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Weavers Way Sponsors 8th Annual Urban Farm Bike Ride

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 
Philadelphia, PA, Aug. 5, 2013 – For the eighth year, Weavers Way Co-op is celebrating Philadelphia’s vibrant urban farming scene with its Urban Farm Bike Ride.
 
On Saturday, Sept. 7, more than 150 riders will set out from Greensgrow Farms in Kensington to visit farms and talk to farmers in West Philadelphia, South Philadelphia, Southwest Philadelphia, North Philadelphia, Roxborough and Germantown.
 
This year’s rain-or-shine event features two different routes, both intended to be friendly group outings at a moderate pace suitable for most riders.
 
The longer ride, at 29.5 miles, heads to West Philadelphia and on to Roxborough and Germantown before returning to Kensington. It visits:
  • Walnut Hill Farm and Neighborhood Foods CSA Farm in West Philadelphia.
  • Weavers Way’s Henry Got Crops Farm at W.B. Saul High School in Roxborough.
  • Weavers Way’s main production farm at Awbury Arboretum in Germantown.
  • Grumblethorpe farm and historic house in Germantown.

The shorter ride, at 21.5 miles, heads to West Philadelphia and Southwest Philadelphia, then to South Philadelphia and North Philadelphia before returning to Kensington. It visits:

  • Mill Creek Farm and Farm 51 in West Philadelphia.
  • Bartram’s Garden Farm in Southwest Philadelphia.
  • Novick Brothers Farm in South Philadelphia.
  • Teens4Good Farm in North Philadelphia.
Snacks and water will be supplied along the routes, and participants can partake of pizza and beer at the end of the ride at Philadelphia Brewing Company. All riders get a commemorative 2013 Urban Farms Bike Ride T-shirt.
 
The ride benefits the nonprofit Weavers Way Community Programs, which provides farm education at Weavers Way Co-op’s two farms and runs a farm and education program at Stenton Family Manor in Mt. Airy, one of the city’s largest shelters for homeless women and children.
 
In addition to Weavers Way, major ride sponsors include Clean Currents, Philadelphia Brewing Company and Tees Delivered.
 
The cost to riders is $35 per person for online registration before Sept. 3, $45 on the day of the ride (cash or check only). To register online, visit app.etapestry.com/onlineforms/ WeaversWayCommunityPrograms_1/BikeTour.html. (For registration help, email Weavers Way Community Programs at wwcp@weaversway.coop.)
 
Weavers Way 2013 Urban Farm Bike Ride
 
When: Saturday, Sept. 7, approximately 8 a.m.- 4 p.m. rain or shine. The longer ride, at 29.5 miles, starts at 8 a.m., with check-in at 7:45. The shorter ride, at 21.5 miles, starts at 8:25 a.m., with check-in at 8:10.
 
Starts at: Greensgrow Farms, 2501 E. Cumberland St.
 
Ends at: Philadelphia Brewing Company, 2440 Frankford Ave.
 
Travels to: Kensington, West Philadelphia, Southwest Philadelphia, South Philadelphia, North Philadelphia, Germantown, Mt. Airy, Roxborough.
 
What to expect: Great rides through Philadelphia’s unique and vibrant neighborhoods; inspiring talks with Philadelphia’s pioneering urban farmers; great beer and pizza at the end of the ride; snacks and water along the route; a 2013 Urban Farms Bike Ride T-shirt.

Weavers Way Sponsors 8th Annual Urban Farm Bike Ride

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 
Philadelphia, PA, Aug. 5, 2013 – For the eighth year, Weavers Way Co-op is celebrating Philadelphia’s vibrant urban farming scene with its Urban Farm Bike Ride.
 
On Saturday, Sept. 7, more than 150 riders will set out from Greensgrow Farms in Kensington to visit farms and talk to farmers in West Philadelphia, South Philadelphia, Southwest Philadelphia, North Philadelphia, Roxborough and Germantown.
 
This year’s rain-or-shine event features two different routes, both intended to be friendly group outings at a moderate pace suitable for most riders.
 
The longer ride, at 29.5 miles, heads to West Philadelphia and on to Roxborough and Germantown before returning to Kensington. It visits:
  • Walnut Hill Farm and Neighborhood Foods CSA Farm in West Philadelphia.
  • Weavers Way’s Henry Got Crops Farm at W.B. Saul High School in Roxborough.
  • Weavers Way’s main production farm at Awbury Arboretum in Germantown.
  • Grumblethorpe farm and historic house in Germantown.

