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January Exhibition: Cultivating the Cocktail
January 6-29th, 2012 Opening reception: First Friday, January 6th, 6-8PM Throughout history, the consumption of fermented and distilled beverages was considered safer than drinking water, creating a need for well made palatable refreshments. Over ... Read More
AITA Bottle Terrariums at Bartram’s Garden Recap
This past week our friends at Bartram's Garden held an amazing terrarium building workshop, with expert instruction from Allen Crawford (aka Lord Whimsy). Using recycled AITA spirit's bottles, workshop attendees built ... Read More
Marco Pierre White Visits the Rhubarb Fields of Yorkshire
The second half of this video gives a very interesting look into the indoor candlelit rhubarb sheds of Yorkshire, England. For those of you on this side of the ... Read More
Philadelphia Orchard Day: Saturday, October 22nd
The Philadelphia Orchard Project has declared Saturday, 10/22 as Philadelphia Orchard Day! Orchard events and celebrations will be held at sites across the city, highlighting many urban community orchard partners. Events ... Read More
RHUBY Recipe: Grilled White Peach RHUBY Rumble
The brand new RHUBY recipe by Warren Bobrow for Leaf Magazine has us yearning for warm summer days! Watch the video below and learn how to mix up this simple and ... Read More
SNAP + Cider at The Switched-on Garden
This past weekend we had an amazing time serving SNAP + Cider at Switched on Garden at Bartram's Garden! Our tables were right next to John Bartram's original stone cider press, ... Read More
AITA Cider Project Part I: Hard Cider in America
Since we first tried it last fall, 0ne of our favorite seasonal mixers with Art in the Age SNAP is apple cider! The sweet cider is the perfect compliment to ... Read More
AITA at Switched on Garden Event, Sunday October 16th
Join Data Garden at the oldest surviving botanic garden in North America for an interactive exhibition exploring the relationship between plants, music and technology. Participants will have the opportunity to wander ... Read More
RHUBY at Bartram’s Garden Honey Festival 2011
This past weekend Art in the Age was invited to serve RHUBY samples at the Annual Honey Festival at Bartram's Garden. The weather was perfect, and Bartram's Garden was ... Read More
Second Annual Honey Fest at Bartram’s Garden: A Celebration of Urban Beekeeping and Honey!
In partnership with the Philadelphia Beekeepers Guild, Wyck Historic House and Garden, and the Wagner Free Institute of Science Saturday, September 10, 10am-4pm Join us at Bartram's Garden, the birthplace of RHUBY, ... Read More
AITA at Terrain’s Honey and Cheese Festival
This Saturday, Sept. 3rd we'll be serving up free samples of ROOT and SNAP at Terrain's first annual Honey and Cheese Festival. Stop by for a full afternoon of activities centered ... Read More
SEPTEMBER EXHIBITION: THE REVEREND’S RHUBY
THE REVEREND'S RHUBY Art in the Age is pleased to announce our September exhibition, THE REVEREND'S RHUBY, featuring the work of The Revend Michael Alan. The Reverend Michael Alan is the ... Read More
Introducing RHUBY, A New Spirit from Art in the Age
Like ROOT and SNAP, RHUBY is based on a centuries old Pennsylvania recipe and is totally unique in the marketplace. There has never been anything like it...at least not ... Read More
Kinfolk: A Guide for Small Gatherings
Kinfolk is a collaborative community of artists and writers who share a general interest in small gatherings, and a belief that entertaining should be: simple, uncomplicated, and less contrived. Kinfolk combines ... Read More
Pictures from the BLUEREDYELLOW Natural Dye Workshop
Our recent workshop with Philadelphia based natural dye company, BLUEREDYELLOW, was a huge success! Co-founders Elissa Meyers and Mira Adornetto gave an extremely informative lecture on the history of ... Read More
BLUEREDYELLOW Natural Dye House at AITA!
