import with a texture similar to Stilton

I look forward to seeing how these unique wheels evolve over time Until winter Irsquoll be gorging on Blue de Ewe along with plum jam walnuts and plenty of malty stout mdashTenaya Darlington madamefromageblogcom

Blue de Ewe is available at Green Aisle Grocery and the Lansdowne and Upper Merion farmers markets Contact Shepherdrsquos Hollow Farm co Farm Fromage Lancaster 717-314-1373 farmfromagecom

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three philadelphia restaurateurs try their

hands at farmingstory by liz pacheco photos by neal santos

LUNA FARM

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Jose Garces and farmer Alex McCracken at Luna Farm

N OV E M b E r 2 0 12 g r i d p h i l lyco m 1 9

hef jose garces is in his outdoor kitchen making sal-morejomdasha cold Spanish soup similar to gazpacho He adds bright yellow tomatoes to the food processor along with gar-lic vinegar and baguette pieces ldquoA few years agordquo he says

ldquoI wouldrsquove made this with tomatoes from Mexicordquo This afternoon the tomatoes are from a very local sourcemdashGarcesrsquo backyard which doubles as a farm para This is the first full season for the 40-acre Luna Farm in Ottsville which is named in honor of the Garces family dog as well as the brilliant nightscapes the property offers The nearly 100 varieties of herbs and vegetables are organically grown for the Garces company res-taurantsmdashmost specifically Philadelphiarsquos JG Domestic which focuses on using local ingredients para But Garces isnrsquot the only or first Philadelphia chef to delve into farming Mitch Prensky owner and chef of Supper is in his third year working with Blue Elephant Farm in Newtown Square which grows solely for his restaurant and catering company Last Febru-ary Andrea Rossi began cultivating in Orwigsburg on his farm Grateful Acres This spring Rossi launched a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program through his restaurant C19 para For these three chefs the farms are creative challengesmdashthey require money planning and of course physical labor At their restaurants these chefs are no longer just cooking theyrsquore developing innovative models for combining the farm and the table

jose gARces garces group

For Garces the decision to start a farm happened al-most by accident While looking for a family home out-side the city he discovered that many properties included farmland ldquoWe just started thinking lsquoWow it would be great if we could ship in our own stuffrsquordquo says Garces In 2010 he purchased the property and by summer 2011 he was working with Alex McCracken to develop the land

While McCracken had never farmed on this scale before he has extensive experience gardening He and his wife live on a nearby 16-acre property and own the Turnip Truck a business that designs installs and main-tains organic gardens for homeowners When McCracken heard that Garces was looking for a farmer he sent in

his reacutesumeacute That plus a recommendation from another local grower landed him the position In this first year McCracken and Garces are experimentingmdashlooking to see what flourishes both at the farm and in the restaurants

ldquoNext year the plan is to reduce the wide variety of crops that we grow to the things that are doing the best hererdquo says McCracken ldquoThe things that the restaurants use the most of like peppersmdashwersquoll always grow peppers here Theyrsquore easy to grow All of Josersquos restaurants use a lot of themrdquo

In addition to vegetables the organic farm is grow-ing mushrooms and raising chickens and bees Garces is also considering goats either for meat or milk The farmrsquos tractor runs on biodiesel fuel from the restaurantsrsquo fryer oil which is picked up and processed by Bucks County

2 0 g r i d p h i l lyco m N OV E M b E r 2 0 12

Freedom Fuel And therersquos talk of adding solar panels to the movable chicken coop to provide energy for the green-house and the barn This winter the greenhouse will be supplemented by hoop houses which in August already had tomatoes peppers and eggplant

ldquoIrsquom growing things here Irsquove never grown beforerdquo says McCracken referring to some of the more unusual varieties of tomatoes and greens ldquoIrsquom growing things some of the chefs have never seen before Everybodyrsquos expanding their horizons and learning a lot from the processrdquo

The chefs from Garcesrsquo seven Philadelphia restaurants and the three in Atlantic City have all visited Luna ldquoThey didnrsquot realize the scale wersquore growing on or the quality that was going to be coming out hererdquo says Garces The restau-rants receive produce Tuesday and Thursday nights some of which easily work on the menu and some that require more creativity ldquoWersquore treating them like CSAs basicallyrdquo explains Garces ldquoInitially [the chefs] were placing orders and I interceded and said no you guys are getting every-thingrdquo Some menus pose greater challenges since theyrsquore concept-based but the hope is that in future seasons the farm will cater to those needs The JG Domestic restaurant

benefits most directly from the farm offering dishes with ldquoLuna Farm Eggrdquo ldquoLuna Farm Herb Pestordquo and ldquoLuna Farm Tomatillosrdquo

But for Garces the motivation to start Luna Farm comes from his passion for food not marketing potential ldquoI think as long as [the farm] remains true to that itrsquoll keep goingrdquo But hersquos also admits that therersquos significant financial risk as well ldquoItrsquos a pretty costly endeavor for sure Wersquore still trying to make sure it all balances outrdquo

Mitch pReNsky supper

mitch prensky has been working with Blue Elephant Farm since 2010 but his commitment to local fresh food is decades old ldquoIrsquove been cooking this way for 26 yearsrdquo he says citing previous trips to the Union Square Green-market in New York City to visit farm stands In 2007 he opened Supper which he describes as ldquoseasonal farm-di-rect American cuisinerdquo Yet it wasnrsquot until three years ago that Prensky learned of the term ldquofarm to tablerdquo

ldquoSomebody said to me lsquoOh yoursquore a farm-to-table res-

Jose Garces prepares a salmorejo in his outdoor kitchen at Luna Farm The cold Spanish soup is similar to a gazpacho itrsquos made from tomatoes and garnished with strawberries eggs and olives Garcesrsquo children Olivia and Andres watch their father in the kitchen and lend a hand in adding the ingredients to the blender

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taurantrsquordquo recalls Prensky ldquoItrsquos the first time Irsquove ever heard that expression So if yoursquore going to call me something at least I should know what it isrdquo Eventually Prensky con-nected with the owners of Blue Elephant Farm a privately owned 75-acre property in Newton Square At the time the owners were growing for themselves and family members Prensky started working with the estate manager Mary Butler a horticulturist to grow vegetables for Supper

ldquo[The] first season I pulled every vegetable out of the ground myselfrdquo says Prensky who works alongside Butler ldquoThere is a lot of sweat and toil involved and not a lot of [financial] returnrdquo Today the farm provides 100 percent of the produce at Supper and at the Global DishmdashPrenskyrsquos catering company Blue Elephant raises chickens sheep goats llamas horses and donkeys and there are plans to have a grass-fed beef program next year A local beekeeper has hives on the property Their greenhouse grows greens lettuces and herbs year-round and thanks to cold storage diners will see plenty of root vegetables on the winter menu This fall Prensky and Blue Elephant even canned their first line of products and preserves to be sold at Supper

With any farm there are no guarantees Prensky talks about the season when a blight kept tomatoes off the menu for a while and the creativity needed to handle an abun-dance of okra one week but none the next ldquoYou start pick-ling and preserving and then you make dishes out of itrdquo he says ldquoThatrsquos another challenge but thatrsquos a fun challenge here of writing dishes on the menurdquo

Deliveries from the farm come to Supper three times a week and Prensky makes an effort to be out in the fields at least once a week as well ldquoI always say Irsquom the luckiest chef in the worldrdquo he says explaining that having a dedicated farm for his restaurant has been a career goal ldquo[I thought] it would be great if someone could grow this stuff for us and I would know exactly what that property is doing and how theyrsquore handling the vegetables and what goes into this And thatrsquos what Irsquove been fortunate to be blessed with here with Blue Elephantrdquo

ANdReA Rossi c19

two years ago C19 (then Cichetteria 19) was already sourcing locally from Green Meadow Farm ldquoI wasnrsquot even searching for a farmer at the timerdquo admits Andrea Rossi chef and owner at C19 Then he met Alex Archambault who was delivering for Red Earth Farm to the Metropolitan Bakery across the street from the restaurant ldquoHe brought

me some tomatoes some potatoes he was growing on his own some heirloom tomatoesrdquo says Rossi ldquoThey were amazingrdquo

So Rossi expressed interest in finding space to start his own farm and Archambault mentioned there were a few acres adjacent to his backyard in Orwigsburg In 2011 Rossi officially hired Archambault to be the farmer This summer C19 offered a CSA for the farm and had four res-taurants and six individuals participate ldquoWe just wanted to start very small because the first year therersquos a lot of difficultiesrdquo says Rossi The season has so far been suc-cessful and produce from Grateful Acres can be found on the restaurant menu as well as at the Rittenhouse Farmers Market each Saturday

The decision to start a farm springs from Rossirsquos desire to provide the best quality food locally ldquoWe are what we eatrdquo he says explaining that he wants to both support the local economy and make sure people are eating nutrient-rich produce His dedication to this mission has been rec-ognized locally In November 2011 the restaurant received a ldquoSnail of Approvalrdquo from Slow Food Philadelphiamdasha distinction given to eateries that contribute to the quality authenticity and sustainability of the food supply in the area Rossi is already considering expansion He wants to lease a few more acres next season and is talking with an-other restaurant about potentially buying an organic farm in New Jersey Restaurateurs owning farms is an emerging trend but for Rossi his works stems from familial tradi-tion ldquoThe idea comes from my motherrdquo he says ldquoitrsquos how we grew uprdquo

Supper is located at 926 South St 215-592-8180 supperphillycom

C19 is located at 267 S 19th St 215-545-0441 c19pwhillycom

JG Domestic is located at 2929 Arch St 215-222-2363 jgdomesticcom

For a full list of Garcesrsquo restaurants visit garcesgroupcom

BLUe eLephANt FARM

gRAteFUL AcRes

Top left Mitch Prensky owner and chef at Supper with a recent harvest from Blue Elephant Farm

Bottom right Andrea Rossi owner and chef at C19 sells produce from Grateful Acres with farmer Alex Archambault at the Saturday Rittenhouse farmers market

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What amazed me most about the honey locust trees at Awbury Arbo-retum were the thorns I had imag-

ined something like rose thornsmdashsharp but proportionalmdashnot four-inch-long spikes jutting out from branches and erupting from trunks in grotesque savage clusters Surely this was over-kill The trees could fend off deer with much less

Honey locust trees can be found throughout the city but these are tame trees They have an elegant spreading canopy with small leaves that screen the sun rather than block it completely What they donrsquot have is thorns The smooth ver-sions are ldquoa genetic sport [mutation] that showed up and people liked themrdquo explains Dennis Lu-cey Awbury Arboretumrsquos landscape manager

The honey locust remains prepared to fend off long- extinct creatures by bernard brown

by bernard brownurban naturalist

foot-long seed pods as wellmdashthink string beans for giant ground sloths who would subsequently disperse their seeds Twelve thousand years ago might sound like a long time for a human but itrsquos only 60 generations or so for the trees

Honey locusts arenrsquot the only trees around us likely shaped by extinct giants Next time yoursquore passing the Bala Golf Club on Belmont Avenue look at the Osage orange trees along the fence Thorny with round green softball-sized fruit the trees donrsquot appeal to our extant native crit-ters implying extinct animals once dispersed the seeds

Of course long-lived trees tell other stories wersquove forgotten Lucey referenced some old locust trees at Awbury planted in what appears to be an arbitrary line Back in the late 1800s the line was planted to screen a small slum McNabb Town from view McNabb Town was razed more than a hundred years ago but the trees remain

bernard brown is an amateur field herper bureaucrat and founder of the PBampJ Campaign (pbjcampaignorg) a movement focused on the benefits of eating lower on the food chain

Pointing to the Past

We choose nice gentle trees for our landscaping nothing with spikes that could go clean through your hand

We like locust trees for other reasons They are tough plants that can withstand air pollu-tion road salt and compacted soilmdashall things that make urban environments a nasty place for a tree Moreover those small leaves (technically leaflets since the stem with the row of leaflets on either side is considered a ldquocompound leafrdquo) are easy to clean up in the fall

But I miss the thorns and not just for their gory potential The thorns remind us that we inhabit a world shaped by extinct creatures Irsquom not talking about dinosaurs rather extinct mam-mals that shared the Delaware Valley with its first humans at the end of the last Ice Age

It might be easy to forget that these marvel-ously giant and exotic beasts (including saber-toothed cats and ground sloths the size of el-ephants not to mention actual mammoths and mastodons) lived where we do today but the trees remember

Or at least their genes do Trees that evolved over millions of years along

with giant herbivorous mammals still bear the traits shaped by them even if theyrsquore no longer useful This is likely how honey locust trees ended up with thorns big enough to intimidate a mam-moth and is probably why they have

read more about honey locusts Osage oranges and other plants likely

shaped by extinct animals in the Ghosts of Evolu-tion by Connie Barlow (Basic Books 2002 $19)

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ldquoCountdown to (En)DangerrdquoAn exhibit featuring artistsrsquo own inter-pretations of endangered species and

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Is Sustainable Agriculture Bad for the PlanetSustainable food writers and experts

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Slow Food Seminar Chocolate Growers Seminar amp TastingKallari Cacao Growers Cooperative

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rarr Thurs Oct 18 7-9 pm $20 Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College 4100 Walnut St For tickets visit slowfoodphillyorg

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Wall Garden WorkshopTake your gardening indoors with woolly pockets This workshop will

teach where to hang a woolly pocket what to plant and how to water

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Rose Hips and What You Make of Them Learn how to use rose hips from the

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Terrariums WorkshopCreate a mini-oasis at this terrarium workshop Registration includes a small

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PASArsquos 100 Grass-fed Beef Cook OffJoin PASA as they announce the win-

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Fall Foliage WalkEnjoy a morning walk to explore the changing hues of autumn and learn the

surprising answer to why leaves change colors

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Fall Window Box WorkshopLearn to create a fall window box thatrsquoll last through Thanksgiving Also get tips

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Food Politics Is the Current Food System Sustainable with Marion Nestle

Noted nutritionist and author Marion Nestle will discuss food politics and the sustainability of the current food system

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thinking about art in a garden setting in eco-nomical temporary and more permanent ways

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shop on decomposition worm anatomy and biol-ogy and how to care for a worm bin Participants will take home a bin with worms

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That Wednesday morning customers wait outside for the Market to open making shop-ping strategies while sipping coffee provided by Market management While itrsquos a busy day for us at the General Store therersquos a lot more pressure on the big three the butcher baker and greengrocer Inside the market the green-grocers hurriedly stack towering mounds of collard greens the butchers ice down freshly-killed turkeys and the Pennsylvania Dutch bakers try to find room to display all their pies

At 8 am the doors open and the frenzy be-gins Couples split up to conquer the shopping list with a promised rendezvous for blueberry pancakes or croissants The line at Terminirsquos Bakery slows to a crawl and good-natured pa-trons start folding bakery boxes to help speed the process Customers move like hordes of lo-custs through the produce as workers hustle to

restock and replenish the ravaged displays The ticket machine at Godshallrsquos Poultry completes the first circuit of 001 to 100 and back again

In the midst of this harried buying and sell-ing there is a sense of collegiality Customers share and debate cooking tips and shopping secrets And despite the pressure to finish helping one customer to get to those waiting merchants make time to quickly trade family news with customers Today is part business and part family reunion

At Godshallrsquos therersquos a pause to advise a ner-vous first-time Thanksgiving hostess on cook-ing the perfect turkey ldquoCook it at 350 degrees 14 to 15 minutes a poundrdquo explains the butcher ldquoIf itrsquos stuffed you want an internal tempera-ture of 165 degrees Yoursquoll want to use a meat thermometer You can buy one down the aisle at the kitchen store Yoursquore welcome Good luckmdash

calling number 88rdquo The next day if all goes ac-cording to plan a beaming young woman will take a bow for serving a Thanksgiving master-piece and a lifelong customer will be born Itrsquos in these moments that the keys to the Reading Terminal Marketrsquos longevity can be found This exchange of money for merchandise is more than a business transactionmdashtherersquos something more personal happening

Many of todayrsquos customers first discovered the Market as children brought here by parents or grandparents They learned to endure the search for the freshest meat or ripest tomatoes in exchange for the promise of Bassetts Ice Cream On Thanksgiving they return forgo-ing the big box supermarkets for a place where food is not so much a commodity but some-onersquos life work This is reflected in the stand names Guintarsquos Meats Beilerrsquos Bakery Bas-setts Ice Cream These names werenrsquot picked because their owners lacked originality but rather as a sign of the shopkeepersrsquo pride in the foods they grow raise prepare and sell

For many Philadelphians the trip to Read-ing Terminal has become an essential part of the Thanksgiving holidaymdasha reminder that preparing and sharing food with loved ones is a sacred experience Hopefully this year will initiate a few young family members into that traditionmdashone thatrsquos existed since the Market opened in 1893 and if theyrsquore lucky includes a dish of Bassetts ice cream

michael holahan founded the Pennsylvania General Store with his wife Julie Holahan in 1987 The store sells locally made foods and crafts Visit them at the Reading Terminal Market or online at pageneralstorecom

Feeding on Tradition

Thanksgiving Eve at the Reading Terminal Market by michael holahan

As a shopkeeper in the Reading Terminal Market any busy day is a good day But after 25 years at the Pennsylvania General Store my favorite is the day before Thanksgiving The energy inside this more-

than-a-century-old public market is unlike any other time of year Thanksgiv-ing is about bringing together the people we love to share a meal and to give thanks as a merchant itrsquos a privilege to be even a small part of this occasion

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oven roasted butternut Squash and Cranberries

2 small butternut squashes (about 3 pounds)2 cups cranberries2 tbsp olive or coconut oil1 tsp of salt2 tbsp butter

Preheat oven to 350deg F Line a rimmed bak-ing sheet with parchment paper Set aside Wash butternut squash and cut it into

quarters Scrape out the seeds Arrange squash on a baking sheet and sprinkle cranberries over the squash quarters Drizzle oil over the berries and squash and using your hands rub it in so itrsquos well distributed Season with salt and place on your ovenrsquos top rack

Pickled Cranberries

Makes 3 pints2 12-ounce bags of cranberries3 cups apple cider vinegar3 cups granulated white sugar2 cinnamon sticks1 tsp allspice berries

tsp whole cloves tsp black peppercorns tsp juniper berries

Prepare a boiling water bath and three pint jars Place lids in a small saucepan of water and bring to a gentle simmer Wash cranberries and pick out any stems

or bad berries Combine vinegar and sugar in a medium

saucepan to create the brine Bring to a boil Add cinnamon sticks to the brine Place allspice berries whole cloves black

peppercorns and juniper berries in a spice bag or tie them up in cheesecloth Add them to the brine Once the brine is boiling vigorously add

the cranberries Stir to combine and cook for 5 to 7 minutes until the cranberries begin to pop and the brine has returned to a rolling boil Remove pot from heat and pull out the

spice bag and cinnamon sticks Break cinna-mon sticks in half and set aside Using a slotted spoon ladle cranberries

into prepared jars Cover berries with brine leaving 12 inch headspace Place a cinnamon stick segment into each jar Wipe jar rims apply lids and rings and

process in a boiling water bath canner for 10 minutes Remove jars from canner and place them

on a folded kitchen towel to cool When jars are cool enough to handle remove rings and check seals Any unsealed jars should be kept in the refrigerator Let jars sit for at least 24 hours before eat-

ing to allow the flavors to settle

Save any leftover brine Itrsquos essentially a fruit shrub and is delicious mixed with sparkling water

For more canning tips visit foodinjarscom

Roast for 35 to 40 minutes until the squash is fork tender and the cranberries juicy and shrunken Using a spoon scrape the butternut flesh out of its peel Combine roasted cranber-ries and tender squash in a large bowl Add butter Using a fork stir everything into a chunky mash Salt to taste

14 g r i d p h i l lyco m n ov e m b e r 2 0 12

food

Blue de Ewecheese of The monTh

ON-SITE CHEESE MAKINGGridrsquos illustrious neighbor the reading Terminal market has some exciting new occupants The new Jersey-based Valley shepherd creamery due to open in november will truck in milk three times a week allowing customers to witness their cheese-making process firsthand

Already open are the Tubby olive which sells olive oils and vinegars on tap and the head nut a coffee roaster from the main line that also offers bulk goods including dry beans nuts and candy so bring your refillable containers

For more information visit readingterminalmarketorg

Reading Terminal

Fair Food offering local bird options for this yearrsquos Thanksgiving table

Turkey time is almost here Once again Fair Food has plenty of local sustainable (and delicious) options for celebrating your holiday Choose from naturally-raised and Heirloom Bronze turkeys from Kochrsquos Turkey Farm (Tamaqua Pa) certified organic birds from Lancaster Farm Fresh (Leola Pa) and Heritage Breed Red Bourbons from Griggstown Quail Farm (Princeton NJ) If you fancy other birds Griggstown also offers capon quail goose and pheasant

These fresh (never frozen) fowl all are hormone- and antibiotic-free and raised with access to pasture Prices range from $310 to $840 per pound Pre-ordering is required and can be done through the Fair Food website (fairfoodphillyorg) The ordering deadline is Monday Nov 12 at 12 pm Turkeys will be available for pick up on November 21 and 22 the Tuesday and Wednesday before the holiday

TAlKInG TuRKEy

Itrsquos rare to find a raw sheeprsquos milk blue outside the Roquefort Caves in France But Pennsylvania can now make this claim thanks to two Amish farmers shepherd Emanuel Beiler and cheesemaker Amos Miller Beiler

who raises sheep in Lancaster County wanted to add value to his milk Miller who makes a variety of artisan cheeses at his Leola dairymdashMisty Creekmdash

likes to experiment This summer they re-leased their collaborative endeavor under the Shepherdrsquos Hollow Farm label which is dis-tributed by Farm Fromagemdashan intermediary for Amish dairy

When I tasted the first batch of Blue de Ewe available for market I was impressed Like a good Roquefort itrsquos peppery and unctuous Set a wedge on your cheese board and it be-gins to bead fat On the front end the taste is sweetly nutty like graham flourmdashit even has a slightly granular texture On the finish itrsquos earthy and spicy Since Blue de Ewe has a natural rind rather than a foil-wrapped exte-rior (like Roquefort) itrsquos drier than the French import with a texture similar to Stilton

I look forward to seeing how these unique wheels evolve over time Until winter Irsquoll be gorging on Blue de Ewe along with plum jam walnuts and plenty of malty stout mdashTenaya Darlington madamefromageblogcom

Blue de Ewe is available at Green Aisle Grocery and the Lansdowne and Upper Merion farmers markets Contact Shepherdrsquos Hollow Farm co Farm Fromage Lancaster 717-314-1373 farmfromagecom

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three philadelphia restaurateurs try their

hands at farmingstory by liz pacheco photos by neal santos

LUNA FARM

amp

Jose Garces and farmer Alex McCracken at Luna Farm

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hef jose garces is in his outdoor kitchen making sal-morejomdasha cold Spanish soup similar to gazpacho He adds bright yellow tomatoes to the food processor along with gar-lic vinegar and baguette pieces ldquoA few years agordquo he says

ldquoI wouldrsquove made this with tomatoes from Mexicordquo This afternoon the tomatoes are from a very local sourcemdashGarcesrsquo backyard which doubles as a farm para This is the first full season for the 40-acre Luna Farm in Ottsville which is named in honor of the Garces family dog as well as the brilliant nightscapes the property offers The nearly 100 varieties of herbs and vegetables are organically grown for the Garces company res-taurantsmdashmost specifically Philadelphiarsquos JG Domestic which focuses on using local ingredients para But Garces isnrsquot the only or first Philadelphia chef to delve into farming Mitch Prensky owner and chef of Supper is in his third year working with Blue Elephant Farm in Newtown Square which grows solely for his restaurant and catering company Last Febru-ary Andrea Rossi began cultivating in Orwigsburg on his farm Grateful Acres This spring Rossi launched a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program through his restaurant C19 para For these three chefs the farms are creative challengesmdashthey require money planning and of course physical labor At their restaurants these chefs are no longer just cooking theyrsquore developing innovative models for combining the farm and the table

jose gARces garces group

For Garces the decision to start a farm happened al-most by accident While looking for a family home out-side the city he discovered that many properties included farmland ldquoWe just started thinking lsquoWow it would be great if we could ship in our own stuffrsquordquo says Garces In 2010 he purchased the property and by summer 2011 he was working with Alex McCracken to develop the land

While McCracken had never farmed on this scale before he has extensive experience gardening He and his wife live on a nearby 16-acre property and own the Turnip Truck a business that designs installs and main-tains organic gardens for homeowners When McCracken heard that Garces was looking for a farmer he sent in

his reacutesumeacute That plus a recommendation from another local grower landed him the position In this first year McCracken and Garces are experimentingmdashlooking to see what flourishes both at the farm and in the restaurants

ldquoNext year the plan is to reduce the wide variety of crops that we grow to the things that are doing the best hererdquo says McCracken ldquoThe things that the restaurants use the most of like peppersmdashwersquoll always grow peppers here Theyrsquore easy to grow All of Josersquos restaurants use a lot of themrdquo

In addition to vegetables the organic farm is grow-ing mushrooms and raising chickens and bees Garces is also considering goats either for meat or milk The farmrsquos tractor runs on biodiesel fuel from the restaurantsrsquo fryer oil which is picked up and processed by Bucks County

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Freedom Fuel And therersquos talk of adding solar panels to the movable chicken coop to provide energy for the green-house and the barn This winter the greenhouse will be supplemented by hoop houses which in August already had tomatoes peppers and eggplant

ldquoIrsquom growing things here Irsquove never grown beforerdquo says McCracken referring to some of the more unusual varieties of tomatoes and greens ldquoIrsquom growing things some of the chefs have never seen before Everybodyrsquos expanding their horizons and learning a lot from the processrdquo

The chefs from Garcesrsquo seven Philadelphia restaurants and the three in Atlantic City have all visited Luna ldquoThey didnrsquot realize the scale wersquore growing on or the quality that was going to be coming out hererdquo says Garces The restau-rants receive produce Tuesday and Thursday nights some of which easily work on the menu and some that require more creativity ldquoWersquore treating them like CSAs basicallyrdquo explains Garces ldquoInitially [the chefs] were placing orders and I interceded and said no you guys are getting every-thingrdquo Some menus pose greater challenges since theyrsquore concept-based but the hope is that in future seasons the farm will cater to those needs The JG Domestic restaurant

benefits most directly from the farm offering dishes with ldquoLuna Farm Eggrdquo ldquoLuna Farm Herb Pestordquo and ldquoLuna Farm Tomatillosrdquo

But for Garces the motivation to start Luna Farm comes from his passion for food not marketing potential ldquoI think as long as [the farm] remains true to that itrsquoll keep goingrdquo But hersquos also admits that therersquos significant financial risk as well ldquoItrsquos a pretty costly endeavor for sure Wersquore still trying to make sure it all balances outrdquo

Mitch pReNsky supper

mitch prensky has been working with Blue Elephant Farm since 2010 but his commitment to local fresh food is decades old ldquoIrsquove been cooking this way for 26 yearsrdquo he says citing previous trips to the Union Square Green-market in New York City to visit farm stands In 2007 he opened Supper which he describes as ldquoseasonal farm-di-rect American cuisinerdquo Yet it wasnrsquot until three years ago that Prensky learned of the term ldquofarm to tablerdquo

ldquoSomebody said to me lsquoOh yoursquore a farm-to-table res-

Jose Garces prepares a salmorejo in his outdoor kitchen at Luna Farm The cold Spanish soup is similar to a gazpacho itrsquos made from tomatoes and garnished with strawberries eggs and olives Garcesrsquo children Olivia and Andres watch their father in the kitchen and lend a hand in adding the ingredients to the blender

The salmorejo is from Garcesrsquo newest cookbook The Latin Road Home available October 8 from Lake Isle Press For the full recipe visit gridphillycom

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taurantrsquordquo recalls Prensky ldquoItrsquos the first time Irsquove ever heard that expression So if yoursquore going to call me something at least I should know what it isrdquo Eventually Prensky con-nected with the owners of Blue Elephant Farm a privately owned 75-acre property in Newton Square At the time the owners were growing for themselves and family members Prensky started working with the estate manager Mary Butler a horticulturist to grow vegetables for Supper

ldquo[The] first season I pulled every vegetable out of the ground myselfrdquo says Prensky who works alongside Butler ldquoThere is a lot of sweat and toil involved and not a lot of [financial] returnrdquo Today the farm provides 100 percent of the produce at Supper and at the Global DishmdashPrenskyrsquos catering company Blue Elephant raises chickens sheep goats llamas horses and donkeys and there are plans to have a grass-fed beef program next year A local beekeeper has hives on the property Their greenhouse grows greens lettuces and herbs year-round and thanks to cold storage diners will see plenty of root vegetables on the winter menu This fall Prensky and Blue Elephant even canned their first line of products and preserves to be sold at Supper

With any farm there are no guarantees Prensky talks about the season when a blight kept tomatoes off the menu for a while and the creativity needed to handle an abun-dance of okra one week but none the next ldquoYou start pick-ling and preserving and then you make dishes out of itrdquo he says ldquoThatrsquos another challenge but thatrsquos a fun challenge here of writing dishes on the menurdquo

Deliveries from the farm come to Supper three times a week and Prensky makes an effort to be out in the fields at least once a week as well ldquoI always say Irsquom the luckiest chef in the worldrdquo he says explaining that having a dedicated farm for his restaurant has been a career goal ldquo[I thought] it would be great if someone could grow this stuff for us and I would know exactly what that property is doing and how theyrsquore handling the vegetables and what goes into this And thatrsquos what Irsquove been fortunate to be blessed with here with Blue Elephantrdquo

ANdReA Rossi c19

two years ago C19 (then Cichetteria 19) was already sourcing locally from Green Meadow Farm ldquoI wasnrsquot even searching for a farmer at the timerdquo admits Andrea Rossi chef and owner at C19 Then he met Alex Archambault who was delivering for Red Earth Farm to the Metropolitan Bakery across the street from the restaurant ldquoHe brought

me some tomatoes some potatoes he was growing on his own some heirloom tomatoesrdquo says Rossi ldquoThey were amazingrdquo

So Rossi expressed interest in finding space to start his own farm and Archambault mentioned there were a few acres adjacent to his backyard in Orwigsburg In 2011 Rossi officially hired Archambault to be the farmer This summer C19 offered a CSA for the farm and had four res-taurants and six individuals participate ldquoWe just wanted to start very small because the first year therersquos a lot of difficultiesrdquo says Rossi The season has so far been suc-cessful and produce from Grateful Acres can be found on the restaurant menu as well as at the Rittenhouse Farmers Market each Saturday

The decision to start a farm springs from Rossirsquos desire to provide the best quality food locally ldquoWe are what we eatrdquo he says explaining that he wants to both support the local economy and make sure people are eating nutrient-rich produce His dedication to this mission has been rec-ognized locally In November 2011 the restaurant received a ldquoSnail of Approvalrdquo from Slow Food Philadelphiamdasha distinction given to eateries that contribute to the quality authenticity and sustainability of the food supply in the area Rossi is already considering expansion He wants to lease a few more acres next season and is talking with an-other restaurant about potentially buying an organic farm in New Jersey Restaurateurs owning farms is an emerging trend but for Rossi his works stems from familial tradi-tion ldquoThe idea comes from my motherrdquo he says ldquoitrsquos how we grew uprdquo

Supper is located at 926 South St 215-592-8180 supperphillycom

C19 is located at 267 S 19th St 215-545-0441 c19pwhillycom

JG Domestic is located at 2929 Arch St 215-222-2363 jgdomesticcom

For a full list of Garcesrsquo restaurants visit garcesgroupcom

BLUe eLephANt FARM

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Top left Mitch Prensky owner and chef at Supper with a recent harvest from Blue Elephant Farm

Bottom right Andrea Rossi owner and chef at C19 sells produce from Grateful Acres with farmer Alex Archambault at the Saturday Rittenhouse farmers market

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What amazed me most about the honey locust trees at Awbury Arbo-retum were the thorns I had imag-

ined something like rose thornsmdashsharp but proportionalmdashnot four-inch-long spikes jutting out from branches and erupting from trunks in grotesque savage clusters Surely this was over-kill The trees could fend off deer with much less

Honey locust trees can be found throughout the city but these are tame trees They have an elegant spreading canopy with small leaves that screen the sun rather than block it completely What they donrsquot have is thorns The smooth ver-sions are ldquoa genetic sport [mutation] that showed up and people liked themrdquo explains Dennis Lu-cey Awbury Arboretumrsquos landscape manager

The honey locust remains prepared to fend off long- extinct creatures by bernard brown

by bernard brownurban naturalist

foot-long seed pods as wellmdashthink string beans for giant ground sloths who would subsequently disperse their seeds Twelve thousand years ago might sound like a long time for a human but itrsquos only 60 generations or so for the trees

Honey locusts arenrsquot the only trees around us likely shaped by extinct giants Next time yoursquore passing the Bala Golf Club on Belmont Avenue look at the Osage orange trees along the fence Thorny with round green softball-sized fruit the trees donrsquot appeal to our extant native crit-ters implying extinct animals once dispersed the seeds

Of course long-lived trees tell other stories wersquove forgotten Lucey referenced some old locust trees at Awbury planted in what appears to be an arbitrary line Back in the late 1800s the line was planted to screen a small slum McNabb Town from view McNabb Town was razed more than a hundred years ago but the trees remain

bernard brown is an amateur field herper bureaucrat and founder of the PBampJ Campaign (pbjcampaignorg) a movement focused on the benefits of eating lower on the food chain

Pointing to the Past

We choose nice gentle trees for our landscaping nothing with spikes that could go clean through your hand

We like locust trees for other reasons They are tough plants that can withstand air pollu-tion road salt and compacted soilmdashall things that make urban environments a nasty place for a tree Moreover those small leaves (technically leaflets since the stem with the row of leaflets on either side is considered a ldquocompound leafrdquo) are easy to clean up in the fall

But I miss the thorns and not just for their gory potential The thorns remind us that we inhabit a world shaped by extinct creatures Irsquom not talking about dinosaurs rather extinct mam-mals that shared the Delaware Valley with its first humans at the end of the last Ice Age

It might be easy to forget that these marvel-ously giant and exotic beasts (including saber-toothed cats and ground sloths the size of el-ephants not to mention actual mammoths and mastodons) lived where we do today but the trees remember

Or at least their genes do Trees that evolved over millions of years along

with giant herbivorous mammals still bear the traits shaped by them even if theyrsquore no longer useful This is likely how honey locust trees ended up with thorns big enough to intimidate a mam-moth and is probably why they have

read more about honey locusts Osage oranges and other plants likely

shaped by extinct animals in the Ghosts of Evolu-tion by Connie Barlow (Basic Books 2002 $19)

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ldquoCountdown to (En)DangerrdquoAn exhibit featuring artistsrsquo own inter-pretations of endangered species and

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Is Sustainable Agriculture Bad for the PlanetSustainable food writers and experts

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Slow Food Seminar Chocolate Growers Seminar amp TastingKallari Cacao Growers Cooperative

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rarr Thurs Oct 18 7-9 pm $20 Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College 4100 Walnut St For tickets visit slowfoodphillyorg

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Wall Garden WorkshopTake your gardening indoors with woolly pockets This workshop will

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Rose Hips and What You Make of Them Learn how to use rose hips from the

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Terrarium ClassHave a crafty start to your weekend with this terrarium-building class

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Food Politics Is the Current Food System Sustainable with Marion Nestle

Noted nutritionist and author Marion Nestle will discuss food politics and the sustainability of the current food system

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That Wednesday morning customers wait outside for the Market to open making shop-ping strategies while sipping coffee provided by Market management While itrsquos a busy day for us at the General Store therersquos a lot more pressure on the big three the butcher baker and greengrocer Inside the market the green-grocers hurriedly stack towering mounds of collard greens the butchers ice down freshly-killed turkeys and the Pennsylvania Dutch bakers try to find room to display all their pies

At 8 am the doors open and the frenzy be-gins Couples split up to conquer the shopping list with a promised rendezvous for blueberry pancakes or croissants The line at Terminirsquos Bakery slows to a crawl and good-natured pa-trons start folding bakery boxes to help speed the process Customers move like hordes of lo-custs through the produce as workers hustle to

restock and replenish the ravaged displays The ticket machine at Godshallrsquos Poultry completes the first circuit of 001 to 100 and back again

In the midst of this harried buying and sell-ing there is a sense of collegiality Customers share and debate cooking tips and shopping secrets And despite the pressure to finish helping one customer to get to those waiting merchants make time to quickly trade family news with customers Today is part business and part family reunion

At Godshallrsquos therersquos a pause to advise a ner-vous first-time Thanksgiving hostess on cook-ing the perfect turkey ldquoCook it at 350 degrees 14 to 15 minutes a poundrdquo explains the butcher ldquoIf itrsquos stuffed you want an internal tempera-ture of 165 degrees Yoursquoll want to use a meat thermometer You can buy one down the aisle at the kitchen store Yoursquore welcome Good luckmdash

calling number 88rdquo The next day if all goes ac-cording to plan a beaming young woman will take a bow for serving a Thanksgiving master-piece and a lifelong customer will be born Itrsquos in these moments that the keys to the Reading Terminal Marketrsquos longevity can be found This exchange of money for merchandise is more than a business transactionmdashtherersquos something more personal happening

Many of todayrsquos customers first discovered the Market as children brought here by parents or grandparents They learned to endure the search for the freshest meat or ripest tomatoes in exchange for the promise of Bassetts Ice Cream On Thanksgiving they return forgo-ing the big box supermarkets for a place where food is not so much a commodity but some-onersquos life work This is reflected in the stand names Guintarsquos Meats Beilerrsquos Bakery Bas-setts Ice Cream These names werenrsquot picked because their owners lacked originality but rather as a sign of the shopkeepersrsquo pride in the foods they grow raise prepare and sell

For many Philadelphians the trip to Read-ing Terminal has become an essential part of the Thanksgiving holidaymdasha reminder that preparing and sharing food with loved ones is a sacred experience Hopefully this year will initiate a few young family members into that traditionmdashone thatrsquos existed since the Market opened in 1893 and if theyrsquore lucky includes a dish of Bassetts ice cream

michael holahan founded the Pennsylvania General Store with his wife Julie Holahan in 1987 The store sells locally made foods and crafts Visit them at the Reading Terminal Market or online at pageneralstorecom

Feeding on Tradition

Thanksgiving Eve at the Reading Terminal Market by michael holahan

As a shopkeeper in the Reading Terminal Market any busy day is a good day But after 25 years at the Pennsylvania General Store my favorite is the day before Thanksgiving The energy inside this more-

than-a-century-old public market is unlike any other time of year Thanksgiv-ing is about bringing together the people we love to share a meal and to give thanks as a merchant itrsquos a privilege to be even a small part of this occasion

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food

Blue de Ewecheese of The monTh

ON-SITE CHEESE MAKINGGridrsquos illustrious neighbor the reading Terminal market has some exciting new occupants The new Jersey-based Valley shepherd creamery due to open in november will truck in milk three times a week allowing customers to witness their cheese-making process firsthand

Already open are the Tubby olive which sells olive oils and vinegars on tap and the head nut a coffee roaster from the main line that also offers bulk goods including dry beans nuts and candy so bring your refillable containers

For more information visit readingterminalmarketorg

Reading Terminal

Fair Food offering local bird options for this yearrsquos Thanksgiving table

Turkey time is almost here Once again Fair Food has plenty of local sustainable (and delicious) options for celebrating your holiday Choose from naturally-raised and Heirloom Bronze turkeys from Kochrsquos Turkey Farm (Tamaqua Pa) certified organic birds from Lancaster Farm Fresh (Leola Pa) and Heritage Breed Red Bourbons from Griggstown Quail Farm (Princeton NJ) If you fancy other birds Griggstown also offers capon quail goose and pheasant

These fresh (never frozen) fowl all are hormone- and antibiotic-free and raised with access to pasture Prices range from $310 to $840 per pound Pre-ordering is required and can be done through the Fair Food website (fairfoodphillyorg) The ordering deadline is Monday Nov 12 at 12 pm Turkeys will be available for pick up on November 21 and 22 the Tuesday and Wednesday before the holiday

TAlKInG TuRKEy

Itrsquos rare to find a raw sheeprsquos milk blue outside the Roquefort Caves in France But Pennsylvania can now make this claim thanks to two Amish farmers shepherd Emanuel Beiler and cheesemaker Amos Miller Beiler

who raises sheep in Lancaster County wanted to add value to his milk Miller who makes a variety of artisan cheeses at his Leola dairymdashMisty Creekmdash

likes to experiment This summer they re-leased their collaborative endeavor under the Shepherdrsquos Hollow Farm label which is dis-tributed by Farm Fromagemdashan intermediary for Amish dairy

