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Montgomery County

in Glenside, The Glenside Farmer's Market is held at the Glenside SEPTA train station Saturdays 9a-1pm, May-Nov.
Offering: maple syrup, local honey, fresh free range eggs, local fruit and vegetables, grass-fed beef, various cheeses, jams and jellies to name a few.
Contact: Jesse Howe / Everich Honey Farm, PO Box 31, Cedars PA 19423 / everichfarms@yahoo.com / 215-565-6422

in Elkins Park, the Creekside Co-op - Co-operative member-owned full service food market with over 1200 members. Also has Farmers Market.
Location: 7909 High School Rd, Elkins Park PA

in Elkins Park, Streamside Farm urban agricaulture project at the Elkins Estate offering on-the-farm sales Tue-Sat 8am-8pm and also sell produce at the Creekside Farmer's market on Sun 10-2

in Elkins Park, the CSA through Tuv Ha'Aretz - The Hazon CSA Project at Kol Ami
Location: 8201 High School Road, Elkins Park PA
Contact: csa@kolami.info | Robin Rifkin, Mark Kaplan, Shelley Chamberlain

in Glenside, Peas in a Pod - shop selling fresh farm produce -
Location: 80 S Keswick Ave, Glenside, PA 19038
Contact: (215) 887-2719

in Jenkintown, the Jenkintown Farmer's Market / Wednesdays in the gazebo at the Town Square / May-Nov 1-6pm
Contact: manager@FarmersMarketOnline.com

in Jenkintown, the Whole Foods Market - carries some local veggies, Lancaster County chicken & more

in Bryn Athyn, the Bryn Athyn Organic Produce Co-op - Wednesdays 4-6 pm
Location: 600 Tomlinson Rd, Bryn Athyn

in LaMott, the LaMott Community Garden - Note that produce grown here is just for the member families and not for sale.
Contact: Diane Williams, Vern Palmer /
Location: Willow & Sycamore Ave in Cheltenham, PA

in Wyncote, the Robinson Park Community Garden - Note that produce grown here is just for the member families and not for sale.
Contact: Rory Cohen or Nathan Kleinman

in Ambler, the Ambler Farm
Contact: info@fairfieldgreenfoodguide.com

in Ambler, the Ambler Farmer's Market - Thu 3-7 May-Oct
Location: Lindenwold Ave near Coneheads, Ambler PA

Montgomery County Community College Farmer's Market, College Hall Cafeteria / Thu 8-130 until end-Oct / produce fresh from w/in 50 miles

in Plymouth Meeting, Maple Acres Farm - open 7 days Mar-Dec 8a-8p / three days Jan-Mar
Location: 22656 Narcissa Road, Plymouth Meeting, PA 19426, behind Plymouth Meeting Mall
Contact: (610) 828-7395 | info@mapleacresfarmmarket.com
Offering: corn, tomatoes, vegetables, flowers, free-range hormone-free chicken and fresh eggs, Merrymead Farms milk, dairy products BST hormone-free and locally produced in Lancaster. They raise hormone-free cows & pigs and keep a selection of meat products for purchase. Also available: animal feed, Christmas trees, farm market, florist, garden center, livestock, meat products, lawn & garden supplies, various apple butter, dairy products, baked goods, fruits, alfalfa, straw, beef, lamb, pork, poultry, sausage.

in Harleysville, Deep Springs Farm - grass-based poultry farm in Montgomery county currently selling pasture-raised meat chickens and eggs from pastured chickens.
Location: 443 Stover Rd, Harleysville PA 19438
Contact: Andrew Knechel

Bucks County Farm Fresh - Based in Doylestown, products delivered right to your door. Most items come from Bucks County. A combination of CSA & farmer's market (consider it a 'travelling' farmers market), required to purchase 1 of 4 packages. Meat (beef, chicken, pork - all pasture raised from Kintnersville of Lehigh County), milk, bread, fruits, vegetable, ice cream, local soda, flowers
Contact: Mike Kemmer | mike@BucksCountyFarmFresh.com

Farm to City - See website for a wealth of resources available in Montgomery County
Contact: info@farmtocity.org