BLUEREDYELLOW is a natural design and dye house in Philadelphia. They are working to make completely chemical free clothing and dye. They grow their own marigolds, indigo, ( and soon madder ... Read More
The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society “Pop Up Garden”
As part of a revolution to reclaim the city's abandoned lots from landlords seemingly paralyzed by the economy, The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS) has taken over a lot on the ... Read More
JUNE WORKSHOP: Natural Dyeing with BLUEREDYELLOW
WHAT BLUEREDYELLOW is a design and natural dye house creating locally grown color on chemical-free textiles in Philadelphia. They are working toward creating completely local clothing including the color, the fabric ... Read More
Pond Restoration Part 2: Rainbow Trout Arrive at The Farm
Last Fall, we began the restoration of the small body of water known affectionately as "Leech-ey Lake". Read more about our multi-phase plan for removing sediment and reinvigorating the wetland ... Read More
How To: Art in the Age Bottle Terrariums
Terrarium making can be a rewarding and educational experience. Here we will explore making one from an empty ROOT bottle. The results serve as interesting "green" conversation pieces, bringing life to ... Read More
Fungi: A Novel Way of Dealing with an Unpleasant Problem
Despite their name, disposable diapers are notoriously difficult to dispose of. Studies of landfills suggest they may take centuries to rot away. But Alethia Vázquez-Morillas of the Autonomous Metropolitan University ... Read More
Anselma Farmers and Artisan Market Opens for the Season
In 2008, The Anselma Farmers and Artisan Market Association established a weekly, seasonal market on the grounds of The Mill at Anselma, a National Historic Landmark in Chester Springs, Pennsylvania. ... Read More
May Exhibition Workshop: Art in the Age Sustainable Terrariums
Photograph and Terrariums by Dave Seator Who: Louis Cook and Dave Seator What: Join veteran terrarium builders, Louis Cook and Dave Seator, who will demonstrate how to build terrariums within ... Read More
Spring at The Farm & Tamworth Lyceum Updates!
Spring has sprung in Tamworth! See shots below from our recent Spring cleanup at the farm and the completion of the double-decker back porch of the Tamworth Lyceum! Just this morning, ... Read More
May Exhibition: Sustaining Spring
Sustaining Spring May 6-29, 2011 Opening Reception: First Friday, May 6th, 6-8PM Art in the Age is proud to present Sustaining Spring, a group exhibition featuring an eclectic mix of work from environmentally ... Read More
ROOT and SNAP at Dig into Spring at Terrain
Come visit Art in the Age at Terrain this Saturday and Sunday for their Dig into Spring event. Saturday we will be sampling ROOT and SNAP for all of the ... Read More
Returning the American Chestnut Tree to the Northeast
In 1911, seven years after the great chestnut blight was first discovered in the Bronx Zoo in 1904, the destructive fungus was well on its way to wiping out four ... Read More
News from NH: Store Construction at Full Steam, Veggie Experiments Proceed
Renovations to the village store/future Tamworth Lyceum in Tamworth, New Hampshire are moving full steam ahead! Despite the the low temperatures, epic snowbanks, and continuing snowfall (another 9 inches predicted ... Read More
A New Generation of Farmers has Emerged
(Photo: Tyler and Alicia Jones on their farm in Corvallis, Ore. ) Having become more and more disillusioned with the state industrial farming, a new generation of young independent farmers has ... Read More
News from New Hampshire – A Tamworth Video Vignette: White Gates Farm
(from facebook.com/whitegatesfarm) A most welcome reminder of warmer, greener, delicious days ahead! White Gates Farm is an interactive vegetable and livestock farm on Cleveland Hill Rd in Tamworth, New ... Read More
A Gentle Reminder To Young Men & Women: A Tamworth Lyceum Internship Awaits!