When I tasted the first batch of Blue de Ewe available for market I was impressed Like a good Roquefort itrsquos peppery and unctuous Set a wedge on your cheese board and it be-gins to bead fat On the front end the taste is sweetly nutty like graham flourmdashit even has a slightly granular texture On the finish itrsquos earthy and spicy Since Blue de Ewe has a natural rind rather than a foil-wrapped exte-rior (like Roquefort) itrsquos drier than the French import with a texture similar to Stilton

I look forward to seeing how these unique wheels evolve over time Until winter Irsquoll be gorging on Blue de Ewe along with plum jam walnuts and plenty of malty stout mdashTenaya Darlington madamefromageblogcom

Blue de Ewe is available at Green Aisle Grocery and the Lansdowne and Upper Merion farmers markets Contact Shepherdrsquos Hollow Farm co Farm Fromage Lancaster 717-314-1373 farmfromagecom

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three philadelphia restaurateurs try their

hands at farmingstory by liz pacheco photos by neal santos

LUNA FARM

amp

Jose Garces and farmer Alex McCracken at Luna Farm

N OV E M b E r 2 0 12 g r i d p h i l lyco m 1 9

hef jose garces is in his outdoor kitchen making sal-morejomdasha cold Spanish soup similar to gazpacho He adds bright yellow tomatoes to the food processor along with gar-lic vinegar and baguette pieces ldquoA few years agordquo he says

ldquoI wouldrsquove made this with tomatoes from Mexicordquo This afternoon the tomatoes are from a very local sourcemdashGarcesrsquo backyard which doubles as a farm para This is the first full season for the 40-acre Luna Farm in Ottsville which is named in honor of the Garces family dog as well as the brilliant nightscapes the property offers The nearly 100 varieties of herbs and vegetables are organically grown for the Garces company res-taurantsmdashmost specifically Philadelphiarsquos JG Domestic which focuses on using local ingredients para But Garces isnrsquot the only or first Philadelphia chef to delve into farming Mitch Prensky owner and chef of Supper is in his third year working with Blue Elephant Farm in Newtown Square which grows solely for his restaurant and catering company Last Febru-ary Andrea Rossi began cultivating in Orwigsburg on his farm Grateful Acres This spring Rossi launched a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program through his restaurant C19 para For these three chefs the farms are creative challengesmdashthey require money planning and of course physical labor At their restaurants these chefs are no longer just cooking theyrsquore developing innovative models for combining the farm and the table

jose gARces garces group

For Garces the decision to start a farm happened al-most by accident While looking for a family home out-side the city he discovered that many properties included farmland ldquoWe just started thinking lsquoWow it would be great if we could ship in our own stuffrsquordquo says Garces In 2010 he purchased the property and by summer 2011 he was working with Alex McCracken to develop the land

While McCracken had never farmed on this scale before he has extensive experience gardening He and his wife live on a nearby 16-acre property and own the Turnip Truck a business that designs installs and main-tains organic gardens for homeowners When McCracken heard that Garces was looking for a farmer he sent in

his reacutesumeacute That plus a recommendation from another local grower landed him the position In this first year McCracken and Garces are experimentingmdashlooking to see what flourishes both at the farm and in the restaurants

ldquoNext year the plan is to reduce the wide variety of crops that we grow to the things that are doing the best hererdquo says McCracken ldquoThe things that the restaurants use the most of like peppersmdashwersquoll always grow peppers here Theyrsquore easy to grow All of Josersquos restaurants use a lot of themrdquo

In addition to vegetables the organic farm is grow-ing mushrooms and raising chickens and bees Garces is also considering goats either for meat or milk The farmrsquos tractor runs on biodiesel fuel from the restaurantsrsquo fryer oil which is picked up and processed by Bucks County

2 0 g r i d p h i l lyco m N OV E M b E r 2 0 12

Freedom Fuel And therersquos talk of adding solar panels to the movable chicken coop to provide energy for the green-house and the barn This winter the greenhouse will be supplemented by hoop houses which in August already had tomatoes peppers and eggplant

ldquoIrsquom growing things here Irsquove never grown beforerdquo says McCracken referring to some of the more unusual varieties of tomatoes and greens ldquoIrsquom growing things some of the chefs have never seen before Everybodyrsquos expanding their horizons and learning a lot from the processrdquo

The chefs from Garcesrsquo seven Philadelphia restaurants and the three in Atlantic City have all visited Luna ldquoThey didnrsquot realize the scale wersquore growing on or the quality that was going to be coming out hererdquo says Garces The restau-rants receive produce Tuesday and Thursday nights some of which easily work on the menu and some that require more creativity ldquoWersquore treating them like CSAs basicallyrdquo explains Garces ldquoInitially [the chefs] were placing orders and I interceded and said no you guys are getting every-thingrdquo Some menus pose greater challenges since theyrsquore concept-based but the hope is that in future seasons the farm will cater to those needs The JG Domestic restaurant

benefits most directly from the farm offering dishes with ldquoLuna Farm Eggrdquo ldquoLuna Farm Herb Pestordquo and ldquoLuna Farm Tomatillosrdquo

But for Garces the motivation to start Luna Farm comes from his passion for food not marketing potential ldquoI think as long as [the farm] remains true to that itrsquoll keep goingrdquo But hersquos also admits that therersquos significant financial risk as well ldquoItrsquos a pretty costly endeavor for sure Wersquore still trying to make sure it all balances outrdquo

Mitch pReNsky supper

mitch prensky has been working with Blue Elephant Farm since 2010 but his commitment to local fresh food is decades old ldquoIrsquove been cooking this way for 26 yearsrdquo he says citing previous trips to the Union Square Green-market in New York City to visit farm stands In 2007 he opened Supper which he describes as ldquoseasonal farm-di-rect American cuisinerdquo Yet it wasnrsquot until three years ago that Prensky learned of the term ldquofarm to tablerdquo

ldquoSomebody said to me lsquoOh yoursquore a farm-to-table res-

Jose Garces prepares a salmorejo in his outdoor kitchen at Luna Farm The cold Spanish soup is similar to a gazpacho itrsquos made from tomatoes and garnished with strawberries eggs and olives Garcesrsquo children Olivia and Andres watch their father in the kitchen and lend a hand in adding the ingredients to the blender

The salmorejo is from Garcesrsquo newest cookbook The Latin Road Home available October 8 from Lake Isle Press For the full recipe visit gridphillycom

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taurantrsquordquo recalls Prensky ldquoItrsquos the first time Irsquove ever heard that expression So if yoursquore going to call me something at least I should know what it isrdquo Eventually Prensky con-nected with the owners of Blue Elephant Farm a privately owned 75-acre property in Newton Square At the time the owners were growing for themselves and family members Prensky started working with the estate manager Mary Butler a horticulturist to grow vegetables for Supper

ldquo[The] first season I pulled every vegetable out of the ground myselfrdquo says Prensky who works alongside Butler ldquoThere is a lot of sweat and toil involved and not a lot of [financial] returnrdquo Today the farm provides 100 percent of the produce at Supper and at the Global DishmdashPrenskyrsquos catering company Blue Elephant raises chickens sheep goats llamas horses and donkeys and there are plans to have a grass-fed beef program next year A local beekeeper has hives on the property Their greenhouse grows greens lettuces and herbs year-round and thanks to cold storage diners will see plenty of root vegetables on the winter menu This fall Prensky and Blue Elephant even canned their first line of products and preserves to be sold at Supper

With any farm there are no guarantees Prensky talks about the season when a blight kept tomatoes off the menu for a while and the creativity needed to handle an abun-dance of okra one week but none the next ldquoYou start pick-ling and preserving and then you make dishes out of itrdquo he says ldquoThatrsquos another challenge but thatrsquos a fun challenge here of writing dishes on the menurdquo

Deliveries from the farm come to Supper three times a week and Prensky makes an effort to be out in the fields at least once a week as well ldquoI always say Irsquom the luckiest chef in the worldrdquo he says explaining that having a dedicated farm for his restaurant has been a career goal ldquo[I thought] it would be great if someone could grow this stuff for us and I would know exactly what that property is doing and how theyrsquore handling the vegetables and what goes into this And thatrsquos what Irsquove been fortunate to be blessed with here with Blue Elephantrdquo

ANdReA Rossi c19

two years ago C19 (then Cichetteria 19) was already sourcing locally from Green Meadow Farm ldquoI wasnrsquot even searching for a farmer at the timerdquo admits Andrea Rossi chef and owner at C19 Then he met Alex Archambault who was delivering for Red Earth Farm to the Metropolitan Bakery across the street from the restaurant ldquoHe brought

me some tomatoes some potatoes he was growing on his own some heirloom tomatoesrdquo says Rossi ldquoThey were amazingrdquo

So Rossi expressed interest in finding space to start his own farm and Archambault mentioned there were a few acres adjacent to his backyard in Orwigsburg In 2011 Rossi officially hired Archambault to be the farmer This summer C19 offered a CSA for the farm and had four res-taurants and six individuals participate ldquoWe just wanted to start very small because the first year therersquos a lot of difficultiesrdquo says Rossi The season has so far been suc-cessful and produce from Grateful Acres can be found on the restaurant menu as well as at the Rittenhouse Farmers Market each Saturday

The decision to start a farm springs from Rossirsquos desire to provide the best quality food locally ldquoWe are what we eatrdquo he says explaining that he wants to both support the local economy and make sure people are eating nutrient-rich produce His dedication to this mission has been rec-ognized locally In November 2011 the restaurant received a ldquoSnail of Approvalrdquo from Slow Food Philadelphiamdasha distinction given to eateries that contribute to the quality authenticity and sustainability of the food supply in the area Rossi is already considering expansion He wants to lease a few more acres next season and is talking with an-other restaurant about potentially buying an organic farm in New Jersey Restaurateurs owning farms is an emerging trend but for Rossi his works stems from familial tradi-tion ldquoThe idea comes from my motherrdquo he says ldquoitrsquos how we grew uprdquo

Supper is located at 926 South St 215-592-8180 supperphillycom

C19 is located at 267 S 19th St 215-545-0441 c19pwhillycom

JG Domestic is located at 2929 Arch St 215-222-2363 jgdomesticcom

For a full list of Garcesrsquo restaurants visit garcesgroupcom

BLUe eLephANt FARM

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Top left Mitch Prensky owner and chef at Supper with a recent harvest from Blue Elephant Farm

Bottom right Andrea Rossi owner and chef at C19 sells produce from Grateful Acres with farmer Alex Archambault at the Saturday Rittenhouse farmers market

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What amazed me most about the honey locust trees at Awbury Arbo-retum were the thorns I had imag-

ined something like rose thornsmdashsharp but proportionalmdashnot four-inch-long spikes jutting out from branches and erupting from trunks in grotesque savage clusters Surely this was over-kill The trees could fend off deer with much less

Honey locust trees can be found throughout the city but these are tame trees They have an elegant spreading canopy with small leaves that screen the sun rather than block it completely What they donrsquot have is thorns The smooth ver-sions are ldquoa genetic sport [mutation] that showed up and people liked themrdquo explains Dennis Lu-cey Awbury Arboretumrsquos landscape manager

The honey locust remains prepared to fend off long- extinct creatures by bernard brown

by bernard brownurban naturalist

foot-long seed pods as wellmdashthink string beans for giant ground sloths who would subsequently disperse their seeds Twelve thousand years ago might sound like a long time for a human but itrsquos only 60 generations or so for the trees

Honey locusts arenrsquot the only trees around us likely shaped by extinct giants Next time yoursquore passing the Bala Golf Club on Belmont Avenue look at the Osage orange trees along the fence Thorny with round green softball-sized fruit the trees donrsquot appeal to our extant native crit-ters implying extinct animals once dispersed the seeds

Of course long-lived trees tell other stories wersquove forgotten Lucey referenced some old locust trees at Awbury planted in what appears to be an arbitrary line Back in the late 1800s the line was planted to screen a small slum McNabb Town from view McNabb Town was razed more than a hundred years ago but the trees remain

bernard brown is an amateur field herper bureaucrat and founder of the PBampJ Campaign (pbjcampaignorg) a movement focused on the benefits of eating lower on the food chain

Pointing to the Past

We choose nice gentle trees for our landscaping nothing with spikes that could go clean through your hand

We like locust trees for other reasons They are tough plants that can withstand air pollu-tion road salt and compacted soilmdashall things that make urban environments a nasty place for a tree Moreover those small leaves (technically leaflets since the stem with the row of leaflets on either side is considered a ldquocompound leafrdquo) are easy to clean up in the fall

But I miss the thorns and not just for their gory potential The thorns remind us that we inhabit a world shaped by extinct creatures Irsquom not talking about dinosaurs rather extinct mam-mals that shared the Delaware Valley with its first humans at the end of the last Ice Age

It might be easy to forget that these marvel-ously giant and exotic beasts (including saber-toothed cats and ground sloths the size of el-ephants not to mention actual mammoths and mastodons) lived where we do today but the trees remember

Or at least their genes do Trees that evolved over millions of years along

with giant herbivorous mammals still bear the traits shaped by them even if theyrsquore no longer useful This is likely how honey locust trees ended up with thorns big enough to intimidate a mam-moth and is probably why they have

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ldquoCountdown to (En)DangerrdquoAn exhibit featuring artistsrsquo own inter-pretations of endangered species and

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Fall Author Series Spillover Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic

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Is Sustainable Agriculture Bad for the PlanetSustainable food writers and experts

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Slow Food Seminar Chocolate Growers Seminar amp TastingKallari Cacao Growers Cooperative

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Wall Garden WorkshopTake your gardening indoors with woolly pockets This workshop will

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Rose Hips and What You Make of Them Learn how to use rose hips from the

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Terrariums WorkshopCreate a mini-oasis at this terrarium workshop Registration includes a small

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PASArsquos 100 Grass-fed Beef Cook OffJoin PASA as they announce the win-

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Fall Foliage WalkEnjoy a morning walk to explore the changing hues of autumn and learn the

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Fall Window Box WorkshopLearn to create a fall window box thatrsquoll last through Thanksgiving Also get tips

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Up Close and Personal Learn the basics of home-scaled sus-tainable and regenerative practices

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Town Square Program Plenty for the Planet Sustainable Food and a Well-Fed World

Join acclaimed writer and sustainability advocate Anna Lappeacute and local experts as they discuss the role of sustainable food systems in addressing hunger The evening includes a local food tasting

rarr Sun Oct 21 530-830 pm Program free Reception $10 members$12 nonmembers Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy For more information and to register visit ansporgvisitevents

Oct26

Terrarium ClassHave a crafty start to your weekend with this terrarium-building class

rarr Fri Oct 26 630-830 pm $50 City Planter 814 N 4th St For more information and to register visit cityplantercom

Oct27

Fermenting Sauerkraut amp Mead with David SillerDavid Siller of Cobblestone Krautery

will teach about the power of fermentation and how to make mead pickles sauerkraut and much more

rarr Sat Oct 27 12-2 pm $35 Greensgrow Community Kitchen at St Michaelrsquos Church 2139 E Cumberland St For more information and to register visit greensgroworgevents

Oct2728

Philly Bike Expo Bilenky Cycle Works hosts the third-annual Philly Bike Expomdashtwo days filled with rides seminars demonstra-tions parties a swap meet and a bicycle

fashion show

rarr Sat Oct 27-Sun Oct 28 $8-25 depending on ticket type 23rd Street Armory 22 S 23rd St For more information and tickets visit phillybikeexpocom

nOv7

Saving Americarsquos Exceptional GardensBill Noble director of preservation at

The Garden Conservancy will discuss his work overseeing rehabilitation activities at more than 100 gardens throughout the country

rarr Wed Nov 7 2-5 pm $18 members$20 nonmembers Morris Arboretum 100 E Northwestern Ave For more information visit morrisarboretumorg

nOv8

Food Politics Is the Current Food System Sustainable with Marion Nestle

Noted nutritionist and author Marion Nestle will discuss food politics and the sustainability of the current food system

rarr Thurs Nov 8 6-830 pm $15 nonmember $10 member$50 vIP reception The Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy For more information and to register visit ansporgvisitevents

nOv10

Art in the GardenMark Smith an artist and garden de-signer will discuss ways to expand

thinking about art in a garden setting in eco-nomical temporary and more permanent ways

rarr Sat Nov 10 9-11 am $10 Fairmount Park Horticultural Center N Horticultural and Montgomery Drs For more information visit extensionpsueduphiladelphiaprogramsmaster-gardener

nOv10

Worm Composting Urban Composting Made EasyStart worm composting after this work-

shop on decomposition worm anatomy and biol-ogy and how to care for a worm bin Participants will take home a bin with worms

rarr Sat Nov 10 10 am-12 pm Members $20per person $30couple Nonmembers $30person $40couple Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education 8480 Hagyrsquos Mill Rd For information visit schuylkillcenterorg

nOv7

Creating the East Coast GreenwayAndy Hamilton Mid-Atlantic Trail Co-ordinator for the East Coast Greenway

Alliance will outline how this trail system en-hances local communities and the region at large

rarr Wed Nov 7 6-9 pm free valley Green Inn valley Green Road at Wissahickon For more information and to register visit foworg

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That Wednesday morning customers wait outside for the Market to open making shop-ping strategies while sipping coffee provided by Market management While itrsquos a busy day for us at the General Store therersquos a lot more pressure on the big three the butcher baker and greengrocer Inside the market the green-grocers hurriedly stack towering mounds of collard greens the butchers ice down freshly-killed turkeys and the Pennsylvania Dutch bakers try to find room to display all their pies

At 8 am the doors open and the frenzy be-gins Couples split up to conquer the shopping list with a promised rendezvous for blueberry pancakes or croissants The line at Terminirsquos Bakery slows to a crawl and good-natured pa-trons start folding bakery boxes to help speed the process Customers move like hordes of lo-custs through the produce as workers hustle to

restock and replenish the ravaged displays The ticket machine at Godshallrsquos Poultry completes the first circuit of 001 to 100 and back again

In the midst of this harried buying and sell-ing there is a sense of collegiality Customers share and debate cooking tips and shopping secrets And despite the pressure to finish helping one customer to get to those waiting merchants make time to quickly trade family news with customers Today is part business and part family reunion

At Godshallrsquos therersquos a pause to advise a ner-vous first-time Thanksgiving hostess on cook-ing the perfect turkey ldquoCook it at 350 degrees 14 to 15 minutes a poundrdquo explains the butcher ldquoIf itrsquos stuffed you want an internal tempera-ture of 165 degrees Yoursquoll want to use a meat thermometer You can buy one down the aisle at the kitchen store Yoursquore welcome Good luckmdash

calling number 88rdquo The next day if all goes ac-cording to plan a beaming young woman will take a bow for serving a Thanksgiving master-piece and a lifelong customer will be born Itrsquos in these moments that the keys to the Reading Terminal Marketrsquos longevity can be found This exchange of money for merchandise is more than a business transactionmdashtherersquos something more personal happening

Many of todayrsquos customers first discovered the Market as children brought here by parents or grandparents They learned to endure the search for the freshest meat or ripest tomatoes in exchange for the promise of Bassetts Ice Cream On Thanksgiving they return forgo-ing the big box supermarkets for a place where food is not so much a commodity but some-onersquos life work This is reflected in the stand names Guintarsquos Meats Beilerrsquos Bakery Bas-setts Ice Cream These names werenrsquot picked because their owners lacked originality but rather as a sign of the shopkeepersrsquo pride in the foods they grow raise prepare and sell

For many Philadelphians the trip to Read-ing Terminal has become an essential part of the Thanksgiving holidaymdasha reminder that preparing and sharing food with loved ones is a sacred experience Hopefully this year will initiate a few young family members into that traditionmdashone thatrsquos existed since the Market opened in 1893 and if theyrsquore lucky includes a dish of Bassetts ice cream

michael holahan founded the Pennsylvania General Store with his wife Julie Holahan in 1987 The store sells locally made foods and crafts Visit them at the Reading Terminal Market or online at pageneralstorecom

Feeding on Tradition

Thanksgiving Eve at the Reading Terminal Market by michael holahan

As a shopkeeper in the Reading Terminal Market any busy day is a good day But after 25 years at the Pennsylvania General Store my favorite is the day before Thanksgiving The energy inside this more-

than-a-century-old public market is unlike any other time of year Thanksgiv-ing is about bringing together the people we love to share a meal and to give thanks as a merchant itrsquos a privilege to be even a small part of this occasion

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three philadelphia restaurateurs try their

hands at farmingstory by liz pacheco photos by neal santos

LUNA FARM

amp

Jose Garces and farmer Alex McCracken at Luna Farm

N OV E M b E r 2 0 12 g r i d p h i l lyco m 1 9

hef jose garces is in his outdoor kitchen making sal-morejomdasha cold Spanish soup similar to gazpacho He adds bright yellow tomatoes to the food processor along with gar-lic vinegar and baguette pieces ldquoA few years agordquo he says

ldquoI wouldrsquove made this with tomatoes from Mexicordquo This afternoon the tomatoes are from a very local sourcemdashGarcesrsquo backyard which doubles as a farm para This is the first full season for the 40-acre Luna Farm in Ottsville which is named in honor of the Garces family dog as well as the brilliant nightscapes the property offers The nearly 100 varieties of herbs and vegetables are organically grown for the Garces company res-taurantsmdashmost specifically Philadelphiarsquos JG Domestic which focuses on using local ingredients para But Garces isnrsquot the only or first Philadelphia chef to delve into farming Mitch Prensky owner and chef of Supper is in his third year working with Blue Elephant Farm in Newtown Square which grows solely for his restaurant and catering company Last Febru-ary Andrea Rossi began cultivating in Orwigsburg on his farm Grateful Acres This spring Rossi launched a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program through his restaurant C19 para For these three chefs the farms are creative challengesmdashthey require money planning and of course physical labor At their restaurants these chefs are no longer just cooking theyrsquore developing innovative models for combining the farm and the table

jose gARces garces group

For Garces the decision to start a farm happened al-most by accident While looking for a family home out-side the city he discovered that many properties included farmland ldquoWe just started thinking lsquoWow it would be great if we could ship in our own stuffrsquordquo says Garces In 2010 he purchased the property and by summer 2011 he was working with Alex McCracken to develop the land

While McCracken had never farmed on this scale before he has extensive experience gardening He and his wife live on a nearby 16-acre property and own the Turnip Truck a business that designs installs and main-tains organic gardens for homeowners When McCracken heard that Garces was looking for a farmer he sent in

his reacutesumeacute That plus a recommendation from another local grower landed him the position In this first year McCracken and Garces are experimentingmdashlooking to see what flourishes both at the farm and in the restaurants

ldquoNext year the plan is to reduce the wide variety of crops that we grow to the things that are doing the best hererdquo says McCracken ldquoThe things that the restaurants use the most of like peppersmdashwersquoll always grow peppers here Theyrsquore easy to grow All of Josersquos restaurants use a lot of themrdquo

In addition to vegetables the organic farm is grow-ing mushrooms and raising chickens and bees Garces is also considering goats either for meat or milk The farmrsquos tractor runs on biodiesel fuel from the restaurantsrsquo fryer oil which is picked up and processed by Bucks County

2 0 g r i d p h i l lyco m N OV E M b E r 2 0 12

Freedom Fuel And therersquos talk of adding solar panels to the movable chicken coop to provide energy for the green-house and the barn This winter the greenhouse will be supplemented by hoop houses which in August already had tomatoes peppers and eggplant

ldquoIrsquom growing things here Irsquove never grown beforerdquo says McCracken referring to some of the more unusual varieties of tomatoes and greens ldquoIrsquom growing things some of the chefs have never seen before Everybodyrsquos expanding their horizons and learning a lot from the processrdquo

The chefs from Garcesrsquo seven Philadelphia restaurants and the three in Atlantic City have all visited Luna ldquoThey didnrsquot realize the scale wersquore growing on or the quality that was going to be coming out hererdquo says Garces The restau-rants receive produce Tuesday and Thursday nights some of which easily work on the menu and some that require more creativity ldquoWersquore treating them like CSAs basicallyrdquo explains Garces ldquoInitially [the chefs] were placing orders and I interceded and said no you guys are getting every-thingrdquo Some menus pose greater challenges since theyrsquore concept-based but the hope is that in future seasons the farm will cater to those needs The JG Domestic restaurant

benefits most directly from the farm offering dishes with ldquoLuna Farm Eggrdquo ldquoLuna Farm Herb Pestordquo and ldquoLuna Farm Tomatillosrdquo

But for Garces the motivation to start Luna Farm comes from his passion for food not marketing potential ldquoI think as long as [the farm] remains true to that itrsquoll keep goingrdquo But hersquos also admits that therersquos significant financial risk as well ldquoItrsquos a pretty costly endeavor for sure Wersquore still trying to make sure it all balances outrdquo

Mitch pReNsky supper

mitch prensky has been working with Blue Elephant Farm since 2010 but his commitment to local fresh food is decades old ldquoIrsquove been cooking this way for 26 yearsrdquo he says citing previous trips to the Union Square Green-market in New York City to visit farm stands In 2007 he opened Supper which he describes as ldquoseasonal farm-di-rect American cuisinerdquo Yet it wasnrsquot until three years ago that Prensky learned of the term ldquofarm to tablerdquo

ldquoSomebody said to me lsquoOh yoursquore a farm-to-table res-

Jose Garces prepares a salmorejo in his outdoor kitchen at Luna Farm The cold Spanish soup is similar to a gazpacho itrsquos made from tomatoes and garnished with strawberries eggs and olives Garcesrsquo children Olivia and Andres watch their father in the kitchen and lend a hand in adding the ingredients to the blender

The salmorejo is from Garcesrsquo newest cookbook The Latin Road Home available October 8 from Lake Isle Press For the full recipe visit gridphillycom

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taurantrsquordquo recalls Prensky ldquoItrsquos the first time Irsquove ever heard that expression So if yoursquore going to call me something at least I should know what it isrdquo Eventually Prensky con-nected with the owners of Blue Elephant Farm a privately owned 75-acre property in Newton Square At the time the owners were growing for themselves and family members Prensky started working with the estate manager Mary Butler a horticulturist to grow vegetables for Supper

ldquo[The] first season I pulled every vegetable out of the ground myselfrdquo says Prensky who works alongside Butler ldquoThere is a lot of sweat and toil involved and not a lot of [financial] returnrdquo Today the farm provides 100 percent of the produce at Supper and at the Global DishmdashPrenskyrsquos catering company Blue Elephant raises chickens sheep goats llamas horses and donkeys and there are plans to have a grass-fed beef program next year A local beekeeper has hives on the property Their greenhouse grows greens lettuces and herbs year-round and thanks to cold storage diners will see plenty of root vegetables on the winter menu This fall Prensky and Blue Elephant even canned their first line of products and preserves to be sold at Supper

With any farm there are no guarantees Prensky talks about the season when a blight kept tomatoes off the menu for a while and the creativity needed to handle an abun-dance of okra one week but none the next ldquoYou start pick-ling and preserving and then you make dishes out of itrdquo he says ldquoThatrsquos another challenge but thatrsquos a fun challenge here of writing dishes on the menurdquo

Deliveries from the farm come to Supper three times a week and Prensky makes an effort to be out in the fields at least once a week as well ldquoI always say Irsquom the luckiest chef in the worldrdquo he says explaining that having a dedicated farm for his restaurant has been a career goal ldquo[I thought] it would be great if someone could grow this stuff for us and I would know exactly what that property is doing and how theyrsquore handling the vegetables and what goes into this And thatrsquos what Irsquove been fortunate to be blessed with here with Blue Elephantrdquo

ANdReA Rossi c19

two years ago C19 (then Cichetteria 19) was already sourcing locally from Green Meadow Farm ldquoI wasnrsquot even searching for a farmer at the timerdquo admits Andrea Rossi chef and owner at C19 Then he met Alex Archambault who was delivering for Red Earth Farm to the Metropolitan Bakery across the street from the restaurant ldquoHe brought

me some tomatoes some potatoes he was growing on his own some heirloom tomatoesrdquo says Rossi ldquoThey were amazingrdquo

So Rossi expressed interest in finding space to start his own farm and Archambault mentioned there were a few acres adjacent to his backyard in Orwigsburg In 2011 Rossi officially hired Archambault to be the farmer This summer C19 offered a CSA for the farm and had four res-taurants and six individuals participate ldquoWe just wanted to start very small because the first year therersquos a lot of difficultiesrdquo says Rossi The season has so far been suc-cessful and produce from Grateful Acres can be found on the restaurant menu as well as at the Rittenhouse Farmers Market each Saturday

The decision to start a farm springs from Rossirsquos desire to provide the best quality food locally ldquoWe are what we eatrdquo he says explaining that he wants to both support the local economy and make sure people are eating nutrient-rich produce His dedication to this mission has been rec-ognized locally In November 2011 the restaurant received a ldquoSnail of Approvalrdquo from Slow Food Philadelphiamdasha distinction given to eateries that contribute to the quality authenticity and sustainability of the food supply in the area Rossi is already considering expansion He wants to lease a few more acres next season and is talking with an-other restaurant about potentially buying an organic farm in New Jersey Restaurateurs owning farms is an emerging trend but for Rossi his works stems from familial tradi-tion ldquoThe idea comes from my motherrdquo he says ldquoitrsquos how we grew uprdquo

Supper is located at 926 South St 215-592-8180 supperphillycom

C19 is located at 267 S 19th St 215-545-0441 c19pwhillycom

JG Domestic is located at 2929 Arch St 215-222-2363 jgdomesticcom

For a full list of Garcesrsquo restaurants visit garcesgroupcom

BLUe eLephANt FARM

gRAteFUL AcRes

Top left Mitch Prensky owner and chef at Supper with a recent harvest from Blue Elephant Farm

Bottom right Andrea Rossi owner and chef at C19 sells produce from Grateful Acres with farmer Alex Archambault at the Saturday Rittenhouse farmers market

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What amazed me most about the honey locust trees at Awbury Arbo-retum were the thorns I had imag-

ined something like rose thornsmdashsharp but proportionalmdashnot four-inch-long spikes jutting out from branches and erupting from trunks in grotesque savage clusters Surely this was over-kill The trees could fend off deer with much less

Honey locust trees can be found throughout the city but these are tame trees They have an elegant spreading canopy with small leaves that screen the sun rather than block it completely What they donrsquot have is thorns The smooth ver-sions are ldquoa genetic sport [mutation] that showed up and people liked themrdquo explains Dennis Lu-cey Awbury Arboretumrsquos landscape manager

The honey locust remains prepared to fend off long- extinct creatures by bernard brown

by bernard brownurban naturalist

foot-long seed pods as wellmdashthink string beans for giant ground sloths who would subsequently disperse their seeds Twelve thousand years ago might sound like a long time for a human but itrsquos only 60 generations or so for the trees

Honey locusts arenrsquot the only trees around us likely shaped by extinct giants Next time yoursquore passing the Bala Golf Club on Belmont Avenue look at the Osage orange trees along the fence Thorny with round green softball-sized fruit the trees donrsquot appeal to our extant native crit-ters implying extinct animals once dispersed the seeds

Of course long-lived trees tell other stories wersquove forgotten Lucey referenced some old locust trees at Awbury planted in what appears to be an arbitrary line Back in the late 1800s the line was planted to screen a small slum McNabb Town from view McNabb Town was razed more than a hundred years ago but the trees remain

bernard brown is an amateur field herper bureaucrat and founder of the PBampJ Campaign (pbjcampaignorg) a movement focused on the benefits of eating lower on the food chain

Pointing to the Past

We choose nice gentle trees for our landscaping nothing with spikes that could go clean through your hand

We like locust trees for other reasons They are tough plants that can withstand air pollu-tion road salt and compacted soilmdashall things that make urban environments a nasty place for a tree Moreover those small leaves (technically leaflets since the stem with the row of leaflets on either side is considered a ldquocompound leafrdquo) are easy to clean up in the fall

But I miss the thorns and not just for their gory potential The thorns remind us that we inhabit a world shaped by extinct creatures Irsquom not talking about dinosaurs rather extinct mam-mals that shared the Delaware Valley with its first humans at the end of the last Ice Age

It might be easy to forget that these marvel-ously giant and exotic beasts (including saber-toothed cats and ground sloths the size of el-ephants not to mention actual mammoths and mastodons) lived where we do today but the trees remember

Or at least their genes do Trees that evolved over millions of years along

with giant herbivorous mammals still bear the traits shaped by them even if theyrsquore no longer useful This is likely how honey locust trees ended up with thorns big enough to intimidate a mam-moth and is probably why they have

read more about honey locusts Osage oranges and other plants likely

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ldquoCountdown to (En)DangerrdquoAn exhibit featuring artistsrsquo own inter-pretations of endangered species and

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Fall Author Series Spillover Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic

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Is Sustainable Agriculture Bad for the PlanetSustainable food writers and experts

examine questions like Does eating grass-fed livestock raise your emissions And is it worth paying extra for organic products

rarr Thurs Oct 18 6-830 pm free to members$5 nonmembers The Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy For more informa-tion and to register visit ansporgvisitevents

Oct18

Slow Food Seminar Chocolate Growers Seminar amp TastingKallari Cacao Growers Cooperative

from Ecuador will talk about their cacao farms and have a tasting of their chocolate (Fair Trade and Direct Trade)

rarr Thurs Oct 18 7-9 pm $20 Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College 4100 Walnut St For tickets visit slowfoodphillyorg

Oct19

Wall Garden WorkshopTake your gardening indoors with woolly pockets This workshop will

teach where to hang a woolly pocket what to plant and how to water

rarr Fri Oct 19 630-830 pm $40 City Planter 814 N 4th St For more information and to register visit cityplantercom

Oct20

Rose Hips and What You Make of Them Learn how to use rose hips from the

garden to make jam candy and syrup Students will take home what they make

rarr Sat Oct 20 9 am-12 pm $50 members$75 nonmembers Wyck 6026 Germantown Ave To register visit wyckorgprograms or call 215-848-1690

Oct20

Terrariums WorkshopCreate a mini-oasis at this terrarium workshop Registration includes a small

glass globe vessel soil charcoal and stones Plants will be available for purchase

rarr Sat Oct 20 12-2 pm $30 Greensgrow Farms 2501 E Cumberland St For more information and to register visit greensgroworgevents

Oct20

PASArsquos 100 Grass-fed Beef Cook OffJoin PASA as they announce the win-

ners of the Cook Off which features local chefs and farmers Philly CowShare and cookbook authorchef Aliza Green will be there and Wye-brook (open 11 am-6 pm) will have live music and food available for purchase

rarr Sat Oct 20 2-4 pm free Wyebrook Farm 150 Wyebrook Rd Honey Brook For more information visit pasafarmingorgevents

Oct20

Fall Foliage WalkEnjoy a morning walk to explore the changing hues of autumn and learn the

surprising answer to why leaves change colors

rarr Sat Oct 20 1030-1130 am free Schuylkill Cen-ter for Environmental Education 8480 Hagyrsquos Mill Rd For more information visit schuylkillcenterorg

Oct18

Fall Window Box WorkshopLearn to create a fall window box thatrsquoll last through Thanksgiving Also get tips

for the best plantings watering practices and soil mixes for the fall season

rarr Thurs Oct 18 6-830 pm $20 Greensgrow Farms 2501 E Cumberland St For more information and to register visit greensgroworgevents

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Harvest On HenryHenry Got Crops CSA hosts a fund-raiser event featuring live music local

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Bringing It All Home Cultivating Sustainable Communities Frederick Kirschenmann PhD a sus-

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rarr Sat Oct 20 1-3 pm $15$8 students Arsht Hall (University of Delaware - Wilmington Campus) 2600 Pennsylvania Ave Wilmington DE Register at historicpennfarmorg or by calling 302-655-7275

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Up Close and Personal Learn the basics of home-scaled sus-tainable and regenerative practices

including backyard chickens composting fer-mentation and more This workshop will focus on extending the growing season

rarr Sun Oct 21 1-5 pm $49 before Oct 15$10 late fee after Oct 14 Flourtown (specific location TBA) For more information and to register visit thehomegrowninstituteorg

Oct21

Town Square Program Plenty for the Planet Sustainable Food and a Well-Fed World

Join acclaimed writer and sustainability advocate Anna Lappeacute and local experts as they discuss the role of sustainable food systems in addressing hunger The evening includes a local food tasting

rarr Sun Oct 21 530-830 pm Program free Reception $10 members$12 nonmembers Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy For more information and to register visit ansporgvisitevents

Oct26

Terrarium ClassHave a crafty start to your weekend with this terrarium-building class

rarr Fri Oct 26 630-830 pm $50 City Planter 814 N 4th St For more information and to register visit cityplantercom

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Fermenting Sauerkraut amp Mead with David SillerDavid Siller of Cobblestone Krautery

will teach about the power of fermentation and how to make mead pickles sauerkraut and much more

rarr Sat Oct 27 12-2 pm $35 Greensgrow Community Kitchen at St Michaelrsquos Church 2139 E Cumberland St For more information and to register visit greensgroworgevents

Oct2728

Philly Bike Expo Bilenky Cycle Works hosts the third-annual Philly Bike Expomdashtwo days filled with rides seminars demonstra-tions parties a swap meet and a bicycle

fashion show

rarr Sat Oct 27-Sun Oct 28 $8-25 depending on ticket type 23rd Street Armory 22 S 23rd St For more information and tickets visit phillybikeexpocom

nOv7

Saving Americarsquos Exceptional GardensBill Noble director of preservation at

The Garden Conservancy will discuss his work overseeing rehabilitation activities at more than 100 gardens throughout the country

rarr Wed Nov 7 2-5 pm $18 members$20 nonmembers Morris Arboretum 100 E Northwestern Ave For more information visit morrisarboretumorg

nOv8

Food Politics Is the Current Food System Sustainable with Marion Nestle

Noted nutritionist and author Marion Nestle will discuss food politics and the sustainability of the current food system

rarr Thurs Nov 8 6-830 pm $15 nonmember $10 member$50 vIP reception The Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy For more information and to register visit ansporgvisitevents

nOv10

Art in the GardenMark Smith an artist and garden de-signer will discuss ways to expand

thinking about art in a garden setting in eco-nomical temporary and more permanent ways

rarr Sat Nov 10 9-11 am $10 Fairmount Park Horticultural Center N Horticultural and Montgomery Drs For more information visit extensionpsueduphiladelphiaprogramsmaster-gardener

nOv10

Worm Composting Urban Composting Made EasyStart worm composting after this work-

shop on decomposition worm anatomy and biol-ogy and how to care for a worm bin Participants will take home a bin with worms

rarr Sat Nov 10 10 am-12 pm Members $20per person $30couple Nonmembers $30person $40couple Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education 8480 Hagyrsquos Mill Rd For information visit schuylkillcenterorg

nOv7

Creating the East Coast GreenwayAndy Hamilton Mid-Atlantic Trail Co-ordinator for the East Coast Greenway

Alliance will outline how this trail system en-hances local communities and the region at large

rarr Wed Nov 7 6-9 pm free valley Green Inn valley Green Road at Wissahickon For more information and to register visit foworg

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That Wednesday morning customers wait outside for the Market to open making shop-ping strategies while sipping coffee provided by Market management While itrsquos a busy day for us at the General Store therersquos a lot more pressure on the big three the butcher baker and greengrocer Inside the market the green-grocers hurriedly stack towering mounds of collard greens the butchers ice down freshly-killed turkeys and the Pennsylvania Dutch bakers try to find room to display all their pies

At 8 am the doors open and the frenzy be-gins Couples split up to conquer the shopping list with a promised rendezvous for blueberry pancakes or croissants The line at Terminirsquos Bakery slows to a crawl and good-natured pa-trons start folding bakery boxes to help speed the process Customers move like hordes of lo-custs through the produce as workers hustle to

restock and replenish the ravaged displays The ticket machine at Godshallrsquos Poultry completes the first circuit of 001 to 100 and back again

In the midst of this harried buying and sell-ing there is a sense of collegiality Customers share and debate cooking tips and shopping secrets And despite the pressure to finish helping one customer to get to those waiting merchants make time to quickly trade family news with customers Today is part business and part family reunion

At Godshallrsquos therersquos a pause to advise a ner-vous first-time Thanksgiving hostess on cook-ing the perfect turkey ldquoCook it at 350 degrees 14 to 15 minutes a poundrdquo explains the butcher ldquoIf itrsquos stuffed you want an internal tempera-ture of 165 degrees Yoursquoll want to use a meat thermometer You can buy one down the aisle at the kitchen store Yoursquore welcome Good luckmdash

calling number 88rdquo The next day if all goes ac-cording to plan a beaming young woman will take a bow for serving a Thanksgiving master-piece and a lifelong customer will be born Itrsquos in these moments that the keys to the Reading Terminal Marketrsquos longevity can be found This exchange of money for merchandise is more than a business transactionmdashtherersquos something more personal happening

