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Part 2 of 4 The Benefits of Food for All, From Those Who Use It by Pat Albright, for the Shuttle GREW UP LOWER MIDDLE CLASS IN WISCONSIN, NEVER social justice community and later, by the Wages for House- Food Justice I knowing much about food insecurity. My experience with work Campaign/Global Women’s Strike. I lived in a cooper- poverty began in the early 1970s, when I dropped out of col- ative house where rooms were cheap. We cooked and ate to- Committee lege to be educated in Philadelphia by an activist, anti-war (continued on page 20) Community-Owned, The Shuttle Open to Everyone JUNE 2019 Since 1973 | The Newsletter of Weavers Way Co-op Vol. 47 | No. 5 Good News — and Good Eats — Ten Years Plus in the Making, at the Spring GMM Kensington’s Co-op Opens its Doors by Richard L. Stein, for the Shuttle by Laura Young, for the Shuttle OLLOWING THE RE- Fsults of this year’s election, three new Board members — Hilary Baum, De’Janiera B. Lit- tle, and Sarah Mitteldorf — will take their seats at this month’s meeting of the Weavers Way Board of Directors. The win- ners were announced at the spring General Mem- bership Meeting on May 4 at Germantown Acad- emy in Fort Washington. Leadership Com- mittee Chair Lisa Ho- ENSINGTON, ALONG WITH THE gan presented the re- Ksurrounding riverward commu- sults to a crowd of more nities of Fishtown, Port Richmond and than 100. She report- Northern Liberties, is an area in rapid ed that voter participa- transition, with new construction and re- tion was the highest it hab projects everywhere. Modest row- has ever been this year houses stand next to sleek, modern resto- and joined Board Presi- rations, yet the area is also home to many dent Josh Bloom in ex- lower-income residents. The Kensington pressing gratitude to the Community Food Co-op, which had its Board members whose opening celebration on May 4 and 5, aims terms have now ended to be in the middle of it all. Photos by Karen Plourde — Meg Gruwell, Joan “Our goal is to create a welcoming, Patton, and Chris Hill. Top, the produce layout at KCFC, just inside the sustainable space for everyone,” says main door. Below, the tap lineup in the co-op’s Lisa reserved spe- Mike Richards, KCFC general manager. cafe. cial praise for Chris, who Photos by Kathleen Casey The co-op’s physical layout, prod- served on the board for Above, attendees make their beverage choices, assistant by ucts and programs reflect its intention to 12 years. During his ten- Programs Coordinator Jeannine Kienzle and Chestnut Hill be a good neighbor. Their space includes a 30-seat cafe featuring prepared foods, hot ure, he created the Urban Assistant Store Manager Valerie Baker. Below, former Board President Chris Hill celebrates 12 years of dedicated service with beverages, craft beers, and wine by the glass. Elegantly outfitted with locally sourced Farm Bike Ride Tour and a cake he designed to share. wood and furniture, the cafe also functions as a community space for such groups as played a key role in the Fathers of Kensington and the East Kensington Neighborhood Association. The week expansion of the Co-op that I visited, KCFC and Equal Exchange were hosting a presentation about reclaim- from Mt. Airy to Chestnut Hill and then to Ambler. ing the food system. A patio off the café extends the available seating in good weather. Attendees also heard presentations from General Manager Jon Roesser, Farm Man- The main entrance off Coral Street leads to KCFC’s well-arranged 3,000-square- ager Nina Berryman, Food Moxie Director Lisa Mosca, and Laurie Foote and Frankie foot retail space. The co-op features organic and conventional produce options as well Pondol, representatives from one of the Co-op’s vendors, Equal Exchange. (continued on page 14) (continued on page 14) All Weavers Way stores will be open CHANGE SERVICE REQUESTED REQUESTED SERVICE CHANGE 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. www.weaversway.coop www.weaversway.coop Thursday, July 4. 