find farmers' markets and CSAs in Philadelphia
White Dog Cafe is located in University City, in Philadelphia (right on Penn’s Campus). White Dog Cafe is known for it’s environmental sustainability, and they are not among the newbie-restaurants popping up along the Philadelphia scene–they have been in operation since 1983, the year I was born! So it was fitting that we celebrated my [...]
Yesterday, my family and I had the pleasure of visiting Betty’s Speakeasy in Philadelphia. We were spending the day in the city celebrating my birthday, and wanted to end the day with some treats! Betty’s Speakeasy was the first place I thought of, I have been following them on facebook for a few weeks and [...]
Kimberton Whole Foods has been serving the Chester County area for almost 25 years. From their humble beginnings selling Seven Stars Yogurt across from the Kimberton Waldorf School to their current expansion to four stores serving the Greater Philadelphia area, Terry and Pat Brett have maintained their commitment to the promotion of locally-grown, primarily organic [...]
The Boyertown Farmers’ Market, located in the parking lot of The Boyertown Museum of Historic Vehicles, is a producer/grower market committed to providing locally grown, fresh food to the community. I was dying to get up to this farmers’ market because I’m familiar with several of their vendors — Wholesome Dairy Farms, The Black Buggy [...]
Oley Valley Organics, located in Oley, Berks County, is a small family run farm specializing in organically grown asparagus, strawberries, and raspberries as well as handmade holiday wreaths. I haven’t visited yet, but I plan to stop by when I get up that way again. I wish I’d known about them earlier in the season; [...]
This is our first year being members of Vollmecke CSA in Coatsville, Chester County. We were on their waiting list and were fortunate enough to be invited to purchase a fruit and veggie share just two weeks before the first pick-up of the season. Vollmecke has both vegetables and fruit, and now has eggs as [...]
Great Harvest Bread Co. is located in downtown Wayne, Delaware County. For years my children attended preschool in Wayne, and Great Harvest was a regular stop for us. If I parked close enough, I could smell the yeasty scent of fresh bread wafting from their open door as I walked down the street. The owner [...]
Lansdowne Farmers’ Market in Lansdowne, Delaware County is located at the municipal parking lot on Lansdowne Avenue. My first thought when I saw it was it’s kind of small so I was unsure of what I would find. I need to start remembering that great things come in small packages. Don’t let the smallness of [...]
I found out about Prout’s Jollyview Farm in Oley, Berks County, from a friend who lives up that way. When I heard about their strawberry festival, I decided to drive up. This farm is waaaaaay off the beaten path. The drive is gorgeous, just farm after farm. Unfortunately I got there just as they were [...]
Located in Landsdowne, Delaware County, Harvest Local Foods is a delivery service for fresh, locally grown organic groceries. Owned by two women “with a passion for food that is grown with care for the land, the animals, the workers, and the people who eventually eat the food,” this buying club/food delivery service offers “organically-grown or [...]
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 [...]
Anchor Run Farm CSA is located in Wrightstown, Bucks County. We joined Anchor Run Farm CSA last year and we loved it. This is our loot from the first week (missing from the pic is okra, cherry tomatoes and soybeans). This is our first watermelon from the coop, and it’s yummy! You pay for either [...]
Glenside Farmers Market is located in, you guessed it, Glenside, Montgomery County. It’s farmers market and pick your own fruit season here in the Philadelphia area, and I’m so thrilled! It’s also vegetable gardening season and we’re well on our way to a great one here at our house. If you’re not into getting your [...]
A friend turned me on to Willow Creek Orchards in Collegeville, Montgomery County, for organic strawberry picking. I drove out to see what it was about and was delighted to discover a gorgeous farm store that was spacious and welcoming. The strawberries take center stage — tables of them grace the tables in the middle [...]
I lived here four years before I stopped into Seven Stars Farm in Phoenixville, Chester County. I had driven past it hundreds of times, and I noticed a small OPEN sign on the door of the main building, but I never took the time to find out what it was about until last fall, when [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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