Many of todayrsquos customers first discovered the Market as children brought here by parents or grandparents They learned to endure the search for the freshest meat or ripest tomatoes in exchange for the promise of Bassetts Ice Cream On Thanksgiving they return forgo-ing the big box supermarkets for a place where food is not so much a commodity but some-onersquos life work This is reflected in the stand names Guintarsquos Meats Beilerrsquos Bakery Bas-setts Ice Cream These names werenrsquot picked because their owners lacked originality but rather as a sign of the shopkeepersrsquo pride in the foods they grow raise prepare and sell

For many Philadelphians the trip to Read-ing Terminal has become an essential part of the Thanksgiving holidaymdasha reminder that preparing and sharing food with loved ones is a sacred experience Hopefully this year will initiate a few young family members into that traditionmdashone thatrsquos existed since the Market opened in 1893 and if theyrsquore lucky includes a dish of Bassetts ice cream

michael holahan founded the Pennsylvania General Store with his wife Julie Holahan in 1987 The store sells locally made foods and crafts Visit them at the Reading Terminal Market or online at pageneralstorecom

Feeding on Tradition

Thanksgiving Eve at the Reading Terminal Market by michael holahan

As a shopkeeper in the Reading Terminal Market any busy day is a good day But after 25 years at the Pennsylvania General Store my favorite is the day before Thanksgiving The energy inside this more-

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three philadelphia restaurateurs try their

hands at farmingstory by liz pacheco photos by neal santos

LUNA FARM

amp

Jose Garces and farmer Alex McCracken at Luna Farm

N OV E M b E r 2 0 12 g r i d p h i l lyco m 1 9

hef jose garces is in his outdoor kitchen making sal-morejomdasha cold Spanish soup similar to gazpacho He adds bright yellow tomatoes to the food processor along with gar-lic vinegar and baguette pieces ldquoA few years agordquo he says

ldquoI wouldrsquove made this with tomatoes from Mexicordquo This afternoon the tomatoes are from a very local sourcemdashGarcesrsquo backyard which doubles as a farm para This is the first full season for the 40-acre Luna Farm in Ottsville which is named in honor of the Garces family dog as well as the brilliant nightscapes the property offers The nearly 100 varieties of herbs and vegetables are organically grown for the Garces company res-taurantsmdashmost specifically Philadelphiarsquos JG Domestic which focuses on using local ingredients para But Garces isnrsquot the only or first Philadelphia chef to delve into farming Mitch Prensky owner and chef of Supper is in his third year working with Blue Elephant Farm in Newtown Square which grows solely for his restaurant and catering company Last Febru-ary Andrea Rossi began cultivating in Orwigsburg on his farm Grateful Acres This spring Rossi launched a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program through his restaurant C19 para For these three chefs the farms are creative challengesmdashthey require money planning and of course physical labor At their restaurants these chefs are no longer just cooking theyrsquore developing innovative models for combining the farm and the table

jose gARces garces group

For Garces the decision to start a farm happened al-most by accident While looking for a family home out-side the city he discovered that many properties included farmland ldquoWe just started thinking lsquoWow it would be great if we could ship in our own stuffrsquordquo says Garces In 2010 he purchased the property and by summer 2011 he was working with Alex McCracken to develop the land

While McCracken had never farmed on this scale before he has extensive experience gardening He and his wife live on a nearby 16-acre property and own the Turnip Truck a business that designs installs and main-tains organic gardens for homeowners When McCracken heard that Garces was looking for a farmer he sent in

his reacutesumeacute That plus a recommendation from another local grower landed him the position In this first year McCracken and Garces are experimentingmdashlooking to see what flourishes both at the farm and in the restaurants

ldquoNext year the plan is to reduce the wide variety of crops that we grow to the things that are doing the best hererdquo says McCracken ldquoThe things that the restaurants use the most of like peppersmdashwersquoll always grow peppers here Theyrsquore easy to grow All of Josersquos restaurants use a lot of themrdquo

In addition to vegetables the organic farm is grow-ing mushrooms and raising chickens and bees Garces is also considering goats either for meat or milk The farmrsquos tractor runs on biodiesel fuel from the restaurantsrsquo fryer oil which is picked up and processed by Bucks County

2 0 g r i d p h i l lyco m N OV E M b E r 2 0 12

Freedom Fuel And therersquos talk of adding solar panels to the movable chicken coop to provide energy for the green-house and the barn This winter the greenhouse will be supplemented by hoop houses which in August already had tomatoes peppers and eggplant

ldquoIrsquom growing things here Irsquove never grown beforerdquo says McCracken referring to some of the more unusual varieties of tomatoes and greens ldquoIrsquom growing things some of the chefs have never seen before Everybodyrsquos expanding their horizons and learning a lot from the processrdquo

The chefs from Garcesrsquo seven Philadelphia restaurants and the three in Atlantic City have all visited Luna ldquoThey didnrsquot realize the scale wersquore growing on or the quality that was going to be coming out hererdquo says Garces The restau-rants receive produce Tuesday and Thursday nights some of which easily work on the menu and some that require more creativity ldquoWersquore treating them like CSAs basicallyrdquo explains Garces ldquoInitially [the chefs] were placing orders and I interceded and said no you guys are getting every-thingrdquo Some menus pose greater challenges since theyrsquore concept-based but the hope is that in future seasons the farm will cater to those needs The JG Domestic restaurant

benefits most directly from the farm offering dishes with ldquoLuna Farm Eggrdquo ldquoLuna Farm Herb Pestordquo and ldquoLuna Farm Tomatillosrdquo

But for Garces the motivation to start Luna Farm comes from his passion for food not marketing potential ldquoI think as long as [the farm] remains true to that itrsquoll keep goingrdquo But hersquos also admits that therersquos significant financial risk as well ldquoItrsquos a pretty costly endeavor for sure Wersquore still trying to make sure it all balances outrdquo

Mitch pReNsky supper

mitch prensky has been working with Blue Elephant Farm since 2010 but his commitment to local fresh food is decades old ldquoIrsquove been cooking this way for 26 yearsrdquo he says citing previous trips to the Union Square Green-market in New York City to visit farm stands In 2007 he opened Supper which he describes as ldquoseasonal farm-di-rect American cuisinerdquo Yet it wasnrsquot until three years ago that Prensky learned of the term ldquofarm to tablerdquo

ldquoSomebody said to me lsquoOh yoursquore a farm-to-table res-

Jose Garces prepares a salmorejo in his outdoor kitchen at Luna Farm The cold Spanish soup is similar to a gazpacho itrsquos made from tomatoes and garnished with strawberries eggs and olives Garcesrsquo children Olivia and Andres watch their father in the kitchen and lend a hand in adding the ingredients to the blender

The salmorejo is from Garcesrsquo newest cookbook The Latin Road Home available October 8 from Lake Isle Press For the full recipe visit gridphillycom

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taurantrsquordquo recalls Prensky ldquoItrsquos the first time Irsquove ever heard that expression So if yoursquore going to call me something at least I should know what it isrdquo Eventually Prensky con-nected with the owners of Blue Elephant Farm a privately owned 75-acre property in Newton Square At the time the owners were growing for themselves and family members Prensky started working with the estate manager Mary Butler a horticulturist to grow vegetables for Supper

ldquo[The] first season I pulled every vegetable out of the ground myselfrdquo says Prensky who works alongside Butler ldquoThere is a lot of sweat and toil involved and not a lot of [financial] returnrdquo Today the farm provides 100 percent of the produce at Supper and at the Global DishmdashPrenskyrsquos catering company Blue Elephant raises chickens sheep goats llamas horses and donkeys and there are plans to have a grass-fed beef program next year A local beekeeper has hives on the property Their greenhouse grows greens lettuces and herbs year-round and thanks to cold storage diners will see plenty of root vegetables on the winter menu This fall Prensky and Blue Elephant even canned their first line of products and preserves to be sold at Supper

With any farm there are no guarantees Prensky talks about the season when a blight kept tomatoes off the menu for a while and the creativity needed to handle an abun-dance of okra one week but none the next ldquoYou start pick-ling and preserving and then you make dishes out of itrdquo he says ldquoThatrsquos another challenge but thatrsquos a fun challenge here of writing dishes on the menurdquo

Deliveries from the farm come to Supper three times a week and Prensky makes an effort to be out in the fields at least once a week as well ldquoI always say Irsquom the luckiest chef in the worldrdquo he says explaining that having a dedicated farm for his restaurant has been a career goal ldquo[I thought] it would be great if someone could grow this stuff for us and I would know exactly what that property is doing and how theyrsquore handling the vegetables and what goes into this And thatrsquos what Irsquove been fortunate to be blessed with here with Blue Elephantrdquo

ANdReA Rossi c19

two years ago C19 (then Cichetteria 19) was already sourcing locally from Green Meadow Farm ldquoI wasnrsquot even searching for a farmer at the timerdquo admits Andrea Rossi chef and owner at C19 Then he met Alex Archambault who was delivering for Red Earth Farm to the Metropolitan Bakery across the street from the restaurant ldquoHe brought

me some tomatoes some potatoes he was growing on his own some heirloom tomatoesrdquo says Rossi ldquoThey were amazingrdquo

So Rossi expressed interest in finding space to start his own farm and Archambault mentioned there were a few acres adjacent to his backyard in Orwigsburg In 2011 Rossi officially hired Archambault to be the farmer This summer C19 offered a CSA for the farm and had four res-taurants and six individuals participate ldquoWe just wanted to start very small because the first year therersquos a lot of difficultiesrdquo says Rossi The season has so far been suc-cessful and produce from Grateful Acres can be found on the restaurant menu as well as at the Rittenhouse Farmers Market each Saturday

The decision to start a farm springs from Rossirsquos desire to provide the best quality food locally ldquoWe are what we eatrdquo he says explaining that he wants to both support the local economy and make sure people are eating nutrient-rich produce His dedication to this mission has been rec-ognized locally In November 2011 the restaurant received a ldquoSnail of Approvalrdquo from Slow Food Philadelphiamdasha distinction given to eateries that contribute to the quality authenticity and sustainability of the food supply in the area Rossi is already considering expansion He wants to lease a few more acres next season and is talking with an-other restaurant about potentially buying an organic farm in New Jersey Restaurateurs owning farms is an emerging trend but for Rossi his works stems from familial tradi-tion ldquoThe idea comes from my motherrdquo he says ldquoitrsquos how we grew uprdquo

Supper is located at 926 South St 215-592-8180 supperphillycom

C19 is located at 267 S 19th St 215-545-0441 c19pwhillycom

JG Domestic is located at 2929 Arch St 215-222-2363 jgdomesticcom

For a full list of Garcesrsquo restaurants visit garcesgroupcom

BLUe eLephANt FARM

gRAteFUL AcRes

Top left Mitch Prensky owner and chef at Supper with a recent harvest from Blue Elephant Farm

Bottom right Andrea Rossi owner and chef at C19 sells produce from Grateful Acres with farmer Alex Archambault at the Saturday Rittenhouse farmers market

N OV E M b E r 2 0 12 g r i d p h i l lyco m 2 3

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What amazed me most about the honey locust trees at Awbury Arbo-retum were the thorns I had imag-

ined something like rose thornsmdashsharp but proportionalmdashnot four-inch-long spikes jutting out from branches and erupting from trunks in grotesque savage clusters Surely this was over-kill The trees could fend off deer with much less

Honey locust trees can be found throughout the city but these are tame trees They have an elegant spreading canopy with small leaves that screen the sun rather than block it completely What they donrsquot have is thorns The smooth ver-sions are ldquoa genetic sport [mutation] that showed up and people liked themrdquo explains Dennis Lu-cey Awbury Arboretumrsquos landscape manager

The honey locust remains prepared to fend off long- extinct creatures by bernard brown

by bernard brownurban naturalist

foot-long seed pods as wellmdashthink string beans for giant ground sloths who would subsequently disperse their seeds Twelve thousand years ago might sound like a long time for a human but itrsquos only 60 generations or so for the trees

Honey locusts arenrsquot the only trees around us likely shaped by extinct giants Next time yoursquore passing the Bala Golf Club on Belmont Avenue look at the Osage orange trees along the fence Thorny with round green softball-sized fruit the trees donrsquot appeal to our extant native crit-ters implying extinct animals once dispersed the seeds

Of course long-lived trees tell other stories wersquove forgotten Lucey referenced some old locust trees at Awbury planted in what appears to be an arbitrary line Back in the late 1800s the line was planted to screen a small slum McNabb Town from view McNabb Town was razed more than a hundred years ago but the trees remain

bernard brown is an amateur field herper bureaucrat and founder of the PBampJ Campaign (pbjcampaignorg) a movement focused on the benefits of eating lower on the food chain

Pointing to the Past

We choose nice gentle trees for our landscaping nothing with spikes that could go clean through your hand

We like locust trees for other reasons They are tough plants that can withstand air pollu-tion road salt and compacted soilmdashall things that make urban environments a nasty place for a tree Moreover those small leaves (technically leaflets since the stem with the row of leaflets on either side is considered a ldquocompound leafrdquo) are easy to clean up in the fall

But I miss the thorns and not just for their gory potential The thorns remind us that we inhabit a world shaped by extinct creatures Irsquom not talking about dinosaurs rather extinct mam-mals that shared the Delaware Valley with its first humans at the end of the last Ice Age

It might be easy to forget that these marvel-ously giant and exotic beasts (including saber-toothed cats and ground sloths the size of el-ephants not to mention actual mammoths and mastodons) lived where we do today but the trees remember

Or at least their genes do Trees that evolved over millions of years along

with giant herbivorous mammals still bear the traits shaped by them even if theyrsquore no longer useful This is likely how honey locust trees ended up with thorns big enough to intimidate a mam-moth and is probably why they have

read more about honey locusts Osage oranges and other plants likely

shaped by extinct animals in the Ghosts of Evolu-tion by Connie Barlow (Basic Books 2002 $19)

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Oct13

ldquoCountdown to (En)DangerrdquoAn exhibit featuring artistsrsquo own inter-pretations of endangered species and

the continued risks of extinction Proceeds ben-efit the World Wildlife Fund Open until Nov 7

rarr Sat Oct 13 6-9 pm free B2 Cafeacute 1500 E Passyunk Ave For more information visit facebookcomevents482540518437645

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Fall Author Series Spillover Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic

Hear from author David Quammen on the sci-ence and history of major diseases that originate in wild animals and pass to humans and what might be the next pandemic

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Is Sustainable Agriculture Bad for the PlanetSustainable food writers and experts

examine questions like Does eating grass-fed livestock raise your emissions And is it worth paying extra for organic products

rarr Thurs Oct 18 6-830 pm free to members$5 nonmembers The Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy For more informa-tion and to register visit ansporgvisitevents

Oct18

Slow Food Seminar Chocolate Growers Seminar amp TastingKallari Cacao Growers Cooperative

from Ecuador will talk about their cacao farms and have a tasting of their chocolate (Fair Trade and Direct Trade)

rarr Thurs Oct 18 7-9 pm $20 Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College 4100 Walnut St For tickets visit slowfoodphillyorg

Oct19

Wall Garden WorkshopTake your gardening indoors with woolly pockets This workshop will

teach where to hang a woolly pocket what to plant and how to water

rarr Fri Oct 19 630-830 pm $40 City Planter 814 N 4th St For more information and to register visit cityplantercom

Oct20

Rose Hips and What You Make of Them Learn how to use rose hips from the

garden to make jam candy and syrup Students will take home what they make

rarr Sat Oct 20 9 am-12 pm $50 members$75 nonmembers Wyck 6026 Germantown Ave To register visit wyckorgprograms or call 215-848-1690

Oct20

Terrariums WorkshopCreate a mini-oasis at this terrarium workshop Registration includes a small

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rarr Sat Oct 20 12-2 pm $30 Greensgrow Farms 2501 E Cumberland St For more information and to register visit greensgroworgevents

Oct20

PASArsquos 100 Grass-fed Beef Cook OffJoin PASA as they announce the win-

ners of the Cook Off which features local chefs and farmers Philly CowShare and cookbook authorchef Aliza Green will be there and Wye-brook (open 11 am-6 pm) will have live music and food available for purchase

rarr Sat Oct 20 2-4 pm free Wyebrook Farm 150 Wyebrook Rd Honey Brook For more information visit pasafarmingorgevents

Oct20

Fall Foliage WalkEnjoy a morning walk to explore the changing hues of autumn and learn the

surprising answer to why leaves change colors

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Fall Window Box WorkshopLearn to create a fall window box thatrsquoll last through Thanksgiving Also get tips

for the best plantings watering practices and soil mixes for the fall season

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Harvest On HenryHenry Got Crops CSA hosts a fund-raiser event featuring live music local

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Terrarium ClassHave a crafty start to your weekend with this terrarium-building class

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Fermenting Sauerkraut amp Mead with David SillerDavid Siller of Cobblestone Krautery

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rarr Sat Oct 27 12-2 pm $35 Greensgrow Community Kitchen at St Michaelrsquos Church 2139 E Cumberland St For more information and to register visit greensgroworgevents

Oct2728

Philly Bike Expo Bilenky Cycle Works hosts the third-annual Philly Bike Expomdashtwo days filled with rides seminars demonstra-tions parties a swap meet and a bicycle

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Saving Americarsquos Exceptional GardensBill Noble director of preservation at

The Garden Conservancy will discuss his work overseeing rehabilitation activities at more than 100 gardens throughout the country

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Food Politics Is the Current Food System Sustainable with Marion Nestle

Noted nutritionist and author Marion Nestle will discuss food politics and the sustainability of the current food system

rarr Thurs Nov 8 6-830 pm $15 nonmember $10 member$50 vIP reception The Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy For more information and to register visit ansporgvisitevents

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Art in the GardenMark Smith an artist and garden de-signer will discuss ways to expand

thinking about art in a garden setting in eco-nomical temporary and more permanent ways

rarr Sat Nov 10 9-11 am $10 Fairmount Park Horticultural Center N Horticultural and Montgomery Drs For more information visit extensionpsueduphiladelphiaprogramsmaster-gardener

nOv10

Worm Composting Urban Composting Made EasyStart worm composting after this work-

shop on decomposition worm anatomy and biol-ogy and how to care for a worm bin Participants will take home a bin with worms

rarr Sat Nov 10 10 am-12 pm Members $20per person $30couple Nonmembers $30person $40couple Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education 8480 Hagyrsquos Mill Rd For information visit schuylkillcenterorg

nOv7

Creating the East Coast GreenwayAndy Hamilton Mid-Atlantic Trail Co-ordinator for the East Coast Greenway

Alliance will outline how this trail system en-hances local communities and the region at large

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That Wednesday morning customers wait outside for the Market to open making shop-ping strategies while sipping coffee provided by Market management While itrsquos a busy day for us at the General Store therersquos a lot more pressure on the big three the butcher baker and greengrocer Inside the market the green-grocers hurriedly stack towering mounds of collard greens the butchers ice down freshly-killed turkeys and the Pennsylvania Dutch bakers try to find room to display all their pies

At 8 am the doors open and the frenzy be-gins Couples split up to conquer the shopping list with a promised rendezvous for blueberry pancakes or croissants The line at Terminirsquos Bakery slows to a crawl and good-natured pa-trons start folding bakery boxes to help speed the process Customers move like hordes of lo-custs through the produce as workers hustle to

restock and replenish the ravaged displays The ticket machine at Godshallrsquos Poultry completes the first circuit of 001 to 100 and back again

In the midst of this harried buying and sell-ing there is a sense of collegiality Customers share and debate cooking tips and shopping secrets And despite the pressure to finish helping one customer to get to those waiting merchants make time to quickly trade family news with customers Today is part business and part family reunion

At Godshallrsquos therersquos a pause to advise a ner-vous first-time Thanksgiving hostess on cook-ing the perfect turkey ldquoCook it at 350 degrees 14 to 15 minutes a poundrdquo explains the butcher ldquoIf itrsquos stuffed you want an internal tempera-ture of 165 degrees Yoursquoll want to use a meat thermometer You can buy one down the aisle at the kitchen store Yoursquore welcome Good luckmdash

calling number 88rdquo The next day if all goes ac-cording to plan a beaming young woman will take a bow for serving a Thanksgiving master-piece and a lifelong customer will be born Itrsquos in these moments that the keys to the Reading Terminal Marketrsquos longevity can be found This exchange of money for merchandise is more than a business transactionmdashtherersquos something more personal happening

Many of todayrsquos customers first discovered the Market as children brought here by parents or grandparents They learned to endure the search for the freshest meat or ripest tomatoes in exchange for the promise of Bassetts Ice Cream On Thanksgiving they return forgo-ing the big box supermarkets for a place where food is not so much a commodity but some-onersquos life work This is reflected in the stand names Guintarsquos Meats Beilerrsquos Bakery Bas-setts Ice Cream These names werenrsquot picked because their owners lacked originality but rather as a sign of the shopkeepersrsquo pride in the foods they grow raise prepare and sell

For many Philadelphians the trip to Read-ing Terminal has become an essential part of the Thanksgiving holidaymdasha reminder that preparing and sharing food with loved ones is a sacred experience Hopefully this year will initiate a few young family members into that traditionmdashone thatrsquos existed since the Market opened in 1893 and if theyrsquore lucky includes a dish of Bassetts ice cream

michael holahan founded the Pennsylvania General Store with his wife Julie Holahan in 1987 The store sells locally made foods and crafts Visit them at the Reading Terminal Market or online at pageneralstorecom

Feeding on Tradition

Thanksgiving Eve at the Reading Terminal Market by michael holahan

As a shopkeeper in the Reading Terminal Market any busy day is a good day But after 25 years at the Pennsylvania General Store my favorite is the day before Thanksgiving The energy inside this more-

than-a-century-old public market is unlike any other time of year Thanksgiv-ing is about bringing together the people we love to share a meal and to give thanks as a merchant itrsquos a privilege to be even a small part of this occasion

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three philadelphia restaurateurs try their

hands at farmingstory by liz pacheco photos by neal santos

LUNA FARM

amp

Jose Garces and farmer Alex McCracken at Luna Farm

N OV E M b E r 2 0 12 g r i d p h i l lyco m 1 9

hef jose garces is in his outdoor kitchen making sal-morejomdasha cold Spanish soup similar to gazpacho He adds bright yellow tomatoes to the food processor along with gar-lic vinegar and baguette pieces ldquoA few years agordquo he says

ldquoI wouldrsquove made this with tomatoes from Mexicordquo This afternoon the tomatoes are from a very local sourcemdashGarcesrsquo backyard which doubles as a farm para This is the first full season for the 40-acre Luna Farm in Ottsville which is named in honor of the Garces family dog as well as the brilliant nightscapes the property offers The nearly 100 varieties of herbs and vegetables are organically grown for the Garces company res-taurantsmdashmost specifically Philadelphiarsquos JG Domestic which focuses on using local ingredients para But Garces isnrsquot the only or first Philadelphia chef to delve into farming Mitch Prensky owner and chef of Supper is in his third year working with Blue Elephant Farm in Newtown Square which grows solely for his restaurant and catering company Last Febru-ary Andrea Rossi began cultivating in Orwigsburg on his farm Grateful Acres This spring Rossi launched a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program through his restaurant C19 para For these three chefs the farms are creative challengesmdashthey require money planning and of course physical labor At their restaurants these chefs are no longer just cooking theyrsquore developing innovative models for combining the farm and the table

jose gARces garces group

For Garces the decision to start a farm happened al-most by accident While looking for a family home out-side the city he discovered that many properties included farmland ldquoWe just started thinking lsquoWow it would be great if we could ship in our own stuffrsquordquo says Garces In 2010 he purchased the property and by summer 2011 he was working with Alex McCracken to develop the land

While McCracken had never farmed on this scale before he has extensive experience gardening He and his wife live on a nearby 16-acre property and own the Turnip Truck a business that designs installs and main-tains organic gardens for homeowners When McCracken heard that Garces was looking for a farmer he sent in

his reacutesumeacute That plus a recommendation from another local grower landed him the position In this first year McCracken and Garces are experimentingmdashlooking to see what flourishes both at the farm and in the restaurants

ldquoNext year the plan is to reduce the wide variety of crops that we grow to the things that are doing the best hererdquo says McCracken ldquoThe things that the restaurants use the most of like peppersmdashwersquoll always grow peppers here Theyrsquore easy to grow All of Josersquos restaurants use a lot of themrdquo

In addition to vegetables the organic farm is grow-ing mushrooms and raising chickens and bees Garces is also considering goats either for meat or milk The farmrsquos tractor runs on biodiesel fuel from the restaurantsrsquo fryer oil which is picked up and processed by Bucks County

2 0 g r i d p h i l lyco m N OV E M b E r 2 0 12

Freedom Fuel And therersquos talk of adding solar panels to the movable chicken coop to provide energy for the green-house and the barn This winter the greenhouse will be supplemented by hoop houses which in August already had tomatoes peppers and eggplant

ldquoIrsquom growing things here Irsquove never grown beforerdquo says McCracken referring to some of the more unusual varieties of tomatoes and greens ldquoIrsquom growing things some of the chefs have never seen before Everybodyrsquos expanding their horizons and learning a lot from the processrdquo

The chefs from Garcesrsquo seven Philadelphia restaurants and the three in Atlantic City have all visited Luna ldquoThey didnrsquot realize the scale wersquore growing on or the quality that was going to be coming out hererdquo says Garces The restau-rants receive produce Tuesday and Thursday nights some of which easily work on the menu and some that require more creativity ldquoWersquore treating them like CSAs basicallyrdquo explains Garces ldquoInitially [the chefs] were placing orders and I interceded and said no you guys are getting every-thingrdquo Some menus pose greater challenges since theyrsquore concept-based but the hope is that in future seasons the farm will cater to those needs The JG Domestic restaurant

benefits most directly from the farm offering dishes with ldquoLuna Farm Eggrdquo ldquoLuna Farm Herb Pestordquo and ldquoLuna Farm Tomatillosrdquo

But for Garces the motivation to start Luna Farm comes from his passion for food not marketing potential ldquoI think as long as [the farm] remains true to that itrsquoll keep goingrdquo But hersquos also admits that therersquos significant financial risk as well ldquoItrsquos a pretty costly endeavor for sure Wersquore still trying to make sure it all balances outrdquo

Mitch pReNsky supper

mitch prensky has been working with Blue Elephant Farm since 2010 but his commitment to local fresh food is decades old ldquoIrsquove been cooking this way for 26 yearsrdquo he says citing previous trips to the Union Square Green-market in New York City to visit farm stands In 2007 he opened Supper which he describes as ldquoseasonal farm-di-rect American cuisinerdquo Yet it wasnrsquot until three years ago that Prensky learned of the term ldquofarm to tablerdquo

ldquoSomebody said to me lsquoOh yoursquore a farm-to-table res-

Jose Garces prepares a salmorejo in his outdoor kitchen at Luna Farm The cold Spanish soup is similar to a gazpacho itrsquos made from tomatoes and garnished with strawberries eggs and olives Garcesrsquo children Olivia and Andres watch their father in the kitchen and lend a hand in adding the ingredients to the blender

The salmorejo is from Garcesrsquo newest cookbook The Latin Road Home available October 8 from Lake Isle Press For the full recipe visit gridphillycom

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taurantrsquordquo recalls Prensky ldquoItrsquos the first time Irsquove ever heard that expression So if yoursquore going to call me something at least I should know what it isrdquo Eventually Prensky con-nected with the owners of Blue Elephant Farm a privately owned 75-acre property in Newton Square At the time the owners were growing for themselves and family members Prensky started working with the estate manager Mary Butler a horticulturist to grow vegetables for Supper

ldquo[The] first season I pulled every vegetable out of the ground myselfrdquo says Prensky who works alongside Butler ldquoThere is a lot of sweat and toil involved and not a lot of [financial] returnrdquo Today the farm provides 100 percent of the produce at Supper and at the Global DishmdashPrenskyrsquos catering company Blue Elephant raises chickens sheep goats llamas horses and donkeys and there are plans to have a grass-fed beef program next year A local beekeeper has hives on the property Their greenhouse grows greens lettuces and herbs year-round and thanks to cold storage diners will see plenty of root vegetables on the winter menu This fall Prensky and Blue Elephant even canned their first line of products and preserves to be sold at Supper

With any farm there are no guarantees Prensky talks about the season when a blight kept tomatoes off the menu for a while and the creativity needed to handle an abun-dance of okra one week but none the next ldquoYou start pick-ling and preserving and then you make dishes out of itrdquo he says ldquoThatrsquos another challenge but thatrsquos a fun challenge here of writing dishes on the menurdquo

Deliveries from the farm come to Supper three times a week and Prensky makes an effort to be out in the fields at least once a week as well ldquoI always say Irsquom the luckiest chef in the worldrdquo he says explaining that having a dedicated farm for his restaurant has been a career goal ldquo[I thought] it would be great if someone could grow this stuff for us and I would know exactly what that property is doing and how theyrsquore handling the vegetables and what goes into this And thatrsquos what Irsquove been fortunate to be blessed with here with Blue Elephantrdquo

ANdReA Rossi c19

two years ago C19 (then Cichetteria 19) was already sourcing locally from Green Meadow Farm ldquoI wasnrsquot even searching for a farmer at the timerdquo admits Andrea Rossi chef and owner at C19 Then he met Alex Archambault who was delivering for Red Earth Farm to the Metropolitan Bakery across the street from the restaurant ldquoHe brought

me some tomatoes some potatoes he was growing on his own some heirloom tomatoesrdquo says Rossi ldquoThey were amazingrdquo

So Rossi expressed interest in finding space to start his own farm and Archambault mentioned there were a few acres adjacent to his backyard in Orwigsburg In 2011 Rossi officially hired Archambault to be the farmer This summer C19 offered a CSA for the farm and had four res-taurants and six individuals participate ldquoWe just wanted to start very small because the first year therersquos a lot of difficultiesrdquo says Rossi The season has so far been suc-cessful and produce from Grateful Acres can be found on the restaurant menu as well as at the Rittenhouse Farmers Market each Saturday

The decision to start a farm springs from Rossirsquos desire to provide the best quality food locally ldquoWe are what we eatrdquo he says explaining that he wants to both support the local economy and make sure people are eating nutrient-rich produce His dedication to this mission has been rec-ognized locally In November 2011 the restaurant received a ldquoSnail of Approvalrdquo from Slow Food Philadelphiamdasha distinction given to eateries that contribute to the quality authenticity and sustainability of the food supply in the area Rossi is already considering expansion He wants to lease a few more acres next season and is talking with an-other restaurant about potentially buying an organic farm in New Jersey Restaurateurs owning farms is an emerging trend but for Rossi his works stems from familial tradi-tion ldquoThe idea comes from my motherrdquo he says ldquoitrsquos how we grew uprdquo

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What amazed me most about the honey locust trees at Awbury Arbo-retum were the thorns I had imag-

ined something like rose thornsmdashsharp but proportionalmdashnot four-inch-long spikes jutting out from branches and erupting from trunks in grotesque savage clusters Surely this was over-kill The trees could fend off deer with much less

Honey locust trees can be found throughout the city but these are tame trees They have an elegant spreading canopy with small leaves that screen the sun rather than block it completely What they donrsquot have is thorns The smooth ver-sions are ldquoa genetic sport [mutation] that showed up and people liked themrdquo explains Dennis Lu-cey Awbury Arboretumrsquos landscape manager

The honey locust remains prepared to fend off long- extinct creatures by bernard brown

by bernard brownurban naturalist

foot-long seed pods as wellmdashthink string beans for giant ground sloths who would subsequently disperse their seeds Twelve thousand years ago might sound like a long time for a human but itrsquos only 60 generations or so for the trees

Honey locusts arenrsquot the only trees around us likely shaped by extinct giants Next time yoursquore passing the Bala Golf Club on Belmont Avenue look at the Osage orange trees along the fence Thorny with round green softball-sized fruit the trees donrsquot appeal to our extant native crit-ters implying extinct animals once dispersed the seeds

Of course long-lived trees tell other stories wersquove forgotten Lucey referenced some old locust trees at Awbury planted in what appears to be an arbitrary line Back in the late 1800s the line was planted to screen a small slum McNabb Town from view McNabb Town was razed more than a hundred years ago but the trees remain

bernard brown is an amateur field herper bureaucrat and founder of the PBampJ Campaign (pbjcampaignorg) a movement focused on the benefits of eating lower on the food chain

Pointing to the Past

We choose nice gentle trees for our landscaping nothing with spikes that could go clean through your hand

We like locust trees for other reasons They are tough plants that can withstand air pollu-tion road salt and compacted soilmdashall things that make urban environments a nasty place for a tree Moreover those small leaves (technically leaflets since the stem with the row of leaflets on either side is considered a ldquocompound leafrdquo) are easy to clean up in the fall

But I miss the thorns and not just for their gory potential The thorns remind us that we inhabit a world shaped by extinct creatures Irsquom not talking about dinosaurs rather extinct mam-mals that shared the Delaware Valley with its first humans at the end of the last Ice Age

It might be easy to forget that these marvel-ously giant and exotic beasts (including saber-toothed cats and ground sloths the size of el-ephants not to mention actual mammoths and mastodons) lived where we do today but the trees remember

Or at least their genes do Trees that evolved over millions of years along

with giant herbivorous mammals still bear the traits shaped by them even if theyrsquore no longer useful This is likely how honey locust trees ended up with thorns big enough to intimidate a mam-moth and is probably why they have

read more about honey locusts Osage oranges and other plants likely

shaped by extinct animals in the Ghosts of Evolu-tion by Connie Barlow (Basic Books 2002 $19)

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ldquoCountdown to (En)DangerrdquoAn exhibit featuring artistsrsquo own inter-pretations of endangered species and

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Fall Author Series Spillover Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic

Hear from author David Quammen on the sci-ence and history of major diseases that originate in wild animals and pass to humans and what might be the next pandemic

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Is Sustainable Agriculture Bad for the PlanetSustainable food writers and experts

examine questions like Does eating grass-fed livestock raise your emissions And is it worth paying extra for organic products

rarr Thurs Oct 18 6-830 pm free to members$5 nonmembers The Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy For more informa-tion and to register visit ansporgvisitevents

Oct18

Slow Food Seminar Chocolate Growers Seminar amp TastingKallari Cacao Growers Cooperative

from Ecuador will talk about their cacao farms and have a tasting of their chocolate (Fair Trade and Direct Trade)

rarr Thurs Oct 18 7-9 pm $20 Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College 4100 Walnut St For tickets visit slowfoodphillyorg

Oct19

Wall Garden WorkshopTake your gardening indoors with woolly pockets This workshop will

teach where to hang a woolly pocket what to plant and how to water

rarr Fri Oct 19 630-830 pm $40 City Planter 814 N 4th St For more information and to register visit cityplantercom

Oct20

Rose Hips and What You Make of Them Learn how to use rose hips from the

garden to make jam candy and syrup Students will take home what they make

rarr Sat Oct 20 9 am-12 pm $50 members$75 nonmembers Wyck 6026 Germantown Ave To register visit wyckorgprograms or call 215-848-1690

Oct20

Terrariums WorkshopCreate a mini-oasis at this terrarium workshop Registration includes a small

glass globe vessel soil charcoal and stones Plants will be available for purchase

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Oct20

PASArsquos 100 Grass-fed Beef Cook OffJoin PASA as they announce the win-

ners of the Cook Off which features local chefs and farmers Philly CowShare and cookbook authorchef Aliza Green will be there and Wye-brook (open 11 am-6 pm) will have live music and food available for purchase

rarr Sat Oct 20 2-4 pm free Wyebrook Farm 150 Wyebrook Rd Honey Brook For more information visit pasafarmingorgevents

Oct20

Fall Foliage WalkEnjoy a morning walk to explore the changing hues of autumn and learn the

surprising answer to why leaves change colors

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Oct18

Fall Window Box WorkshopLearn to create a fall window box thatrsquoll last through Thanksgiving Also get tips

for the best plantings watering practices and soil mixes for the fall season

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Harvest On HenryHenry Got Crops CSA hosts a fund-raiser event featuring live music local

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Oct26

Terrarium ClassHave a crafty start to your weekend with this terrarium-building class

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Fermenting Sauerkraut amp Mead with David SillerDavid Siller of Cobblestone Krautery

will teach about the power of fermentation and how to make mead pickles sauerkraut and much more

rarr Sat Oct 27 12-2 pm $35 Greensgrow Community Kitchen at St Michaelrsquos Church 2139 E Cumberland St For more information and to register visit greensgroworgevents

Oct2728

Philly Bike Expo Bilenky Cycle Works hosts the third-annual Philly Bike Expomdashtwo days filled with rides seminars demonstra-tions parties a swap meet and a bicycle

fashion show

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nOv7

Saving Americarsquos Exceptional GardensBill Noble director of preservation at

The Garden Conservancy will discuss his work overseeing rehabilitation activities at more than 100 gardens throughout the country

rarr Wed Nov 7 2-5 pm $18 members$20 nonmembers Morris Arboretum 100 E Northwestern Ave For more information visit morrisarboretumorg

nOv8

Food Politics Is the Current Food System Sustainable with Marion Nestle

Noted nutritionist and author Marion Nestle will discuss food politics and the sustainability of the current food system

rarr Thurs Nov 8 6-830 pm $15 nonmember $10 member$50 vIP reception The Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy For more information and to register visit ansporgvisitevents

nOv10

Art in the GardenMark Smith an artist and garden de-signer will discuss ways to expand

thinking about art in a garden setting in eco-nomical temporary and more permanent ways

rarr Sat Nov 10 9-11 am $10 Fairmount Park Horticultural Center N Horticultural and Montgomery Drs For more information visit extensionpsueduphiladelphiaprogramsmaster-gardener

nOv10

Worm Composting Urban Composting Made EasyStart worm composting after this work-

shop on decomposition worm anatomy and biol-ogy and how to care for a worm bin Participants will take home a bin with worms

rarr Sat Nov 10 10 am-12 pm Members $20per person $30couple Nonmembers $30person $40couple Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education 8480 Hagyrsquos Mill Rd For information visit schuylkillcenterorg

nOv7

Creating the East Coast GreenwayAndy Hamilton Mid-Atlantic Trail Co-ordinator for the East Coast Greenway

Alliance will outline how this trail system en-hances local communities and the region at large

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That Wednesday morning customers wait outside for the Market to open making shop-ping strategies while sipping coffee provided by Market management While itrsquos a busy day for us at the General Store therersquos a lot more pressure on the big three the butcher baker and greengrocer Inside the market the green-grocers hurriedly stack towering mounds of collard greens the butchers ice down freshly-killed turkeys and the Pennsylvania Dutch bakers try to find room to display all their pies

At 8 am the doors open and the frenzy be-gins Couples split up to conquer the shopping list with a promised rendezvous for blueberry pancakes or croissants The line at Terminirsquos Bakery slows to a crawl and good-natured pa-trons start folding bakery boxes to help speed the process Customers move like hordes of lo-custs through the produce as workers hustle to

restock and replenish the ravaged displays The ticket machine at Godshallrsquos Poultry completes the first circuit of 001 to 100 and back again

In the midst of this harried buying and sell-ing there is a sense of collegiality Customers share and debate cooking tips and shopping secrets And despite the pressure to finish helping one customer to get to those waiting merchants make time to quickly trade family news with customers Today is part business and part family reunion

At Godshallrsquos therersquos a pause to advise a ner-vous first-time Thanksgiving hostess on cook-ing the perfect turkey ldquoCook it at 350 degrees 14 to 15 minutes a poundrdquo explains the butcher ldquoIf itrsquos stuffed you want an internal tempera-ture of 165 degrees Yoursquoll want to use a meat thermometer You can buy one down the aisle at the kitchen store Yoursquore welcome Good luckmdash

calling number 88rdquo The next day if all goes ac-cording to plan a beaming young woman will take a bow for serving a Thanksgiving master-piece and a lifelong customer will be born Itrsquos in these moments that the keys to the Reading Terminal Marketrsquos longevity can be found This exchange of money for merchandise is more than a business transactionmdashtherersquos something more personal happening

Many of todayrsquos customers first discovered the Market as children brought here by parents or grandparents They learned to endure the search for the freshest meat or ripest tomatoes in exchange for the promise of Bassetts Ice Cream On Thanksgiving they return forgo-ing the big box supermarkets for a place where food is not so much a commodity but some-onersquos life work This is reflected in the stand names Guintarsquos Meats Beilerrsquos Bakery Bas-setts Ice Cream These names werenrsquot picked because their owners lacked originality but rather as a sign of the shopkeepersrsquo pride in the foods they grow raise prepare and sell