Applications for the Summer Internship Program at the Tamworth Lyceum are rolling in, and THE DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS IS TODAY! Are you an undergraduate majoring in Fine Arts, Visual Studies, ... Read More
[gallery] Love Letters: Rifle Paper Co Note Cards $16: Fragrances: CB I hate Perfume $70, MCMC Humanity $125, PGS Tobacco Cologne $30: Jewelry: Pamela Love, Wooden Nickel Pendant $165, Small Bears Ring $110, ... Read More
New Arrival: Apartamento Magazine
We are all super excited about Apartamento, a magazine which focuses on the actual living spaces of real people, rather than über-manicured designer showrooms. The first issue of Apartamento was released ... Read More
St. Valentines Day is upon us again. This is the time to let loved ones know that you care. Traditionally this is shared through gifts, letters, and flowers. If you are ... Read More
“Forcing” Indoor Bulbs: A Winter Window Garden
The spectacle of icicles hanging off of your roof that are taller and possibly wider than you are is a bit psychologically daunting. How can we infuse a bit of ... Read More
New Year’s Resolution: To Be More Green
This year you are making a conscious effort to be more Green. There are many lifestyle choices that you can make that help out your community and the Earth. These efforts not ... Read More
New Year’s Resolution: To Eat Better
After all of the Holiday party gluttony, and eating cookies from tins with un-recognizable ingredients, you might start to feel a little remorse. This year you will vow to eat better ... Read More
Friends of Art in the Age, Philadelphia dyeing collective BLUEREDYELLOW, have just announced the opening of their online shop. Check out their chemical free, locally dyed garments, made with super ... Read More
Upcoming Events in Maine with ROOT
Dear Portland Maine-ers, The holiday spirit is in the air and there is only about one week left until gift giving time. Some of our favorite shops with be offering tasty ... Read More
SNAP and ROOT at The Philadelphia Horticultural Society Benefit
Art in the Age had the honor to participate in The Philadelphia Horticultural Society Benefit at Terrain this past week. There was live entertainment, delicious hors d'oeuvres, holiday decorating demonstrations, ... Read More
1. Utility: Canvas Apron $44 2. Tereforma: Loft Condiment Set $48 3. AITA: ROOT and SNAP Gift Pack $30 4. Wissahickon: Wildflower Honey $12 5. Book: "In Defense of Food" $21.95 6. Book: "Organic, Shaken ... Read More
Musings from The Farm: “A Winter Eden”
A winter garden is a compost swamp, Where chickens now come out to sun and romp, As near a paradise as it can be And not melt snow or start a chestnut tree. So ... Read More
Holiday Hop with AITA, Reward, and Topstitch Boutique
Stop by Art in the Age, Reward, and Topstitch on Wednesdays in December to find great holiday deals and featured gift ideas. All stores will have extended hours until 9PM, ... Read More
Holiday Shipping at Art in the Age
Make sure the perfect gift gets to your special someone on time! And don't miss out on FREE SHIPPING for the entire month of December with a minimum order of ... Read More
1. Penfield: Summit Jacket $300 2. Yuketen: Maine Guide Boot $440 3. Chester Wallace: Bag $150 4. Doane Paper: Utility Notebooks $9.50 5. Penfield: Stapleton Vest $220 6. Book: Metamorphosis of Plants $21.95 7. Woolly Pockets: ... Read More
1. Billykirk: Bike Frame Pouch $120 2. Book: The Cult of Fixed $29.95 3. AITA: Unisex Gear Sweatshirt $56 4. Billykirk: Bike Messenger Bag $250 5. Billykirk: Card Case with Chain $100 6. P.I.M.P.: Bike ... Read More
Black Friday at Art in the Age
Make sure to stop in to the Art in the Age store this Black Friday for so many gift options! We will have treats and complimentary cocktails, plus gift wrapping ... Read More
New Law Allows for Inner-City Farming
When you think of West Philadelphia the first things that come to mind probably aren't tomatoes, okra and peas. That's about to change, however, with this year's Pennsylvania Abandoned and ... Read More
Portland, Maine Adventures – Day 1