Winter Harvest - A buying club with 25 pickup locations in Philadelphia, Montgomery and Delaware Counties. Items from farms in Lancaster, Berks, Chester, and other local counties in PA & NJ. It operates Nov-Apr, when most farmers markets and CSAs are closed for the season.
Contact: 215-733-9599

Local wheat & flour - http://www.daisyflour.com/buy-now/buy-at-local-resellers.html or on-line http://mcgearyorganics.com/store.html

Philadelphia

Horsham - CSA at Pennypack Farm & Education Center - 320 member CSA
Offering: Have 320 members and a 200 person wait-list for a Veggies-only CSA share. CSA member must be also a member of the Center, which is a charitable, nonprofit educational organization dedicated to increasing public understanding of the health, economic, ecological and social issues involved in sustainable local food systems. On the farm, wild foods grow side-by-side with food crops, berries, greens, medicinal herbs, and seeds.
Location: 685 Mann Road Horsham, PA 19044
Contact: 215-646-3943
Northeast Phila - Fox Chase Farm
Location: 8500 Pine Road Phila PA 19111
Contact: 215-728-5008 | (215) 728-7900
Lansdale Farmer's Market
Hours: Sat 9-1 Jun-Nov
Contact: info@lansdalefarmersmarket.org
Weavers Way Co-op in Chestnut Hill | Mt Airy | Ogontz - Member owned food co-op
Offering: Don't need to be member, but membership has benefits. Our store in Chestnut Hill offers an expanded bulk section, a vast selection of prepared foods, and more organic products. Our Mt. Airy store has a large non-foods department on the second floor and, just across the street, an entire store filled with Northwest Philadelphia’s largest selection of natural pet foods and supplies. Our Ogontz store offers many of the great products you will find in our other stores, plus made-to-order smoothies and a superfast checkout that will get you on your way in a hurry.
Contact: 215-843-2350 | contact@weaversway.coop
Awbury Arboretum - Weaver's Way Farm has a plot here. See a video here.
Reading Terminal Market - Carries many local foods
Location: 12th & Market, Philadelphia PA
Fair Foods Philly lists farmers markets, farmstands and CSAs in Philadelphia
Roxborough / CSA Henry Got Crops CSA
Contact: henrygotcrops@weaversway.coop
South Phila / Pumpkin Market / restaurant & market
Contact: 215-545-3924
Location: 1610 South Street Philadelphia, PA 19146
White Dog Cafe Foundation - home of Fair Food Farmstand & Local Food Philly
Contact: 215-386-5211 | info@whitedog.com
Roxborough / Urban Girls Produce at Schuylkill Center / 2 acres - the largest urban farm in Philadelphia, a profit-sharing farming collective, grows a variety of fruits and vegetables in an organic, sustainable, and earth-friendly manner. Produce sold at corner of Port Royal Ave and Hagys Mill Rd.
Location: 8480 Hagys Mill Rd, Philadelphia, PA 19128
The Culinary Center at the Enterprise Center Community Development Corporation
Location: 4548 Market St, Philadelphia, PA 19139
Contact: 215-895-4075 | Greg Heller, Managing Director | gheller@theenterprisecentercdc.org
Farm to City - acilitates partnerships with CSAs, manages buying clubs, and farmers markets in Philadelphia surrounding counties
Location: 1315 Walnut Street, Suite 1325, Philadelphia, PA 19107
Contact: 215-733-9599 | info@farmtocity.org
Common Market Philadelphia - a non-profit striving to bring fresh food from local farms. Primarily focuses on hospitals, universities & schools.
Contact: 215-275-3435
The Food Trust - manages over 30 farmers markets in Philadelphia and nearby with a special food bucks program for discounts. Also has school programs centered on healthy foods, works on legislation for good policies and works on getting healthy foods to corner stores and supermarkets.
Contact: 215-575-0444 | contact@thefoodtrust.org
Seeds for Learning program at Martin Luther King High School, managed by Foundations Inc
Location: 6100 Stenton Ave Philadelphia PA 19138
Contact: Chris Bolden-Newsome | cbolden@foundationsinc.org | 215-424-5810