For many Philadelphians the trip to Read-ing Terminal has become an essential part of the Thanksgiving holidaymdasha reminder that preparing and sharing food with loved ones is a sacred experience Hopefully this year will initiate a few young family members into that traditionmdashone thatrsquos existed since the Market opened in 1893 and if theyrsquore lucky includes a dish of Bassetts ice cream

michael holahan founded the Pennsylvania General Store with his wife Julie Holahan in 1987 The store sells locally made foods and crafts Visit them at the Reading Terminal Market or online at pageneralstorecom

Feeding on Tradition

Thanksgiving Eve at the Reading Terminal Market by michael holahan

As a shopkeeper in the Reading Terminal Market any busy day is a good day But after 25 years at the Pennsylvania General Store my favorite is the day before Thanksgiving The energy inside this more-

than-a-century-old public market is unlike any other time of year Thanksgiv-ing is about bringing together the people we love to share a meal and to give thanks as a merchant itrsquos a privilege to be even a small part of this occasion

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Page 18: Grid Magazine November 2012 [#043]

1 8 g r i d p h i l lyco m N OV E M b E r 2 0 12

three philadelphia restaurateurs try their

hands at farmingstory by liz pacheco photos by neal santos

LUNA FARM

amp

Jose Garces and farmer Alex McCracken at Luna Farm

N OV E M b E r 2 0 12 g r i d p h i l lyco m 1 9

hef jose garces is in his outdoor kitchen making sal-morejomdasha cold Spanish soup similar to gazpacho He adds bright yellow tomatoes to the food processor along with gar-lic vinegar and baguette pieces ldquoA few years agordquo he says

ldquoI wouldrsquove made this with tomatoes from Mexicordquo This afternoon the tomatoes are from a very local sourcemdashGarcesrsquo backyard which doubles as a farm para This is the first full season for the 40-acre Luna Farm in Ottsville which is named in honor of the Garces family dog as well as the brilliant nightscapes the property offers The nearly 100 varieties of herbs and vegetables are organically grown for the Garces company res-taurantsmdashmost specifically Philadelphiarsquos JG Domestic which focuses on using local ingredients para But Garces isnrsquot the only or first Philadelphia chef to delve into farming Mitch Prensky owner and chef of Supper is in his third year working with Blue Elephant Farm in Newtown Square which grows solely for his restaurant and catering company Last Febru-ary Andrea Rossi began cultivating in Orwigsburg on his farm Grateful Acres This spring Rossi launched a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program through his restaurant C19 para For these three chefs the farms are creative challengesmdashthey require money planning and of course physical labor At their restaurants these chefs are no longer just cooking theyrsquore developing innovative models for combining the farm and the table

jose gARces garces group

For Garces the decision to start a farm happened al-most by accident While looking for a family home out-side the city he discovered that many properties included farmland ldquoWe just started thinking lsquoWow it would be great if we could ship in our own stuffrsquordquo says Garces In 2010 he purchased the property and by summer 2011 he was working with Alex McCracken to develop the land

While McCracken had never farmed on this scale before he has extensive experience gardening He and his wife live on a nearby 16-acre property and own the Turnip Truck a business that designs installs and main-tains organic gardens for homeowners When McCracken heard that Garces was looking for a farmer he sent in

his reacutesumeacute That plus a recommendation from another local grower landed him the position In this first year McCracken and Garces are experimentingmdashlooking to see what flourishes both at the farm and in the restaurants

ldquoNext year the plan is to reduce the wide variety of crops that we grow to the things that are doing the best hererdquo says McCracken ldquoThe things that the restaurants use the most of like peppersmdashwersquoll always grow peppers here Theyrsquore easy to grow All of Josersquos restaurants use a lot of themrdquo

In addition to vegetables the organic farm is grow-ing mushrooms and raising chickens and bees Garces is also considering goats either for meat or milk The farmrsquos tractor runs on biodiesel fuel from the restaurantsrsquo fryer oil which is picked up and processed by Bucks County

2 0 g r i d p h i l lyco m N OV E M b E r 2 0 12

Freedom Fuel And therersquos talk of adding solar panels to the movable chicken coop to provide energy for the green-house and the barn This winter the greenhouse will be supplemented by hoop houses which in August already had tomatoes peppers and eggplant

ldquoIrsquom growing things here Irsquove never grown beforerdquo says McCracken referring to some of the more unusual varieties of tomatoes and greens ldquoIrsquom growing things some of the chefs have never seen before Everybodyrsquos expanding their horizons and learning a lot from the processrdquo

The chefs from Garcesrsquo seven Philadelphia restaurants and the three in Atlantic City have all visited Luna ldquoThey didnrsquot realize the scale wersquore growing on or the quality that was going to be coming out hererdquo says Garces The restau-rants receive produce Tuesday and Thursday nights some of which easily work on the menu and some that require more creativity ldquoWersquore treating them like CSAs basicallyrdquo explains Garces ldquoInitially [the chefs] were placing orders and I interceded and said no you guys are getting every-thingrdquo Some menus pose greater challenges since theyrsquore concept-based but the hope is that in future seasons the farm will cater to those needs The JG Domestic restaurant

benefits most directly from the farm offering dishes with ldquoLuna Farm Eggrdquo ldquoLuna Farm Herb Pestordquo and ldquoLuna Farm Tomatillosrdquo

But for Garces the motivation to start Luna Farm comes from his passion for food not marketing potential ldquoI think as long as [the farm] remains true to that itrsquoll keep goingrdquo But hersquos also admits that therersquos significant financial risk as well ldquoItrsquos a pretty costly endeavor for sure Wersquore still trying to make sure it all balances outrdquo

Mitch pReNsky supper

mitch prensky has been working with Blue Elephant Farm since 2010 but his commitment to local fresh food is decades old ldquoIrsquove been cooking this way for 26 yearsrdquo he says citing previous trips to the Union Square Green-market in New York City to visit farm stands In 2007 he opened Supper which he describes as ldquoseasonal farm-di-rect American cuisinerdquo Yet it wasnrsquot until three years ago that Prensky learned of the term ldquofarm to tablerdquo

ldquoSomebody said to me lsquoOh yoursquore a farm-to-table res-

Jose Garces prepares a salmorejo in his outdoor kitchen at Luna Farm The cold Spanish soup is similar to a gazpacho itrsquos made from tomatoes and garnished with strawberries eggs and olives Garcesrsquo children Olivia and Andres watch their father in the kitchen and lend a hand in adding the ingredients to the blender

The salmorejo is from Garcesrsquo newest cookbook The Latin Road Home available October 8 from Lake Isle Press For the full recipe visit gridphillycom

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taurantrsquordquo recalls Prensky ldquoItrsquos the first time Irsquove ever heard that expression So if yoursquore going to call me something at least I should know what it isrdquo Eventually Prensky con-nected with the owners of Blue Elephant Farm a privately owned 75-acre property in Newton Square At the time the owners were growing for themselves and family members Prensky started working with the estate manager Mary Butler a horticulturist to grow vegetables for Supper

ldquo[The] first season I pulled every vegetable out of the ground myselfrdquo says Prensky who works alongside Butler ldquoThere is a lot of sweat and toil involved and not a lot of [financial] returnrdquo Today the farm provides 100 percent of the produce at Supper and at the Global DishmdashPrenskyrsquos catering company Blue Elephant raises chickens sheep goats llamas horses and donkeys and there are plans to have a grass-fed beef program next year A local beekeeper has hives on the property Their greenhouse grows greens lettuces and herbs year-round and thanks to cold storage diners will see plenty of root vegetables on the winter menu This fall Prensky and Blue Elephant even canned their first line of products and preserves to be sold at Supper

With any farm there are no guarantees Prensky talks about the season when a blight kept tomatoes off the menu for a while and the creativity needed to handle an abun-dance of okra one week but none the next ldquoYou start pick-ling and preserving and then you make dishes out of itrdquo he says ldquoThatrsquos another challenge but thatrsquos a fun challenge here of writing dishes on the menurdquo

Deliveries from the farm come to Supper three times a week and Prensky makes an effort to be out in the fields at least once a week as well ldquoI always say Irsquom the luckiest chef in the worldrdquo he says explaining that having a dedicated farm for his restaurant has been a career goal ldquo[I thought] it would be great if someone could grow this stuff for us and I would know exactly what that property is doing and how theyrsquore handling the vegetables and what goes into this And thatrsquos what Irsquove been fortunate to be blessed with here with Blue Elephantrdquo

ANdReA Rossi c19

two years ago C19 (then Cichetteria 19) was already sourcing locally from Green Meadow Farm ldquoI wasnrsquot even searching for a farmer at the timerdquo admits Andrea Rossi chef and owner at C19 Then he met Alex Archambault who was delivering for Red Earth Farm to the Metropolitan Bakery across the street from the restaurant ldquoHe brought

me some tomatoes some potatoes he was growing on his own some heirloom tomatoesrdquo says Rossi ldquoThey were amazingrdquo

So Rossi expressed interest in finding space to start his own farm and Archambault mentioned there were a few acres adjacent to his backyard in Orwigsburg In 2011 Rossi officially hired Archambault to be the farmer This summer C19 offered a CSA for the farm and had four res-taurants and six individuals participate ldquoWe just wanted to start very small because the first year therersquos a lot of difficultiesrdquo says Rossi The season has so far been suc-cessful and produce from Grateful Acres can be found on the restaurant menu as well as at the Rittenhouse Farmers Market each Saturday

The decision to start a farm springs from Rossirsquos desire to provide the best quality food locally ldquoWe are what we eatrdquo he says explaining that he wants to both support the local economy and make sure people are eating nutrient-rich produce His dedication to this mission has been rec-ognized locally In November 2011 the restaurant received a ldquoSnail of Approvalrdquo from Slow Food Philadelphiamdasha distinction given to eateries that contribute to the quality authenticity and sustainability of the food supply in the area Rossi is already considering expansion He wants to lease a few more acres next season and is talking with an-other restaurant about potentially buying an organic farm in New Jersey Restaurateurs owning farms is an emerging trend but for Rossi his works stems from familial tradi-tion ldquoThe idea comes from my motherrdquo he says ldquoitrsquos how we grew uprdquo

Supper is located at 926 South St 215-592-8180 supperphillycom

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Top left Mitch Prensky owner and chef at Supper with a recent harvest from Blue Elephant Farm

Bottom right Andrea Rossi owner and chef at C19 sells produce from Grateful Acres with farmer Alex Archambault at the Saturday Rittenhouse farmers market

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What amazed me most about the honey locust trees at Awbury Arbo-retum were the thorns I had imag-

ined something like rose thornsmdashsharp but proportionalmdashnot four-inch-long spikes jutting out from branches and erupting from trunks in grotesque savage clusters Surely this was over-kill The trees could fend off deer with much less

Honey locust trees can be found throughout the city but these are tame trees They have an elegant spreading canopy with small leaves that screen the sun rather than block it completely What they donrsquot have is thorns The smooth ver-sions are ldquoa genetic sport [mutation] that showed up and people liked themrdquo explains Dennis Lu-cey Awbury Arboretumrsquos landscape manager

The honey locust remains prepared to fend off long- extinct creatures by bernard brown

by bernard brownurban naturalist

foot-long seed pods as wellmdashthink string beans for giant ground sloths who would subsequently disperse their seeds Twelve thousand years ago might sound like a long time for a human but itrsquos only 60 generations or so for the trees

Honey locusts arenrsquot the only trees around us likely shaped by extinct giants Next time yoursquore passing the Bala Golf Club on Belmont Avenue look at the Osage orange trees along the fence Thorny with round green softball-sized fruit the trees donrsquot appeal to our extant native crit-ters implying extinct animals once dispersed the seeds

Of course long-lived trees tell other stories wersquove forgotten Lucey referenced some old locust trees at Awbury planted in what appears to be an arbitrary line Back in the late 1800s the line was planted to screen a small slum McNabb Town from view McNabb Town was razed more than a hundred years ago but the trees remain

bernard brown is an amateur field herper bureaucrat and founder of the PBampJ Campaign (pbjcampaignorg) a movement focused on the benefits of eating lower on the food chain

Pointing to the Past

We choose nice gentle trees for our landscaping nothing with spikes that could go clean through your hand

We like locust trees for other reasons They are tough plants that can withstand air pollu-tion road salt and compacted soilmdashall things that make urban environments a nasty place for a tree Moreover those small leaves (technically leaflets since the stem with the row of leaflets on either side is considered a ldquocompound leafrdquo) are easy to clean up in the fall

But I miss the thorns and not just for their gory potential The thorns remind us that we inhabit a world shaped by extinct creatures Irsquom not talking about dinosaurs rather extinct mam-mals that shared the Delaware Valley with its first humans at the end of the last Ice Age

It might be easy to forget that these marvel-ously giant and exotic beasts (including saber-toothed cats and ground sloths the size of el-ephants not to mention actual mammoths and mastodons) lived where we do today but the trees remember

Or at least their genes do Trees that evolved over millions of years along

with giant herbivorous mammals still bear the traits shaped by them even if theyrsquore no longer useful This is likely how honey locust trees ended up with thorns big enough to intimidate a mam-moth and is probably why they have

read more about honey locusts Osage oranges and other plants likely

shaped by extinct animals in the Ghosts of Evolu-tion by Connie Barlow (Basic Books 2002 $19)

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Oct13

ldquoCountdown to (En)DangerrdquoAn exhibit featuring artistsrsquo own inter-pretations of endangered species and

the continued risks of extinction Proceeds ben-efit the World Wildlife Fund Open until Nov 7

rarr Sat Oct 13 6-9 pm free B2 Cafeacute 1500 E Passyunk Ave For more information visit facebookcomevents482540518437645

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Fall Author Series Spillover Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic

Hear from author David Quammen on the sci-ence and history of major diseases that originate in wild animals and pass to humans and what might be the next pandemic

rarr Tues Oct 16 630-830 pm free to members$5 nonmembers The Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy For more informa-tion and to register visit ansporgvisitevents

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Is Sustainable Agriculture Bad for the PlanetSustainable food writers and experts

examine questions like Does eating grass-fed livestock raise your emissions And is it worth paying extra for organic products

rarr Thurs Oct 18 6-830 pm free to members$5 nonmembers The Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy For more informa-tion and to register visit ansporgvisitevents

Oct18

Slow Food Seminar Chocolate Growers Seminar amp TastingKallari Cacao Growers Cooperative

from Ecuador will talk about their cacao farms and have a tasting of their chocolate (Fair Trade and Direct Trade)

rarr Thurs Oct 18 7-9 pm $20 Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College 4100 Walnut St For tickets visit slowfoodphillyorg

Oct19

Wall Garden WorkshopTake your gardening indoors with woolly pockets This workshop will

teach where to hang a woolly pocket what to plant and how to water

rarr Fri Oct 19 630-830 pm $40 City Planter 814 N 4th St For more information and to register visit cityplantercom

Oct20

Rose Hips and What You Make of Them Learn how to use rose hips from the

garden to make jam candy and syrup Students will take home what they make

rarr Sat Oct 20 9 am-12 pm $50 members$75 nonmembers Wyck 6026 Germantown Ave To register visit wyckorgprograms or call 215-848-1690

Oct20

Terrariums WorkshopCreate a mini-oasis at this terrarium workshop Registration includes a small

glass globe vessel soil charcoal and stones Plants will be available for purchase

rarr Sat Oct 20 12-2 pm $30 Greensgrow Farms 2501 E Cumberland St For more information and to register visit greensgroworgevents

Oct20

PASArsquos 100 Grass-fed Beef Cook OffJoin PASA as they announce the win-

ners of the Cook Off which features local chefs and farmers Philly CowShare and cookbook authorchef Aliza Green will be there and Wye-brook (open 11 am-6 pm) will have live music and food available for purchase

rarr Sat Oct 20 2-4 pm free Wyebrook Farm 150 Wyebrook Rd Honey Brook For more information visit pasafarmingorgevents

Oct20

Fall Foliage WalkEnjoy a morning walk to explore the changing hues of autumn and learn the

surprising answer to why leaves change colors

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Oct18

Fall Window Box WorkshopLearn to create a fall window box thatrsquoll last through Thanksgiving Also get tips

for the best plantings watering practices and soil mixes for the fall season

rarr Thurs Oct 18 6-830 pm $20 Greensgrow Farms 2501 E Cumberland St For more information and to register visit greensgroworgevents

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Harvest On HenryHenry Got Crops CSA hosts a fund-raiser event featuring live music local

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Backyard ChickensEver thought of keeping chickens Learn everything from choosing the

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Bringing It All Home Cultivating Sustainable Communities Frederick Kirschenmann PhD a sus-

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Up Close and Personal Learn the basics of home-scaled sus-tainable and regenerative practices

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Town Square Program Plenty for the Planet Sustainable Food and a Well-Fed World

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Oct26

Terrarium ClassHave a crafty start to your weekend with this terrarium-building class

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Fermenting Sauerkraut amp Mead with David SillerDavid Siller of Cobblestone Krautery

will teach about the power of fermentation and how to make mead pickles sauerkraut and much more

rarr Sat Oct 27 12-2 pm $35 Greensgrow Community Kitchen at St Michaelrsquos Church 2139 E Cumberland St For more information and to register visit greensgroworgevents

Oct2728

Philly Bike Expo Bilenky Cycle Works hosts the third-annual Philly Bike Expomdashtwo days filled with rides seminars demonstra-tions parties a swap meet and a bicycle

fashion show

rarr Sat Oct 27-Sun Oct 28 $8-25 depending on ticket type 23rd Street Armory 22 S 23rd St For more information and tickets visit phillybikeexpocom

nOv7

Saving Americarsquos Exceptional GardensBill Noble director of preservation at

The Garden Conservancy will discuss his work overseeing rehabilitation activities at more than 100 gardens throughout the country

rarr Wed Nov 7 2-5 pm $18 members$20 nonmembers Morris Arboretum 100 E Northwestern Ave For more information visit morrisarboretumorg

nOv8

Food Politics Is the Current Food System Sustainable with Marion Nestle

Noted nutritionist and author Marion Nestle will discuss food politics and the sustainability of the current food system

rarr Thurs Nov 8 6-830 pm $15 nonmember $10 member$50 vIP reception The Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy For more information and to register visit ansporgvisitevents

nOv10

Art in the GardenMark Smith an artist and garden de-signer will discuss ways to expand

thinking about art in a garden setting in eco-nomical temporary and more permanent ways

rarr Sat Nov 10 9-11 am $10 Fairmount Park Horticultural Center N Horticultural and Montgomery Drs For more information visit extensionpsueduphiladelphiaprogramsmaster-gardener

nOv10

Worm Composting Urban Composting Made EasyStart worm composting after this work-

shop on decomposition worm anatomy and biol-ogy and how to care for a worm bin Participants will take home a bin with worms

rarr Sat Nov 10 10 am-12 pm Members $20per person $30couple Nonmembers $30person $40couple Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education 8480 Hagyrsquos Mill Rd For information visit schuylkillcenterorg

nOv7

Creating the East Coast GreenwayAndy Hamilton Mid-Atlantic Trail Co-ordinator for the East Coast Greenway

Alliance will outline how this trail system en-hances local communities and the region at large

rarr Wed Nov 7 6-9 pm free valley Green Inn valley Green Road at Wissahickon For more information and to register visit foworg

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That Wednesday morning customers wait outside for the Market to open making shop-ping strategies while sipping coffee provided by Market management While itrsquos a busy day for us at the General Store therersquos a lot more pressure on the big three the butcher baker and greengrocer Inside the market the green-grocers hurriedly stack towering mounds of collard greens the butchers ice down freshly-killed turkeys and the Pennsylvania Dutch bakers try to find room to display all their pies

At 8 am the doors open and the frenzy be-gins Couples split up to conquer the shopping list with a promised rendezvous for blueberry pancakes or croissants The line at Terminirsquos Bakery slows to a crawl and good-natured pa-trons start folding bakery boxes to help speed the process Customers move like hordes of lo-custs through the produce as workers hustle to

restock and replenish the ravaged displays The ticket machine at Godshallrsquos Poultry completes the first circuit of 001 to 100 and back again

In the midst of this harried buying and sell-ing there is a sense of collegiality Customers share and debate cooking tips and shopping secrets And despite the pressure to finish helping one customer to get to those waiting merchants make time to quickly trade family news with customers Today is part business and part family reunion

At Godshallrsquos therersquos a pause to advise a ner-vous first-time Thanksgiving hostess on cook-ing the perfect turkey ldquoCook it at 350 degrees 14 to 15 minutes a poundrdquo explains the butcher ldquoIf itrsquos stuffed you want an internal tempera-ture of 165 degrees Yoursquoll want to use a meat thermometer You can buy one down the aisle at the kitchen store Yoursquore welcome Good luckmdash

calling number 88rdquo The next day if all goes ac-cording to plan a beaming young woman will take a bow for serving a Thanksgiving master-piece and a lifelong customer will be born Itrsquos in these moments that the keys to the Reading Terminal Marketrsquos longevity can be found This exchange of money for merchandise is more than a business transactionmdashtherersquos something more personal happening

Many of todayrsquos customers first discovered the Market as children brought here by parents or grandparents They learned to endure the search for the freshest meat or ripest tomatoes in exchange for the promise of Bassetts Ice Cream On Thanksgiving they return forgo-ing the big box supermarkets for a place where food is not so much a commodity but some-onersquos life work This is reflected in the stand names Guintarsquos Meats Beilerrsquos Bakery Bas-setts Ice Cream These names werenrsquot picked because their owners lacked originality but rather as a sign of the shopkeepersrsquo pride in the foods they grow raise prepare and sell

For many Philadelphians the trip to Read-ing Terminal has become an essential part of the Thanksgiving holidaymdasha reminder that preparing and sharing food with loved ones is a sacred experience Hopefully this year will initiate a few young family members into that traditionmdashone thatrsquos existed since the Market opened in 1893 and if theyrsquore lucky includes a dish of Bassetts ice cream

michael holahan founded the Pennsylvania General Store with his wife Julie Holahan in 1987 The store sells locally made foods and crafts Visit them at the Reading Terminal Market or online at pageneralstorecom

Feeding on Tradition

Thanksgiving Eve at the Reading Terminal Market by michael holahan

As a shopkeeper in the Reading Terminal Market any busy day is a good day But after 25 years at the Pennsylvania General Store my favorite is the day before Thanksgiving The energy inside this more-

than-a-century-old public market is unlike any other time of year Thanksgiv-ing is about bringing together the people we love to share a meal and to give thanks as a merchant itrsquos a privilege to be even a small part of this occasion

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N OV E M b E r 2 0 12 g r i d p h i l lyco m 1 9

hef jose garces is in his outdoor kitchen making sal-morejomdasha cold Spanish soup similar to gazpacho He adds bright yellow tomatoes to the food processor along with gar-lic vinegar and baguette pieces ldquoA few years agordquo he says

ldquoI wouldrsquove made this with tomatoes from Mexicordquo This afternoon the tomatoes are from a very local sourcemdashGarcesrsquo backyard which doubles as a farm para This is the first full season for the 40-acre Luna Farm in Ottsville which is named in honor of the Garces family dog as well as the brilliant nightscapes the property offers The nearly 100 varieties of herbs and vegetables are organically grown for the Garces company res-taurantsmdashmost specifically Philadelphiarsquos JG Domestic which focuses on using local ingredients para But Garces isnrsquot the only or first Philadelphia chef to delve into farming Mitch Prensky owner and chef of Supper is in his third year working with Blue Elephant Farm in Newtown Square which grows solely for his restaurant and catering company Last Febru-ary Andrea Rossi began cultivating in Orwigsburg on his farm Grateful Acres This spring Rossi launched a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program through his restaurant C19 para For these three chefs the farms are creative challengesmdashthey require money planning and of course physical labor At their restaurants these chefs are no longer just cooking theyrsquore developing innovative models for combining the farm and the table

jose gARces garces group

For Garces the decision to start a farm happened al-most by accident While looking for a family home out-side the city he discovered that many properties included farmland ldquoWe just started thinking lsquoWow it would be great if we could ship in our own stuffrsquordquo says Garces In 2010 he purchased the property and by summer 2011 he was working with Alex McCracken to develop the land

While McCracken had never farmed on this scale before he has extensive experience gardening He and his wife live on a nearby 16-acre property and own the Turnip Truck a business that designs installs and main-tains organic gardens for homeowners When McCracken heard that Garces was looking for a farmer he sent in

his reacutesumeacute That plus a recommendation from another local grower landed him the position In this first year McCracken and Garces are experimentingmdashlooking to see what flourishes both at the farm and in the restaurants

ldquoNext year the plan is to reduce the wide variety of crops that we grow to the things that are doing the best hererdquo says McCracken ldquoThe things that the restaurants use the most of like peppersmdashwersquoll always grow peppers here Theyrsquore easy to grow All of Josersquos restaurants use a lot of themrdquo

In addition to vegetables the organic farm is grow-ing mushrooms and raising chickens and bees Garces is also considering goats either for meat or milk The farmrsquos tractor runs on biodiesel fuel from the restaurantsrsquo fryer oil which is picked up and processed by Bucks County

2 0 g r i d p h i l lyco m N OV E M b E r 2 0 12

Freedom Fuel And therersquos talk of adding solar panels to the movable chicken coop to provide energy for the green-house and the barn This winter the greenhouse will be supplemented by hoop houses which in August already had tomatoes peppers and eggplant

ldquoIrsquom growing things here Irsquove never grown beforerdquo says McCracken referring to some of the more unusual varieties of tomatoes and greens ldquoIrsquom growing things some of the chefs have never seen before Everybodyrsquos expanding their horizons and learning a lot from the processrdquo

The chefs from Garcesrsquo seven Philadelphia restaurants and the three in Atlantic City have all visited Luna ldquoThey didnrsquot realize the scale wersquore growing on or the quality that was going to be coming out hererdquo says Garces The restau-rants receive produce Tuesday and Thursday nights some of which easily work on the menu and some that require more creativity ldquoWersquore treating them like CSAs basicallyrdquo explains Garces ldquoInitially [the chefs] were placing orders and I interceded and said no you guys are getting every-thingrdquo Some menus pose greater challenges since theyrsquore concept-based but the hope is that in future seasons the farm will cater to those needs The JG Domestic restaurant

benefits most directly from the farm offering dishes with ldquoLuna Farm Eggrdquo ldquoLuna Farm Herb Pestordquo and ldquoLuna Farm Tomatillosrdquo

But for Garces the motivation to start Luna Farm comes from his passion for food not marketing potential ldquoI think as long as [the farm] remains true to that itrsquoll keep goingrdquo But hersquos also admits that therersquos significant financial risk as well ldquoItrsquos a pretty costly endeavor for sure Wersquore still trying to make sure it all balances outrdquo

Mitch pReNsky supper

mitch prensky has been working with Blue Elephant Farm since 2010 but his commitment to local fresh food is decades old ldquoIrsquove been cooking this way for 26 yearsrdquo he says citing previous trips to the Union Square Green-market in New York City to visit farm stands In 2007 he opened Supper which he describes as ldquoseasonal farm-di-rect American cuisinerdquo Yet it wasnrsquot until three years ago that Prensky learned of the term ldquofarm to tablerdquo

ldquoSomebody said to me lsquoOh yoursquore a farm-to-table res-

Jose Garces prepares a salmorejo in his outdoor kitchen at Luna Farm The cold Spanish soup is similar to a gazpacho itrsquos made from tomatoes and garnished with strawberries eggs and olives Garcesrsquo children Olivia and Andres watch their father in the kitchen and lend a hand in adding the ingredients to the blender

The salmorejo is from Garcesrsquo newest cookbook The Latin Road Home available October 8 from Lake Isle Press For the full recipe visit gridphillycom

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taurantrsquordquo recalls Prensky ldquoItrsquos the first time Irsquove ever heard that expression So if yoursquore going to call me something at least I should know what it isrdquo Eventually Prensky con-nected with the owners of Blue Elephant Farm a privately owned 75-acre property in Newton Square At the time the owners were growing for themselves and family members Prensky started working with the estate manager Mary Butler a horticulturist to grow vegetables for Supper

ldquo[The] first season I pulled every vegetable out of the ground myselfrdquo says Prensky who works alongside Butler ldquoThere is a lot of sweat and toil involved and not a lot of [financial] returnrdquo Today the farm provides 100 percent of the produce at Supper and at the Global DishmdashPrenskyrsquos catering company Blue Elephant raises chickens sheep goats llamas horses and donkeys and there are plans to have a grass-fed beef program next year A local beekeeper has hives on the property Their greenhouse grows greens lettuces and herbs year-round and thanks to cold storage diners will see plenty of root vegetables on the winter menu This fall Prensky and Blue Elephant even canned their first line of products and preserves to be sold at Supper

With any farm there are no guarantees Prensky talks about the season when a blight kept tomatoes off the menu for a while and the creativity needed to handle an abun-dance of okra one week but none the next ldquoYou start pick-ling and preserving and then you make dishes out of itrdquo he says ldquoThatrsquos another challenge but thatrsquos a fun challenge here of writing dishes on the menurdquo

Deliveries from the farm come to Supper three times a week and Prensky makes an effort to be out in the fields at least once a week as well ldquoI always say Irsquom the luckiest chef in the worldrdquo he says explaining that having a dedicated farm for his restaurant has been a career goal ldquo[I thought] it would be great if someone could grow this stuff for us and I would know exactly what that property is doing and how theyrsquore handling the vegetables and what goes into this And thatrsquos what Irsquove been fortunate to be blessed with here with Blue Elephantrdquo

ANdReA Rossi c19

two years ago C19 (then Cichetteria 19) was already sourcing locally from Green Meadow Farm ldquoI wasnrsquot even searching for a farmer at the timerdquo admits Andrea Rossi chef and owner at C19 Then he met Alex Archambault who was delivering for Red Earth Farm to the Metropolitan Bakery across the street from the restaurant ldquoHe brought

me some tomatoes some potatoes he was growing on his own some heirloom tomatoesrdquo says Rossi ldquoThey were amazingrdquo

So Rossi expressed interest in finding space to start his own farm and Archambault mentioned there were a few acres adjacent to his backyard in Orwigsburg In 2011 Rossi officially hired Archambault to be the farmer This summer C19 offered a CSA for the farm and had four res-taurants and six individuals participate ldquoWe just wanted to start very small because the first year therersquos a lot of difficultiesrdquo says Rossi The season has so far been suc-cessful and produce from Grateful Acres can be found on the restaurant menu as well as at the Rittenhouse Farmers Market each Saturday

The decision to start a farm springs from Rossirsquos desire to provide the best quality food locally ldquoWe are what we eatrdquo he says explaining that he wants to both support the local economy and make sure people are eating nutrient-rich produce His dedication to this mission has been rec-ognized locally In November 2011 the restaurant received a ldquoSnail of Approvalrdquo from Slow Food Philadelphiamdasha distinction given to eateries that contribute to the quality authenticity and sustainability of the food supply in the area Rossi is already considering expansion He wants to lease a few more acres next season and is talking with an-other restaurant about potentially buying an organic farm in New Jersey Restaurateurs owning farms is an emerging trend but for Rossi his works stems from familial tradi-tion ldquoThe idea comes from my motherrdquo he says ldquoitrsquos how we grew uprdquo

Supper is located at 926 South St 215-592-8180 supperphillycom

C19 is located at 267 S 19th St 215-545-0441 c19pwhillycom

JG Domestic is located at 2929 Arch St 215-222-2363 jgdomesticcom

For a full list of Garcesrsquo restaurants visit garcesgroupcom

BLUe eLephANt FARM

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Top left Mitch Prensky owner and chef at Supper with a recent harvest from Blue Elephant Farm

Bottom right Andrea Rossi owner and chef at C19 sells produce from Grateful Acres with farmer Alex Archambault at the Saturday Rittenhouse farmers market

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What amazed me most about the honey locust trees at Awbury Arbo-retum were the thorns I had imag-

ined something like rose thornsmdashsharp but proportionalmdashnot four-inch-long spikes jutting out from branches and erupting from trunks in grotesque savage clusters Surely this was over-kill The trees could fend off deer with much less

Honey locust trees can be found throughout the city but these are tame trees They have an elegant spreading canopy with small leaves that screen the sun rather than block it completely What they donrsquot have is thorns The smooth ver-sions are ldquoa genetic sport [mutation] that showed up and people liked themrdquo explains Dennis Lu-cey Awbury Arboretumrsquos landscape manager

The honey locust remains prepared to fend off long- extinct creatures by bernard brown

by bernard brownurban naturalist

foot-long seed pods as wellmdashthink string beans for giant ground sloths who would subsequently disperse their seeds Twelve thousand years ago might sound like a long time for a human but itrsquos only 60 generations or so for the trees

Honey locusts arenrsquot the only trees around us likely shaped by extinct giants Next time yoursquore passing the Bala Golf Club on Belmont Avenue look at the Osage orange trees along the fence Thorny with round green softball-sized fruit the trees donrsquot appeal to our extant native crit-ters implying extinct animals once dispersed the seeds

Of course long-lived trees tell other stories wersquove forgotten Lucey referenced some old locust trees at Awbury planted in what appears to be an arbitrary line Back in the late 1800s the line was planted to screen a small slum McNabb Town from view McNabb Town was razed more than a hundred years ago but the trees remain

bernard brown is an amateur field herper bureaucrat and founder of the PBampJ Campaign (pbjcampaignorg) a movement focused on the benefits of eating lower on the food chain

Pointing to the Past

We choose nice gentle trees for our landscaping nothing with spikes that could go clean through your hand

We like locust trees for other reasons They are tough plants that can withstand air pollu-tion road salt and compacted soilmdashall things that make urban environments a nasty place for a tree Moreover those small leaves (technically leaflets since the stem with the row of leaflets on either side is considered a ldquocompound leafrdquo) are easy to clean up in the fall

But I miss the thorns and not just for their gory potential The thorns remind us that we inhabit a world shaped by extinct creatures Irsquom not talking about dinosaurs rather extinct mam-mals that shared the Delaware Valley with its first humans at the end of the last Ice Age

It might be easy to forget that these marvel-ously giant and exotic beasts (including saber-toothed cats and ground sloths the size of el-ephants not to mention actual mammoths and mastodons) lived where we do today but the trees remember

Or at least their genes do Trees that evolved over millions of years along

with giant herbivorous mammals still bear the traits shaped by them even if theyrsquore no longer useful This is likely how honey locust trees ended up with thorns big enough to intimidate a mam-moth and is probably why they have

read more about honey locusts Osage oranges and other plants likely

shaped by extinct animals in the Ghosts of Evolu-tion by Connie Barlow (Basic Books 2002 $19)

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Oct13

ldquoCountdown to (En)DangerrdquoAn exhibit featuring artistsrsquo own inter-pretations of endangered species and

the continued risks of extinction Proceeds ben-efit the World Wildlife Fund Open until Nov 7

rarr Sat Oct 13 6-9 pm free B2 Cafeacute 1500 E Passyunk Ave For more information visit facebookcomevents482540518437645

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Fall Author Series Spillover Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic

Hear from author David Quammen on the sci-ence and history of major diseases that originate in wild animals and pass to humans and what might be the next pandemic

rarr Tues Oct 16 630-830 pm free to members$5 nonmembers The Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy For more informa-tion and to register visit ansporgvisitevents

Oct18

Is Sustainable Agriculture Bad for the PlanetSustainable food writers and experts

examine questions like Does eating grass-fed livestock raise your emissions And is it worth paying extra for organic products

rarr Thurs Oct 18 6-830 pm free to members$5 nonmembers The Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy For more informa-tion and to register visit ansporgvisitevents

Oct18

Slow Food Seminar Chocolate Growers Seminar amp TastingKallari Cacao Growers Cooperative

from Ecuador will talk about their cacao farms and have a tasting of their chocolate (Fair Trade and Direct Trade)

rarr Thurs Oct 18 7-9 pm $20 Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College 4100 Walnut St For tickets visit slowfoodphillyorg

Oct19

Wall Garden WorkshopTake your gardening indoors with woolly pockets This workshop will

teach where to hang a woolly pocket what to plant and how to water

rarr Fri Oct 19 630-830 pm $40 City Planter 814 N 4th St For more information and to register visit cityplantercom

Oct20

Rose Hips and What You Make of Them Learn how to use rose hips from the

garden to make jam candy and syrup Students will take home what they make

rarr Sat Oct 20 9 am-12 pm $50 members$75 nonmembers Wyck 6026 Germantown Ave To register visit wyckorgprograms or call 215-848-1690

Oct20

Terrariums WorkshopCreate a mini-oasis at this terrarium workshop Registration includes a small

glass globe vessel soil charcoal and stones Plants will be available for purchase

rarr Sat Oct 20 12-2 pm $30 Greensgrow Farms 2501 E Cumberland St For more information and to register visit greensgroworgevents

Oct20

PASArsquos 100 Grass-fed Beef Cook OffJoin PASA as they announce the win-

ners of the Cook Off which features local chefs and farmers Philly CowShare and cookbook authorchef Aliza Green will be there and Wye-brook (open 11 am-6 pm) will have live music and food available for purchase

rarr Sat Oct 20 2-4 pm free Wyebrook Farm 150 Wyebrook Rd Honey Brook For more information visit pasafarmingorgevents

Oct20

Fall Foliage WalkEnjoy a morning walk to explore the changing hues of autumn and learn the

surprising answer to why leaves change colors

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Oct18

Fall Window Box WorkshopLearn to create a fall window box thatrsquoll last through Thanksgiving Also get tips

for the best plantings watering practices and soil mixes for the fall season

rarr Thurs Oct 18 6-830 pm $20 Greensgrow Farms 2501 E Cumberland St For more information and to register visit greensgroworgevents

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Harvest On HenryHenry Got Crops CSA hosts a fund-raiser event featuring live music local

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Bringing It All Home Cultivating Sustainable Communities Frederick Kirschenmann PhD a sus-

tainability speaker writer farmer-philosopher and president of Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture will speak about developing resilient sustainable communities

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Up Close and Personal Learn the basics of home-scaled sus-tainable and regenerative practices

including backyard chickens composting fer-mentation and more This workshop will focus on extending the growing season

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Town Square Program Plenty for the Planet Sustainable Food and a Well-Fed World

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rarr Sun Oct 21 530-830 pm Program free Reception $10 members$12 nonmembers Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy For more information and to register visit ansporgvisitevents

Oct26

Terrarium ClassHave a crafty start to your weekend with this terrarium-building class

rarr Fri Oct 26 630-830 pm $50 City Planter 814 N 4th St For more information and to register visit cityplantercom

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Fermenting Sauerkraut amp Mead with David SillerDavid Siller of Cobblestone Krautery

will teach about the power of fermentation and how to make mead pickles sauerkraut and much more

rarr Sat Oct 27 12-2 pm $35 Greensgrow Community Kitchen at St Michaelrsquos Church 2139 E Cumberland St For more information and to register visit greensgroworgevents

Oct2728

Philly Bike Expo Bilenky Cycle Works hosts the third-annual Philly Bike Expomdashtwo days filled with rides seminars demonstra-tions parties a swap meet and a bicycle

fashion show

rarr Sat Oct 27-Sun Oct 28 $8-25 depending on ticket type 23rd Street Armory 22 S 23rd St For more information and tickets visit phillybikeexpocom

nOv7

Saving Americarsquos Exceptional GardensBill Noble director of preservation at

The Garden Conservancy will discuss his work overseeing rehabilitation activities at more than 100 gardens throughout the country

rarr Wed Nov 7 2-5 pm $18 members$20 nonmembers Morris Arboretum 100 E Northwestern Ave For more information visit morrisarboretumorg

nOv8

Food Politics Is the Current Food System Sustainable with Marion Nestle

Noted nutritionist and author Marion Nestle will discuss food politics and the sustainability of the current food system

rarr Thurs Nov 8 6-830 pm $15 nonmember $10 member$50 vIP reception The Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy For more information and to register visit ansporgvisitevents

nOv10

Art in the GardenMark Smith an artist and garden de-signer will discuss ways to expand

thinking about art in a garden setting in eco-nomical temporary and more permanent ways

rarr Sat Nov 10 9-11 am $10 Fairmount Park Horticultural Center N Horticultural and Montgomery Drs For more information visit extensionpsueduphiladelphiaprogramsmaster-gardener

nOv10

Worm Composting Urban Composting Made EasyStart worm composting after this work-

shop on decomposition worm anatomy and biol-ogy and how to care for a worm bin Participants will take home a bin with worms

rarr Sat Nov 10 10 am-12 pm Members $20per person $30couple Nonmembers $30person $40couple Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education 8480 Hagyrsquos Mill Rd For information visit schuylkillcenterorg

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Creating the East Coast GreenwayAndy Hamilton Mid-Atlantic Trail Co-ordinator for the East Coast Greenway

