Photo Essay: Farms to Food Deserts

Through The Food Trust, Philly has long led the nation in bringing fresh produce to poor neighborhoods with little access

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy and Gillian McGoldrick

Combatting The Food Desert

Through a first-of-its kind program, doctors in North Philly are taking on hunger by writing prescriptions for fresh fruits and vegetables.

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy

How to Fight Food Insecurity in Philly

Donate peanut butter! Organize a food drive! Sort cans! Here are 15 simple things you can do now to help food insecure citizens of Philadelphia.

By Christine Speer Lejeune

Foodizen: Generation Urban Farmers

W.B. Saul, the largest agricultural school in the country, trains students in the art of farming. Yes, even in the city

By Jason Wilson

Foodizen: Eat Your Values

In the aftermath of The Rooster closing, our series on the nexus of food and culture in cities looks at how you can eat well and do good

By Jason Wilson

Ideas We Should Steal: Urban Food Forest

Seattle’s Beacon Forest provides free native edibles to anyone in the city. Could the soda tax make it possible for a Philly group to do the same here?

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy

Desert Fare

Philabundance’s non-profit supermarket in Chester is making inroads where chain grocers have failed—in food deserts

By Quinn O'Callaghan

The Stakes of the Election: The Leadership Question

This long campaign season ends tomorrow. Who is the leader we need for a better Philadelphia future?

By Sam Katz