The shorter ride, at 21.5 miles, heads to West Philadelphia and Southwest Philadelphia, then to South Philadelphia and North Philadelphia before returning to Kensington. It visits:

  • Mill Creek Farm and Farm 51 in West Philadelphia.
  • Bartram’s Garden Farm in Southwest Philadelphia.
  • Novick Brothers Farm in South Philadelphia.
  • Teens4Good Farm in North Philadelphia.
Snacks and water will be supplied along the routes, and participants can partake of pizza and beer at the end of the ride at Philadelphia Brewing Company. All riders get a commemorative 2013 Urban Farms Bike Ride T-shirt.
 
The ride benefits the nonprofit Weavers Way Community Programs, which provides farm education at Weavers Way Co-op’s two farms and runs a farm and education program at Stenton Family Manor in Mt. Airy, one of the city’s largest shelters for homeless women and children.
 
In addition to Weavers Way, major ride sponsors include Clean Currents, Philadelphia Brewing Company and Tees Delivered.
 
The cost to riders is $35 per person for online registration before Sept. 3, $45 on the day of the ride (cash or check only). To register online, visit app.etapestry.com/onlineforms/ WeaversWayCommunityPrograms_1/BikeTour.html. (For registration help, email Weavers Way Community Programs at wwcp@weaversway.coop.)
 
Weavers Way 2013 Urban Farm Bike Ride
 
When: Saturday, Sept. 7, approximately 8 a.m.- 4 p.m. rain or shine. The longer ride, at 29.5 miles, starts at 8 a.m., with check-in at 7:45. The shorter ride, at 21.5 miles, starts at 8:25 a.m., with check-in at 8:10.
 
Starts at: Greensgrow Farms, 2501 E. Cumberland St.
 
Ends at: Philadelphia Brewing Company, 2440 Frankford Ave.
 
Travels to: Kensington, West Philadelphia, Southwest Philadelphia, South Philadelphia, North Philadelphia, Germantown, Mt. Airy, Roxborough.
 
What to expect: Great rides through Philadelphia’s unique and vibrant neighborhoods; inspiring talks with Philadelphia’s pioneering urban farmers; great beer and pizza at the end of the ride; snacks and water along the route; a 2013 Urban Farms Bike Ride T-shirt.

Weavers Way Features Sephardic Tastes for the Holidays



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PHILADELPHIA, PA, August 1, 2013 – Sephardic foods and recipes are featured in the August issue of the Shuttle, the monthly newspaper of Weavers Way Co-op in Northwest Philadelphia.

Food blogger and historian Ronit Treatman notes in her Page 1 article that familiar Eastern European-based Jewish foods were not the original Jewish foods of Philadelphia. The first Jews to arrive in Philadelphia were from Spain and Portugal and the recipes they brought with them used southern European and North African ingredients like almonds, pomegranates, olive oil and dates.

Treatman, a Germantown resident who is the food editor of the online Philadelphia Jewish Voice (blog.pjvoice.com), describes how foods such as quinces and black-eyed peas are prepared in the Sephardic fashion, and gives their symbolic meaning in the Rosh Hashanah Seder. (Rosh Hashanah begins this year on Sept. 4.)

To provide a real taste of the holiday, Treatman will be at Weavers Way Chestnut Hill, 8424 Germantown Ave., offering samples of several dishes from 3 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 15 and Aug. 22.

Weavers Way Prepared Foods department has also added Sephardic dishes to its High Holidays menu, including Moroccan Couscous and Chizu Salada (Carrot Salad). For more information about Weavers Way catering, call 215-843-2350, or click on “Catering” at www.weaversway.coop.

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Weavers Way is a member-owned food co-op open to the public, with stores in Mt. Airy and Chestnut Hill offering quality products that are locally grown, sustainable and nutritious. This fall, Weavers Way will celebrate 40 years of commitment to healthy food, healthy communities and a healthy environment. For more information, visitwww.weaversway.coop.

Weavers Way Features Sephardic Tastes for the Holidays



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

PHILADELPHIA, PA, August 1, 2013 – Sephardic foods and recipes are featured in the August issue of the Shuttle, the monthly newspaper of Weavers Way Co-op in Northwest Philadelphia.