Alliance will outline how this trail system en-hances local communities and the region at large

rarr Wed Nov 7 6-9 pm free valley Green Inn valley Green Road at Wissahickon For more information and to register visit foworg

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That Wednesday morning customers wait outside for the Market to open making shop-ping strategies while sipping coffee provided by Market management While itrsquos a busy day for us at the General Store therersquos a lot more pressure on the big three the butcher baker and greengrocer Inside the market the green-grocers hurriedly stack towering mounds of collard greens the butchers ice down freshly-killed turkeys and the Pennsylvania Dutch bakers try to find room to display all their pies

At 8 am the doors open and the frenzy be-gins Couples split up to conquer the shopping list with a promised rendezvous for blueberry pancakes or croissants The line at Terminirsquos Bakery slows to a crawl and good-natured pa-trons start folding bakery boxes to help speed the process Customers move like hordes of lo-custs through the produce as workers hustle to

restock and replenish the ravaged displays The ticket machine at Godshallrsquos Poultry completes the first circuit of 001 to 100 and back again

In the midst of this harried buying and sell-ing there is a sense of collegiality Customers share and debate cooking tips and shopping secrets And despite the pressure to finish helping one customer to get to those waiting merchants make time to quickly trade family news with customers Today is part business and part family reunion

At Godshallrsquos therersquos a pause to advise a ner-vous first-time Thanksgiving hostess on cook-ing the perfect turkey ldquoCook it at 350 degrees 14 to 15 minutes a poundrdquo explains the butcher ldquoIf itrsquos stuffed you want an internal tempera-ture of 165 degrees Yoursquoll want to use a meat thermometer You can buy one down the aisle at the kitchen store Yoursquore welcome Good luckmdash

calling number 88rdquo The next day if all goes ac-cording to plan a beaming young woman will take a bow for serving a Thanksgiving master-piece and a lifelong customer will be born Itrsquos in these moments that the keys to the Reading Terminal Marketrsquos longevity can be found This exchange of money for merchandise is more than a business transactionmdashtherersquos something more personal happening

Many of todayrsquos customers first discovered the Market as children brought here by parents or grandparents They learned to endure the search for the freshest meat or ripest tomatoes in exchange for the promise of Bassetts Ice Cream On Thanksgiving they return forgo-ing the big box supermarkets for a place where food is not so much a commodity but some-onersquos life work This is reflected in the stand names Guintarsquos Meats Beilerrsquos Bakery Bas-setts Ice Cream These names werenrsquot picked because their owners lacked originality but rather as a sign of the shopkeepersrsquo pride in the foods they grow raise prepare and sell

For many Philadelphians the trip to Read-ing Terminal has become an essential part of the Thanksgiving holidaymdasha reminder that preparing and sharing food with loved ones is a sacred experience Hopefully this year will initiate a few young family members into that traditionmdashone thatrsquos existed since the Market opened in 1893 and if theyrsquore lucky includes a dish of Bassetts ice cream

michael holahan founded the Pennsylvania General Store with his wife Julie Holahan in 1987 The store sells locally made foods and crafts Visit them at the Reading Terminal Market or online at pageneralstorecom

Feeding on Tradition

Thanksgiving Eve at the Reading Terminal Market by michael holahan

As a shopkeeper in the Reading Terminal Market any busy day is a good day But after 25 years at the Pennsylvania General Store my favorite is the day before Thanksgiving The energy inside this more-

than-a-century-old public market is unlike any other time of year Thanksgiv-ing is about bringing together the people we love to share a meal and to give thanks as a merchant itrsquos a privilege to be even a small part of this occasion

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Freedom Fuel And therersquos talk of adding solar panels to the movable chicken coop to provide energy for the green-house and the barn This winter the greenhouse will be supplemented by hoop houses which in August already had tomatoes peppers and eggplant

ldquoIrsquom growing things here Irsquove never grown beforerdquo says McCracken referring to some of the more unusual varieties of tomatoes and greens ldquoIrsquom growing things some of the chefs have never seen before Everybodyrsquos expanding their horizons and learning a lot from the processrdquo

The chefs from Garcesrsquo seven Philadelphia restaurants and the three in Atlantic City have all visited Luna ldquoThey didnrsquot realize the scale wersquore growing on or the quality that was going to be coming out hererdquo says Garces The restau-rants receive produce Tuesday and Thursday nights some of which easily work on the menu and some that require more creativity ldquoWersquore treating them like CSAs basicallyrdquo explains Garces ldquoInitially [the chefs] were placing orders and I interceded and said no you guys are getting every-thingrdquo Some menus pose greater challenges since theyrsquore concept-based but the hope is that in future seasons the farm will cater to those needs The JG Domestic restaurant

benefits most directly from the farm offering dishes with ldquoLuna Farm Eggrdquo ldquoLuna Farm Herb Pestordquo and ldquoLuna Farm Tomatillosrdquo

But for Garces the motivation to start Luna Farm comes from his passion for food not marketing potential ldquoI think as long as [the farm] remains true to that itrsquoll keep goingrdquo But hersquos also admits that therersquos significant financial risk as well ldquoItrsquos a pretty costly endeavor for sure Wersquore still trying to make sure it all balances outrdquo

Mitch pReNsky supper

mitch prensky has been working with Blue Elephant Farm since 2010 but his commitment to local fresh food is decades old ldquoIrsquove been cooking this way for 26 yearsrdquo he says citing previous trips to the Union Square Green-market in New York City to visit farm stands In 2007 he opened Supper which he describes as ldquoseasonal farm-di-rect American cuisinerdquo Yet it wasnrsquot until three years ago that Prensky learned of the term ldquofarm to tablerdquo

ldquoSomebody said to me lsquoOh yoursquore a farm-to-table res-

Jose Garces prepares a salmorejo in his outdoor kitchen at Luna Farm The cold Spanish soup is similar to a gazpacho itrsquos made from tomatoes and garnished with strawberries eggs and olives Garcesrsquo children Olivia and Andres watch their father in the kitchen and lend a hand in adding the ingredients to the blender

The salmorejo is from Garcesrsquo newest cookbook The Latin Road Home available October 8 from Lake Isle Press For the full recipe visit gridphillycom

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taurantrsquordquo recalls Prensky ldquoItrsquos the first time Irsquove ever heard that expression So if yoursquore going to call me something at least I should know what it isrdquo Eventually Prensky con-nected with the owners of Blue Elephant Farm a privately owned 75-acre property in Newton Square At the time the owners were growing for themselves and family members Prensky started working with the estate manager Mary Butler a horticulturist to grow vegetables for Supper

ldquo[The] first season I pulled every vegetable out of the ground myselfrdquo says Prensky who works alongside Butler ldquoThere is a lot of sweat and toil involved and not a lot of [financial] returnrdquo Today the farm provides 100 percent of the produce at Supper and at the Global DishmdashPrenskyrsquos catering company Blue Elephant raises chickens sheep goats llamas horses and donkeys and there are plans to have a grass-fed beef program next year A local beekeeper has hives on the property Their greenhouse grows greens lettuces and herbs year-round and thanks to cold storage diners will see plenty of root vegetables on the winter menu This fall Prensky and Blue Elephant even canned their first line of products and preserves to be sold at Supper

With any farm there are no guarantees Prensky talks about the season when a blight kept tomatoes off the menu for a while and the creativity needed to handle an abun-dance of okra one week but none the next ldquoYou start pick-ling and preserving and then you make dishes out of itrdquo he says ldquoThatrsquos another challenge but thatrsquos a fun challenge here of writing dishes on the menurdquo

Deliveries from the farm come to Supper three times a week and Prensky makes an effort to be out in the fields at least once a week as well ldquoI always say Irsquom the luckiest chef in the worldrdquo he says explaining that having a dedicated farm for his restaurant has been a career goal ldquo[I thought] it would be great if someone could grow this stuff for us and I would know exactly what that property is doing and how theyrsquore handling the vegetables and what goes into this And thatrsquos what Irsquove been fortunate to be blessed with here with Blue Elephantrdquo

ANdReA Rossi c19

two years ago C19 (then Cichetteria 19) was already sourcing locally from Green Meadow Farm ldquoI wasnrsquot even searching for a farmer at the timerdquo admits Andrea Rossi chef and owner at C19 Then he met Alex Archambault who was delivering for Red Earth Farm to the Metropolitan Bakery across the street from the restaurant ldquoHe brought

me some tomatoes some potatoes he was growing on his own some heirloom tomatoesrdquo says Rossi ldquoThey were amazingrdquo

So Rossi expressed interest in finding space to start his own farm and Archambault mentioned there were a few acres adjacent to his backyard in Orwigsburg In 2011 Rossi officially hired Archambault to be the farmer This summer C19 offered a CSA for the farm and had four res-taurants and six individuals participate ldquoWe just wanted to start very small because the first year therersquos a lot of difficultiesrdquo says Rossi The season has so far been suc-cessful and produce from Grateful Acres can be found on the restaurant menu as well as at the Rittenhouse Farmers Market each Saturday

The decision to start a farm springs from Rossirsquos desire to provide the best quality food locally ldquoWe are what we eatrdquo he says explaining that he wants to both support the local economy and make sure people are eating nutrient-rich produce His dedication to this mission has been rec-ognized locally In November 2011 the restaurant received a ldquoSnail of Approvalrdquo from Slow Food Philadelphiamdasha distinction given to eateries that contribute to the quality authenticity and sustainability of the food supply in the area Rossi is already considering expansion He wants to lease a few more acres next season and is talking with an-other restaurant about potentially buying an organic farm in New Jersey Restaurateurs owning farms is an emerging trend but for Rossi his works stems from familial tradi-tion ldquoThe idea comes from my motherrdquo he says ldquoitrsquos how we grew uprdquo

Supper is located at 926 South St 215-592-8180 supperphillycom

C19 is located at 267 S 19th St 215-545-0441 c19pwhillycom

JG Domestic is located at 2929 Arch St 215-222-2363 jgdomesticcom

For a full list of Garcesrsquo restaurants visit garcesgroupcom

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Top left Mitch Prensky owner and chef at Supper with a recent harvest from Blue Elephant Farm

Bottom right Andrea Rossi owner and chef at C19 sells produce from Grateful Acres with farmer Alex Archambault at the Saturday Rittenhouse farmers market

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What amazed me most about the honey locust trees at Awbury Arbo-retum were the thorns I had imag-

ined something like rose thornsmdashsharp but proportionalmdashnot four-inch-long spikes jutting out from branches and erupting from trunks in grotesque savage clusters Surely this was over-kill The trees could fend off deer with much less

Honey locust trees can be found throughout the city but these are tame trees They have an elegant spreading canopy with small leaves that screen the sun rather than block it completely What they donrsquot have is thorns The smooth ver-sions are ldquoa genetic sport [mutation] that showed up and people liked themrdquo explains Dennis Lu-cey Awbury Arboretumrsquos landscape manager

The honey locust remains prepared to fend off long- extinct creatures by bernard brown

by bernard brownurban naturalist

foot-long seed pods as wellmdashthink string beans for giant ground sloths who would subsequently disperse their seeds Twelve thousand years ago might sound like a long time for a human but itrsquos only 60 generations or so for the trees

Honey locusts arenrsquot the only trees around us likely shaped by extinct giants Next time yoursquore passing the Bala Golf Club on Belmont Avenue look at the Osage orange trees along the fence Thorny with round green softball-sized fruit the trees donrsquot appeal to our extant native crit-ters implying extinct animals once dispersed the seeds

Of course long-lived trees tell other stories wersquove forgotten Lucey referenced some old locust trees at Awbury planted in what appears to be an arbitrary line Back in the late 1800s the line was planted to screen a small slum McNabb Town from view McNabb Town was razed more than a hundred years ago but the trees remain

bernard brown is an amateur field herper bureaucrat and founder of the PBampJ Campaign (pbjcampaignorg) a movement focused on the benefits of eating lower on the food chain

Pointing to the Past

We choose nice gentle trees for our landscaping nothing with spikes that could go clean through your hand

We like locust trees for other reasons They are tough plants that can withstand air pollu-tion road salt and compacted soilmdashall things that make urban environments a nasty place for a tree Moreover those small leaves (technically leaflets since the stem with the row of leaflets on either side is considered a ldquocompound leafrdquo) are easy to clean up in the fall

But I miss the thorns and not just for their gory potential The thorns remind us that we inhabit a world shaped by extinct creatures Irsquom not talking about dinosaurs rather extinct mam-mals that shared the Delaware Valley with its first humans at the end of the last Ice Age

It might be easy to forget that these marvel-ously giant and exotic beasts (including saber-toothed cats and ground sloths the size of el-ephants not to mention actual mammoths and mastodons) lived where we do today but the trees remember

Or at least their genes do Trees that evolved over millions of years along

with giant herbivorous mammals still bear the traits shaped by them even if theyrsquore no longer useful This is likely how honey locust trees ended up with thorns big enough to intimidate a mam-moth and is probably why they have

read more about honey locusts Osage oranges and other plants likely

shaped by extinct animals in the Ghosts of Evolu-tion by Connie Barlow (Basic Books 2002 $19)

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Oct13

ldquoCountdown to (En)DangerrdquoAn exhibit featuring artistsrsquo own inter-pretations of endangered species and

the continued risks of extinction Proceeds ben-efit the World Wildlife Fund Open until Nov 7

rarr Sat Oct 13 6-9 pm free B2 Cafeacute 1500 E Passyunk Ave For more information visit facebookcomevents482540518437645

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Fall Author Series Spillover Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic

Hear from author David Quammen on the sci-ence and history of major diseases that originate in wild animals and pass to humans and what might be the next pandemic

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Is Sustainable Agriculture Bad for the PlanetSustainable food writers and experts

examine questions like Does eating grass-fed livestock raise your emissions And is it worth paying extra for organic products

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Oct18

Slow Food Seminar Chocolate Growers Seminar amp TastingKallari Cacao Growers Cooperative

from Ecuador will talk about their cacao farms and have a tasting of their chocolate (Fair Trade and Direct Trade)

rarr Thurs Oct 18 7-9 pm $20 Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College 4100 Walnut St For tickets visit slowfoodphillyorg

Oct19

Wall Garden WorkshopTake your gardening indoors with woolly pockets This workshop will

teach where to hang a woolly pocket what to plant and how to water

rarr Fri Oct 19 630-830 pm $40 City Planter 814 N 4th St For more information and to register visit cityplantercom

Oct20

Rose Hips and What You Make of Them Learn how to use rose hips from the

garden to make jam candy and syrup Students will take home what they make

rarr Sat Oct 20 9 am-12 pm $50 members$75 nonmembers Wyck 6026 Germantown Ave To register visit wyckorgprograms or call 215-848-1690

Oct20

Terrariums WorkshopCreate a mini-oasis at this terrarium workshop Registration includes a small

glass globe vessel soil charcoal and stones Plants will be available for purchase

rarr Sat Oct 20 12-2 pm $30 Greensgrow Farms 2501 E Cumberland St For more information and to register visit greensgroworgevents

Oct20

PASArsquos 100 Grass-fed Beef Cook OffJoin PASA as they announce the win-

ners of the Cook Off which features local chefs and farmers Philly CowShare and cookbook authorchef Aliza Green will be there and Wye-brook (open 11 am-6 pm) will have live music and food available for purchase

rarr Sat Oct 20 2-4 pm free Wyebrook Farm 150 Wyebrook Rd Honey Brook For more information visit pasafarmingorgevents

Oct20

Fall Foliage WalkEnjoy a morning walk to explore the changing hues of autumn and learn the

surprising answer to why leaves change colors

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Fall Window Box WorkshopLearn to create a fall window box thatrsquoll last through Thanksgiving Also get tips

for the best plantings watering practices and soil mixes for the fall season

rarr Thurs Oct 18 6-830 pm $20 Greensgrow Farms 2501 E Cumberland St For more information and to register visit greensgroworgevents

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Harvest On HenryHenry Got Crops CSA hosts a fund-raiser event featuring live music local

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Bringing It All Home Cultivating Sustainable Communities Frederick Kirschenmann PhD a sus-

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Up Close and Personal Learn the basics of home-scaled sus-tainable and regenerative practices

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Town Square Program Plenty for the Planet Sustainable Food and a Well-Fed World

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Oct26

Terrarium ClassHave a crafty start to your weekend with this terrarium-building class

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Fermenting Sauerkraut amp Mead with David SillerDavid Siller of Cobblestone Krautery

will teach about the power of fermentation and how to make mead pickles sauerkraut and much more

rarr Sat Oct 27 12-2 pm $35 Greensgrow Community Kitchen at St Michaelrsquos Church 2139 E Cumberland St For more information and to register visit greensgroworgevents

Oct2728

Philly Bike Expo Bilenky Cycle Works hosts the third-annual Philly Bike Expomdashtwo days filled with rides seminars demonstra-tions parties a swap meet and a bicycle

fashion show

rarr Sat Oct 27-Sun Oct 28 $8-25 depending on ticket type 23rd Street Armory 22 S 23rd St For more information and tickets visit phillybikeexpocom

nOv7

Saving Americarsquos Exceptional GardensBill Noble director of preservation at

The Garden Conservancy will discuss his work overseeing rehabilitation activities at more than 100 gardens throughout the country

rarr Wed Nov 7 2-5 pm $18 members$20 nonmembers Morris Arboretum 100 E Northwestern Ave For more information visit morrisarboretumorg

nOv8

Food Politics Is the Current Food System Sustainable with Marion Nestle

Noted nutritionist and author Marion Nestle will discuss food politics and the sustainability of the current food system

rarr Thurs Nov 8 6-830 pm $15 nonmember $10 member$50 vIP reception The Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy For more information and to register visit ansporgvisitevents

nOv10

Art in the GardenMark Smith an artist and garden de-signer will discuss ways to expand

thinking about art in a garden setting in eco-nomical temporary and more permanent ways

rarr Sat Nov 10 9-11 am $10 Fairmount Park Horticultural Center N Horticultural and Montgomery Drs For more information visit extensionpsueduphiladelphiaprogramsmaster-gardener

nOv10

Worm Composting Urban Composting Made EasyStart worm composting after this work-

shop on decomposition worm anatomy and biol-ogy and how to care for a worm bin Participants will take home a bin with worms

rarr Sat Nov 10 10 am-12 pm Members $20per person $30couple Nonmembers $30person $40couple Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education 8480 Hagyrsquos Mill Rd For information visit schuylkillcenterorg

nOv7

Creating the East Coast GreenwayAndy Hamilton Mid-Atlantic Trail Co-ordinator for the East Coast Greenway

Alliance will outline how this trail system en-hances local communities and the region at large

rarr Wed Nov 7 6-9 pm free valley Green Inn valley Green Road at Wissahickon For more information and to register visit foworg

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That Wednesday morning customers wait outside for the Market to open making shop-ping strategies while sipping coffee provided by Market management While itrsquos a busy day for us at the General Store therersquos a lot more pressure on the big three the butcher baker and greengrocer Inside the market the green-grocers hurriedly stack towering mounds of collard greens the butchers ice down freshly-killed turkeys and the Pennsylvania Dutch bakers try to find room to display all their pies

At 8 am the doors open and the frenzy be-gins Couples split up to conquer the shopping list with a promised rendezvous for blueberry pancakes or croissants The line at Terminirsquos Bakery slows to a crawl and good-natured pa-trons start folding bakery boxes to help speed the process Customers move like hordes of lo-custs through the produce as workers hustle to

restock and replenish the ravaged displays The ticket machine at Godshallrsquos Poultry completes the first circuit of 001 to 100 and back again

In the midst of this harried buying and sell-ing there is a sense of collegiality Customers share and debate cooking tips and shopping secrets And despite the pressure to finish helping one customer to get to those waiting merchants make time to quickly trade family news with customers Today is part business and part family reunion

At Godshallrsquos therersquos a pause to advise a ner-vous first-time Thanksgiving hostess on cook-ing the perfect turkey ldquoCook it at 350 degrees 14 to 15 minutes a poundrdquo explains the butcher ldquoIf itrsquos stuffed you want an internal tempera-ture of 165 degrees Yoursquoll want to use a meat thermometer You can buy one down the aisle at the kitchen store Yoursquore welcome Good luckmdash

calling number 88rdquo The next day if all goes ac-cording to plan a beaming young woman will take a bow for serving a Thanksgiving master-piece and a lifelong customer will be born Itrsquos in these moments that the keys to the Reading Terminal Marketrsquos longevity can be found This exchange of money for merchandise is more than a business transactionmdashtherersquos something more personal happening

Many of todayrsquos customers first discovered the Market as children brought here by parents or grandparents They learned to endure the search for the freshest meat or ripest tomatoes in exchange for the promise of Bassetts Ice Cream On Thanksgiving they return forgo-ing the big box supermarkets for a place where food is not so much a commodity but some-onersquos life work This is reflected in the stand names Guintarsquos Meats Beilerrsquos Bakery Bas-setts Ice Cream These names werenrsquot picked because their owners lacked originality but rather as a sign of the shopkeepersrsquo pride in the foods they grow raise prepare and sell

For many Philadelphians the trip to Read-ing Terminal has become an essential part of the Thanksgiving holidaymdasha reminder that preparing and sharing food with loved ones is a sacred experience Hopefully this year will initiate a few young family members into that traditionmdashone thatrsquos existed since the Market opened in 1893 and if theyrsquore lucky includes a dish of Bassetts ice cream

michael holahan founded the Pennsylvania General Store with his wife Julie Holahan in 1987 The store sells locally made foods and crafts Visit them at the Reading Terminal Market or online at pageneralstorecom

Feeding on Tradition

Thanksgiving Eve at the Reading Terminal Market by michael holahan

As a shopkeeper in the Reading Terminal Market any busy day is a good day But after 25 years at the Pennsylvania General Store my favorite is the day before Thanksgiving The energy inside this more-

than-a-century-old public market is unlike any other time of year Thanksgiv-ing is about bringing together the people we love to share a meal and to give thanks as a merchant itrsquos a privilege to be even a small part of this occasion

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2 2 g r i d p h i l lyco m N OV E M b E r 2 0 12

taurantrsquordquo recalls Prensky ldquoItrsquos the first time Irsquove ever heard that expression So if yoursquore going to call me something at least I should know what it isrdquo Eventually Prensky con-nected with the owners of Blue Elephant Farm a privately owned 75-acre property in Newton Square At the time the owners were growing for themselves and family members Prensky started working with the estate manager Mary Butler a horticulturist to grow vegetables for Supper

ldquo[The] first season I pulled every vegetable out of the ground myselfrdquo says Prensky who works alongside Butler ldquoThere is a lot of sweat and toil involved and not a lot of [financial] returnrdquo Today the farm provides 100 percent of the produce at Supper and at the Global DishmdashPrenskyrsquos catering company Blue Elephant raises chickens sheep goats llamas horses and donkeys and there are plans to have a grass-fed beef program next year A local beekeeper has hives on the property Their greenhouse grows greens lettuces and herbs year-round and thanks to cold storage diners will see plenty of root vegetables on the winter menu This fall Prensky and Blue Elephant even canned their first line of products and preserves to be sold at Supper

With any farm there are no guarantees Prensky talks about the season when a blight kept tomatoes off the menu for a while and the creativity needed to handle an abun-dance of okra one week but none the next ldquoYou start pick-ling and preserving and then you make dishes out of itrdquo he says ldquoThatrsquos another challenge but thatrsquos a fun challenge here of writing dishes on the menurdquo

Deliveries from the farm come to Supper three times a week and Prensky makes an effort to be out in the fields at least once a week as well ldquoI always say Irsquom the luckiest chef in the worldrdquo he says explaining that having a dedicated farm for his restaurant has been a career goal ldquo[I thought] it would be great if someone could grow this stuff for us and I would know exactly what that property is doing and how theyrsquore handling the vegetables and what goes into this And thatrsquos what Irsquove been fortunate to be blessed with here with Blue Elephantrdquo

ANdReA Rossi c19

two years ago C19 (then Cichetteria 19) was already sourcing locally from Green Meadow Farm ldquoI wasnrsquot even searching for a farmer at the timerdquo admits Andrea Rossi chef and owner at C19 Then he met Alex Archambault who was delivering for Red Earth Farm to the Metropolitan Bakery across the street from the restaurant ldquoHe brought

me some tomatoes some potatoes he was growing on his own some heirloom tomatoesrdquo says Rossi ldquoThey were amazingrdquo

So Rossi expressed interest in finding space to start his own farm and Archambault mentioned there were a few acres adjacent to his backyard in Orwigsburg In 2011 Rossi officially hired Archambault to be the farmer This summer C19 offered a CSA for the farm and had four res-taurants and six individuals participate ldquoWe just wanted to start very small because the first year therersquos a lot of difficultiesrdquo says Rossi The season has so far been suc-cessful and produce from Grateful Acres can be found on the restaurant menu as well as at the Rittenhouse Farmers Market each Saturday

The decision to start a farm springs from Rossirsquos desire to provide the best quality food locally ldquoWe are what we eatrdquo he says explaining that he wants to both support the local economy and make sure people are eating nutrient-rich produce His dedication to this mission has been rec-ognized locally In November 2011 the restaurant received a ldquoSnail of Approvalrdquo from Slow Food Philadelphiamdasha distinction given to eateries that contribute to the quality authenticity and sustainability of the food supply in the area Rossi is already considering expansion He wants to lease a few more acres next season and is talking with an-other restaurant about potentially buying an organic farm in New Jersey Restaurateurs owning farms is an emerging trend but for Rossi his works stems from familial tradi-tion ldquoThe idea comes from my motherrdquo he says ldquoitrsquos how we grew uprdquo

Supper is located at 926 South St 215-592-8180 supperphillycom

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Top left Mitch Prensky owner and chef at Supper with a recent harvest from Blue Elephant Farm

Bottom right Andrea Rossi owner and chef at C19 sells produce from Grateful Acres with farmer Alex Archambault at the Saturday Rittenhouse farmers market

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What amazed me most about the honey locust trees at Awbury Arbo-retum were the thorns I had imag-

ined something like rose thornsmdashsharp but proportionalmdashnot four-inch-long spikes jutting out from branches and erupting from trunks in grotesque savage clusters Surely this was over-kill The trees could fend off deer with much less

Honey locust trees can be found throughout the city but these are tame trees They have an elegant spreading canopy with small leaves that screen the sun rather than block it completely What they donrsquot have is thorns The smooth ver-sions are ldquoa genetic sport [mutation] that showed up and people liked themrdquo explains Dennis Lu-cey Awbury Arboretumrsquos landscape manager

The honey locust remains prepared to fend off long- extinct creatures by bernard brown

by bernard brownurban naturalist

foot-long seed pods as wellmdashthink string beans for giant ground sloths who would subsequently disperse their seeds Twelve thousand years ago might sound like a long time for a human but itrsquos only 60 generations or so for the trees

Honey locusts arenrsquot the only trees around us likely shaped by extinct giants Next time yoursquore passing the Bala Golf Club on Belmont Avenue look at the Osage orange trees along the fence Thorny with round green softball-sized fruit the trees donrsquot appeal to our extant native crit-ters implying extinct animals once dispersed the seeds

Of course long-lived trees tell other stories wersquove forgotten Lucey referenced some old locust trees at Awbury planted in what appears to be an arbitrary line Back in the late 1800s the line was planted to screen a small slum McNabb Town from view McNabb Town was razed more than a hundred years ago but the trees remain

bernard brown is an amateur field herper bureaucrat and founder of the PBampJ Campaign (pbjcampaignorg) a movement focused on the benefits of eating lower on the food chain

Pointing to the Past

We choose nice gentle trees for our landscaping nothing with spikes that could go clean through your hand

We like locust trees for other reasons They are tough plants that can withstand air pollu-tion road salt and compacted soilmdashall things that make urban environments a nasty place for a tree Moreover those small leaves (technically leaflets since the stem with the row of leaflets on either side is considered a ldquocompound leafrdquo) are easy to clean up in the fall

But I miss the thorns and not just for their gory potential The thorns remind us that we inhabit a world shaped by extinct creatures Irsquom not talking about dinosaurs rather extinct mam-mals that shared the Delaware Valley with its first humans at the end of the last Ice Age

It might be easy to forget that these marvel-ously giant and exotic beasts (including saber-toothed cats and ground sloths the size of el-ephants not to mention actual mammoths and mastodons) lived where we do today but the trees remember

Or at least their genes do Trees that evolved over millions of years along

with giant herbivorous mammals still bear the traits shaped by them even if theyrsquore no longer useful This is likely how honey locust trees ended up with thorns big enough to intimidate a mam-moth and is probably why they have

read more about honey locusts Osage oranges and other plants likely

shaped by extinct animals in the Ghosts of Evolu-tion by Connie Barlow (Basic Books 2002 $19)

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Oct13

ldquoCountdown to (En)DangerrdquoAn exhibit featuring artistsrsquo own inter-pretations of endangered species and

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rarr Sat Oct 13 6-9 pm free B2 Cafeacute 1500 E Passyunk Ave For more information visit facebookcomevents482540518437645

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Fall Author Series Spillover Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic

Hear from author David Quammen on the sci-ence and history of major diseases that originate in wild animals and pass to humans and what might be the next pandemic

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Is Sustainable Agriculture Bad for the PlanetSustainable food writers and experts

examine questions like Does eating grass-fed livestock raise your emissions And is it worth paying extra for organic products

rarr Thurs Oct 18 6-830 pm free to members$5 nonmembers The Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy For more informa-tion and to register visit ansporgvisitevents

Oct18

Slow Food Seminar Chocolate Growers Seminar amp TastingKallari Cacao Growers Cooperative

from Ecuador will talk about their cacao farms and have a tasting of their chocolate (Fair Trade and Direct Trade)

rarr Thurs Oct 18 7-9 pm $20 Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College 4100 Walnut St For tickets visit slowfoodphillyorg

Oct19

Wall Garden WorkshopTake your gardening indoors with woolly pockets This workshop will

teach where to hang a woolly pocket what to plant and how to water

rarr Fri Oct 19 630-830 pm $40 City Planter 814 N 4th St For more information and to register visit cityplantercom

Oct20

Rose Hips and What You Make of Them Learn how to use rose hips from the

garden to make jam candy and syrup Students will take home what they make

rarr Sat Oct 20 9 am-12 pm $50 members$75 nonmembers Wyck 6026 Germantown Ave To register visit wyckorgprograms or call 215-848-1690

Oct20

Terrariums WorkshopCreate a mini-oasis at this terrarium workshop Registration includes a small

glass globe vessel soil charcoal and stones Plants will be available for purchase

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Oct20

PASArsquos 100 Grass-fed Beef Cook OffJoin PASA as they announce the win-

ners of the Cook Off which features local chefs and farmers Philly CowShare and cookbook authorchef Aliza Green will be there and Wye-brook (open 11 am-6 pm) will have live music and food available for purchase

rarr Sat Oct 20 2-4 pm free Wyebrook Farm 150 Wyebrook Rd Honey Brook For more information visit pasafarmingorgevents

Oct20

Fall Foliage WalkEnjoy a morning walk to explore the changing hues of autumn and learn the

surprising answer to why leaves change colors

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Fall Window Box WorkshopLearn to create a fall window box thatrsquoll last through Thanksgiving Also get tips

for the best plantings watering practices and soil mixes for the fall season

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Harvest On HenryHenry Got Crops CSA hosts a fund-raiser event featuring live music local

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Backyard ChickensEver thought of keeping chickens Learn everything from choosing the

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Bringing It All Home Cultivating Sustainable Communities Frederick Kirschenmann PhD a sus-

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Up Close and Personal Learn the basics of home-scaled sus-tainable and regenerative practices

including backyard chickens composting fer-mentation and more This workshop will focus on extending the growing season

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Town Square Program Plenty for the Planet Sustainable Food and a Well-Fed World

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rarr Sun Oct 21 530-830 pm Program free Reception $10 members$12 nonmembers Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy For more information and to register visit ansporgvisitevents

Oct26

Terrarium ClassHave a crafty start to your weekend with this terrarium-building class

rarr Fri Oct 26 630-830 pm $50 City Planter 814 N 4th St For more information and to register visit cityplantercom

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Fermenting Sauerkraut amp Mead with David SillerDavid Siller of Cobblestone Krautery

will teach about the power of fermentation and how to make mead pickles sauerkraut and much more

rarr Sat Oct 27 12-2 pm $35 Greensgrow Community Kitchen at St Michaelrsquos Church 2139 E Cumberland St For more information and to register visit greensgroworgevents

Oct2728

Philly Bike Expo Bilenky Cycle Works hosts the third-annual Philly Bike Expomdashtwo days filled with rides seminars demonstra-tions parties a swap meet and a bicycle

fashion show

rarr Sat Oct 27-Sun Oct 28 $8-25 depending on ticket type 23rd Street Armory 22 S 23rd St For more information and tickets visit phillybikeexpocom

nOv7

Saving Americarsquos Exceptional GardensBill Noble director of preservation at

The Garden Conservancy will discuss his work overseeing rehabilitation activities at more than 100 gardens throughout the country

rarr Wed Nov 7 2-5 pm $18 members$20 nonmembers Morris Arboretum 100 E Northwestern Ave For more information visit morrisarboretumorg

nOv8

Food Politics Is the Current Food System Sustainable with Marion Nestle

Noted nutritionist and author Marion Nestle will discuss food politics and the sustainability of the current food system

rarr Thurs Nov 8 6-830 pm $15 nonmember $10 member$50 vIP reception The Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy For more information and to register visit ansporgvisitevents

nOv10

Art in the GardenMark Smith an artist and garden de-signer will discuss ways to expand

thinking about art in a garden setting in eco-nomical temporary and more permanent ways

rarr Sat Nov 10 9-11 am $10 Fairmount Park Horticultural Center N Horticultural and Montgomery Drs For more information visit extensionpsueduphiladelphiaprogramsmaster-gardener

nOv10

Worm Composting Urban Composting Made EasyStart worm composting after this work-

shop on decomposition worm anatomy and biol-ogy and how to care for a worm bin Participants will take home a bin with worms

rarr Sat Nov 10 10 am-12 pm Members $20per person $30couple Nonmembers $30person $40couple Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education 8480 Hagyrsquos Mill Rd For information visit schuylkillcenterorg

nOv7

Creating the East Coast GreenwayAndy Hamilton Mid-Atlantic Trail Co-ordinator for the East Coast Greenway

Alliance will outline how this trail system en-hances local communities and the region at large

rarr Wed Nov 7 6-9 pm free valley Green Inn valley Green Road at Wissahickon For more information and to register visit foworg

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That Wednesday morning customers wait outside for the Market to open making shop-ping strategies while sipping coffee provided by Market management While itrsquos a busy day for us at the General Store therersquos a lot more pressure on the big three the butcher baker and greengrocer Inside the market the green-grocers hurriedly stack towering mounds of collard greens the butchers ice down freshly-killed turkeys and the Pennsylvania Dutch bakers try to find room to display all their pies

At 8 am the doors open and the frenzy be-gins Couples split up to conquer the shopping list with a promised rendezvous for blueberry pancakes or croissants The line at Terminirsquos Bakery slows to a crawl and good-natured pa-trons start folding bakery boxes to help speed the process Customers move like hordes of lo-custs through the produce as workers hustle to

restock and replenish the ravaged displays The ticket machine at Godshallrsquos Poultry completes the first circuit of 001 to 100 and back again

In the midst of this harried buying and sell-ing there is a sense of collegiality Customers share and debate cooking tips and shopping secrets And despite the pressure to finish helping one customer to get to those waiting merchants make time to quickly trade family news with customers Today is part business and part family reunion

At Godshallrsquos therersquos a pause to advise a ner-vous first-time Thanksgiving hostess on cook-ing the perfect turkey ldquoCook it at 350 degrees 14 to 15 minutes a poundrdquo explains the butcher ldquoIf itrsquos stuffed you want an internal tempera-ture of 165 degrees Yoursquoll want to use a meat thermometer You can buy one down the aisle at the kitchen store Yoursquore welcome Good luckmdash

calling number 88rdquo The next day if all goes ac-cording to plan a beaming young woman will take a bow for serving a Thanksgiving master-piece and a lifelong customer will be born Itrsquos in these moments that the keys to the Reading Terminal Marketrsquos longevity can be found This exchange of money for merchandise is more than a business transactionmdashtherersquos something more personal happening

Many of todayrsquos customers first discovered the Market as children brought here by parents or grandparents They learned to endure the search for the freshest meat or ripest tomatoes in exchange for the promise of Bassetts Ice Cream On Thanksgiving they return forgo-ing the big box supermarkets for a place where food is not so much a commodity but some-onersquos life work This is reflected in the stand names Guintarsquos Meats Beilerrsquos Bakery Bas-setts Ice Cream These names werenrsquot picked because their owners lacked originality but rather as a sign of the shopkeepersrsquo pride in the foods they grow raise prepare and sell

For many Philadelphians the trip to Read-ing Terminal has become an essential part of the Thanksgiving holidaymdasha reminder that preparing and sharing food with loved ones is a sacred experience Hopefully this year will initiate a few young family members into that traditionmdashone thatrsquos existed since the Market opened in 1893 and if theyrsquore lucky includes a dish of Bassetts ice cream

michael holahan founded the Pennsylvania General Store with his wife Julie Holahan in 1987 The store sells locally made foods and crafts Visit them at the Reading Terminal Market or online at pageneralstorecom

Feeding on Tradition

Thanksgiving Eve at the Reading Terminal Market by michael holahan

As a shopkeeper in the Reading Terminal Market any busy day is a good day But after 25 years at the Pennsylvania General Store my favorite is the day before Thanksgiving The energy inside this more-

than-a-century-old public market is unlike any other time of year Thanksgiv-ing is about bringing together the people we love to share a meal and to give thanks as a merchant itrsquos a privilege to be even a small part of this occasion

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taurantrsquordquo recalls Prensky ldquoItrsquos the first time Irsquove ever heard that expression So if yoursquore going to call me something at least I should know what it isrdquo Eventually Prensky con-nected with the owners of Blue Elephant Farm a privately owned 75-acre property in Newton Square At the time the owners were growing for themselves and family members Prensky started working with the estate manager Mary Butler a horticulturist to grow vegetables for Supper

ldquo[The] first season I pulled every vegetable out of the ground myselfrdquo says Prensky who works alongside Butler ldquoThere is a lot of sweat and toil involved and not a lot of [financial] returnrdquo Today the farm provides 100 percent of the produce at Supper and at the Global DishmdashPrenskyrsquos catering company Blue Elephant raises chickens sheep goats llamas horses and donkeys and there are plans to have a grass-fed beef program next year A local beekeeper has hives on the property Their greenhouse grows greens lettuces and herbs year-round and thanks to cold storage diners will see plenty of root vegetables on the winter menu This fall Prensky and Blue Elephant even canned their first line of products and preserves to be sold at Supper

With any farm there are no guarantees Prensky talks about the season when a blight kept tomatoes off the menu for a while and the creativity needed to handle an abun-dance of okra one week but none the next ldquoYou start pick-ling and preserving and then you make dishes out of itrdquo he says ldquoThatrsquos another challenge but thatrsquos a fun challenge here of writing dishes on the menurdquo

Deliveries from the farm come to Supper three times a week and Prensky makes an effort to be out in the fields at least once a week as well ldquoI always say Irsquom the luckiest chef in the worldrdquo he says explaining that having a dedicated farm for his restaurant has been a career goal ldquo[I thought] it would be great if someone could grow this stuff for us and I would know exactly what that property is doing and how theyrsquore handling the vegetables and what goes into this And thatrsquos what Irsquove been fortunate to be blessed with here with Blue Elephantrdquo

ANdReA Rossi c19

two years ago C19 (then Cichetteria 19) was already sourcing locally from Green Meadow Farm ldquoI wasnrsquot even searching for a farmer at the timerdquo admits Andrea Rossi chef and owner at C19 Then he met Alex Archambault who was delivering for Red Earth Farm to the Metropolitan Bakery across the street from the restaurant ldquoHe brought

me some tomatoes some potatoes he was growing on his own some heirloom tomatoesrdquo says Rossi ldquoThey were amazingrdquo

So Rossi expressed interest in finding space to start his own farm and Archambault mentioned there were a few acres adjacent to his backyard in Orwigsburg In 2011 Rossi officially hired Archambault to be the farmer This summer C19 offered a CSA for the farm and had four res-taurants and six individuals participate ldquoWe just wanted to start very small because the first year therersquos a lot of difficultiesrdquo says Rossi The season has so far been suc-cessful and produce from Grateful Acres can be found on the restaurant menu as well as at the Rittenhouse Farmers Market each Saturday

