• Stroud Water Research Center Reveals the Impact of Road Salt on Local Waterways

    Stroud Water Research Center Reveals the Impact of Road Salt on Local Waterways

    A new study by Avondale’s Stroud Water Research Center has revealed the significant impact of road salt on local waters, writes Susan Phillips for WHYY. Completed this past October, Stroud’s recent study examined the salt content in over 1,200 locations, mostly local streams. Citizens and community partners conducted the research, which marked the fall first…

  • Avondale’s Caputo & Guest Lowers Prices to Make Eating Well, Buying American Easier 

    Avondale’s Caputo & Guest Lowers Prices to Make Eating Well, Buying American Easier 

    Avondale-based Caputo & Guest, the nation’s leading grower of fresh exotic mushrooms, has lowered prices across its organic mushroom line, according to a staff report from The Produce News.  The price cut is part of a strategic domestic production expansion aimed at reducing America’s reliance on imported mushrooms. With uncertainties on tariffs and supply chains,…

  • Brothers Kershner Brewing Continues Its Chester County Expansion with New Taproom 

    Brothers Kershner Brewing Continues Its Chester County Expansion with New Taproom 

    Skippack-based Brothers Kershner Brewing is continuing its expansion in Chester County with a new taproom in Avondale, writes Emma Dooling for the Philadelphia Business Journal.  Co-founders Kevin and Basil Kershner are aiming for a May opening of their latest establishment called The Barrel by Brothers Kershner.  The taproom will occupy a two-story, historic stone bank…

  • Local PA Farmers Have Decreed 2021 as the Year of the Mushroom

    Local PA Farmers Have Decreed 2021 as the Year of the Mushroom

    Farmers in Chester County have dubbed 2021 the Year of the Mushroom, writes Doug Ohlemeier for Produce Business. Retailers such as Whole Foods are predicting mushrooms will be one of the top trending foods of the year. Also, mushrooms are currently getting great press, owing to the numerous benefits they bring, including high nutritional value…

  • Area Home to Pair of Golfweek’s 10 Best Public Courses in Pennsylvania

    Area Home to Pair of Golfweek’s 10 Best Public Courses in Pennsylvania

    Southern Chester County is home to two of the 10 best public golf courses in Pennsylvania, writes Jason Lusk for Golfweek magazine. The courses featured in Golfweek’s Best Courses You Can Play in each state were ranked based on 10 criteria, some of which include design, challenge, and quality of greens. All of the courses…