Ahoy, Maine-eys! Five hours and several cups of coffee later, we arrived on Maine's coast in the lively city of Portland! Two days of windswept hair, bellies full of fish, ... Read More
ROOT and SNAP at Terrain’s Autumn Bounty & Fall Fest at Blooming Glen Farm
Thanks to everyone to came out to visit us at Terrain's Autumn Bounty or Blooming Glen Farm's Fall Festival! We love visiting these two truly beautiful locations, and the company ... Read More
The Economic Perplexities of Urban Agriculture
A recent Financial Times Article, "Multi-storey farms in a city centre near you" sheds light on the political and economic implications of building large-scale, impactful vertical farms in urban centers. ... Read More
Art in the Age at Terrain’s Autumn Bounty
Join Art in the Age ROOT and SNAP at Terrain's Autumn Bounty this upcoming Saturday, October 9th from 12 to 4 If you missed us at their campfire, this is a ... Read More
New to arrive at the Art in the Age store are the lovely MCMC Fragrances Each fragrance is hand-made in small batches in Brooklyn, NY by Anne McClain. Anne studied perfumery ... Read More
Hay Ho, Let’s Go: The Final Harvest
Hay season/field restoration 2010 is drawing to a close! The results from Year One of restoration efforts are in: All of the fields responded well to treatments of calcium lime, ... Read More
Linvilla Orchards and SNAPPY Hour with The Reverend Michael Alan
This past weekend Art in the Age had the privilege of joining our favorite rennaisanse man, The Reverend Michael Alan, on an apple picking excursion to Linvilla Orchards in Media, ... Read More
Putting Food By: Experiments in Preservation
Inspired by the advice in this classic tome, I've resolved to refrain (in as many ways as possible) from the grocery store for as long as my health can handle ... Read More
The Food Trust’s Headhouse Farmers’ Market – September 19th
The Food Trust’s Headhouse Farmers’ Market Sunday, September 19th Starting at 10AM !! Visit ROOT and SNAP this Sunday at The Food Trust Headhouse Farmers’ Market, which strives to make healthy ... Read More
Elegy Written In A NH Barnyard: The Passing of Summer
The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The pecking hens winds slowly o'er the lea, The groundskeeper homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the farm to darkness and to me. Now fades ... Read More
Organic Vegetable Tsunami Report
Until this week, I was unaware that northern New Hampshire was blessed with a Tsunami Season. I'd heard of Mud Season. Hell, I survived one already. Black Fly Season...old hat ... Read More
Art in the Age at the Kennett Square Farmer’s Market
Art in the Age ROOT had a blast this past Friday at the Kennett Square Farmer's Market - Buy Fresh, Buy Local Festival! Fully stocked with our samples of Wild ... Read More
Adventures in Agronomy: First Vegetable Harvest!
Pictured: Cucumber Hugs This morning was spent reveling in utter disbelief and inexplicable relief that the shrubbery in the garden is now VEGETABLE-LADEN! After suffering from a week of ... Read More
Philadelphia Orchard Project Music Festival & Fundraiser
Tomorrow the annual Philadelphia Orchard Project Music Festival & Fundraiser will take place at Liberty Lands in Northern Liberties. The festival features musical performances by Philadelphia bands The Mean, Betty ... Read More
Come Out and Visit ROOT at a Farmer’s Market Near You this Weekend!
At Art in the Age we love to support our local farmer's markets. We love it so much in fact, that this weekend we're doubling our efforts! This Friday, July 16th ... Read More
The First Fruits at The Farm: “Stay Gold, Berry-Joy, Stay Gold”
New Hampshire's first fruit is redHer tastiest hue, it's said. Her early leaves are berries; One needs a bucket to carry Then pink subsides to ruby. And fingers rose to duty, So we ... Read More
Aquaponics: The Future of Sustainable Agriculture
Aquaponics is the sustainable method of combining aquaculture (raising fish) and hydroponics (growing plants using mineral nutrient solutions in water) to produce organic food year round. This process dates back to 1,000 ... Read More
GARDEN UPDATE: Of Silver Bells, Cockle Shells, Pretty Maids, etc.
