Grid Philly - April 2009 - (Page 7) /food oley Valley mushrooms Joe Evans was a carpenter by trade until his back went out. With some time off, he and his wife Angela, who shared a love of hunting for wild mushrooms, decided to try growing them. The venture was so successful that Joe quit his job and put his carpentry skills to use building customized, fabric-covered grow rooms. Since then, they have been harvesting excellent quality shitake, white trumpet and oyster mushrooms. With a harvesting period of September through June, Oley Valley Mushrooms supply some of Philly’s great local restaurants like Rx, Southwark and the White Dog Café. Fair Food Farmstand, Reading Terminal Market, 12th & Arch, 215-627-2029, contact ovshrooms@juno.com or 610-987-9849 for other locations. Grand OpeninG april 22, 2009 (Earth Day) cherry grove Farm’s Toma primavera Smooth, rich and creamy with a tangy finish, toma primavera stands out as a local artisan cheese. Made in Lawrenceville, NJ, toma is one of three cheeses, along with gouda and asiago, that the farm currently produces. They’ve been working hard to add brie and a blue to their already impressive résumé , so look for those in the upcoming months! Salumeria, Reading Terminal Market, 12th & Arch, (215) 592-8150 Vrapple Eight years ago, Sara Cain attempted to turn Philadelphia’s infamous mystery meat concoction into a treat that herbivores could enjoy. A good friend of hers, who had grown up on scrapple, lamented the loss of the local delight since becoming a vegetarian. In January of 2008, Cain started making Vrapple commercially by working with a small, family-run copacker in Lancaster. She was even invited to participate in Scrapplefest, and Vrapple had the honor of being the only vegetarian scrapple in the bunch. Plus, did we mention it’s delicious? Fair Food Farmstand, Reading Terminal Market, 12th & Arch, 215-627-2029, and Essene Market, 719 S. 4th St., 215-922-1146 934 South StrEEt PhilaDElPhia C Exclusively offering locally manufactured Sun & Earth products in our Refilling Stations (Bring Your Own Bottle and pay by the ounce) Laundry Detergent, All-Purpose Cleaner, Hand Soap & Dishwashing Liquid superhero to You don’t have to be a C cSAs: Eat Fresh and local Without going to the market It’s not too late to sign up for a share in a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program. Here’s how it works: You pay a certain amount of money to a farm, or a group organizing farms, and receive a delivery of fresh foodstuffs every week for however long the CSA lasts, usually five to seven months. Some of the programs let you choose what you get, while others will surprise and challenge your cooking skills. Either way, you’ll support local farmers like Dancing Hen Farm, Lancaster Farm Fresh, Pheasant Hill Farm, Red Earth Farm and Wimer’s Organics, and eat well without having to go to the store. Find out more at recent Sustainability Award winner farmtocity.org or call 215-733-9599. planet the save www.biggreenearthstore.com 267.909.8661 a pr il 20 0 9 g r i d p h i l ly. c o m 7 http://www.biggreenearthstore.com http://www.biggreenearthstore.com http://www.farmtocity.org http://www.gridphilly.com
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