Food blogger and historian Ronit Treatman notes in her Page 1 article that familiar Eastern European-based Jewish foods were not the original Jewish foods of Philadelphia. The first Jews to arrive in Philadelphia were from Spain and Portugal and the recipes they brought with them used southern European and North African ingredients like almonds, pomegranates, olive oil and dates.

Treatman, a Germantown resident who is the food editor of the online Philadelphia Jewish Voice (blog.pjvoice.com), describes how foods such as quinces and black-eyed peas are prepared in the Sephardic fashion, and gives their symbolic meaning in the Rosh Hashanah Seder. (Rosh Hashanah begins this year on Sept. 4.)

To provide a real taste of the holiday, Treatman will be at Weavers Way Chestnut Hill, 8424 Germantown Ave., offering samples of several dishes from 3 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 15 and Aug. 22.

Weavers Way Prepared Foods department has also added Sephardic dishes to its High Holidays menu, including Moroccan Couscous and Chizu Salada (Carrot Salad). For more information about Weavers Way catering, call 215-843-2350, or click on “Catering” at www.weaversway.coop.

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Weavers Way is a member-owned food co-op open to the public, with stores in Mt. Airy and Chestnut Hill offering quality products that are locally grown, sustainable and nutritious. This fall, Weavers Way will celebrate 40 years of commitment to healthy food, healthy communities and a healthy environment. For more information, visitwww.weaversway.coop.

Producer Profiles

Paradise
Paradise Organics is owned and operated by Chris Petersheim, in conjunction with Bud Wimer from Crawford Organics. Both farms are located in Ephrata, Lancaster County, PA. Together they supply Weavers Way with bunched cooking greens, lettuce, scallions, bok choy, and cherry tomatoes.

Weavers Way Farms
Weavers Way operates two farms in Northwest Philadelphia — the Mort Brooks Memorial Farm at the Awbury Arboretum in Germantown, and the Henry Got Crops CSA at the W.B. Saul High School in Roxborough. Both of our farmers use chemical-free, sustainable growing practices. They are our favorite suppliers of heirloom tomatoes, and we will be carrying about 15 varieties this year! We’ll also have bok choy, greens, zucchini and summer squash, eggplant, herbs and more.

Lancaster Farm Fresh Cooperative
LFFC is a nonprofit certified organic farmers cooperative of 75 farmers in Lancaster County, PA. They focus on creating healthy, high-quality foods from highly maintained and enriched soils on small-scale family farms. They specialize in delivering the best local organic produce, value-added products and humanely raised and pastured animal products to retail establishments, co-ops, restaurants and institutions. Their offerings run the gamut from cooking greens, radishes and eggplant to potatoes, yams and hard squash.

Sunny Harvest
Sunny Harvest is a cooperative of Amish farmers in Lancaster County, PA. They work together to grow a variety of produce and strive to grow food sustainably and reduce their pesticide use. Weavers Way carries their strawberries, sweet corn, spring salad mix, tomatoes, peppers, cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli and raspberries.

Beechwood Orchards
Owned at operated by the Garretsons, Beechwood Orchards is a fifth-generation family farm in Adams County, PA. They are one of our main suppliers of tree fruits, including apricots, plums, peaches, nectarines, pluots and apples. They use integrated pest management as an effective and environmentally sensitive approach to insect problems.

Three Springs Fruit Farm
Three Springs is in Adams County, PA, and has been family-owned for more than 100 years. Operating as a partnership of David, John and Ben Wenk, the seventh generation to farm, Three Springs has a wide variety of apples, peaches, cherries, apricots, pears.  Farming on 350 acres, Three Springs is a diversified operation with an emphasis on sustainability. Extremely knowledgeable farmers, the Wenks are committed to bringing the finest quality produce their customers, and being good environmental stewards of their land.

Bux-Mont Hydroponics
Owned by Tim Gehman, Bux-Mont is in Telford, PA, on the Montgomery-Bucks county border. Two farmers and two harvest staff supply butterhead lettuce and basil from their four hydroponic greenhouses. Their greenhouses are heated by sun most of the year, with the help of wood and propane stoves in the winter. The water for their hydroponics is supplied from two 3,000-gallon rainwater tanks. Tim recommends using filtered water for storing your basil at home, as tap water may be too chlorinated.

Mother Earth Mushrooms
Since 1921, Mother Earth Mushrooms has been growing mushrooms in Kennett Square, Chester County, PA, where half of the nation’s mushrooms are grown. They supply Weavers Way with both conventional and organic lines of mushrooms.

