Abby Mackey stories, Page 2

The owner of Lawrenceville restaurant Franktuary once asked his kitchen staff if anyone knew how to make sauerkraut. Cornelius Lubecki raised his hand. He had some mad fermentation skills to offer. A year later, Lubecki founded Ferment Pittsburgh, creating a public festival to spread the word. This Sunday the fifth...

The Flora family no longer visits the pediatrician as often as they used to. “We used to live in our pediatrician’s office,” said Jennifer Flora, 36, a Greensburg mother of three. “I would say, in the past two years, we have finally cut out the doctor visits, outside of yearly...