Q: Robin McDowell, Armed With A Trowel, How Does Your Garden Grow? A. With coyote pee... (a natural predator deterrent) and greenery... (Johnny's Seeds Wild Arugula, to be exact) ...and fluffy cats trampling ... Read More
2010 Pennsylvania Renewable Energy Festival.
Every year since 2006, hundreds have gathered at Kutztown State University for the Pennsylvania Renewable Energy Festival. This three-day festival, from September 17-19, features workshops and demonstrations of the latest ... Read More
The Country Bizarre was an independent publication created by Andy Pittaway and Bernard Scofield in the early 70′s. Each issue featured original poetry, gardening advice, and outdoorsy how-to’s; not ... Read More
GARDEN UPDATE: “Ode On A Greenish Thumb”
THOU still unravish'd seed of quietness, Thou foster-child of Soil and slow Time, Sylvan landscape, who canst thus express A flowery tale more sweetly than our rhyme: What ... Read More
Pete’s Greens: “At The Heart of The Locavore Movement”
Pete's Greens from Driven Studio on Vimeo. Read More
Hay Season 2010: We Get Organic With A Little Help From Our Friends
We are so stoked to be working with our neighbors at Schoolhouse Farm to restore the hay fields at the farm using best and organic practices, beginning this summer! Norman/Wendy/Schoolhouse ... Read More
Supper Restaurant’s Mitch Prensky: In A Pickle
Before the luxury of refrigeration, and before we had the ability to source produce from around the world, pickling and preserving made it possible to serve zesty seasonal fruits and ... Read More
Grocery Store Truths: Organic Corporations
Ever wonder who owns the farms producing the certified organic products you buy at most grocery stores? Chances are it’s no longer the family farm that’s been passed down through ... Read More
In Season Alert: Fiddlehead Ferns
Spring is here, and that can only mean one thing, fiddlehead ferns! Often compared to asparagus in flavor and texture, fiddleheads are deep or bright green, tightly coiled and no ... Read More
Just In! New Colors of the Utility Canvas Apron at Art in the Age!
For those of you who missed out on Mother's Day, or if you are way ahead-of-the-curve for Father's Day, check out our stock of NEW colors in the perennially popular ... Read More
Urban CSA Update: West Philly!
Community Supported Agriculture programs have been gaining momentum in Philadelphia, and have become a great way for city dwellers to access local produce and meat straight from the farm. In ... Read More
The Remick Country Doctor Museum & Farm Presents “Art of Homesteading” in June!
Photos from REMICKMUSEUM.ORG Attn: Tamworth-ians, New Hampshire-ites, and New Englanders! Join the Remick Country Doctor Museum & Farm on June 16 from 5-7 pm for the opening ceremony for their new ... Read More
The Busiest Day in May: Start A Project, Salute The Armed Forces, Observe Moths
There is no such thing as a lazy Saturday during this busy month of Springtime haps! Check out what's on the plate for today, May 15: - Best Day To Start ... Read More
Organic Farming for the World?
image from BUSINESSWEEK.COM Among the debates over the movement toward organic and sustainable farming, the most contentious refers to the movement's scalability – could it work for the whole world? Is ... Read More
Raspberry Reveries, Chapter 1: And So It Begins…
2 humans + 8 hours + 2 wheelbarrows + 1000 prickly dead canes + 1 deer tick incident = THE BEGINNING OF RASPBERRY SEASON 2010!!! In 3 months time, our freshly ... Read More
Gardening Reaches New Heights: Green Roofs In The City!
