Food

Sixteen years ago the only grocery store in Chester, PA closed. That was the bad news. The great news is that in 2013 the nation’s first nonprofit grocery store opened there: Fare & Square. Fare & Square is unique, and...

Cormac Russell was raised on the west coast of Ireland, and now lives in Dublin, although he spends much of his time travelling.  He promotes the idea of Asset-Based Community Driven Efforts, and while some of his work is based...

Born and raised in Chester, PA, Michael Cooper shops at Fare & Square, Philabundance's non-profit grocery store. Here he shares why he loves the store and how it helps make the most impact, not profit, in the community.   Related:   A...

WHYY education reporter Laura Benshoff profiles what Fare & Square, the first nonprofit grocery store in the nation, is doing to turn a former food desert into an oasis of good food and community abundance. Includes slide show with photos...

Philadelphia's NBC10 reporter Matt DeLucia shows how Fare & Square became the first supermarket in the city in more than 15 years and changed lives in the community. Watch here.   Related: A Happy Place to Shop (Stephen) Chester’s Nonprofit Food Market Tries...

Cheryl Crowell and her four boys are known around Bridge Meadows as the "First Family" because they were the first to move in when the community opened in 2011. Left to right: Noah, Cheryl, Joaquin, Tomas, and Eli Crowell....

The Reverend Angel Garcia Rodriguez is a Spanish priest who is also an innovator and entrepreneur whose nonprofit enterprises are designed to nourish the body and spirit of those in need. He has opened four restaurants called Robin Hood in...

You Are the Guest Conversation with Peter and John December 12, 2016 – Chat Room   About every six weeks, for the last five years, John and Peter have hosted online / dial-up conversations with community-building pioneers as their guests. For their December...

You Are the Guest Conversation with John and Peter December 12, 2016 About every six weeks, for the last five years, John and Peter have hosted online / dial-up conversations with community-building pioneers as their guests. For their December 2016 dialog they...

Sue Joss and Jason Barbosa might seem to be unlikely economic development partners. She is the veteran CEO of a major nonprofit health care provider in Brockton, Massachusetts, just south of Boston. He is the operations manager of a...