May 17, 2012

Fairview Farm Market

If you are looking for wonderful seasonal peaches, look no further than Fairview Farm Market in Pineville, Bucks County. Fairview has their own homegrown peaches that are the best I have ever tasted. They also sell their own apples in the fall and numerous other seasonal produce. They sell milk in glass bottles from a [...]

Freddy Hill Farms

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Freddy Hill Farms is a dairy located in Kulpsville, Montgomery County.  They have a wonderful dairy, where they sell their own milk and ice cream.  The ice cream sold at the counter is sold by the ounce, so you can have as little or as much as you want. It’s a lovely family farm, and if you [...]

R & J Farm Market

The R & J Farm Market is a small farm market on Allentown Road in Souderton, Montgomery County. The owners of the farm are great and very friendly. R&J Farm Market is a family run Farm Market specializing in our home grown produce in-season and our farm raised free range all natural chicken. We also [...]

Merrymead Farm

Merrymead Farm is located in Lansdale, Montgomery County. It’s been years since I’ve been to Merrymead, but this is a lovely spot to stop and visit.  There are all kinds of seasonal activities for the family, and if you visit between 3pm and 6pm, you can see the cows being milked — a great opportunity [...]

Milky Way Farm and Chester Springs Creamery

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I’d heard good things about Milky Way Farm in Chester Springs, so one day we stopped in to the Chester Springs Creamery for their moolicious ice cream.  Inside it is spacious and clean and decorated in warm wood tones.  There was a children’s birthday party going on while we were there, and there was plenty [...]

Spring Water Farm

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Spring Water Farm is an Amish farm in Paradise, Lancaster County that also supplies a buying club to Philadelphia and various drop-off locations throughout the suburbs.  Rather than ordering through the buying club, I prefer to save the 18% fee and drive right out to the farm and get my food directly.  There’s just something [...]

Wholesome Dairy Farms

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Wholesome Dairy Farms in Douglassville, Berks County, specializes in raw milk and beef (both from their pasture grazed Ayrshire cows.)  They also sell homemade yogurt and cheese.  I love driving down the narrow, winding road to this farm and seeing the cows contentedly grazing on acres of fresh green grass. I travel to Wholesome Dairy [...]

West Chester Grower’s Market

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I discovered the West Chester Grower’s Market last summer.  Every Saturday morning, local farmers from as far away as Lancaster County converge in a parking lot in hip and trendy downtown West Chester, Chester County.  Vendors include a wide variety of wares from organic grass fed meats and cheeses to raw milk to produce to [...]

Kolb’s Farm Store and Dairy

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The Kolb’s Farm Store in Spring City, Chester County, was another one of my first discoveries when we moved to this area.  Family owned and operated since 1975, they sell their own fresh milk without growth hormones that is produced right there on the farm.  And they make some of the yummiest chocolate milk you [...]