A 100-Year-Old Idea for Feeding American Cities

Twenty percent of Philadelphians regularly experience hunger — in part because they live in food deserts. National urban thinkers lay out an idea we should steal for reinventing the grocery store, from Mamdani’s New York to Atlanta, Georgia

By Bruce Katz
Guest Commentary

We Don’t Lack Compassion. We Lack Connection.

When a city is in crisis, the instinct is to pull inward. That instinct, a local connector says, is the problem.

By Ted Hewson
Guest Commentary

Nutrition as New Vital Sign

The CEO of a statewide anti-hunger nonprofit makes the argument that Pennsylvania must integrate food into healthcare

By Stuart I. Haniff
Guest Commentary

Teaching Kids to Cook Is a Public Health Strategy Philadelphia Can’t Afford to Lose

The CEO of Vetri Community Partnership on what the loss of federal SNAP-Ed funding might mean — and how you can help

By Maddy Booth
Ideas We Should Steal

Free Food at the Free Library

A longtime university president suggests the city’s library system follow Chicago and Baltimore, and add food pantries to its community services

By Elaine Maimon

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
2025 Rad Awards

Cristina Martínez

The owner of South Philly Barbacoa and Casa Mexico has earned the highest honors for chefs in America. But that’s just the start of her most important work

By Katherine Rapin
Guest Commentary

Tell Your Senators that Philly and PA Need SNAP

The fed’s proposed $300 billion SNAP rollback would hurt hungry Pennsylvanians and erase $5.3 billion in economic benefit, says The Community Grocer’s president

By Eli Moraru

“Directly Targeting Hungry Children”

President Trump’s cuts to food banks puts thousands of Philadelphians at risk of increased hunger. Here’s how it will affect Share Food, our area’s largest hunger relief organization

By Rachel Wisniewski
Ideas We Should Steal

Fight Food Insecurity With Free Hot Meals

Should PA become the tenth state to opt into the Restaurant Meals Program, offering SNAP beneficiaries access to pre-cooked food?

By Cristian Salazar