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Lifelong learning in community gardens | The Homepage

Click to expand. Photos by Valerie Testa. 1: Lemon balm from Everybody’s Garden. 2. Chamomile and yarrow at Everybody’s Garden. 3....

Nov 1, 20233 min read

Hopes are high for Second Ave. cooperative grocery store | The Homepage

By Juliet Martinez The team working on developing a grocery store on the 4800 block of Second Avenue in Hazelwood has expanded to include...

Sep 29, 20231 min read

Promote food justice by completing this survey | The Homepage

By Pastor Lutual Love For the past two years a group of Pittsburghers has been organizing efforts to fight against food apartheid in our...

Sep 1, 20234 min read

What makes a co-op a co-op? Cooperative principles for a democratic economy | The Homepage

By Jeff Jaeger and Ron Gaydos Editor’s note: Regular readers of The Homepage may know that a coalition of Hazelwood community groups is...

Jun 1, 20236 min read

June 2023 Community Voices | The Homepage

Mobile Market coming to Glen Hazel and Hazelwood Giant Eagle store on wheels will accept EBT By Lutual Love, Pastor of Praise Temple...

Dec 3, 20223 min read

December 2022 Community voices | The Homepage

Thoughts on assumptions and the need to grow our food By Jim McCue We all have assumptions. No one has a hold on the whole truth. We...

Dec 2, 20222 min read

Homegrown garden program helps you grow your own food | The Homepage

By Juliet Martinez Has anyone told you that if you do not have a grocery store nearby, you should just grow your own food? It isn’t...

Mar 1, 20223 min read

Ramps, an endangered Appalachian springtime delicacy | The Homepage

This article is a finalist for the 2023 Golden Quill award for excellence in written journalism.