Frimmer Family Farms
The Frimmers are Weavers Way members who have constructed an aquaponic greenhouse in the back yard of their Mt. Airy home. Using koi to fertilize the lettuce crops growing in water troughs, they maintain a closed-loop growing system.

Neighborhood Foods
Located in West Philadelphia, Neighborhood Foods is a project of the Urban Tree Connection. Their community gardens, urban farms and flower gardens serve as a community beautification initiative as well as an opportunity to teach farming skills, responsibility and healthy habits to children and teens in the neighborhood. Neighborhood Foods operates a CSA and sells mixed greens, tomatoes and peppers wholesale.

Producer Profiles

Paradise
Paradise Organics is owned and operated by Chris Petersheim, in conjunction with Bud Wimer from Crawford Organics. Both farms are located in Ephrata, Lancaster County, PA. Together they supply Weavers Way with bunched cooking greens, lettuce, scallions, bok choy, and cherry tomatoes.

Weavers Way Farms
Weavers Way operates two farms in Northwest Philadelphia — the Mort Brooks Memorial Farm at the Awbury Arboretum in Germantown, and the Henry Got Crops CSA at the W.B. Saul High School in Roxborough. Both of our farmers use chemical-free, sustainable growing practices. They are our favorite suppliers of heirloom tomatoes, and we will be carrying about 15 varieties this year! We’ll also have bok choy, greens, zucchini and summer squash, eggplant, herbs and more.

Lancaster Farm Fresh Cooperative
LFFC is a nonprofit certified organic farmers cooperative of 75 farmers in Lancaster County, PA. They focus on creating healthy, high-quality foods from highly maintained and enriched soils on small-scale family farms. They specialize in delivering the best local organic produce, value-added products and humanely raised and pastured animal products to retail establishments, co-ops, restaurants and institutions. Their offerings run the gamut from cooking greens, radishes and eggplant to potatoes, yams and hard squash.

Sunny Harvest
Sunny Harvest is a cooperative of Amish farmers in Lancaster County, PA. They work together to grow a variety of produce and strive to grow food sustainably and reduce their pesticide use. Weavers Way carries their strawberries, sweet corn, spring salad mix, tomatoes, peppers, cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli and raspberries.

Beechwood Orchards
Owned at operated by the Garretsons, Beechwood Orchards is a fifth-generation family farm in Adams County, PA. They are one of our main suppliers of tree fruits, including apricots, plums, peaches, nectarines, pluots and apples. They use integrated pest management as an effective and environmentally sensitive approach to insect problems.

Three Springs Fruit Farm
Three Springs is in Adams County, PA, and has been family-owned for more than 100 years. Operating as a partnership of David, John and Ben Wenk, the seventh generation to farm, Three Springs has a wide variety of apples, peaches, cherries, apricots, pears.  Farming on 350 acres, Three Springs is a diversified operation with an emphasis on sustainability. Extremely knowledgeable farmers, the Wenks are committed to bringing the finest quality produce their customers, and being good environmental stewards of their land.

Bux-Mont Hydroponics
Owned by Tim Gehman, Bux-Mont is in Telford, PA, on the Montgomery-Bucks county border. Two farmers and two harvest staff supply butterhead lettuce and basil from their four hydroponic greenhouses. Their greenhouses are heated by sun most of the year, with the help of wood and propane stoves in the winter. The water for their hydroponics is supplied from two 3,000-gallon rainwater tanks. Tim recommends using filtered water for storing your basil at home, as tap water may be too chlorinated.

Mother Earth Mushrooms
Since 1921, Mother Earth Mushrooms has been growing mushrooms in Kennett Square, Chester County, PA, where half of the nation’s mushrooms are grown. They supply Weavers Way with both conventional and organic lines of mushrooms.

Frimmer Family Farms
The Frimmers are Weavers Way members who have constructed an aquaponic greenhouse in the back yard of their Mt. Airy home. Using koi to fertilize the lettuce crops growing in water troughs, they maintain a closed-loop growing system.

Neighborhood Foods
Located in West Philadelphia, Neighborhood Foods is a project of the Urban Tree Connection. Their community gardens, urban farms and flower gardens serve as a community beautification initiative as well as an opportunity to teach farming skills, responsibility and healthy habits to children and teens in the neighborhood. Neighborhood Foods operates a CSA and sells mixed greens, tomatoes and peppers wholesale.

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