The decision to start a farm springs from Rossirsquos desire to provide the best quality food locally ldquoWe are what we eatrdquo he says explaining that he wants to both support the local economy and make sure people are eating nutrient-rich produce His dedication to this mission has been rec-ognized locally In November 2011 the restaurant received a ldquoSnail of Approvalrdquo from Slow Food Philadelphiamdasha distinction given to eateries that contribute to the quality authenticity and sustainability of the food supply in the area Rossi is already considering expansion He wants to lease a few more acres next season and is talking with an-other restaurant about potentially buying an organic farm in New Jersey Restaurateurs owning farms is an emerging trend but for Rossi his works stems from familial tradi-tion ldquoThe idea comes from my motherrdquo he says ldquoitrsquos how we grew uprdquo

Supper is located at 926 South St 215-592-8180 supperphillycom

C19 is located at 267 S 19th St 215-545-0441 c19pwhillycom

JG Domestic is located at 2929 Arch St 215-222-2363 jgdomesticcom

For a full list of Garcesrsquo restaurants visit garcesgroupcom

BLUe eLephANt FARM

gRAteFUL AcRes

Top left Mitch Prensky owner and chef at Supper with a recent harvest from Blue Elephant Farm

Bottom right Andrea Rossi owner and chef at C19 sells produce from Grateful Acres with farmer Alex Archambault at the Saturday Rittenhouse farmers market

N OV E M b E r 2 0 12 g r i d p h i l lyco m 2 3

The average person throws away 1600 pounds of garbage each year The average Bennett Compost customer throws away less than half that Our weekly pick-up of food scraps and other compostable material helps you reduce your impact Simply place our bucket outside your home or apartment and wersquoll take care of the rest

Donrsquot throw it all away

$15 month for residential customers

Business owners call 2155202406 for a

customized quote

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SUSTAINABLEDESIGN

ONLINE GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN

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ldquoThe principle of sustainability is reshaping the way we think

about the world encouraging us to improve the way we

design build and live in the 21st centuryrdquo

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Become proficient in Green Building Materials

Energy Efficiency Construction Systems and

Sustainable Design

VISITwwwPhilaUedugreengrid

What amazed me most about the honey locust trees at Awbury Arbo-retum were the thorns I had imag-

ined something like rose thornsmdashsharp but proportionalmdashnot four-inch-long spikes jutting out from branches and erupting from trunks in grotesque savage clusters Surely this was over-kill The trees could fend off deer with much less

Honey locust trees can be found throughout the city but these are tame trees They have an elegant spreading canopy with small leaves that screen the sun rather than block it completely What they donrsquot have is thorns The smooth ver-sions are ldquoa genetic sport [mutation] that showed up and people liked themrdquo explains Dennis Lu-cey Awbury Arboretumrsquos landscape manager

The honey locust remains prepared to fend off long- extinct creatures by bernard brown

by bernard brownurban naturalist

foot-long seed pods as wellmdashthink string beans for giant ground sloths who would subsequently disperse their seeds Twelve thousand years ago might sound like a long time for a human but itrsquos only 60 generations or so for the trees

Honey locusts arenrsquot the only trees around us likely shaped by extinct giants Next time yoursquore passing the Bala Golf Club on Belmont Avenue look at the Osage orange trees along the fence Thorny with round green softball-sized fruit the trees donrsquot appeal to our extant native crit-ters implying extinct animals once dispersed the seeds

Of course long-lived trees tell other stories wersquove forgotten Lucey referenced some old locust trees at Awbury planted in what appears to be an arbitrary line Back in the late 1800s the line was planted to screen a small slum McNabb Town from view McNabb Town was razed more than a hundred years ago but the trees remain

bernard brown is an amateur field herper bureaucrat and founder of the PBampJ Campaign (pbjcampaignorg) a movement focused on the benefits of eating lower on the food chain

Pointing to the Past

We choose nice gentle trees for our landscaping nothing with spikes that could go clean through your hand

We like locust trees for other reasons They are tough plants that can withstand air pollu-tion road salt and compacted soilmdashall things that make urban environments a nasty place for a tree Moreover those small leaves (technically leaflets since the stem with the row of leaflets on either side is considered a ldquocompound leafrdquo) are easy to clean up in the fall

But I miss the thorns and not just for their gory potential The thorns remind us that we inhabit a world shaped by extinct creatures Irsquom not talking about dinosaurs rather extinct mam-mals that shared the Delaware Valley with its first humans at the end of the last Ice Age

It might be easy to forget that these marvel-ously giant and exotic beasts (including saber-toothed cats and ground sloths the size of el-ephants not to mention actual mammoths and mastodons) lived where we do today but the trees remember

Or at least their genes do Trees that evolved over millions of years along

with giant herbivorous mammals still bear the traits shaped by them even if theyrsquore no longer useful This is likely how honey locust trees ended up with thorns big enough to intimidate a mam-moth and is probably why they have

read more about honey locusts Osage oranges and other plants likely

shaped by extinct animals in the Ghosts of Evolu-tion by Connie Barlow (Basic Books 2002 $19)

24 g r i d p h i l lyco m N OV E M B E R 2 0 12 p h OtO By f l i c k R us E R OV E R _ t h E _ Ra i N E B Ow

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Products are provided FREE of charge to clients who retain our cleaning services Also we

sell our exclusive ecological products direct to you

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Dirty laundryClean conscienceJoin Philadelphiarsquos fi rst sustainable ultra-convenient bike-driven laundry service

Sign up at WashCycleLaundrycom

We pick up dirty laundry on bikesThen we wash it using green local Sun and Earth detergents and high-e ciency machines that sip water and save energy Yoursquoll get your clothes back folded in 24 hours

Visit WashCycleLaundrycom to schedule your fi rst pick-up at and fi nd out why more and more of your neighbors trust Wash Cycle Laundry to do their laundry every week

Weavers Way Co-oprsquos Mt Airy store has a fresh new look the largest bulk department in the city and a brand-new Wellness and Pet Care store just ldquoAcross the Wayrdquo Stop by and rediscover Weavers Way

The Incredible BULK

Community-owned food markets open to the public

wwwweaverswaycoopChestnut Hill

8424 Germantown AveMt Airy

559 Carpenter LaneAcross the Way610 Carpenter Lane

N OV E M B E R 2 0 12 g r i d p h i l lyco m 2 5

Oct13

ldquoCountdown to (En)DangerrdquoAn exhibit featuring artistsrsquo own inter-pretations of endangered species and

the continued risks of extinction Proceeds ben-efit the World Wildlife Fund Open until Nov 7

rarr Sat Oct 13 6-9 pm free B2 Cafeacute 1500 E Passyunk Ave For more information visit facebookcomevents482540518437645

Oct16

Fall Author Series Spillover Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic

Hear from author David Quammen on the sci-ence and history of major diseases that originate in wild animals and pass to humans and what might be the next pandemic

rarr Tues Oct 16 630-830 pm free to members$5 nonmembers The Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy For more informa-tion and to register visit ansporgvisitevents

Oct18

Is Sustainable Agriculture Bad for the PlanetSustainable food writers and experts

examine questions like Does eating grass-fed livestock raise your emissions And is it worth paying extra for organic products

rarr Thurs Oct 18 6-830 pm free to members$5 nonmembers The Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy For more informa-tion and to register visit ansporgvisitevents

Oct18

Slow Food Seminar Chocolate Growers Seminar amp TastingKallari Cacao Growers Cooperative

from Ecuador will talk about their cacao farms and have a tasting of their chocolate (Fair Trade and Direct Trade)

rarr Thurs Oct 18 7-9 pm $20 Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College 4100 Walnut St For tickets visit slowfoodphillyorg

Oct19

Wall Garden WorkshopTake your gardening indoors with woolly pockets This workshop will

teach where to hang a woolly pocket what to plant and how to water

rarr Fri Oct 19 630-830 pm $40 City Planter 814 N 4th St For more information and to register visit cityplantercom

Oct20

Rose Hips and What You Make of Them Learn how to use rose hips from the

garden to make jam candy and syrup Students will take home what they make

rarr Sat Oct 20 9 am-12 pm $50 members$75 nonmembers Wyck 6026 Germantown Ave To register visit wyckorgprograms or call 215-848-1690

Oct20

Terrariums WorkshopCreate a mini-oasis at this terrarium workshop Registration includes a small

glass globe vessel soil charcoal and stones Plants will be available for purchase

rarr Sat Oct 20 12-2 pm $30 Greensgrow Farms 2501 E Cumberland St For more information and to register visit greensgroworgevents

Oct20

PASArsquos 100 Grass-fed Beef Cook OffJoin PASA as they announce the win-

ners of the Cook Off which features local chefs and farmers Philly CowShare and cookbook authorchef Aliza Green will be there and Wye-brook (open 11 am-6 pm) will have live music and food available for purchase

rarr Sat Oct 20 2-4 pm free Wyebrook Farm 150 Wyebrook Rd Honey Brook For more information visit pasafarmingorgevents

Oct20

Fall Foliage WalkEnjoy a morning walk to explore the changing hues of autumn and learn the

surprising answer to why leaves change colors

rarr Sat Oct 20 1030-1130 am free Schuylkill Cen-ter for Environmental Education 8480 Hagyrsquos Mill Rd For more information visit schuylkillcenterorg

Oct18

Fall Window Box WorkshopLearn to create a fall window box thatrsquoll last through Thanksgiving Also get tips

for the best plantings watering practices and soil mixes for the fall season

rarr Thurs Oct 18 6-830 pm $20 Greensgrow Farms 2501 E Cumberland St For more information and to register visit greensgroworgevents

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Oct20

Harvest On HenryHenry Got Crops CSA hosts a fund-raiser event featuring live music local

food hayrides childrenrsquos activities face paint-ing pumpkin painting and a pie bake-off

rarr Sat Oct 20 (rain date Sun Oct 21) 1-4 pm 7100 Henry Ave For more information visit facebookcomhenrygotcrops or e-mail Nancy Dearden at nancydeardenverizonnet

Oct20

Backyard ChickensEver thought of keeping chickens Learn everything from choosing the

right chicks for a flock to keeping them happy and healthy

rarr Sat Oct 20 1-2 pm $10 Primex Garden Center 435 W Glenside Ave Glenside Register in the store or by calling 215-887-7500

Oct20

Bringing It All Home Cultivating Sustainable Communities Frederick Kirschenmann PhD a sus-

tainability speaker writer farmer-philosopher and president of Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture will speak about developing resilient sustainable communities

rarr Sat Oct 20 1-3 pm $15$8 students Arsht Hall (University of Delaware - Wilmington Campus) 2600 Pennsylvania Ave Wilmington DE Register at historicpennfarmorg or by calling 302-655-7275

Oct21

Up Close and Personal Learn the basics of home-scaled sus-tainable and regenerative practices

including backyard chickens composting fer-mentation and more This workshop will focus on extending the growing season

rarr Sun Oct 21 1-5 pm $49 before Oct 15$10 late fee after Oct 14 Flourtown (specific location TBA) For more information and to register visit thehomegrowninstituteorg

Oct21

Town Square Program Plenty for the Planet Sustainable Food and a Well-Fed World

Join acclaimed writer and sustainability advocate Anna Lappeacute and local experts as they discuss the role of sustainable food systems in addressing hunger The evening includes a local food tasting

rarr Sun Oct 21 530-830 pm Program free Reception $10 members$12 nonmembers Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy For more information and to register visit ansporgvisitevents

Oct26

Terrarium ClassHave a crafty start to your weekend with this terrarium-building class

rarr Fri Oct 26 630-830 pm $50 City Planter 814 N 4th St For more information and to register visit cityplantercom

Oct27

Fermenting Sauerkraut amp Mead with David SillerDavid Siller of Cobblestone Krautery

will teach about the power of fermentation and how to make mead pickles sauerkraut and much more

rarr Sat Oct 27 12-2 pm $35 Greensgrow Community Kitchen at St Michaelrsquos Church 2139 E Cumberland St For more information and to register visit greensgroworgevents

Oct2728

Philly Bike Expo Bilenky Cycle Works hosts the third-annual Philly Bike Expomdashtwo days filled with rides seminars demonstra-tions parties a swap meet and a bicycle

fashion show

rarr Sat Oct 27-Sun Oct 28 $8-25 depending on ticket type 23rd Street Armory 22 S 23rd St For more information and tickets visit phillybikeexpocom

nOv7

Saving Americarsquos Exceptional GardensBill Noble director of preservation at

The Garden Conservancy will discuss his work overseeing rehabilitation activities at more than 100 gardens throughout the country

rarr Wed Nov 7 2-5 pm $18 members$20 nonmembers Morris Arboretum 100 E Northwestern Ave For more information visit morrisarboretumorg

nOv8

Food Politics Is the Current Food System Sustainable with Marion Nestle

Noted nutritionist and author Marion Nestle will discuss food politics and the sustainability of the current food system

rarr Thurs Nov 8 6-830 pm $15 nonmember $10 member$50 vIP reception The Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy For more information and to register visit ansporgvisitevents

nOv10

Art in the GardenMark Smith an artist and garden de-signer will discuss ways to expand

thinking about art in a garden setting in eco-nomical temporary and more permanent ways

rarr Sat Nov 10 9-11 am $10 Fairmount Park Horticultural Center N Horticultural and Montgomery Drs For more information visit extensionpsueduphiladelphiaprogramsmaster-gardener

nOv10

Worm Composting Urban Composting Made EasyStart worm composting after this work-

shop on decomposition worm anatomy and biol-ogy and how to care for a worm bin Participants will take home a bin with worms

rarr Sat Nov 10 10 am-12 pm Members $20per person $30couple Nonmembers $30person $40couple Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education 8480 Hagyrsquos Mill Rd For information visit schuylkillcenterorg

nOv7

Creating the East Coast GreenwayAndy Hamilton Mid-Atlantic Trail Co-ordinator for the East Coast Greenway

Alliance will outline how this trail system en-hances local communities and the region at large

rarr Wed Nov 7 6-9 pm free valley Green Inn valley Green Road at Wissahickon For more information and to register visit foworg

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That Wednesday morning customers wait outside for the Market to open making shop-ping strategies while sipping coffee provided by Market management While itrsquos a busy day for us at the General Store therersquos a lot more pressure on the big three the butcher baker and greengrocer Inside the market the green-grocers hurriedly stack towering mounds of collard greens the butchers ice down freshly-killed turkeys and the Pennsylvania Dutch bakers try to find room to display all their pies

At 8 am the doors open and the frenzy be-gins Couples split up to conquer the shopping list with a promised rendezvous for blueberry pancakes or croissants The line at Terminirsquos Bakery slows to a crawl and good-natured pa-trons start folding bakery boxes to help speed the process Customers move like hordes of lo-custs through the produce as workers hustle to

restock and replenish the ravaged displays The ticket machine at Godshallrsquos Poultry completes the first circuit of 001 to 100 and back again

In the midst of this harried buying and sell-ing there is a sense of collegiality Customers share and debate cooking tips and shopping secrets And despite the pressure to finish helping one customer to get to those waiting merchants make time to quickly trade family news with customers Today is part business and part family reunion

At Godshallrsquos therersquos a pause to advise a ner-vous first-time Thanksgiving hostess on cook-ing the perfect turkey ldquoCook it at 350 degrees 14 to 15 minutes a poundrdquo explains the butcher ldquoIf itrsquos stuffed you want an internal tempera-ture of 165 degrees Yoursquoll want to use a meat thermometer You can buy one down the aisle at the kitchen store Yoursquore welcome Good luckmdash

calling number 88rdquo The next day if all goes ac-cording to plan a beaming young woman will take a bow for serving a Thanksgiving master-piece and a lifelong customer will be born Itrsquos in these moments that the keys to the Reading Terminal Marketrsquos longevity can be found This exchange of money for merchandise is more than a business transactionmdashtherersquos something more personal happening

Many of todayrsquos customers first discovered the Market as children brought here by parents or grandparents They learned to endure the search for the freshest meat or ripest tomatoes in exchange for the promise of Bassetts Ice Cream On Thanksgiving they return forgo-ing the big box supermarkets for a place where food is not so much a commodity but some-onersquos life work This is reflected in the stand names Guintarsquos Meats Beilerrsquos Bakery Bas-setts Ice Cream These names werenrsquot picked because their owners lacked originality but rather as a sign of the shopkeepersrsquo pride in the foods they grow raise prepare and sell

For many Philadelphians the trip to Read-ing Terminal has become an essential part of the Thanksgiving holidaymdasha reminder that preparing and sharing food with loved ones is a sacred experience Hopefully this year will initiate a few young family members into that traditionmdashone thatrsquos existed since the Market opened in 1893 and if theyrsquore lucky includes a dish of Bassetts ice cream

michael holahan founded the Pennsylvania General Store with his wife Julie Holahan in 1987 The store sells locally made foods and crafts Visit them at the Reading Terminal Market or online at pageneralstorecom

Feeding on Tradition

Thanksgiving Eve at the Reading Terminal Market by michael holahan

As a shopkeeper in the Reading Terminal Market any busy day is a good day But after 25 years at the Pennsylvania General Store my favorite is the day before Thanksgiving The energy inside this more-

than-a-century-old public market is unlike any other time of year Thanksgiv-ing is about bringing together the people we love to share a meal and to give thanks as a merchant itrsquos a privilege to be even a small part of this occasion

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N OV E M b E r 2 0 12 g r i d p h i l lyco m 2 3

The average person throws away 1600 pounds of garbage each year The average Bennett Compost customer throws away less than half that Our weekly pick-up of food scraps and other compostable material helps you reduce your impact Simply place our bucket outside your home or apartment and wersquoll take care of the rest

Donrsquot throw it all away

$15 month for residential customers

Business owners call 2155202406 for a

customized quote

BENNETT COMPOST wwwbennettcompostcom | 2155202406

PHILADELPHIAUNIVERSITY

MASTER OFSCIENCE IN

SUSTAINABLEDESIGN

ONLINE GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN

SUSTAINABLEPRACTICES

A COLLABORATIVEMULTIDISCIPLINARY

LEARNING EXPERIENCE

ldquoThe principle of sustainability is reshaping the way we think

about the world encouraging us to improve the way we

design build and live in the 21st centuryrdquo

mdash Rob FlemingProgram Director

Become proficient in Green Building Materials

Energy Efficiency Construction Systems and

Sustainable Design

VISITwwwPhilaUedugreengrid

What amazed me most about the honey locust trees at Awbury Arbo-retum were the thorns I had imag-

ined something like rose thornsmdashsharp but proportionalmdashnot four-inch-long spikes jutting out from branches and erupting from trunks in grotesque savage clusters Surely this was over-kill The trees could fend off deer with much less

Honey locust trees can be found throughout the city but these are tame trees They have an elegant spreading canopy with small leaves that screen the sun rather than block it completely What they donrsquot have is thorns The smooth ver-sions are ldquoa genetic sport [mutation] that showed up and people liked themrdquo explains Dennis Lu-cey Awbury Arboretumrsquos landscape manager

The honey locust remains prepared to fend off long- extinct creatures by bernard brown

by bernard brownurban naturalist

foot-long seed pods as wellmdashthink string beans for giant ground sloths who would subsequently disperse their seeds Twelve thousand years ago might sound like a long time for a human but itrsquos only 60 generations or so for the trees

Honey locusts arenrsquot the only trees around us likely shaped by extinct giants Next time yoursquore passing the Bala Golf Club on Belmont Avenue look at the Osage orange trees along the fence Thorny with round green softball-sized fruit the trees donrsquot appeal to our extant native crit-ters implying extinct animals once dispersed the seeds

Of course long-lived trees tell other stories wersquove forgotten Lucey referenced some old locust trees at Awbury planted in what appears to be an arbitrary line Back in the late 1800s the line was planted to screen a small slum McNabb Town from view McNabb Town was razed more than a hundred years ago but the trees remain

bernard brown is an amateur field herper bureaucrat and founder of the PBampJ Campaign (pbjcampaignorg) a movement focused on the benefits of eating lower on the food chain

Pointing to the Past

We choose nice gentle trees for our landscaping nothing with spikes that could go clean through your hand

We like locust trees for other reasons They are tough plants that can withstand air pollu-tion road salt and compacted soilmdashall things that make urban environments a nasty place for a tree Moreover those small leaves (technically leaflets since the stem with the row of leaflets on either side is considered a ldquocompound leafrdquo) are easy to clean up in the fall

But I miss the thorns and not just for their gory potential The thorns remind us that we inhabit a world shaped by extinct creatures Irsquom not talking about dinosaurs rather extinct mam-mals that shared the Delaware Valley with its first humans at the end of the last Ice Age

It might be easy to forget that these marvel-ously giant and exotic beasts (including saber-toothed cats and ground sloths the size of el-ephants not to mention actual mammoths and mastodons) lived where we do today but the trees remember

Or at least their genes do Trees that evolved over millions of years along

with giant herbivorous mammals still bear the traits shaped by them even if theyrsquore no longer useful This is likely how honey locust trees ended up with thorns big enough to intimidate a mam-moth and is probably why they have

read more about honey locusts Osage oranges and other plants likely

shaped by extinct animals in the Ghosts of Evolu-tion by Connie Barlow (Basic Books 2002 $19)

24 g r i d p h i l lyco m N OV E M B E R 2 0 12 p h OtO By f l i c k R us E R OV E R _ t h E _ Ra i N E B Ow

THU 10-7 | Fri 10-6 | SaT 10-6 | SUn 10-6 | Mon 10-6

CALL 2155100647 OR EMAILINFOTHESTOCKGROUPNET

WWWTHESTOCKGROUPNET

SUSTA INABLE BU ILD ING amp

REMODEL ING

ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLYBEFORE IT WAS TRENDY

Eco-FriendlyCleaning Company

We clean with eco friendly products that we make by hand

using only natural non-toxic ingredients (plant and mineral derivatives) and essential oils

Products are provided FREE of charge to clients who retain our cleaning services Also we

sell our exclusive ecological products direct to you

Your Link to Greener Livingwwwmyholistichomecom

215 bull 421 bull 4050

PLUS

Dirty laundryClean conscienceJoin Philadelphiarsquos fi rst sustainable ultra-convenient bike-driven laundry service

Sign up at WashCycleLaundrycom

We pick up dirty laundry on bikesThen we wash it using green local Sun and Earth detergents and high-e ciency machines that sip water and save energy Yoursquoll get your clothes back folded in 24 hours

Visit WashCycleLaundrycom to schedule your fi rst pick-up at and fi nd out why more and more of your neighbors trust Wash Cycle Laundry to do their laundry every week

Weavers Way Co-oprsquos Mt Airy store has a fresh new look the largest bulk department in the city and a brand-new Wellness and Pet Care store just ldquoAcross the Wayrdquo Stop by and rediscover Weavers Way

The Incredible BULK

Community-owned food markets open to the public

wwwweaverswaycoopChestnut Hill

8424 Germantown AveMt Airy

559 Carpenter LaneAcross the Way610 Carpenter Lane

N OV E M B E R 2 0 12 g r i d p h i l lyco m 2 5

Oct13

ldquoCountdown to (En)DangerrdquoAn exhibit featuring artistsrsquo own inter-pretations of endangered species and

the continued risks of extinction Proceeds ben-efit the World Wildlife Fund Open until Nov 7

rarr Sat Oct 13 6-9 pm free B2 Cafeacute 1500 E Passyunk Ave For more information visit facebookcomevents482540518437645

Oct16

Fall Author Series Spillover Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic

Hear from author David Quammen on the sci-ence and history of major diseases that originate in wild animals and pass to humans and what might be the next pandemic

rarr Tues Oct 16 630-830 pm free to members$5 nonmembers The Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy For more informa-tion and to register visit ansporgvisitevents

Oct18

Is Sustainable Agriculture Bad for the PlanetSustainable food writers and experts

examine questions like Does eating grass-fed livestock raise your emissions And is it worth paying extra for organic products

rarr Thurs Oct 18 6-830 pm free to members$5 nonmembers The Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy For more informa-tion and to register visit ansporgvisitevents

Oct18

Slow Food Seminar Chocolate Growers Seminar amp TastingKallari Cacao Growers Cooperative

from Ecuador will talk about their cacao farms and have a tasting of their chocolate (Fair Trade and Direct Trade)

rarr Thurs Oct 18 7-9 pm $20 Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College 4100 Walnut St For tickets visit slowfoodphillyorg

Oct19

Wall Garden WorkshopTake your gardening indoors with woolly pockets This workshop will

teach where to hang a woolly pocket what to plant and how to water

rarr Fri Oct 19 630-830 pm $40 City Planter 814 N 4th St For more information and to register visit cityplantercom

Oct20

Rose Hips and What You Make of Them Learn how to use rose hips from the

garden to make jam candy and syrup Students will take home what they make

rarr Sat Oct 20 9 am-12 pm $50 members$75 nonmembers Wyck 6026 Germantown Ave To register visit wyckorgprograms or call 215-848-1690

Oct20

Terrariums WorkshopCreate a mini-oasis at this terrarium workshop Registration includes a small

glass globe vessel soil charcoal and stones Plants will be available for purchase

rarr Sat Oct 20 12-2 pm $30 Greensgrow Farms 2501 E Cumberland St For more information and to register visit greensgroworgevents

Oct20

PASArsquos 100 Grass-fed Beef Cook OffJoin PASA as they announce the win-

ners of the Cook Off which features local chefs and farmers Philly CowShare and cookbook authorchef Aliza Green will be there and Wye-brook (open 11 am-6 pm) will have live music and food available for purchase

rarr Sat Oct 20 2-4 pm free Wyebrook Farm 150 Wyebrook Rd Honey Brook For more information visit pasafarmingorgevents

Oct20

Fall Foliage WalkEnjoy a morning walk to explore the changing hues of autumn and learn the

surprising answer to why leaves change colors

rarr Sat Oct 20 1030-1130 am free Schuylkill Cen-ter for Environmental Education 8480 Hagyrsquos Mill Rd For more information visit schuylkillcenterorg

Oct18

Fall Window Box WorkshopLearn to create a fall window box thatrsquoll last through Thanksgiving Also get tips

for the best plantings watering practices and soil mixes for the fall season

rarr Thurs Oct 18 6-830 pm $20 Greensgrow Farms 2501 E Cumberland St For more information and to register visit greensgroworgevents

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7176777186 R wwwthreespringsfruitfarmcom

e fi nest sustainably raised fruits

and specialty vegetables available at

Headhouse Farmers Market (Sundays

10-2) and at like-minded stores and

restaurants throughout the city

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Oct20

Harvest On HenryHenry Got Crops CSA hosts a fund-raiser event featuring live music local

food hayrides childrenrsquos activities face paint-ing pumpkin painting and a pie bake-off

rarr Sat Oct 20 (rain date Sun Oct 21) 1-4 pm 7100 Henry Ave For more information visit facebookcomhenrygotcrops or e-mail Nancy Dearden at nancydeardenverizonnet

Oct20

Backyard ChickensEver thought of keeping chickens Learn everything from choosing the

right chicks for a flock to keeping them happy and healthy

rarr Sat Oct 20 1-2 pm $10 Primex Garden Center 435 W Glenside Ave Glenside Register in the store or by calling 215-887-7500

Oct20

Bringing It All Home Cultivating Sustainable Communities Frederick Kirschenmann PhD a sus-

tainability speaker writer farmer-philosopher and president of Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture will speak about developing resilient sustainable communities

rarr Sat Oct 20 1-3 pm $15$8 students Arsht Hall (University of Delaware - Wilmington Campus) 2600 Pennsylvania Ave Wilmington DE Register at historicpennfarmorg or by calling 302-655-7275

Oct21

Up Close and Personal Learn the basics of home-scaled sus-tainable and regenerative practices

including backyard chickens composting fer-mentation and more This workshop will focus on extending the growing season

rarr Sun Oct 21 1-5 pm $49 before Oct 15$10 late fee after Oct 14 Flourtown (specific location TBA) For more information and to register visit thehomegrowninstituteorg

Oct21

Town Square Program Plenty for the Planet Sustainable Food and a Well-Fed World

Join acclaimed writer and sustainability advocate Anna Lappeacute and local experts as they discuss the role of sustainable food systems in addressing hunger The evening includes a local food tasting

rarr Sun Oct 21 530-830 pm Program free Reception $10 members$12 nonmembers Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy For more information and to register visit ansporgvisitevents

Oct26

Terrarium ClassHave a crafty start to your weekend with this terrarium-building class

rarr Fri Oct 26 630-830 pm $50 City Planter 814 N 4th St For more information and to register visit cityplantercom

Oct27

Fermenting Sauerkraut amp Mead with David SillerDavid Siller of Cobblestone Krautery

will teach about the power of fermentation and how to make mead pickles sauerkraut and much more

rarr Sat Oct 27 12-2 pm $35 Greensgrow Community Kitchen at St Michaelrsquos Church 2139 E Cumberland St For more information and to register visit greensgroworgevents

Oct2728

Philly Bike Expo Bilenky Cycle Works hosts the third-annual Philly Bike Expomdashtwo days filled with rides seminars demonstra-tions parties a swap meet and a bicycle

fashion show

rarr Sat Oct 27-Sun Oct 28 $8-25 depending on ticket type 23rd Street Armory 22 S 23rd St For more information and tickets visit phillybikeexpocom

nOv7

Saving Americarsquos Exceptional GardensBill Noble director of preservation at

The Garden Conservancy will discuss his work overseeing rehabilitation activities at more than 100 gardens throughout the country

rarr Wed Nov 7 2-5 pm $18 members$20 nonmembers Morris Arboretum 100 E Northwestern Ave For more information visit morrisarboretumorg

nOv8

Food Politics Is the Current Food System Sustainable with Marion Nestle

Noted nutritionist and author Marion Nestle will discuss food politics and the sustainability of the current food system

rarr Thurs Nov 8 6-830 pm $15 nonmember $10 member$50 vIP reception The Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy For more information and to register visit ansporgvisitevents

nOv10

Art in the GardenMark Smith an artist and garden de-signer will discuss ways to expand

thinking about art in a garden setting in eco-nomical temporary and more permanent ways

rarr Sat Nov 10 9-11 am $10 Fairmount Park Horticultural Center N Horticultural and Montgomery Drs For more information visit extensionpsueduphiladelphiaprogramsmaster-gardener

nOv10

Worm Composting Urban Composting Made EasyStart worm composting after this work-

shop on decomposition worm anatomy and biol-ogy and how to care for a worm bin Participants will take home a bin with worms

rarr Sat Nov 10 10 am-12 pm Members $20per person $30couple Nonmembers $30person $40couple Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education 8480 Hagyrsquos Mill Rd For information visit schuylkillcenterorg

nOv7

Creating the East Coast GreenwayAndy Hamilton Mid-Atlantic Trail Co-ordinator for the East Coast Greenway

Alliance will outline how this trail system en-hances local communities and the region at large

rarr Wed Nov 7 6-9 pm free valley Green Inn valley Green Road at Wissahickon For more information and to register visit foworg

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That Wednesday morning customers wait outside for the Market to open making shop-ping strategies while sipping coffee provided by Market management While itrsquos a busy day for us at the General Store therersquos a lot more pressure on the big three the butcher baker and greengrocer Inside the market the green-grocers hurriedly stack towering mounds of collard greens the butchers ice down freshly-killed turkeys and the Pennsylvania Dutch bakers try to find room to display all their pies

At 8 am the doors open and the frenzy be-gins Couples split up to conquer the shopping list with a promised rendezvous for blueberry pancakes or croissants The line at Terminirsquos Bakery slows to a crawl and good-natured pa-trons start folding bakery boxes to help speed the process Customers move like hordes of lo-custs through the produce as workers hustle to

restock and replenish the ravaged displays The ticket machine at Godshallrsquos Poultry completes the first circuit of 001 to 100 and back again

In the midst of this harried buying and sell-ing there is a sense of collegiality Customers share and debate cooking tips and shopping secrets And despite the pressure to finish helping one customer to get to those waiting merchants make time to quickly trade family news with customers Today is part business and part family reunion

At Godshallrsquos therersquos a pause to advise a ner-vous first-time Thanksgiving hostess on cook-ing the perfect turkey ldquoCook it at 350 degrees 14 to 15 minutes a poundrdquo explains the butcher ldquoIf itrsquos stuffed you want an internal tempera-ture of 165 degrees Yoursquoll want to use a meat thermometer You can buy one down the aisle at the kitchen store Yoursquore welcome Good luckmdash

calling number 88rdquo The next day if all goes ac-cording to plan a beaming young woman will take a bow for serving a Thanksgiving master-piece and a lifelong customer will be born Itrsquos in these moments that the keys to the Reading Terminal Marketrsquos longevity can be found This exchange of money for merchandise is more than a business transactionmdashtherersquos something more personal happening

Many of todayrsquos customers first discovered the Market as children brought here by parents or grandparents They learned to endure the search for the freshest meat or ripest tomatoes in exchange for the promise of Bassetts Ice Cream On Thanksgiving they return forgo-ing the big box supermarkets for a place where food is not so much a commodity but some-onersquos life work This is reflected in the stand names Guintarsquos Meats Beilerrsquos Bakery Bas-setts Ice Cream These names werenrsquot picked because their owners lacked originality but rather as a sign of the shopkeepersrsquo pride in the foods they grow raise prepare and sell

For many Philadelphians the trip to Read-ing Terminal has become an essential part of the Thanksgiving holidaymdasha reminder that preparing and sharing food with loved ones is a sacred experience Hopefully this year will initiate a few young family members into that traditionmdashone thatrsquos existed since the Market opened in 1893 and if theyrsquore lucky includes a dish of Bassetts ice cream

michael holahan founded the Pennsylvania General Store with his wife Julie Holahan in 1987 The store sells locally made foods and crafts Visit them at the Reading Terminal Market or online at pageneralstorecom

Feeding on Tradition

Thanksgiving Eve at the Reading Terminal Market by michael holahan

As a shopkeeper in the Reading Terminal Market any busy day is a good day But after 25 years at the Pennsylvania General Store my favorite is the day before Thanksgiving The energy inside this more-

than-a-century-old public market is unlike any other time of year Thanksgiv-ing is about bringing together the people we love to share a meal and to give thanks as a merchant itrsquos a privilege to be even a small part of this occasion

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Page 24: Grid Magazine November 2012 [#043]

What amazed me most about the honey locust trees at Awbury Arbo-retum were the thorns I had imag-

ined something like rose thornsmdashsharp but proportionalmdashnot four-inch-long spikes jutting out from branches and erupting from trunks in grotesque savage clusters Surely this was over-kill The trees could fend off deer with much less

Honey locust trees can be found throughout the city but these are tame trees They have an elegant spreading canopy with small leaves that screen the sun rather than block it completely What they donrsquot have is thorns The smooth ver-sions are ldquoa genetic sport [mutation] that showed up and people liked themrdquo explains Dennis Lu-cey Awbury Arboretumrsquos landscape manager

The honey locust remains prepared to fend off long- extinct creatures by bernard brown

by bernard brownurban naturalist

foot-long seed pods as wellmdashthink string beans for giant ground sloths who would subsequently disperse their seeds Twelve thousand years ago might sound like a long time for a human but itrsquos only 60 generations or so for the trees

Honey locusts arenrsquot the only trees around us likely shaped by extinct giants Next time yoursquore passing the Bala Golf Club on Belmont Avenue look at the Osage orange trees along the fence Thorny with round green softball-sized fruit the trees donrsquot appeal to our extant native crit-ters implying extinct animals once dispersed the seeds

Of course long-lived trees tell other stories wersquove forgotten Lucey referenced some old locust trees at Awbury planted in what appears to be an arbitrary line Back in the late 1800s the line was planted to screen a small slum McNabb Town from view McNabb Town was razed more than a hundred years ago but the trees remain

bernard brown is an amateur field herper bureaucrat and founder of the PBampJ Campaign (pbjcampaignorg) a movement focused on the benefits of eating lower on the food chain

Pointing to the Past

We choose nice gentle trees for our landscaping nothing with spikes that could go clean through your hand

We like locust trees for other reasons They are tough plants that can withstand air pollu-tion road salt and compacted soilmdashall things that make urban environments a nasty place for a tree Moreover those small leaves (technically leaflets since the stem with the row of leaflets on either side is considered a ldquocompound leafrdquo) are easy to clean up in the fall

But I miss the thorns and not just for their gory potential The thorns remind us that we inhabit a world shaped by extinct creatures Irsquom not talking about dinosaurs rather extinct mam-mals that shared the Delaware Valley with its first humans at the end of the last Ice Age

It might be easy to forget that these marvel-ously giant and exotic beasts (including saber-toothed cats and ground sloths the size of el-ephants not to mention actual mammoths and mastodons) lived where we do today but the trees remember

Or at least their genes do Trees that evolved over millions of years along

with giant herbivorous mammals still bear the traits shaped by them even if theyrsquore no longer useful This is likely how honey locust trees ended up with thorns big enough to intimidate a mam-moth and is probably why they have

read more about honey locusts Osage oranges and other plants likely

shaped by extinct animals in the Ghosts of Evolu-tion by Connie Barlow (Basic Books 2002 $19)

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N OV E M B E R 2 0 12 g r i d p h i l lyco m 2 5

Oct13

ldquoCountdown to (En)DangerrdquoAn exhibit featuring artistsrsquo own inter-pretations of endangered species and

the continued risks of extinction Proceeds ben-efit the World Wildlife Fund Open until Nov 7

rarr Sat Oct 13 6-9 pm free B2 Cafeacute 1500 E Passyunk Ave For more information visit facebookcomevents482540518437645

Oct16

Fall Author Series Spillover Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic

Hear from author David Quammen on the sci-ence and history of major diseases that originate in wild animals and pass to humans and what might be the next pandemic

rarr Tues Oct 16 630-830 pm free to members$5 nonmembers The Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy For more informa-tion and to register visit ansporgvisitevents

Oct18

Is Sustainable Agriculture Bad for the PlanetSustainable food writers and experts

examine questions like Does eating grass-fed livestock raise your emissions And is it worth paying extra for organic products

rarr Thurs Oct 18 6-830 pm free to members$5 nonmembers The Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy For more informa-tion and to register visit ansporgvisitevents

Oct18

Slow Food Seminar Chocolate Growers Seminar amp TastingKallari Cacao Growers Cooperative

from Ecuador will talk about their cacao farms and have a tasting of their chocolate (Fair Trade and Direct Trade)

rarr Thurs Oct 18 7-9 pm $20 Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College 4100 Walnut St For tickets visit slowfoodphillyorg

Oct19

Wall Garden WorkshopTake your gardening indoors with woolly pockets This workshop will

teach where to hang a woolly pocket what to plant and how to water

rarr Fri Oct 19 630-830 pm $40 City Planter 814 N 4th St For more information and to register visit cityplantercom

Oct20

Rose Hips and What You Make of Them Learn how to use rose hips from the

garden to make jam candy and syrup Students will take home what they make

rarr Sat Oct 20 9 am-12 pm $50 members$75 nonmembers Wyck 6026 Germantown Ave To register visit wyckorgprograms or call 215-848-1690

Oct20

Terrariums WorkshopCreate a mini-oasis at this terrarium workshop Registration includes a small

glass globe vessel soil charcoal and stones Plants will be available for purchase

rarr Sat Oct 20 12-2 pm $30 Greensgrow Farms 2501 E Cumberland St For more information and to register visit greensgroworgevents

Oct20

PASArsquos 100 Grass-fed Beef Cook OffJoin PASA as they announce the win-

ners of the Cook Off which features local chefs and farmers Philly CowShare and cookbook authorchef Aliza Green will be there and Wye-brook (open 11 am-6 pm) will have live music and food available for purchase

rarr Sat Oct 20 2-4 pm free Wyebrook Farm 150 Wyebrook Rd Honey Brook For more information visit pasafarmingorgevents

Oct20

Fall Foliage WalkEnjoy a morning walk to explore the changing hues of autumn and learn the

surprising answer to why leaves change colors

rarr Sat Oct 20 1030-1130 am free Schuylkill Cen-ter for Environmental Education 8480 Hagyrsquos Mill Rd For more information visit schuylkillcenterorg

Oct18

Fall Window Box WorkshopLearn to create a fall window box thatrsquoll last through Thanksgiving Also get tips

for the best plantings watering practices and soil mixes for the fall season

rarr Thurs Oct 18 6-830 pm $20 Greensgrow Farms 2501 E Cumberland St For more information and to register visit greensgroworgevents

