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There have been some exciting infrastructure improvements at the community garden in the past year. The fencing was fixed with entry points added and new beds were created to grow food in a communal area with the intent of distributing to neighbors. Perhaps most exciting of all is the ongoing renovation of the greenhouse and tool shed at the site. The technical know-how and support these projects are receiving has been invaluable.

Air quality monitoring project aims to put advocacy tools in students’ hands By Juliet Martinez, managing editor Surrounded by art...

Hunters killed 108 deer in two parks in a pilot that the Gainey administration hopes to expand into five parks and beyond in coming years...

By Valerie Testa Greetings, dear neighbors! The warm breezes of spring have arrived, awakening our gardens and filling the air with...

By Amanda Gillooly for GASP Philosopher William James once said, “Act as though what you do makes a difference. It does.” With that in...

By Betul Tuncer If you walked the streets of Pittsburgh in early October, you may have sweated a bit. While climate change has raised...

By Justin Stewart In July, the Pittsburgh City Council came together in unanimous agreement, designating Hays Woods as an official city...

Summer harvests and fall prep at Hazelwood’s community gardens: Upcoming events at Hazelwood Community Garden on Monongahela St. planned...

Crystal Armagost Volchko is on a mission to help create a patchwork of native habitat for bees, butterflies and birds in Pittsburgh yards.

Q&A with Annie Quinn, director of the Mon Water Project By Junction Coalition Water issues can mean flooded streets, backed-up sewers and...

By Matt Peters In the 1930s and 40s, two young scientists named Lucy and Annette Braun traveled the roads of America, no easy feat in the...

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...

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...

By Matt Mahoney Energy prices are always changing, but this year is different. In May, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC),...

By Matt Peters Winter might be a time of rest for the garden, but not the gardener! The Urban Ag Team is gearing up for the annual group...

By Tiffany Taulton Hazelwood took another step toward telling the world what it wants its future to look like when community members made...

By Juliet Martinez At the District 5 Democratic candidate forum in September, a question about how they would deal with deer infestation...

By Matt Peters The end of summer brings a pause in the gardener’s busy workload, as the vigor of the spring weeds settles down and the...

By Gabrielle Marsden Monarch butterflies were declared endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature on July 21. The...

By Ziggy Edwards Some of Hazelwood’s most exciting growth is coming from the ground up — literally. Local gardeners are building a...