http://www.psfk.com Your Go-To Source For New Ideas And Inspiration Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:30:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.psfk.com/2011/09/farmigo-lets-buyers-get-fresher-and-more-affordable-produce-fast.html Wed, 14 Sep 2011 15:03:21 +0000 Farmigo is a budget-friendly choice for communities who want to get fresh produce straight from the farm.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/07/second-shot-photo-report-psfk-at-the-headhouse-farmers-market.html Thu, 28 Jul 2011 17:07:43 +0000 PSFK visits the a local farmers market in Philadelphia to scope out local, artisan produce.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/03/dispensing-with-the-farmers-market-middle-man.html Thu, 24 Mar 2011 11:44:19 +0000 Farmer's Markets can only go so far in producing food under ethical, ecologically sound conditions: what's needed is a whole new, regionally directed, distribution system.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/02/mutato-project-celebrating-imperfect-beauty.html Mon, 28 Feb 2011 19:16:40 +0000 Uli Westphal's photography project celebrates the imperfect but natural mutations of produce we never see in grocery stores.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/07/a-farm-on-wheels.html Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:40:45 +0000 Filmmaker Ian Cheney has transformed the bed of his old, gray Dodge Ram pickup into a fully functioning farm. To convert the back, Cheney adapted elements of green roofing technology – adding drainage, a water-absorbent bottom layer and lightweight soil – enabling him to plant a crop of heirloom vegetables and still be able to drive, giving an entirely new meaning to the idea of food miles. In an effort to track the growing process, Cheney has installed a solar-powered timelapse camera onto the truck’s roof that captures real time footage of the progress that will later be edited into a shortRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/06/new-bar-codes-save-time-profits.html Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:44:12 +0000 A new generation of grocery bar codes, known as GS1 DataBar codes, is being implemented across grocery stores in an effort to both speed up the checkout process, as well as prevent cashiers from ringing up pricier organic produce as their cheaper, non-organic counterparts. [via Consumerist, image courtesy of RetailWeek]]]>