2 6 g r i d p h i l lyco m N Ov E M B E R 2 0 12

N Ov E M B E R 2 0 12 g r i d p h i l lyco m 27

2917 Harper Street | Brewerytown Philadelphia

SMALL BUSINESSES LITIGATIONCONTRACTS WILLS

Providing lower prices through our PAPERLESS and SHARED OFFICES

(215) 327-2900 | econsciouslawyersgmailcom

Environmentally-Conscious

Attorneys at Law

Bicycle RepairKater Street Bicycle

609 S 16th Street 2155451711The Corner Of 16th amp Kater

FRESH LOCAL FOOD

SEASONAL CUSTOM MENUS

SUSTAINABLE EVENTS

215-435-0331 bull infobirchtreecateringcom

FROM OUR FARM TO YOUR HOME

7176777186 R wwwthreespringsfruitfarmcom

e fi nest sustainably raised fruits

and specialty vegetables available at

Headhouse Farmers Market (Sundays

10-2) and at like-minded stores and

restaurants throughout the city

Lloyd Hall 1 Boathouse Row | Philadelphia | cosmicfoodscom 7 days a week 8am to dusk | 2159780900 | cell 6103245256

Oct20

Harvest On HenryHenry Got Crops CSA hosts a fund-raiser event featuring live music local

food hayrides childrenrsquos activities face paint-ing pumpkin painting and a pie bake-off

rarr Sat Oct 20 (rain date Sun Oct 21) 1-4 pm 7100 Henry Ave For more information visit facebookcomhenrygotcrops or e-mail Nancy Dearden at nancydeardenverizonnet

Oct20

Backyard ChickensEver thought of keeping chickens Learn everything from choosing the

right chicks for a flock to keeping them happy and healthy

rarr Sat Oct 20 1-2 pm $10 Primex Garden Center 435 W Glenside Ave Glenside Register in the store or by calling 215-887-7500

Oct20

Bringing It All Home Cultivating Sustainable Communities Frederick Kirschenmann PhD a sus-

tainability speaker writer farmer-philosopher and president of Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture will speak about developing resilient sustainable communities

rarr Sat Oct 20 1-3 pm $15$8 students Arsht Hall (University of Delaware - Wilmington Campus) 2600 Pennsylvania Ave Wilmington DE Register at historicpennfarmorg or by calling 302-655-7275

Oct21

Up Close and Personal Learn the basics of home-scaled sus-tainable and regenerative practices

including backyard chickens composting fer-mentation and more This workshop will focus on extending the growing season

rarr Sun Oct 21 1-5 pm $49 before Oct 15$10 late fee after Oct 14 Flourtown (specific location TBA) For more information and to register visit thehomegrowninstituteorg

Oct21

Town Square Program Plenty for the Planet Sustainable Food and a Well-Fed World

Join acclaimed writer and sustainability advocate Anna Lappeacute and local experts as they discuss the role of sustainable food systems in addressing hunger The evening includes a local food tasting

rarr Sun Oct 21 530-830 pm Program free Reception $10 members$12 nonmembers Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy For more information and to register visit ansporgvisitevents

Oct26

Terrarium ClassHave a crafty start to your weekend with this terrarium-building class

rarr Fri Oct 26 630-830 pm $50 City Planter 814 N 4th St For more information and to register visit cityplantercom

Oct27

Fermenting Sauerkraut amp Mead with David SillerDavid Siller of Cobblestone Krautery

will teach about the power of fermentation and how to make mead pickles sauerkraut and much more

rarr Sat Oct 27 12-2 pm $35 Greensgrow Community Kitchen at St Michaelrsquos Church 2139 E Cumberland St For more information and to register visit greensgroworgevents

Oct2728

Philly Bike Expo Bilenky Cycle Works hosts the third-annual Philly Bike Expomdashtwo days filled with rides seminars demonstra-tions parties a swap meet and a bicycle

fashion show

rarr Sat Oct 27-Sun Oct 28 $8-25 depending on ticket type 23rd Street Armory 22 S 23rd St For more information and tickets visit phillybikeexpocom

nOv7

Saving Americarsquos Exceptional GardensBill Noble director of preservation at

The Garden Conservancy will discuss his work overseeing rehabilitation activities at more than 100 gardens throughout the country

rarr Wed Nov 7 2-5 pm $18 members$20 nonmembers Morris Arboretum 100 E Northwestern Ave For more information visit morrisarboretumorg

nOv8

Food Politics Is the Current Food System Sustainable with Marion Nestle

Noted nutritionist and author Marion Nestle will discuss food politics and the sustainability of the current food system

rarr Thurs Nov 8 6-830 pm $15 nonmember $10 member$50 vIP reception The Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy For more information and to register visit ansporgvisitevents

nOv10

Art in the GardenMark Smith an artist and garden de-signer will discuss ways to expand

thinking about art in a garden setting in eco-nomical temporary and more permanent ways

rarr Sat Nov 10 9-11 am $10 Fairmount Park Horticultural Center N Horticultural and Montgomery Drs For more information visit extensionpsueduphiladelphiaprogramsmaster-gardener

nOv10

Worm Composting Urban Composting Made EasyStart worm composting after this work-

shop on decomposition worm anatomy and biol-ogy and how to care for a worm bin Participants will take home a bin with worms

rarr Sat Nov 10 10 am-12 pm Members $20per person $30couple Nonmembers $30person $40couple Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education 8480 Hagyrsquos Mill Rd For information visit schuylkillcenterorg

nOv7

Creating the East Coast GreenwayAndy Hamilton Mid-Atlantic Trail Co-ordinator for the East Coast Greenway

Alliance will outline how this trail system en-hances local communities and the region at large

rarr Wed Nov 7 6-9 pm free valley Green Inn valley Green Road at Wissahickon For more information and to register visit foworg

2 8 g r i d p h i l lyco m N Ov E M B E R 2 0 12

N Ov E M B E R 2 0 12 g r i d p h i l lyco m 29

1001-13 North 2nd Street Philadelphia PA 19123

267-455-0374 infomillesimeus wwwmillesimeus

Furniture

Lighting

Home Accessories

41 South 3rd Street | Philadelphia | 267-455-0374 | wwwmillesimeus

Furniture

Lighting

Home Accessories

OMS Private Label bull Green Sleep

WJ Southard bull Suite Sleep

Royal-Pedic bull Shepherdrsquos Dream

1075 Main St Hellertown PAShowroom Equidistant from Philly amp NYC

Toll Free 18662469866

Theorganicmattressstorecom

Franchise Opportunities AvailableOffer by Prospectus Only

The Beauty of Going GreenThe Beauty of Going Green

Pavers bull Fire Pits bull Veneer bull amp More Pavers bull Fire Pits bull Veneer bull amp More

wwwforeverstonebizRecycled Solid GraniteRecycled Solid Granite

Environmentally-Friendly Wood Floors Naturally

Buy from a local Philly homeowner and SAVE

(800) 363-6881

Materials installation repairs

the pre-Finished Hardwood specialist since 1985

Are you eating local this winter

Itrsquos easy withWINTER HARVEST

TM

winterharvestphillyorg500 products on-line orderingweekly delivery to 20 locations

Bryn Gweled HomesteadsCooperative Living Since 1940

wwwbryngweledorg215-355-8849 mdash Ask for Gary

Inclusive multi-generational community in wooded lower Bucks County Homes available Gardens and livestock possible Easy commute to Center City

Contact Alex Mulcahy 2156259850 x102 or email alexgridphillycom

rarr reACh our pAssionAte reAdership

Want to advertise

215 854 6337 office wwwglennromanocom215 742 0592 direct dial glennglennromanocom215 742-0591 fax

GLENN C ROMANOAttorney at Law

Two Penn Center middot Suite 200 middot Philadelphia PA 19102

COMMERCIAL LITIGATIONCONTRACTS middot BUSINESS AND CORPORATE LAW

3 0 g r i d p h i l lyco m N Ov E M B E R 2 0 12 I l lUST R AT I O N By A N Dy H O O D

That Wednesday morning customers wait outside for the Market to open making shop-ping strategies while sipping coffee provided by Market management While itrsquos a busy day for us at the General Store therersquos a lot more pressure on the big three the butcher baker and greengrocer Inside the market the green-grocers hurriedly stack towering mounds of collard greens the butchers ice down freshly-killed turkeys and the Pennsylvania Dutch bakers try to find room to display all their pies

At 8 am the doors open and the frenzy be-gins Couples split up to conquer the shopping list with a promised rendezvous for blueberry pancakes or croissants The line at Terminirsquos Bakery slows to a crawl and good-natured pa-trons start folding bakery boxes to help speed the process Customers move like hordes of lo-custs through the produce as workers hustle to

restock and replenish the ravaged displays The ticket machine at Godshallrsquos Poultry completes the first circuit of 001 to 100 and back again

In the midst of this harried buying and sell-ing there is a sense of collegiality Customers share and debate cooking tips and shopping secrets And despite the pressure to finish helping one customer to get to those waiting merchants make time to quickly trade family news with customers Today is part business and part family reunion

At Godshallrsquos therersquos a pause to advise a ner-vous first-time Thanksgiving hostess on cook-ing the perfect turkey ldquoCook it at 350 degrees 14 to 15 minutes a poundrdquo explains the butcher ldquoIf itrsquos stuffed you want an internal tempera-ture of 165 degrees Yoursquoll want to use a meat thermometer You can buy one down the aisle at the kitchen store Yoursquore welcome Good luckmdash

calling number 88rdquo The next day if all goes ac-cording to plan a beaming young woman will take a bow for serving a Thanksgiving master-piece and a lifelong customer will be born Itrsquos in these moments that the keys to the Reading Terminal Marketrsquos longevity can be found This exchange of money for merchandise is more than a business transactionmdashtherersquos something more personal happening

Many of todayrsquos customers first discovered the Market as children brought here by parents or grandparents They learned to endure the search for the freshest meat or ripest tomatoes in exchange for the promise of Bassetts Ice Cream On Thanksgiving they return forgo-ing the big box supermarkets for a place where food is not so much a commodity but some-onersquos life work This is reflected in the stand names Guintarsquos Meats Beilerrsquos Bakery Bas-setts Ice Cream These names werenrsquot picked because their owners lacked originality but rather as a sign of the shopkeepersrsquo pride in the foods they grow raise prepare and sell

For many Philadelphians the trip to Read-ing Terminal has become an essential part of the Thanksgiving holidaymdasha reminder that preparing and sharing food with loved ones is a sacred experience Hopefully this year will initiate a few young family members into that traditionmdashone thatrsquos existed since the Market opened in 1893 and if theyrsquore lucky includes a dish of Bassetts ice cream

michael holahan founded the Pennsylvania General Store with his wife Julie Holahan in 1987 The store sells locally made foods and crafts Visit them at the Reading Terminal Market or online at pageneralstorecom

Feeding on Tradition

Thanksgiving Eve at the Reading Terminal Market by michael holahan

As a shopkeeper in the Reading Terminal Market any busy day is a good day But after 25 years at the Pennsylvania General Store my favorite is the day before Thanksgiving The energy inside this more-

than-a-century-old public market is unlike any other time of year Thanksgiv-ing is about bringing together the people we love to share a meal and to give thanks as a merchant itrsquos a privilege to be even a small part of this occasion

OTTOrsquoS MINI305 W Lincoln Highway Exton PA 19341(855) 646-4194 OTTOSMINICOM

All-wheel drive available on the MINI Cooper S Countryman ALL4 copy 2012 MINI a division of BMW of North America LLC The MINI name model names and logo are registered trademarks

The bigger four-door all-wheel drive MINI Countryman

Ottorsquos MINI305 W Lincoln Hwy Exton PA 19341(855)646-4194

OTTOSMINICOM

All-wheel drive available on the MINI Cooper S Countryman ALL4 copy 2012 MINI a division of BMW of North America LLC The MINI name model names and logo are registered trademarks

Plus-size model

The bigger four-door all-wheel drive MINI Countryman

Ottorsquos MINI305 W Lincoln Hwy Exton PA 19341(855)646-4194

OTTOSMINICOM

All-wheel drive available on the MINI Cooper S Countryman ALL4 copy 2012 MINI a division of BMW of North America LLC The MINI name model names and logo are registered trademarks

Plus-size model

Grid_Oct2012indd 1 10212 1004 AM

3 2 g r i d p h i l lyco m N Ov E M B E R 2 0 12

What matters most Environmental sustainability matters

Give purpose to your passion at Penn

If yoursquore passionate about environmental management yoursquoll find a home in the University of Pennsylvaniarsquos Master of Environmental Studies program

As an MES student yoursquoll put what yoursquove learned in the classroom to work where itrsquos needed most Coursework in Industrial Ecology Quantifying Sustainable Business Practices GIS and Water Sustainability prepares you for emerging careers in corporate non-profit academic and government sectors

wwwfacebookcomUPennEES

PENN_EES wwwupennedumesor search penn mes

Master of Environmental Studies

lecture series

November 15

Sea Level Rise Along the Atlantic Coast of

the US

Dr Benjamin Horton

for more info visitwwwupennedumes

  • 1 cover
  • 2 departs_webedit
  • 3 features
  • 4 angles
  • 5 events
Page 25: Grid Magazine November 2012 [#043]

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Oct13

ldquoCountdown to (En)DangerrdquoAn exhibit featuring artistsrsquo own inter-pretations of endangered species and

the continued risks of extinction Proceeds ben-efit the World Wildlife Fund Open until Nov 7

rarr Sat Oct 13 6-9 pm free B2 Cafeacute 1500 E Passyunk Ave For more information visit facebookcomevents482540518437645

Oct16

Fall Author Series Spillover Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic

Hear from author David Quammen on the sci-ence and history of major diseases that originate in wild animals and pass to humans and what might be the next pandemic

rarr Tues Oct 16 630-830 pm free to members$5 nonmembers The Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy For more informa-tion and to register visit ansporgvisitevents

Oct18

Is Sustainable Agriculture Bad for the PlanetSustainable food writers and experts

examine questions like Does eating grass-fed livestock raise your emissions And is it worth paying extra for organic products

rarr Thurs Oct 18 6-830 pm free to members$5 nonmembers The Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy For more informa-tion and to register visit ansporgvisitevents

Oct18

Slow Food Seminar Chocolate Growers Seminar amp TastingKallari Cacao Growers Cooperative

from Ecuador will talk about their cacao farms and have a tasting of their chocolate (Fair Trade and Direct Trade)

rarr Thurs Oct 18 7-9 pm $20 Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College 4100 Walnut St For tickets visit slowfoodphillyorg

Oct19

Wall Garden WorkshopTake your gardening indoors with woolly pockets This workshop will

teach where to hang a woolly pocket what to plant and how to water

rarr Fri Oct 19 630-830 pm $40 City Planter 814 N 4th St For more information and to register visit cityplantercom

Oct20

Rose Hips and What You Make of Them Learn how to use rose hips from the

garden to make jam candy and syrup Students will take home what they make

rarr Sat Oct 20 9 am-12 pm $50 members$75 nonmembers Wyck 6026 Germantown Ave To register visit wyckorgprograms or call 215-848-1690

Oct20

Terrariums WorkshopCreate a mini-oasis at this terrarium workshop Registration includes a small

glass globe vessel soil charcoal and stones Plants will be available for purchase

rarr Sat Oct 20 12-2 pm $30 Greensgrow Farms 2501 E Cumberland St For more information and to register visit greensgroworgevents

Oct20

PASArsquos 100 Grass-fed Beef Cook OffJoin PASA as they announce the win-

ners of the Cook Off which features local chefs and farmers Philly CowShare and cookbook authorchef Aliza Green will be there and Wye-brook (open 11 am-6 pm) will have live music and food available for purchase

rarr Sat Oct 20 2-4 pm free Wyebrook Farm 150 Wyebrook Rd Honey Brook For more information visit pasafarmingorgevents

Oct20

Fall Foliage WalkEnjoy a morning walk to explore the changing hues of autumn and learn the

surprising answer to why leaves change colors

rarr Sat Oct 20 1030-1130 am free Schuylkill Cen-ter for Environmental Education 8480 Hagyrsquos Mill Rd For more information visit schuylkillcenterorg

Oct18

Fall Window Box WorkshopLearn to create a fall window box thatrsquoll last through Thanksgiving Also get tips

for the best plantings watering practices and soil mixes for the fall season

rarr Thurs Oct 18 6-830 pm $20 Greensgrow Farms 2501 E Cumberland St For more information and to register visit greensgroworgevents

2 6 g r i d p h i l lyco m N Ov E M B E R 2 0 12

N Ov E M B E R 2 0 12 g r i d p h i l lyco m 27

2917 Harper Street | Brewerytown Philadelphia

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Providing lower prices through our PAPERLESS and SHARED OFFICES

(215) 327-2900 | econsciouslawyersgmailcom

Environmentally-Conscious

Attorneys at Law

Bicycle RepairKater Street Bicycle

609 S 16th Street 2155451711The Corner Of 16th amp Kater

FRESH LOCAL FOOD

SEASONAL CUSTOM MENUS

SUSTAINABLE EVENTS

215-435-0331 bull infobirchtreecateringcom

FROM OUR FARM TO YOUR HOME

7176777186 R wwwthreespringsfruitfarmcom

e fi nest sustainably raised fruits

and specialty vegetables available at

Headhouse Farmers Market (Sundays

10-2) and at like-minded stores and

restaurants throughout the city

Lloyd Hall 1 Boathouse Row | Philadelphia | cosmicfoodscom 7 days a week 8am to dusk | 2159780900 | cell 6103245256

Oct20

Harvest On HenryHenry Got Crops CSA hosts a fund-raiser event featuring live music local

food hayrides childrenrsquos activities face paint-ing pumpkin painting and a pie bake-off

rarr Sat Oct 20 (rain date Sun Oct 21) 1-4 pm 7100 Henry Ave For more information visit facebookcomhenrygotcrops or e-mail Nancy Dearden at nancydeardenverizonnet

Oct20

Backyard ChickensEver thought of keeping chickens Learn everything from choosing the

right chicks for a flock to keeping them happy and healthy

rarr Sat Oct 20 1-2 pm $10 Primex Garden Center 435 W Glenside Ave Glenside Register in the store or by calling 215-887-7500

Oct20

Bringing It All Home Cultivating Sustainable Communities Frederick Kirschenmann PhD a sus-

tainability speaker writer farmer-philosopher and president of Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture will speak about developing resilient sustainable communities

rarr Sat Oct 20 1-3 pm $15$8 students Arsht Hall (University of Delaware - Wilmington Campus) 2600 Pennsylvania Ave Wilmington DE Register at historicpennfarmorg or by calling 302-655-7275

Oct21

Up Close and Personal Learn the basics of home-scaled sus-tainable and regenerative practices

including backyard chickens composting fer-mentation and more This workshop will focus on extending the growing season

rarr Sun Oct 21 1-5 pm $49 before Oct 15$10 late fee after Oct 14 Flourtown (specific location TBA) For more information and to register visit thehomegrowninstituteorg

Oct21

Town Square Program Plenty for the Planet Sustainable Food and a Well-Fed World

Join acclaimed writer and sustainability advocate Anna Lappeacute and local experts as they discuss the role of sustainable food systems in addressing hunger The evening includes a local food tasting

rarr Sun Oct 21 530-830 pm Program free Reception $10 members$12 nonmembers Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy For more information and to register visit ansporgvisitevents

Oct26

Terrarium ClassHave a crafty start to your weekend with this terrarium-building class

rarr Fri Oct 26 630-830 pm $50 City Planter 814 N 4th St For more information and to register visit cityplantercom

Oct27

Fermenting Sauerkraut amp Mead with David SillerDavid Siller of Cobblestone Krautery

will teach about the power of fermentation and how to make mead pickles sauerkraut and much more

rarr Sat Oct 27 12-2 pm $35 Greensgrow Community Kitchen at St Michaelrsquos Church 2139 E Cumberland St For more information and to register visit greensgroworgevents

Oct2728

Philly Bike Expo Bilenky Cycle Works hosts the third-annual Philly Bike Expomdashtwo days filled with rides seminars demonstra-tions parties a swap meet and a bicycle

fashion show

rarr Sat Oct 27-Sun Oct 28 $8-25 depending on ticket type 23rd Street Armory 22 S 23rd St For more information and tickets visit phillybikeexpocom

nOv7

Saving Americarsquos Exceptional GardensBill Noble director of preservation at

The Garden Conservancy will discuss his work overseeing rehabilitation activities at more than 100 gardens throughout the country

rarr Wed Nov 7 2-5 pm $18 members$20 nonmembers Morris Arboretum 100 E Northwestern Ave For more information visit morrisarboretumorg

nOv8

Food Politics Is the Current Food System Sustainable with Marion Nestle

Noted nutritionist and author Marion Nestle will discuss food politics and the sustainability of the current food system

rarr Thurs Nov 8 6-830 pm $15 nonmember $10 member$50 vIP reception The Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy For more information and to register visit ansporgvisitevents

nOv10

Art in the GardenMark Smith an artist and garden de-signer will discuss ways to expand

thinking about art in a garden setting in eco-nomical temporary and more permanent ways

rarr Sat Nov 10 9-11 am $10 Fairmount Park Horticultural Center N Horticultural and Montgomery Drs For more information visit extensionpsueduphiladelphiaprogramsmaster-gardener

nOv10

Worm Composting Urban Composting Made EasyStart worm composting after this work-

shop on decomposition worm anatomy and biol-ogy and how to care for a worm bin Participants will take home a bin with worms

rarr Sat Nov 10 10 am-12 pm Members $20per person $30couple Nonmembers $30person $40couple Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education 8480 Hagyrsquos Mill Rd For information visit schuylkillcenterorg

nOv7

Creating the East Coast GreenwayAndy Hamilton Mid-Atlantic Trail Co-ordinator for the East Coast Greenway

Alliance will outline how this trail system en-hances local communities and the region at large

rarr Wed Nov 7 6-9 pm free valley Green Inn valley Green Road at Wissahickon For more information and to register visit foworg

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3 0 g r i d p h i l lyco m N Ov E M B E R 2 0 12 I l lUST R AT I O N By A N Dy H O O D

That Wednesday morning customers wait outside for the Market to open making shop-ping strategies while sipping coffee provided by Market management While itrsquos a busy day for us at the General Store therersquos a lot more pressure on the big three the butcher baker and greengrocer Inside the market the green-grocers hurriedly stack towering mounds of collard greens the butchers ice down freshly-killed turkeys and the Pennsylvania Dutch bakers try to find room to display all their pies

At 8 am the doors open and the frenzy be-gins Couples split up to conquer the shopping list with a promised rendezvous for blueberry pancakes or croissants The line at Terminirsquos Bakery slows to a crawl and good-natured pa-trons start folding bakery boxes to help speed the process Customers move like hordes of lo-custs through the produce as workers hustle to

restock and replenish the ravaged displays The ticket machine at Godshallrsquos Poultry completes the first circuit of 001 to 100 and back again

In the midst of this harried buying and sell-ing there is a sense of collegiality Customers share and debate cooking tips and shopping secrets And despite the pressure to finish helping one customer to get to those waiting merchants make time to quickly trade family news with customers Today is part business and part family reunion

At Godshallrsquos therersquos a pause to advise a ner-vous first-time Thanksgiving hostess on cook-ing the perfect turkey ldquoCook it at 350 degrees 14 to 15 minutes a poundrdquo explains the butcher ldquoIf itrsquos stuffed you want an internal tempera-ture of 165 degrees Yoursquoll want to use a meat thermometer You can buy one down the aisle at the kitchen store Yoursquore welcome Good luckmdash

calling number 88rdquo The next day if all goes ac-cording to plan a beaming young woman will take a bow for serving a Thanksgiving master-piece and a lifelong customer will be born Itrsquos in these moments that the keys to the Reading Terminal Marketrsquos longevity can be found This exchange of money for merchandise is more than a business transactionmdashtherersquos something more personal happening

Many of todayrsquos customers first discovered the Market as children brought here by parents or grandparents They learned to endure the search for the freshest meat or ripest tomatoes in exchange for the promise of Bassetts Ice Cream On Thanksgiving they return forgo-ing the big box supermarkets for a place where food is not so much a commodity but some-onersquos life work This is reflected in the stand names Guintarsquos Meats Beilerrsquos Bakery Bas-setts Ice Cream These names werenrsquot picked because their owners lacked originality but rather as a sign of the shopkeepersrsquo pride in the foods they grow raise prepare and sell

For many Philadelphians the trip to Read-ing Terminal has become an essential part of the Thanksgiving holidaymdasha reminder that preparing and sharing food with loved ones is a sacred experience Hopefully this year will initiate a few young family members into that traditionmdashone thatrsquos existed since the Market opened in 1893 and if theyrsquore lucky includes a dish of Bassetts ice cream

michael holahan founded the Pennsylvania General Store with his wife Julie Holahan in 1987 The store sells locally made foods and crafts Visit them at the Reading Terminal Market or online at pageneralstorecom

Feeding on Tradition

Thanksgiving Eve at the Reading Terminal Market by michael holahan

As a shopkeeper in the Reading Terminal Market any busy day is a good day But after 25 years at the Pennsylvania General Store my favorite is the day before Thanksgiving The energy inside this more-

than-a-century-old public market is unlike any other time of year Thanksgiv-ing is about bringing together the people we love to share a meal and to give thanks as a merchant itrsquos a privilege to be even a small part of this occasion

OTTOrsquoS MINI305 W Lincoln Highway Exton PA 19341(855) 646-4194 OTTOSMINICOM

All-wheel drive available on the MINI Cooper S Countryman ALL4 copy 2012 MINI a division of BMW of North America LLC The MINI name model names and logo are registered trademarks

The bigger four-door all-wheel drive MINI Countryman

Ottorsquos MINI305 W Lincoln Hwy Exton PA 19341(855)646-4194

OTTOSMINICOM

All-wheel drive available on the MINI Cooper S Countryman ALL4 copy 2012 MINI a division of BMW of North America LLC The MINI name model names and logo are registered trademarks

Plus-size model

The bigger four-door all-wheel drive MINI Countryman

Ottorsquos MINI305 W Lincoln Hwy Exton PA 19341(855)646-4194

OTTOSMINICOM

All-wheel drive available on the MINI Cooper S Countryman ALL4 copy 2012 MINI a division of BMW of North America LLC The MINI name model names and logo are registered trademarks

Plus-size model

Grid_Oct2012indd 1 10212 1004 AM

3 2 g r i d p h i l lyco m N Ov E M B E R 2 0 12

What matters most Environmental sustainability matters

Give purpose to your passion at Penn

If yoursquore passionate about environmental management yoursquoll find a home in the University of Pennsylvaniarsquos Master of Environmental Studies program

As an MES student yoursquoll put what yoursquove learned in the classroom to work where itrsquos needed most Coursework in Industrial Ecology Quantifying Sustainable Business Practices GIS and Water Sustainability prepares you for emerging careers in corporate non-profit academic and government sectors

wwwfacebookcomUPennEES

PENN_EES wwwupennedumesor search penn mes

Master of Environmental Studies

lecture series

November 15

Sea Level Rise Along the Atlantic Coast of

the US

Dr Benjamin Horton

for more info visitwwwupennedumes

  • 1 cover
  • 2 departs_webedit
  • 3 features
  • 4 angles
  • 5 events
Page 26: Grid Magazine November 2012 [#043]

Oct13

ldquoCountdown to (En)DangerrdquoAn exhibit featuring artistsrsquo own inter-pretations of endangered species and

the continued risks of extinction Proceeds ben-efit the World Wildlife Fund Open until Nov 7

rarr Sat Oct 13 6-9 pm free B2 Cafeacute 1500 E Passyunk Ave For more information visit facebookcomevents482540518437645

Oct16

Fall Author Series Spillover Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic

Hear from author David Quammen on the sci-ence and history of major diseases that originate in wild animals and pass to humans and what might be the next pandemic

rarr Tues Oct 16 630-830 pm free to members$5 nonmembers The Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy For more informa-tion and to register visit ansporgvisitevents

Oct18

Is Sustainable Agriculture Bad for the PlanetSustainable food writers and experts

examine questions like Does eating grass-fed livestock raise your emissions And is it worth paying extra for organic products

rarr Thurs Oct 18 6-830 pm free to members$5 nonmembers The Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy For more informa-tion and to register visit ansporgvisitevents

Oct18

Slow Food Seminar Chocolate Growers Seminar amp TastingKallari Cacao Growers Cooperative

from Ecuador will talk about their cacao farms and have a tasting of their chocolate (Fair Trade and Direct Trade)

rarr Thurs Oct 18 7-9 pm $20 Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College 4100 Walnut St For tickets visit slowfoodphillyorg

Oct19

Wall Garden WorkshopTake your gardening indoors with woolly pockets This workshop will

teach where to hang a woolly pocket what to plant and how to water

rarr Fri Oct 19 630-830 pm $40 City Planter 814 N 4th St For more information and to register visit cityplantercom

Oct20

Rose Hips and What You Make of Them Learn how to use rose hips from the

garden to make jam candy and syrup Students will take home what they make

rarr Sat Oct 20 9 am-12 pm $50 members$75 nonmembers Wyck 6026 Germantown Ave To register visit wyckorgprograms or call 215-848-1690

Oct20

Terrariums WorkshopCreate a mini-oasis at this terrarium workshop Registration includes a small

glass globe vessel soil charcoal and stones Plants will be available for purchase

rarr Sat Oct 20 12-2 pm $30 Greensgrow Farms 2501 E Cumberland St For more information and to register visit greensgroworgevents

Oct20

PASArsquos 100 Grass-fed Beef Cook OffJoin PASA as they announce the win-

ners of the Cook Off which features local chefs and farmers Philly CowShare and cookbook authorchef Aliza Green will be there and Wye-brook (open 11 am-6 pm) will have live music and food available for purchase

rarr Sat Oct 20 2-4 pm free Wyebrook Farm 150 Wyebrook Rd Honey Brook For more information visit pasafarmingorgevents

Oct20

Fall Foliage WalkEnjoy a morning walk to explore the changing hues of autumn and learn the

surprising answer to why leaves change colors

rarr Sat Oct 20 1030-1130 am free Schuylkill Cen-ter for Environmental Education 8480 Hagyrsquos Mill Rd For more information visit schuylkillcenterorg

Oct18

Fall Window Box WorkshopLearn to create a fall window box thatrsquoll last through Thanksgiving Also get tips

for the best plantings watering practices and soil mixes for the fall season

rarr Thurs Oct 18 6-830 pm $20 Greensgrow Farms 2501 E Cumberland St For more information and to register visit greensgroworgevents

2 6 g r i d p h i l lyco m N Ov E M B E R 2 0 12

N Ov E M B E R 2 0 12 g r i d p h i l lyco m 27

2917 Harper Street | Brewerytown Philadelphia

SMALL BUSINESSES LITIGATIONCONTRACTS WILLS

Providing lower prices through our PAPERLESS and SHARED OFFICES

(215) 327-2900 | econsciouslawyersgmailcom

Environmentally-Conscious

Attorneys at Law

Bicycle RepairKater Street Bicycle

609 S 16th Street 2155451711The Corner Of 16th amp Kater

FRESH LOCAL FOOD

SEASONAL CUSTOM MENUS

SUSTAINABLE EVENTS

215-435-0331 bull infobirchtreecateringcom

FROM OUR FARM TO YOUR HOME

7176777186 R wwwthreespringsfruitfarmcom

e fi nest sustainably raised fruits

and specialty vegetables available at

Headhouse Farmers Market (Sundays

10-2) and at like-minded stores and

restaurants throughout the city

Lloyd Hall 1 Boathouse Row | Philadelphia | cosmicfoodscom 7 days a week 8am to dusk | 2159780900 | cell 6103245256

Oct20

Harvest On HenryHenry Got Crops CSA hosts a fund-raiser event featuring live music local

food hayrides childrenrsquos activities face paint-ing pumpkin painting and a pie bake-off

rarr Sat Oct 20 (rain date Sun Oct 21) 1-4 pm 7100 Henry Ave For more information visit facebookcomhenrygotcrops or e-mail Nancy Dearden at nancydeardenverizonnet

Oct20

Backyard ChickensEver thought of keeping chickens Learn everything from choosing the

right chicks for a flock to keeping them happy and healthy

rarr Sat Oct 20 1-2 pm $10 Primex Garden Center 435 W Glenside Ave Glenside Register in the store or by calling 215-887-7500

Oct20

Bringing It All Home Cultivating Sustainable Communities Frederick Kirschenmann PhD a sus-

tainability speaker writer farmer-philosopher and president of Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture will speak about developing resilient sustainable communities

rarr Sat Oct 20 1-3 pm $15$8 students Arsht Hall (University of Delaware - Wilmington Campus) 2600 Pennsylvania Ave Wilmington DE Register at historicpennfarmorg or by calling 302-655-7275

Oct21

Up Close and Personal Learn the basics of home-scaled sus-tainable and regenerative practices

including backyard chickens composting fer-mentation and more This workshop will focus on extending the growing season

rarr Sun Oct 21 1-5 pm $49 before Oct 15$10 late fee after Oct 14 Flourtown (specific location TBA) For more information and to register visit thehomegrowninstituteorg

Oct21

Town Square Program Plenty for the Planet Sustainable Food and a Well-Fed World

Join acclaimed writer and sustainability advocate Anna Lappeacute and local experts as they discuss the role of sustainable food systems in addressing hunger The evening includes a local food tasting

rarr Sun Oct 21 530-830 pm Program free Reception $10 members$12 nonmembers Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy For more information and to register visit ansporgvisitevents

Oct26

Terrarium ClassHave a crafty start to your weekend with this terrarium-building class

rarr Fri Oct 26 630-830 pm $50 City Planter 814 N 4th St For more information and to register visit cityplantercom

Oct27

Fermenting Sauerkraut amp Mead with David SillerDavid Siller of Cobblestone Krautery

will teach about the power of fermentation and how to make mead pickles sauerkraut and much more

rarr Sat Oct 27 12-2 pm $35 Greensgrow Community Kitchen at St Michaelrsquos Church 2139 E Cumberland St For more information and to register visit greensgroworgevents

Oct2728

Philly Bike Expo Bilenky Cycle Works hosts the third-annual Philly Bike Expomdashtwo days filled with rides seminars demonstra-tions parties a swap meet and a bicycle

fashion show

rarr Sat Oct 27-Sun Oct 28 $8-25 depending on ticket type 23rd Street Armory 22 S 23rd St For more information and tickets visit phillybikeexpocom

nOv7

Saving Americarsquos Exceptional GardensBill Noble director of preservation at

The Garden Conservancy will discuss his work overseeing rehabilitation activities at more than 100 gardens throughout the country

rarr Wed Nov 7 2-5 pm $18 members$20 nonmembers Morris Arboretum 100 E Northwestern Ave For more information visit morrisarboretumorg

nOv8

Food Politics Is the Current Food System Sustainable with Marion Nestle

Noted nutritionist and author Marion Nestle will discuss food politics and the sustainability of the current food system

rarr Thurs Nov 8 6-830 pm $15 nonmember $10 member$50 vIP reception The Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy For more information and to register visit ansporgvisitevents

nOv10

Art in the GardenMark Smith an artist and garden de-signer will discuss ways to expand

thinking about art in a garden setting in eco-nomical temporary and more permanent ways

rarr Sat Nov 10 9-11 am $10 Fairmount Park Horticultural Center N Horticultural and Montgomery Drs For more information visit extensionpsueduphiladelphiaprogramsmaster-gardener

nOv10

Worm Composting Urban Composting Made EasyStart worm composting after this work-

shop on decomposition worm anatomy and biol-ogy and how to care for a worm bin Participants will take home a bin with worms

rarr Sat Nov 10 10 am-12 pm Members $20per person $30couple Nonmembers $30person $40couple Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education 8480 Hagyrsquos Mill Rd For information visit schuylkillcenterorg

nOv7

Creating the East Coast GreenwayAndy Hamilton Mid-Atlantic Trail Co-ordinator for the East Coast Greenway

Alliance will outline how this trail system en-hances local communities and the region at large

rarr Wed Nov 7 6-9 pm free valley Green Inn valley Green Road at Wissahickon For more information and to register visit foworg

2 8 g r i d p h i l lyco m N Ov E M B E R 2 0 12

N Ov E M B E R 2 0 12 g r i d p h i l lyco m 29

1001-13 North 2nd Street Philadelphia PA 19123

267-455-0374 infomillesimeus wwwmillesimeus

Furniture

Lighting

Home Accessories

41 South 3rd Street | Philadelphia | 267-455-0374 | wwwmillesimeus

Furniture

Lighting

Home Accessories

OMS Private Label bull Green Sleep

WJ Southard bull Suite Sleep

Royal-Pedic bull Shepherdrsquos Dream

1075 Main St Hellertown PAShowroom Equidistant from Philly amp NYC

Toll Free 18662469866

Theorganicmattressstorecom

Franchise Opportunities AvailableOffer by Prospectus Only

The Beauty of Going GreenThe Beauty of Going Green

Pavers bull Fire Pits bull Veneer bull amp More Pavers bull Fire Pits bull Veneer bull amp More

wwwforeverstonebizRecycled Solid GraniteRecycled Solid Granite

Environmentally-Friendly Wood Floors Naturally

Buy from a local Philly homeowner and SAVE

(800) 363-6881

Materials installation repairs

the pre-Finished Hardwood specialist since 1985

Are you eating local this winter

Itrsquos easy withWINTER HARVEST

TM

winterharvestphillyorg500 products on-line orderingweekly delivery to 20 locations

Bryn Gweled HomesteadsCooperative Living Since 1940

wwwbryngweledorg215-355-8849 mdash Ask for Gary

Inclusive multi-generational community in wooded lower Bucks County Homes available Gardens and livestock possible Easy commute to Center City

Contact Alex Mulcahy 2156259850 x102 or email alexgridphillycom

rarr reACh our pAssionAte reAdership

Want to advertise

215 854 6337 office wwwglennromanocom215 742 0592 direct dial glennglennromanocom215 742-0591 fax

GLENN C ROMANOAttorney at Law

Two Penn Center middot Suite 200 middot Philadelphia PA 19102

COMMERCIAL LITIGATIONCONTRACTS middot BUSINESS AND CORPORATE LAW

3 0 g r i d p h i l lyco m N Ov E M B E R 2 0 12 I l lUST R AT I O N By A N Dy H O O D

That Wednesday morning customers wait outside for the Market to open making shop-ping strategies while sipping coffee provided by Market management While itrsquos a busy day for us at the General Store therersquos a lot more pressure on the big three the butcher baker and greengrocer Inside the market the green-grocers hurriedly stack towering mounds of collard greens the butchers ice down freshly-killed turkeys and the Pennsylvania Dutch bakers try to find room to display all their pies

At 8 am the doors open and the frenzy be-gins Couples split up to conquer the shopping list with a promised rendezvous for blueberry pancakes or croissants The line at Terminirsquos Bakery slows to a crawl and good-natured pa-trons start folding bakery boxes to help speed the process Customers move like hordes of lo-custs through the produce as workers hustle to

restock and replenish the ravaged displays The ticket machine at Godshallrsquos Poultry completes the first circuit of 001 to 100 and back again

In the midst of this harried buying and sell-ing there is a sense of collegiality Customers share and debate cooking tips and shopping secrets And despite the pressure to finish helping one customer to get to those waiting merchants make time to quickly trade family news with customers Today is part business and part family reunion

At Godshallrsquos therersquos a pause to advise a ner-vous first-time Thanksgiving hostess on cook-ing the perfect turkey ldquoCook it at 350 degrees 14 to 15 minutes a poundrdquo explains the butcher ldquoIf itrsquos stuffed you want an internal tempera-ture of 165 degrees Yoursquoll want to use a meat thermometer You can buy one down the aisle at the kitchen store Yoursquore welcome Good luckmdash

calling number 88rdquo The next day if all goes ac-cording to plan a beaming young woman will take a bow for serving a Thanksgiving master-piece and a lifelong customer will be born Itrsquos in these moments that the keys to the Reading Terminal Marketrsquos longevity can be found This exchange of money for merchandise is more than a business transactionmdashtherersquos something more personal happening

Many of todayrsquos customers first discovered the Market as children brought here by parents or grandparents They learned to endure the search for the freshest meat or ripest tomatoes in exchange for the promise of Bassetts Ice Cream On Thanksgiving they return forgo-ing the big box supermarkets for a place where food is not so much a commodity but some-onersquos life work This is reflected in the stand names Guintarsquos Meats Beilerrsquos Bakery Bas-setts Ice Cream These names werenrsquot picked because their owners lacked originality but rather as a sign of the shopkeepersrsquo pride in the foods they grow raise prepare and sell

For many Philadelphians the trip to Read-ing Terminal has become an essential part of the Thanksgiving holidaymdasha reminder that preparing and sharing food with loved ones is a sacred experience Hopefully this year will initiate a few young family members into that traditionmdashone thatrsquos existed since the Market opened in 1893 and if theyrsquore lucky includes a dish of Bassetts ice cream

michael holahan founded the Pennsylvania General Store with his wife Julie Holahan in 1987 The store sells locally made foods and crafts Visit them at the Reading Terminal Market or online at pageneralstorecom