Take urban gardening to the next level...literally! There has been a recent rise in rooftop gardening, especially among city residents. Making the most of the limited residential space symptomatic of ... Read More
Piazza Artisan Market: Summer Edition Fashion Weekend
Saturday, May 15thh through Sunday, May 16th 150 designers and boutiques, 1 to die for trunk show, and The Piazza's very own fashion show, all within 30,00 square feet. Visit the Art ... Read More
The Perfect Gift for Mother’s Day at Art in the Age
Saturday, May 1st through Sunday May 23rd Stop into Art in the Age for the perfect gift for Mother’s Day. The store is chalk full of items like, Utility Cancas ... Read More
so much depends / upon / the white chickens
INSPIRATION: A-Frame Pasture Shelter featured in Backyard Poultry Magazine... OUR COOP COMIX: A Coop On Wheels! Imminent Omelets! THE PROCESS... Procure Lumber & Materials... 45 degree angle cuts... Assembling the A-frame... Height check... Pretty A's all in ... Read More
SPRING FARM UPDATE: These delights thy mind may move…
Come live with me and be my love, And we will all the pleasures prove That valleys, groves, hills, and fields, Woods, or steepy mountain yields.And we will sit upon compost heaps, Seeing ... Read More
Security and Adventure pt. 3: Travails, Fruition
Since our last, exuberant, update, our seedlings and their keepers have led increasingly precarious lives. A seedling's first weeks are fraught with peril. Too much water, too little water, to ... Read More
Urban Gardeners Meet Woolly Pocket
For any city dweller with an itchy green thumb, meet Woolly Pocket! Woolly Pockets are meant to be used both indoors and outdoors - equally perfect for any interior apartment space ... Read More
Native Plant Workshop at Art in the Age
What: Art in the Age Presents a lively workshop on native plants and the urban garden, led by Joanne Donohue, Manager of Land Restoration for the Schuylkill Center for Environmental ... Read More
Not seeing what you want at your local farmer’s market? Are there veggies you’d just like to grow yourself? This month’s issue of Grid Philly features some great tips on urban ... Read More
Fresh, affordable, local produce. Delivered straight to your doorstep. All summer long. Stopping pinching yourself, this is for real!! CSA’s (Community Supported Agriculture) are programs where you can purchase a share ... Read More
Security and Adventure: Spreading Our Seed
We have spread our seed. We have installed into the good earth the first kernels of future feasting. Our closet laboratory (link to previous installment) is finally ... Read More
Peepoo, and the Frontiers of Wastefulness
In the last few decades, the human race has made great strides to combat its unprecedented wastefulness, recycling, reducing, reusing, etc. Nonetheless, a final frontier has persisted unchallenged: that most ... Read More
Security and Adventure Redux: Beasts and Men
While humans presently constitute one-half of the Farm's permanent residents (two people, two cats), they are soon to be outnumbered. This is not sci-fi prognostication but a mere expansion of ... Read More
“Security and Adventure”: Adventures in Agronomy Part 1
"Security and adventure might be considered opposites in some situations, but the gardener who raises plants from seeds can experience both..." (The New Seed Starter's Handbook). At the AITA Farm we've ... Read More
Cold nights, sunny days...New Hampshire has begun to shake off its winter torpor. This particular weather pattern is also the harbinger of Maple Sugar season! The expansion and contraction caused by ... Read More
Peter Menzel’s “What the World Eats”
We've spent the last hour poring over a fascinating series on Time's website by the California photojournalist Peter Menzel. In 2005 Menzel took a photographic survey of the diets of ... Read More
After the holidays I had several empty bottles of ROOT on hand. In what might be called a Wardian moment, I wondered if the bottles would make suitable terrariums. ... Read More
Recipe from The Farm: ROOT Vegetable Soup
Blizzard conditions in Philly got you down? Cooped up inside? Oddly enough, the New Hampshire snowline is receding. So instead of shoveling, we celebrated by creating this savory soup. If you've ... Read More
The Compost Crusade Continues: Wilmington’s New Organic Recycling Center!
For those of you who attended the Vermicomposting Event at the Art In The Age Store in November (and those of us who are concerned citizens, interested in reducing our ... Read More
A Museum of Early American Tools…AITA-Farm-Style!
A recent article in The Inquirer ("They Dig Garden Tools" - 11/20/09) featured Harold Sweetman, Director of The Jenkins Arboretum, who is also a collector of "horticultural antiques." Stated more ... Read More
