Carlisle's Lil' Ponderosa sends grass-fed meat to your door
This farm-to-home subscription service gives Pennsylvanians access to humanely-raised beef and other meat products.
An oasis in Harrisburg's downtown food desert
While some Commonwealth communities are tackling the problem of urban food access with farmers' markets and boutique food shops, a pair of entrepreneurs are thinking big in the capital city with a new grocery store.
State College startup helps turf grow tough
Started while the founder was still a Penn State student, Phospholutions has developed a product that boosts the survival rate of transplanted seedlings, makes them more drought-resistant and reduces the environmental consequences of wasted fertilizer. They're coming to a golf course or playing field near you.
Bugging Out: A revamped local museum uses insects and butterflies to teach science
After years as a showcase for creepy critters, the rebranded Philadelphia Insectarium and Butterfly Pavilion is expanding its exhibits and its ambitions. From a room filled with 8,000 butterflies to the world's largest centipedes, this hidden gem offers up educational opportunities and fun galore -- just try to keep your kid out of the climb-through lizard terrarium.
Urban gardeners get growing with Cityscape Farm Supply
Short on space but still want to grow your own food? This Pennsylvania company makes a line of garden beds that are ideal for rooftops, balconies and small yards.
B Inspired by the purpose-driven businesses of Pennsylvania
On October 20 in Philadelphia, celebrate the B Corp movement at this national gathering of entrepreneurs just as committed to social and environmental progress as they are to earning profits.
At SRUI's new Bensalem showroom giant touchscreens and kale grow together
How much innovation can one building handle? A new showroom in Bensalem is home to state-of-the-art, gigantic touchscreens, a hydroponic farm, and a cutting-edge energy system.
The Farm at Bartram's Garden cultivates community
Every year, this four-acre plot in Southwest Philadelphia produces 12,000 pounds of food, welcomes 10,000 school kids, employs 22 high school interns, hosts 45 families in a community garden, distributes 80,000 seedlings, supplies 50 farmstands and welcomes 1500 volunteers. And that's only the beginning.
SEPTA powers its future with regenerative braking
The screech of a braking subway car now signifies more than just an upcoming station thanks to an innovative project that harnesses, stores and sells the energy generated.
Q&A: Colin A. Lennox from Altoona's EcoIslands
No industry or economy can exist without clean, plentiful H2O. Since 2010, Altoona's EcoIslands has been building and installing wetlands-in-a-box to remove metals and other pollutants from water, solving a major ecological challenge.