Feeding on Tradition

Thanksgiving Eve at the Reading Terminal Market by michael holahan

As a shopkeeper in the Reading Terminal Market any busy day is a good day But after 25 years at the Pennsylvania General Store my favorite is the day before Thanksgiving The energy inside this more-

than-a-century-old public market is unlike any other time of year Thanksgiv-ing is about bringing together the people we love to share a meal and to give thanks as a merchant itrsquos a privilege to be even a small part of this occasion

OTTOrsquoS MINI305 W Lincoln Highway Exton PA 19341(855) 646-4194 OTTOSMINICOM

All-wheel drive available on the MINI Cooper S Countryman ALL4 copy 2012 MINI a division of BMW of North America LLC The MINI name model names and logo are registered trademarks

The bigger four-door all-wheel drive MINI Countryman

Ottorsquos MINI305 W Lincoln Hwy Exton PA 19341(855)646-4194

OTTOSMINICOM

All-wheel drive available on the MINI Cooper S Countryman ALL4 copy 2012 MINI a division of BMW of North America LLC The MINI name model names and logo are registered trademarks

Plus-size model

The bigger four-door all-wheel drive MINI Countryman

Ottorsquos MINI305 W Lincoln Hwy Exton PA 19341(855)646-4194

OTTOSMINICOM

All-wheel drive available on the MINI Cooper S Countryman ALL4 copy 2012 MINI a division of BMW of North America LLC The MINI name model names and logo are registered trademarks

Plus-size model

Grid_Oct2012indd 1 10212 1004 AM

3 2 g r i d p h i l lyco m N Ov E M B E R 2 0 12

What matters most Environmental sustainability matters

Give purpose to your passion at Penn

If yoursquore passionate about environmental management yoursquoll find a home in the University of Pennsylvaniarsquos Master of Environmental Studies program

As an MES student yoursquoll put what yoursquove learned in the classroom to work where itrsquos needed most Coursework in Industrial Ecology Quantifying Sustainable Business Practices GIS and Water Sustainability prepares you for emerging careers in corporate non-profit academic and government sectors

wwwfacebookcomUPennEES

PENN_EES wwwupennedumesor search penn mes

Master of Environmental Studies

lecture series

November 15

Sea Level Rise Along the Atlantic Coast of

the US

Dr Benjamin Horton

for more info visitwwwupennedumes

  • 1 cover
  • 2 departs_webedit
  • 3 features
  • 4 angles
  • 5 events
Page 27: Grid Magazine November 2012 [#043]

N Ov E M B E R 2 0 12 g r i d p h i l lyco m 27

2917 Harper Street | Brewerytown Philadelphia

SMALL BUSINESSES LITIGATIONCONTRACTS WILLS

Providing lower prices through our PAPERLESS and SHARED OFFICES

(215) 327-2900 | econsciouslawyersgmailcom

Environmentally-Conscious

Attorneys at Law

Bicycle RepairKater Street Bicycle

609 S 16th Street 2155451711The Corner Of 16th amp Kater

FRESH LOCAL FOOD

SEASONAL CUSTOM MENUS

SUSTAINABLE EVENTS

215-435-0331 bull infobirchtreecateringcom

FROM OUR FARM TO YOUR HOME

7176777186 R wwwthreespringsfruitfarmcom

e fi nest sustainably raised fruits

and specialty vegetables available at

Headhouse Farmers Market (Sundays

10-2) and at like-minded stores and

restaurants throughout the city

Lloyd Hall 1 Boathouse Row | Philadelphia | cosmicfoodscom 7 days a week 8am to dusk | 2159780900 | cell 6103245256

Oct20

Harvest On HenryHenry Got Crops CSA hosts a fund-raiser event featuring live music local

food hayrides childrenrsquos activities face paint-ing pumpkin painting and a pie bake-off

rarr Sat Oct 20 (rain date Sun Oct 21) 1-4 pm 7100 Henry Ave For more information visit facebookcomhenrygotcrops or e-mail Nancy Dearden at nancydeardenverizonnet

Oct20

Backyard ChickensEver thought of keeping chickens Learn everything from choosing the

right chicks for a flock to keeping them happy and healthy

rarr Sat Oct 20 1-2 pm $10 Primex Garden Center 435 W Glenside Ave Glenside Register in the store or by calling 215-887-7500

Oct20

Bringing It All Home Cultivating Sustainable Communities Frederick Kirschenmann PhD a sus-

tainability speaker writer farmer-philosopher and president of Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture will speak about developing resilient sustainable communities

rarr Sat Oct 20 1-3 pm $15$8 students Arsht Hall (University of Delaware - Wilmington Campus) 2600 Pennsylvania Ave Wilmington DE Register at historicpennfarmorg or by calling 302-655-7275

Oct21

Up Close and Personal Learn the basics of home-scaled sus-tainable and regenerative practices

including backyard chickens composting fer-mentation and more This workshop will focus on extending the growing season

rarr Sun Oct 21 1-5 pm $49 before Oct 15$10 late fee after Oct 14 Flourtown (specific location TBA) For more information and to register visit thehomegrowninstituteorg

Oct21

Town Square Program Plenty for the Planet Sustainable Food and a Well-Fed World

Join acclaimed writer and sustainability advocate Anna Lappeacute and local experts as they discuss the role of sustainable food systems in addressing hunger The evening includes a local food tasting

rarr Sun Oct 21 530-830 pm Program free Reception $10 members$12 nonmembers Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy For more information and to register visit ansporgvisitevents

Oct26

Terrarium ClassHave a crafty start to your weekend with this terrarium-building class

rarr Fri Oct 26 630-830 pm $50 City Planter 814 N 4th St For more information and to register visit cityplantercom

Oct27

Fermenting Sauerkraut amp Mead with David SillerDavid Siller of Cobblestone Krautery

will teach about the power of fermentation and how to make mead pickles sauerkraut and much more

rarr Sat Oct 27 12-2 pm $35 Greensgrow Community Kitchen at St Michaelrsquos Church 2139 E Cumberland St For more information and to register visit greensgroworgevents

Oct2728

Philly Bike Expo Bilenky Cycle Works hosts the third-annual Philly Bike Expomdashtwo days filled with rides seminars demonstra-tions parties a swap meet and a bicycle

fashion show

rarr Sat Oct 27-Sun Oct 28 $8-25 depending on ticket type 23rd Street Armory 22 S 23rd St For more information and tickets visit phillybikeexpocom

nOv7

Saving Americarsquos Exceptional GardensBill Noble director of preservation at

The Garden Conservancy will discuss his work overseeing rehabilitation activities at more than 100 gardens throughout the country

rarr Wed Nov 7 2-5 pm $18 members$20 nonmembers Morris Arboretum 100 E Northwestern Ave For more information visit morrisarboretumorg

nOv8

Food Politics Is the Current Food System Sustainable with Marion Nestle

Noted nutritionist and author Marion Nestle will discuss food politics and the sustainability of the current food system

rarr Thurs Nov 8 6-830 pm $15 nonmember $10 member$50 vIP reception The Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy For more information and to register visit ansporgvisitevents

nOv10

Art in the GardenMark Smith an artist and garden de-signer will discuss ways to expand

thinking about art in a garden setting in eco-nomical temporary and more permanent ways

rarr Sat Nov 10 9-11 am $10 Fairmount Park Horticultural Center N Horticultural and Montgomery Drs For more information visit extensionpsueduphiladelphiaprogramsmaster-gardener

nOv10

Worm Composting Urban Composting Made EasyStart worm composting after this work-

shop on decomposition worm anatomy and biol-ogy and how to care for a worm bin Participants will take home a bin with worms

rarr Sat Nov 10 10 am-12 pm Members $20per person $30couple Nonmembers $30person $40couple Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education 8480 Hagyrsquos Mill Rd For information visit schuylkillcenterorg

nOv7

Creating the East Coast GreenwayAndy Hamilton Mid-Atlantic Trail Co-ordinator for the East Coast Greenway

Alliance will outline how this trail system en-hances local communities and the region at large

rarr Wed Nov 7 6-9 pm free valley Green Inn valley Green Road at Wissahickon For more information and to register visit foworg

2 8 g r i d p h i l lyco m N Ov E M B E R 2 0 12

N Ov E M B E R 2 0 12 g r i d p h i l lyco m 29

1001-13 North 2nd Street Philadelphia PA 19123

267-455-0374 infomillesimeus wwwmillesimeus

Furniture

Lighting

Home Accessories

41 South 3rd Street | Philadelphia | 267-455-0374 | wwwmillesimeus

Furniture

Lighting

Home Accessories

OMS Private Label bull Green Sleep

WJ Southard bull Suite Sleep

Royal-Pedic bull Shepherdrsquos Dream

1075 Main St Hellertown PAShowroom Equidistant from Philly amp NYC

Toll Free 18662469866

Theorganicmattressstorecom

Franchise Opportunities AvailableOffer by Prospectus Only

The Beauty of Going GreenThe Beauty of Going Green

Pavers bull Fire Pits bull Veneer bull amp More Pavers bull Fire Pits bull Veneer bull amp More

wwwforeverstonebizRecycled Solid GraniteRecycled Solid Granite

Environmentally-Friendly Wood Floors Naturally

Buy from a local Philly homeowner and SAVE

(800) 363-6881

Materials installation repairs

the pre-Finished Hardwood specialist since 1985

Are you eating local this winter

Itrsquos easy withWINTER HARVEST

TM

winterharvestphillyorg500 products on-line orderingweekly delivery to 20 locations

Bryn Gweled HomesteadsCooperative Living Since 1940

wwwbryngweledorg215-355-8849 mdash Ask for Gary

Inclusive multi-generational community in wooded lower Bucks County Homes available Gardens and livestock possible Easy commute to Center City

Contact Alex Mulcahy 2156259850 x102 or email alexgridphillycom

rarr reACh our pAssionAte reAdership

Want to advertise

215 854 6337 office wwwglennromanocom215 742 0592 direct dial glennglennromanocom215 742-0591 fax

GLENN C ROMANOAttorney at Law

Two Penn Center middot Suite 200 middot Philadelphia PA 19102

COMMERCIAL LITIGATIONCONTRACTS middot BUSINESS AND CORPORATE LAW

3 0 g r i d p h i l lyco m N Ov E M B E R 2 0 12 I l lUST R AT I O N By A N Dy H O O D

That Wednesday morning customers wait outside for the Market to open making shop-ping strategies while sipping coffee provided by Market management While itrsquos a busy day for us at the General Store therersquos a lot more pressure on the big three the butcher baker and greengrocer Inside the market the green-grocers hurriedly stack towering mounds of collard greens the butchers ice down freshly-killed turkeys and the Pennsylvania Dutch bakers try to find room to display all their pies

At 8 am the doors open and the frenzy be-gins Couples split up to conquer the shopping list with a promised rendezvous for blueberry pancakes or croissants The line at Terminirsquos Bakery slows to a crawl and good-natured pa-trons start folding bakery boxes to help speed the process Customers move like hordes of lo-custs through the produce as workers hustle to

restock and replenish the ravaged displays The ticket machine at Godshallrsquos Poultry completes the first circuit of 001 to 100 and back again

In the midst of this harried buying and sell-ing there is a sense of collegiality Customers share and debate cooking tips and shopping secrets And despite the pressure to finish helping one customer to get to those waiting merchants make time to quickly trade family news with customers Today is part business and part family reunion

At Godshallrsquos therersquos a pause to advise a ner-vous first-time Thanksgiving hostess on cook-ing the perfect turkey ldquoCook it at 350 degrees 14 to 15 minutes a poundrdquo explains the butcher ldquoIf itrsquos stuffed you want an internal tempera-ture of 165 degrees Yoursquoll want to use a meat thermometer You can buy one down the aisle at the kitchen store Yoursquore welcome Good luckmdash

calling number 88rdquo The next day if all goes ac-cording to plan a beaming young woman will take a bow for serving a Thanksgiving master-piece and a lifelong customer will be born Itrsquos in these moments that the keys to the Reading Terminal Marketrsquos longevity can be found This exchange of money for merchandise is more than a business transactionmdashtherersquos something more personal happening

Many of todayrsquos customers first discovered the Market as children brought here by parents or grandparents They learned to endure the search for the freshest meat or ripest tomatoes in exchange for the promise of Bassetts Ice Cream On Thanksgiving they return forgo-ing the big box supermarkets for a place where food is not so much a commodity but some-onersquos life work This is reflected in the stand names Guintarsquos Meats Beilerrsquos Bakery Bas-setts Ice Cream These names werenrsquot picked because their owners lacked originality but rather as a sign of the shopkeepersrsquo pride in the foods they grow raise prepare and sell

For many Philadelphians the trip to Read-ing Terminal has become an essential part of the Thanksgiving holidaymdasha reminder that preparing and sharing food with loved ones is a sacred experience Hopefully this year will initiate a few young family members into that traditionmdashone thatrsquos existed since the Market opened in 1893 and if theyrsquore lucky includes a dish of Bassetts ice cream

michael holahan founded the Pennsylvania General Store with his wife Julie Holahan in 1987 The store sells locally made foods and crafts Visit them at the Reading Terminal Market or online at pageneralstorecom

Feeding on Tradition

Thanksgiving Eve at the Reading Terminal Market by michael holahan

As a shopkeeper in the Reading Terminal Market any busy day is a good day But after 25 years at the Pennsylvania General Store my favorite is the day before Thanksgiving The energy inside this more-

than-a-century-old public market is unlike any other time of year Thanksgiv-ing is about bringing together the people we love to share a meal and to give thanks as a merchant itrsquos a privilege to be even a small part of this occasion

OTTOrsquoS MINI305 W Lincoln Highway Exton PA 19341(855) 646-4194 OTTOSMINICOM

All-wheel drive available on the MINI Cooper S Countryman ALL4 copy 2012 MINI a division of BMW of North America LLC The MINI name model names and logo are registered trademarks

The bigger four-door all-wheel drive MINI Countryman

Ottorsquos MINI305 W Lincoln Hwy Exton PA 19341(855)646-4194

OTTOSMINICOM

All-wheel drive available on the MINI Cooper S Countryman ALL4 copy 2012 MINI a division of BMW of North America LLC The MINI name model names and logo are registered trademarks

Plus-size model

The bigger four-door all-wheel drive MINI Countryman

Ottorsquos MINI305 W Lincoln Hwy Exton PA 19341(855)646-4194

OTTOSMINICOM

All-wheel drive available on the MINI Cooper S Countryman ALL4 copy 2012 MINI a division of BMW of North America LLC The MINI name model names and logo are registered trademarks

Plus-size model

Grid_Oct2012indd 1 10212 1004 AM

3 2 g r i d p h i l lyco m N Ov E M B E R 2 0 12

What matters most Environmental sustainability matters

Give purpose to your passion at Penn

If yoursquore passionate about environmental management yoursquoll find a home in the University of Pennsylvaniarsquos Master of Environmental Studies program

As an MES student yoursquoll put what yoursquove learned in the classroom to work where itrsquos needed most Coursework in Industrial Ecology Quantifying Sustainable Business Practices GIS and Water Sustainability prepares you for emerging careers in corporate non-profit academic and government sectors

wwwfacebookcomUPennEES

PENN_EES wwwupennedumesor search penn mes

Master of Environmental Studies

lecture series

November 15

Sea Level Rise Along the Atlantic Coast of

the US

Dr Benjamin Horton

for more info visitwwwupennedumes

  • 1 cover
  • 2 departs_webedit
  • 3 features
  • 4 angles
  • 5 events
Page 28: Grid Magazine November 2012 [#043]

Oct20

Harvest On HenryHenry Got Crops CSA hosts a fund-raiser event featuring live music local

food hayrides childrenrsquos activities face paint-ing pumpkin painting and a pie bake-off

rarr Sat Oct 20 (rain date Sun Oct 21) 1-4 pm 7100 Henry Ave For more information visit facebookcomhenrygotcrops or e-mail Nancy Dearden at nancydeardenverizonnet

Oct20

Backyard ChickensEver thought of keeping chickens Learn everything from choosing the

right chicks for a flock to keeping them happy and healthy

rarr Sat Oct 20 1-2 pm $10 Primex Garden Center 435 W Glenside Ave Glenside Register in the store or by calling 215-887-7500

Oct20

Bringing It All Home Cultivating Sustainable Communities Frederick Kirschenmann PhD a sus-

tainability speaker writer farmer-philosopher and president of Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture will speak about developing resilient sustainable communities

rarr Sat Oct 20 1-3 pm $15$8 students Arsht Hall (University of Delaware - Wilmington Campus) 2600 Pennsylvania Ave Wilmington DE Register at historicpennfarmorg or by calling 302-655-7275

Oct21

Up Close and Personal Learn the basics of home-scaled sus-tainable and regenerative practices

including backyard chickens composting fer-mentation and more This workshop will focus on extending the growing season

rarr Sun Oct 21 1-5 pm $49 before Oct 15$10 late fee after Oct 14 Flourtown (specific location TBA) For more information and to register visit thehomegrowninstituteorg

Oct21

Town Square Program Plenty for the Planet Sustainable Food and a Well-Fed World

Join acclaimed writer and sustainability advocate Anna Lappeacute and local experts as they discuss the role of sustainable food systems in addressing hunger The evening includes a local food tasting

rarr Sun Oct 21 530-830 pm Program free Reception $10 members$12 nonmembers Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy For more information and to register visit ansporgvisitevents

Oct26

Terrarium ClassHave a crafty start to your weekend with this terrarium-building class

rarr Fri Oct 26 630-830 pm $50 City Planter 814 N 4th St For more information and to register visit cityplantercom

Oct27

Fermenting Sauerkraut amp Mead with David SillerDavid Siller of Cobblestone Krautery

will teach about the power of fermentation and how to make mead pickles sauerkraut and much more

rarr Sat Oct 27 12-2 pm $35 Greensgrow Community Kitchen at St Michaelrsquos Church 2139 E Cumberland St For more information and to register visit greensgroworgevents

Oct2728

Philly Bike Expo Bilenky Cycle Works hosts the third-annual Philly Bike Expomdashtwo days filled with rides seminars demonstra-tions parties a swap meet and a bicycle

fashion show

rarr Sat Oct 27-Sun Oct 28 $8-25 depending on ticket type 23rd Street Armory 22 S 23rd St For more information and tickets visit phillybikeexpocom

nOv7

Saving Americarsquos Exceptional GardensBill Noble director of preservation at

The Garden Conservancy will discuss his work overseeing rehabilitation activities at more than 100 gardens throughout the country

rarr Wed Nov 7 2-5 pm $18 members$20 nonmembers Morris Arboretum 100 E Northwestern Ave For more information visit morrisarboretumorg

nOv8

Food Politics Is the Current Food System Sustainable with Marion Nestle

Noted nutritionist and author Marion Nestle will discuss food politics and the sustainability of the current food system

rarr Thurs Nov 8 6-830 pm $15 nonmember $10 member$50 vIP reception The Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy For more information and to register visit ansporgvisitevents

nOv10

Art in the GardenMark Smith an artist and garden de-signer will discuss ways to expand

thinking about art in a garden setting in eco-nomical temporary and more permanent ways

rarr Sat Nov 10 9-11 am $10 Fairmount Park Horticultural Center N Horticultural and Montgomery Drs For more information visit extensionpsueduphiladelphiaprogramsmaster-gardener

nOv10

Worm Composting Urban Composting Made EasyStart worm composting after this work-

shop on decomposition worm anatomy and biol-ogy and how to care for a worm bin Participants will take home a bin with worms

rarr Sat Nov 10 10 am-12 pm Members $20per person $30couple Nonmembers $30person $40couple Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education 8480 Hagyrsquos Mill Rd For information visit schuylkillcenterorg

nOv7

Creating the East Coast GreenwayAndy Hamilton Mid-Atlantic Trail Co-ordinator for the East Coast Greenway

Alliance will outline how this trail system en-hances local communities and the region at large

rarr Wed Nov 7 6-9 pm free valley Green Inn valley Green Road at Wissahickon For more information and to register visit foworg

2 8 g r i d p h i l lyco m N Ov E M B E R 2 0 12

N Ov E M B E R 2 0 12 g r i d p h i l lyco m 29

1001-13 North 2nd Street Philadelphia PA 19123

267-455-0374 infomillesimeus wwwmillesimeus

Furniture

Lighting

Home Accessories

41 South 3rd Street | Philadelphia | 267-455-0374 | wwwmillesimeus

Furniture

Lighting

Home Accessories

OMS Private Label bull Green Sleep

WJ Southard bull Suite Sleep

Royal-Pedic bull Shepherdrsquos Dream

1075 Main St Hellertown PAShowroom Equidistant from Philly amp NYC

Toll Free 18662469866

Theorganicmattressstorecom

Franchise Opportunities AvailableOffer by Prospectus Only

The Beauty of Going GreenThe Beauty of Going Green

Pavers bull Fire Pits bull Veneer bull amp More Pavers bull Fire Pits bull Veneer bull amp More

wwwforeverstonebizRecycled Solid GraniteRecycled Solid Granite

Environmentally-Friendly Wood Floors Naturally

Buy from a local Philly homeowner and SAVE

(800) 363-6881

Materials installation repairs

the pre-Finished Hardwood specialist since 1985

Are you eating local this winter

Itrsquos easy withWINTER HARVEST

TM

winterharvestphillyorg500 products on-line orderingweekly delivery to 20 locations

Bryn Gweled HomesteadsCooperative Living Since 1940

wwwbryngweledorg215-355-8849 mdash Ask for Gary

Inclusive multi-generational community in wooded lower Bucks County Homes available Gardens and livestock possible Easy commute to Center City

Contact Alex Mulcahy 2156259850 x102 or email alexgridphillycom

rarr reACh our pAssionAte reAdership

Want to advertise

215 854 6337 office wwwglennromanocom215 742 0592 direct dial glennglennromanocom215 742-0591 fax

GLENN C ROMANOAttorney at Law

Two Penn Center middot Suite 200 middot Philadelphia PA 19102

COMMERCIAL LITIGATIONCONTRACTS middot BUSINESS AND CORPORATE LAW

3 0 g r i d p h i l lyco m N Ov E M B E R 2 0 12 I l lUST R AT I O N By A N Dy H O O D

That Wednesday morning customers wait outside for the Market to open making shop-ping strategies while sipping coffee provided by Market management While itrsquos a busy day for us at the General Store therersquos a lot more pressure on the big three the butcher baker and greengrocer Inside the market the green-grocers hurriedly stack towering mounds of collard greens the butchers ice down freshly-killed turkeys and the Pennsylvania Dutch bakers try to find room to display all their pies

At 8 am the doors open and the frenzy be-gins Couples split up to conquer the shopping list with a promised rendezvous for blueberry pancakes or croissants The line at Terminirsquos Bakery slows to a crawl and good-natured pa-trons start folding bakery boxes to help speed the process Customers move like hordes of lo-custs through the produce as workers hustle to

restock and replenish the ravaged displays The ticket machine at Godshallrsquos Poultry completes the first circuit of 001 to 100 and back again

In the midst of this harried buying and sell-ing there is a sense of collegiality Customers share and debate cooking tips and shopping secrets And despite the pressure to finish helping one customer to get to those waiting merchants make time to quickly trade family news with customers Today is part business and part family reunion

At Godshallrsquos therersquos a pause to advise a ner-vous first-time Thanksgiving hostess on cook-ing the perfect turkey ldquoCook it at 350 degrees 14 to 15 minutes a poundrdquo explains the butcher ldquoIf itrsquos stuffed you want an internal tempera-ture of 165 degrees Yoursquoll want to use a meat thermometer You can buy one down the aisle at the kitchen store Yoursquore welcome Good luckmdash

calling number 88rdquo The next day if all goes ac-cording to plan a beaming young woman will take a bow for serving a Thanksgiving master-piece and a lifelong customer will be born Itrsquos in these moments that the keys to the Reading Terminal Marketrsquos longevity can be found This exchange of money for merchandise is more than a business transactionmdashtherersquos something more personal happening

Many of todayrsquos customers first discovered the Market as children brought here by parents or grandparents They learned to endure the search for the freshest meat or ripest tomatoes in exchange for the promise of Bassetts Ice Cream On Thanksgiving they return forgo-ing the big box supermarkets for a place where food is not so much a commodity but some-onersquos life work This is reflected in the stand names Guintarsquos Meats Beilerrsquos Bakery Bas-setts Ice Cream These names werenrsquot picked because their owners lacked originality but rather as a sign of the shopkeepersrsquo pride in the foods they grow raise prepare and sell

For many Philadelphians the trip to Read-ing Terminal has become an essential part of the Thanksgiving holidaymdasha reminder that preparing and sharing food with loved ones is a sacred experience Hopefully this year will initiate a few young family members into that traditionmdashone thatrsquos existed since the Market opened in 1893 and if theyrsquore lucky includes a dish of Bassetts ice cream

michael holahan founded the Pennsylvania General Store with his wife Julie Holahan in 1987 The store sells locally made foods and crafts Visit them at the Reading Terminal Market or online at pageneralstorecom

Feeding on Tradition

Thanksgiving Eve at the Reading Terminal Market by michael holahan

As a shopkeeper in the Reading Terminal Market any busy day is a good day But after 25 years at the Pennsylvania General Store my favorite is the day before Thanksgiving The energy inside this more-

than-a-century-old public market is unlike any other time of year Thanksgiv-ing is about bringing together the people we love to share a meal and to give thanks as a merchant itrsquos a privilege to be even a small part of this occasion

OTTOrsquoS MINI305 W Lincoln Highway Exton PA 19341(855) 646-4194 OTTOSMINICOM

All-wheel drive available on the MINI Cooper S Countryman ALL4 copy 2012 MINI a division of BMW of North America LLC The MINI name model names and logo are registered trademarks

The bigger four-door all-wheel drive MINI Countryman

Ottorsquos MINI305 W Lincoln Hwy Exton PA 19341(855)646-4194

OTTOSMINICOM

All-wheel drive available on the MINI Cooper S Countryman ALL4 copy 2012 MINI a division of BMW of North America LLC The MINI name model names and logo are registered trademarks

Plus-size model

The bigger four-door all-wheel drive MINI Countryman

Ottorsquos MINI305 W Lincoln Hwy Exton PA 19341(855)646-4194

OTTOSMINICOM

All-wheel drive available on the MINI Cooper S Countryman ALL4 copy 2012 MINI a division of BMW of North America LLC The MINI name model names and logo are registered trademarks

Plus-size model

Grid_Oct2012indd 1 10212 1004 AM

3 2 g r i d p h i l lyco m N Ov E M B E R 2 0 12

What matters most Environmental sustainability matters

Give purpose to your passion at Penn

If yoursquore passionate about environmental management yoursquoll find a home in the University of Pennsylvaniarsquos Master of Environmental Studies program

As an MES student yoursquoll put what yoursquove learned in the classroom to work where itrsquos needed most Coursework in Industrial Ecology Quantifying Sustainable Business Practices GIS and Water Sustainability prepares you for emerging careers in corporate non-profit academic and government sectors

wwwfacebookcomUPennEES

PENN_EES wwwupennedumesor search penn mes

Master of Environmental Studies

lecture series

November 15

Sea Level Rise Along the Atlantic Coast of

the US

Dr Benjamin Horton

for more info visitwwwupennedumes

  • 1 cover
  • 2 departs_webedit
  • 3 features
  • 4 angles
  • 5 events
Page 29: Grid Magazine November 2012 [#043]

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That Wednesday morning customers wait outside for the Market to open making shop-ping strategies while sipping coffee provided by Market management While itrsquos a busy day for us at the General Store therersquos a lot more pressure on the big three the butcher baker and greengrocer Inside the market the green-grocers hurriedly stack towering mounds of collard greens the butchers ice down freshly-killed turkeys and the Pennsylvania Dutch bakers try to find room to display all their pies

At 8 am the doors open and the frenzy be-gins Couples split up to conquer the shopping list with a promised rendezvous for blueberry pancakes or croissants The line at Terminirsquos Bakery slows to a crawl and good-natured pa-trons start folding bakery boxes to help speed the process Customers move like hordes of lo-custs through the produce as workers hustle to

restock and replenish the ravaged displays The ticket machine at Godshallrsquos Poultry completes the first circuit of 001 to 100 and back again

In the midst of this harried buying and sell-ing there is a sense of collegiality Customers share and debate cooking tips and shopping secrets And despite the pressure to finish helping one customer to get to those waiting merchants make time to quickly trade family news with customers Today is part business and part family reunion

At Godshallrsquos therersquos a pause to advise a ner-vous first-time Thanksgiving hostess on cook-ing the perfect turkey ldquoCook it at 350 degrees 14 to 15 minutes a poundrdquo explains the butcher ldquoIf itrsquos stuffed you want an internal tempera-ture of 165 degrees Yoursquoll want to use a meat thermometer You can buy one down the aisle at the kitchen store Yoursquore welcome Good luckmdash

calling number 88rdquo The next day if all goes ac-cording to plan a beaming young woman will take a bow for serving a Thanksgiving master-piece and a lifelong customer will be born Itrsquos in these moments that the keys to the Reading Terminal Marketrsquos longevity can be found This exchange of money for merchandise is more than a business transactionmdashtherersquos something more personal happening

Many of todayrsquos customers first discovered the Market as children brought here by parents or grandparents They learned to endure the search for the freshest meat or ripest tomatoes in exchange for the promise of Bassetts Ice Cream On Thanksgiving they return forgo-ing the big box supermarkets for a place where food is not so much a commodity but some-onersquos life work This is reflected in the stand names Guintarsquos Meats Beilerrsquos Bakery Bas-setts Ice Cream These names werenrsquot picked because their owners lacked originality but rather as a sign of the shopkeepersrsquo pride in the foods they grow raise prepare and sell

For many Philadelphians the trip to Read-ing Terminal has become an essential part of the Thanksgiving holidaymdasha reminder that preparing and sharing food with loved ones is a sacred experience Hopefully this year will initiate a few young family members into that traditionmdashone thatrsquos existed since the Market opened in 1893 and if theyrsquore lucky includes a dish of Bassetts ice cream

michael holahan founded the Pennsylvania General Store with his wife Julie Holahan in 1987 The store sells locally made foods and crafts Visit them at the Reading Terminal Market or online at pageneralstorecom

Feeding on Tradition

Thanksgiving Eve at the Reading Terminal Market by michael holahan

As a shopkeeper in the Reading Terminal Market any busy day is a good day But after 25 years at the Pennsylvania General Store my favorite is the day before Thanksgiving The energy inside this more-

than-a-century-old public market is unlike any other time of year Thanksgiv-ing is about bringing together the people we love to share a meal and to give thanks as a merchant itrsquos a privilege to be even a small part of this occasion

OTTOrsquoS MINI305 W Lincoln Highway Exton PA 19341(855) 646-4194 OTTOSMINICOM

All-wheel drive available on the MINI Cooper S Countryman ALL4 copy 2012 MINI a division of BMW of North America LLC The MINI name model names and logo are registered trademarks

The bigger four-door all-wheel drive MINI Countryman

Ottorsquos MINI305 W Lincoln Hwy Exton PA 19341(855)646-4194

OTTOSMINICOM

All-wheel drive available on the MINI Cooper S Countryman ALL4 copy 2012 MINI a division of BMW of North America LLC The MINI name model names and logo are registered trademarks

Plus-size model

The bigger four-door all-wheel drive MINI Countryman

Ottorsquos MINI305 W Lincoln Hwy Exton PA 19341(855)646-4194

OTTOSMINICOM

All-wheel drive available on the MINI Cooper S Countryman ALL4 copy 2012 MINI a division of BMW of North America LLC The MINI name model names and logo are registered trademarks

Plus-size model

Grid_Oct2012indd 1 10212 1004 AM

3 2 g r i d p h i l lyco m N Ov E M B E R 2 0 12

What matters most Environmental sustainability matters

Give purpose to your passion at Penn

If yoursquore passionate about environmental management yoursquoll find a home in the University of Pennsylvaniarsquos Master of Environmental Studies program

As an MES student yoursquoll put what yoursquove learned in the classroom to work where itrsquos needed most Coursework in Industrial Ecology Quantifying Sustainable Business Practices GIS and Water Sustainability prepares you for emerging careers in corporate non-profit academic and government sectors

wwwfacebookcomUPennEES

PENN_EES wwwupennedumesor search penn mes

Master of Environmental Studies

lecture series

November 15

Sea Level Rise Along the Atlantic Coast of

the US

Dr Benjamin Horton

for more info visitwwwupennedumes

  • 1 cover
  • 2 departs_webedit
  • 3 features
  • 4 angles
  • 5 events
Page 30: Grid Magazine November 2012 [#043]

3 0 g r i d p h i l lyco m N Ov E M B E R 2 0 12 I l lUST R AT I O N By A N Dy H O O D

That Wednesday morning customers wait outside for the Market to open making shop-ping strategies while sipping coffee provided by Market management While itrsquos a busy day for us at the General Store therersquos a lot more pressure on the big three the butcher baker and greengrocer Inside the market the green-grocers hurriedly stack towering mounds of collard greens the butchers ice down freshly-killed turkeys and the Pennsylvania Dutch bakers try to find room to display all their pies

At 8 am the doors open and the frenzy be-gins Couples split up to conquer the shopping list with a promised rendezvous for blueberry pancakes or croissants The line at Terminirsquos Bakery slows to a crawl and good-natured pa-trons start folding bakery boxes to help speed the process Customers move like hordes of lo-custs through the produce as workers hustle to

restock and replenish the ravaged displays The ticket machine at Godshallrsquos Poultry completes the first circuit of 001 to 100 and back again

In the midst of this harried buying and sell-ing there is a sense of collegiality Customers share and debate cooking tips and shopping secrets And despite the pressure to finish helping one customer to get to those waiting merchants make time to quickly trade family news with customers Today is part business and part family reunion

At Godshallrsquos therersquos a pause to advise a ner-vous first-time Thanksgiving hostess on cook-ing the perfect turkey ldquoCook it at 350 degrees 14 to 15 minutes a poundrdquo explains the butcher ldquoIf itrsquos stuffed you want an internal tempera-ture of 165 degrees Yoursquoll want to use a meat thermometer You can buy one down the aisle at the kitchen store Yoursquore welcome Good luckmdash

calling number 88rdquo The next day if all goes ac-cording to plan a beaming young woman will take a bow for serving a Thanksgiving master-piece and a lifelong customer will be born Itrsquos in these moments that the keys to the Reading Terminal Marketrsquos longevity can be found This exchange of money for merchandise is more than a business transactionmdashtherersquos something more personal happening

Many of todayrsquos customers first discovered the Market as children brought here by parents or grandparents They learned to endure the search for the freshest meat or ripest tomatoes in exchange for the promise of Bassetts Ice Cream On Thanksgiving they return forgo-ing the big box supermarkets for a place where food is not so much a commodity but some-onersquos life work This is reflected in the stand names Guintarsquos Meats Beilerrsquos Bakery Bas-setts Ice Cream These names werenrsquot picked because their owners lacked originality but rather as a sign of the shopkeepersrsquo pride in the foods they grow raise prepare and sell

For many Philadelphians the trip to Read-ing Terminal has become an essential part of the Thanksgiving holidaymdasha reminder that preparing and sharing food with loved ones is a sacred experience Hopefully this year will initiate a few young family members into that traditionmdashone thatrsquos existed since the Market opened in 1893 and if theyrsquore lucky includes a dish of Bassetts ice cream

michael holahan founded the Pennsylvania General Store with his wife Julie Holahan in 1987 The store sells locally made foods and crafts Visit them at the Reading Terminal Market or online at pageneralstorecom

Feeding on Tradition

Thanksgiving Eve at the Reading Terminal Market by michael holahan

As a shopkeeper in the Reading Terminal Market any busy day is a good day But after 25 years at the Pennsylvania General Store my favorite is the day before Thanksgiving The energy inside this more-

than-a-century-old public market is unlike any other time of year Thanksgiv-ing is about bringing together the people we love to share a meal and to give thanks as a merchant itrsquos a privilege to be even a small part of this occasion

OTTOrsquoS MINI305 W Lincoln Highway Exton PA 19341(855) 646-4194 OTTOSMINICOM

All-wheel drive available on the MINI Cooper S Countryman ALL4 copy 2012 MINI a division of BMW of North America LLC The MINI name model names and logo are registered trademarks

The bigger four-door all-wheel drive MINI Countryman

Ottorsquos MINI305 W Lincoln Hwy Exton PA 19341(855)646-4194

OTTOSMINICOM

All-wheel drive available on the MINI Cooper S Countryman ALL4 copy 2012 MINI a division of BMW of North America LLC The MINI name model names and logo are registered trademarks

Plus-size model

The bigger four-door all-wheel drive MINI Countryman

Ottorsquos MINI305 W Lincoln Hwy Exton PA 19341(855)646-4194

OTTOSMINICOM

All-wheel drive available on the MINI Cooper S Countryman ALL4 copy 2012 MINI a division of BMW of North America LLC The MINI name model names and logo are registered trademarks

Plus-size model

Grid_Oct2012indd 1 10212 1004 AM

3 2 g r i d p h i l lyco m N Ov E M B E R 2 0 12

What matters most Environmental sustainability matters

Give purpose to your passion at Penn

If yoursquore passionate about environmental management yoursquoll find a home in the University of Pennsylvaniarsquos Master of Environmental Studies program

As an MES student yoursquoll put what yoursquove learned in the classroom to work where itrsquos needed most Coursework in Industrial Ecology Quantifying Sustainable Business Practices GIS and Water Sustainability prepares you for emerging careers in corporate non-profit academic and government sectors

wwwfacebookcomUPennEES

PENN_EES wwwupennedumesor search penn mes

Master of Environmental Studies

lecture series

November 15

Sea Level Rise Along the Atlantic Coast of

the US

Dr Benjamin Horton

for more info visitwwwupennedumes

  • 1 cover
  • 2 departs_webedit
  • 3 features
  • 4 angles
  • 5 events
Page 31: Grid Magazine November 2012 [#043]

OTTOrsquoS MINI305 W Lincoln Highway Exton PA 19341(855) 646-4194 OTTOSMINICOM

All-wheel drive available on the MINI Cooper S Countryman ALL4 copy 2012 MINI a division of BMW of North America LLC The MINI name model names and logo are registered trademarks

The bigger four-door all-wheel drive MINI Countryman

Ottorsquos MINI305 W Lincoln Hwy Exton PA 19341(855)646-4194

OTTOSMINICOM

All-wheel drive available on the MINI Cooper S Countryman ALL4 copy 2012 MINI a division of BMW of North America LLC The MINI name model names and logo are registered trademarks

Plus-size model

The bigger four-door all-wheel drive MINI Countryman

Ottorsquos MINI305 W Lincoln Hwy Exton PA 19341(855)646-4194

OTTOSMINICOM

All-wheel drive available on the MINI Cooper S Countryman ALL4 copy 2012 MINI a division of BMW of North America LLC The MINI name model names and logo are registered trademarks

Plus-size model

Grid_Oct2012indd 1 10212 1004 AM

3 2 g r i d p h i l lyco m N Ov E M B E R 2 0 12

What matters most Environmental sustainability matters

Give purpose to your passion at Penn

If yoursquore passionate about environmental management yoursquoll find a home in the University of Pennsylvaniarsquos Master of Environmental Studies program

As an MES student yoursquoll put what yoursquove learned in the classroom to work where itrsquos needed most Coursework in Industrial Ecology Quantifying Sustainable Business Practices GIS and Water Sustainability prepares you for emerging careers in corporate non-profit academic and government sectors

wwwfacebookcomUPennEES

PENN_EES wwwupennedumesor search penn mes

Master of Environmental Studies

lecture series

November 15

Sea Level Rise Along the Atlantic Coast of

the US

Dr Benjamin Horton

for more info visitwwwupennedumes

  • 1 cover
  • 2 departs_webedit
  • 3 features
  • 4 angles
  • 5 events
Page 32: Grid Magazine November 2012 [#043]

3 2 g r i d p h i l lyco m N Ov E M B E R 2 0 12

What matters most Environmental sustainability matters

Give purpose to your passion at Penn

If yoursquore passionate about environmental management yoursquoll find a home in the University of Pennsylvaniarsquos Master of Environmental Studies program

As an MES student yoursquoll put what yoursquove learned in the classroom to work where itrsquos needed most Coursework in Industrial Ecology Quantifying Sustainable Business Practices GIS and Water Sustainability prepares you for emerging careers in corporate non-profit academic and government sectors

wwwfacebookcomUPennEES

PENN_EES wwwupennedumesor search penn mes

Master of Environmental Studies

lecture series

November 15

Sea Level Rise Along the Atlantic Coast of

the US

Dr Benjamin Horton

for more info visitwwwupennedumes

  • 1 cover
  • 2 departs_webedit
  • 3 features
  • 4 angles
  • 5 events