559 Carpenter Lane, Philadelphia, PA 19119 PA Philadelphia, Lane, Carpenter 559 ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ Weavers Way Cooperative Association Cooperative Way Weavers 2 THE SHUTTLE June 2019 Editor’s Note What’s in Store at Weavers Way by Karen Plourde, Editor, Weavers Way Shuttle Check It Out! Still Going Postal? by Karen Plourde, Editor, Weavers Way Shuttle Consider Another Route Going On in Grocery All Wellness & Good E’VE TALKED A LOT (AND A better-for-you ice cream and Expanded options for cleaning up Wdone a lot) of late to address more Fraktured hot sauces in Next Door. And MudGirls ceramics our dependence on single-use plastics Ambler. debut in Ambler. around the Co-op. But I’m not aware of The latest candidate for Ice Cream Just in time for sweaty season, Next any recent efforts to reduce the number That’s Yummy and Healthy(ish) comes Door has broadened of paper copies of the Shuttle we print TURFTURF out of West Chester and has its own their line of deodorants (which average 11,000 to 12,000 since Thursdays stand-alone freezer in Ambler. Six from Herban Cowboy. the expansion into Ambler). We mail Pack Creamery offers two flavors — They now carry Blossom, more more than half of those, and they Chestnut Hill Cocoa Milk Muscles and Lean Mean Love, and Sport sticks, as usually take a few days to arrive. Vanilla Bean — with only two grams of well as three varieties of Meanwhile, your excitement over Meat & Fish Market saturated fat, nine grams of sugar and spray. Their products are vegan and cruelty free. seeing a fresh issue in the store rack or Surf & Turf Thursdays are back 13 grams of protein per serving (which honor box may lead you to grab a copy is listed as one-third of a pint on the in the Hill. And check out their In Hill soap bar news, and page though it before your mailed package). I tried Cocoa Milk Muscles, selection of cedar-planked Next Door has managed to squeeze copy arrives. Nothing wrong with that, and it passed my Real Deal Taste Test. seafood. a new vendor into its shelves: but then what becomes of your mailed Right now, it’s only available on Butler Siliski Soaps of Murrysville, east of copy? Not a lot, I’d expect. Summer has arrived at last, and Avenue. Pittsburgh. Their recipes are based on Occasionally, a Good Citizen will that means the return of Surf & Turf Moving down the line from sweet to olive oil rather than palm, combined reach out and tell us they want to un- Thursdays at our Chestnut Hill store. spicy, Perkiomenville’s Goshenhoppen with cocoa, shea, and coconut oils, subscribe from the paper Shuttle, and The combo this year is naturally-raised Run Farm has added to its line of and contain no fillers, preservatives, or Aspen Ridge ribeye steaks (normally we walk them through the process. But synthetic lathering agents. $15.99/lb.) and cold-water lobster tails there aren’t many of those, and we’re (normally $39.99/lb.). By packaging wondering if more would take that step them together, the price goes down if we made it easier. to $16.99/lb. The two items must be So we will. Sometime this month, purchased together. you’ll get an email from us with a link that will allow you to unsubscribe from your mailed copy. Click on it and you’re Fraktured hot sauces. The new done. No going to the Member Center varieties, also only in Ambler for and trying to remember yet another now, include Pipicha Verde (mild/ %$@#! login. medium in heat, with tomatillo, garlic Meanwhile in Ambler, the ceramic art The wins are clear: less energy to scapes and jalapeño); Twisted Ginger of MudGirls Studios of Atlantic City is produce a disposable item, and some The Hill is also the spot for planked (super hot, with carrot, ginger, and dressing up the gen merch pockets of savings in our per issue postage bill, fish combos. The M/P/F Squad has habanero), and Hot the store. MudGirls is a nonprofit that which currently runs around $3,000. packaged two: salmon ($12.49/lb.) and Shiitake (super hot and started as an activity in a women’s day Considering the care many of you put rainbow trout ($11.49/lb.). Availability savory, with tomato, shelter and has now branched into a into reusing and recycling, I think this is subject to change. Grilling with a shiitake mushrooms, business that includes a workforce of move is understandable. plank, which is packaged with the fish, and smoked Carolina 10. Their pieces include bowls, hand- For those who don’t get to the requires a little more prep time — the Reaper peppers). Look carved tiles, tea bag dishes, and soap stores much, don’t fret; you’ll stay on plank must be soaked in water for a for them to be added to dishes. our rolls. We’re just trying to reduce du- couple hours — and applying a light the offerings in Mt. Airy plication and save some dough. There’s coat of oil before you lay the fish on and the Farm Market also the option of reading the online it. Then, just close the lid and wait; no soon. Shuttle, which I’m sure many of you do flipping is needed. already. 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