Fox Chase Farms - Educational farm, also has maple sugaring program
Location: 8500 Pine Road Philadelphia, PA 19111
Contact: 215-728-7900
Greensgrow Farm / Urban farming and educational programs
Location: 2501 E Cumberland Street Philadelphia PA 19125
Contact: 215-437-2702 | farm@greensgrow.org
Mariposa Co-operative
Location: 4726 Baltimore Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19143
Contact: 215-729-2121 | mariposa@mariposa.coop
Mill Creek Farm - See video about Mill Creek Farm.
Contact: millcreekfarm@resist.ca
or at: http://vimeo.com/20617262
Neighborhood Garden Association - A Philadelphia Land Trust - holds title to 29 gardens on behalf of the community / from 3.7 acres to single house lots / vegetable and flower gardens as well as sitting parks, maintained by the local community residents
Contact: 215-988-8797 | nga-staff@ngalandtrust.org
Penn State Extension of Philadelphia County / PSU Outreach /
Contact: 215-471-2200 | PhiladelphiaExt@psu.edu
Southeast PA Buy Fresh Buy Local campaign - lists 84 farmers markets, 193 farms, 95 restaurants & caterers, 44 retail stores, 12 wineries & breweries all in Southeast PA
Teens 4 Good Urban Farms - Cleaning vacant spaces to replace with small farming plots and teaching children about farms and about running a business. Part of the Federation of Neighborhood Centers
Contact: Jamie McKnight, Director | 215 989-3566 ext 1108 | jamiem@federationnc.org
Philadelphia Orchard Project -with some 40,000 vacant lots and the highest poverty rate among big cities in America, the low-wealth neighborhoods where POP plants are of great value. Orchards and community vegetable gardens offer neighborhoods the most direct access to healthy food, and build people’s capacity to feed their families and neighbors.
Contact: Phil Forsyth | 215-724-1247 | phil@phillyorchards.org
Philadelphia Urban Farm Network - A listserv by & for those in the local urban farming scene
Urban Nutrition Initiative - teaching children nutrition principles & wellness
Location: 3451 Walnut Street, Suite P-117A Philadelphia, PA 19104
Contact: 215-898-1600
Urban Tree Connection - transforming vacant lots to gardens & greenery
Location: 5125 Woodbine Ave Philadelphia, PA 19131
Contact: 215-877-7203 | info@urbantreeconnection.org
Philabundance - works to end hunger and malnutrition in the Delaware Valley by acquiring food and distributing it through organizations serving people in need.
Location: 3616 South Galloway St, Philadelphia, PA 19148
Contact: 215-339-0300
SHARE Food Program - Non-profit organization serving a regional network of community organizations engaged in food distribution, education, and advocacy. SHARE promotes healthy living by providing affordable wholesome food to those willing to contribute through volunteerism.
Location: 2901 W Hunting Park Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19129
Contact: (215) 223-2220 | http://sharefood.us/contact-II.htm
Winter Harvest - A buying club with 25 pickup locations in Philadelphia, Montgomery and Delaware Counties. Items from farmers in Lancaster, Berks, Chester, and other local counties in PA & NJ. It operates Nov-Apr, when most farmers markets and CSAs are closed for the season.
Contact: 215-733-9599 | info@farmtocity.org
Local Wheat/Four - http://www.daisyflour.com/buy-now/buy-at-local-resellers.html or on-line http://mcgearyorganics.com/store.html

Bucks County

Great list of Bucks County farms
Bucks County Foodshed Alliance - farmers, educators, landowners, educators, environmentalists and consumers join to support sustainable practices
Contact: Robin Hoy | Ecorobinhood@comcast.net | 215.860.7081
Location: 1048 Worthington Mill Road Newtown, PA 18940
Slowfoods Bucks Co - A movement away from fast food & back to slow
Contact: BucksSF@gmail.com
in Doylestown, Penn State Cooperative Extension for Bucks County - contact for information
Location: Neshaminy Manor Center, 1282 Almshouse Rd, Doylestown PA 18901
in Newtown, Active Acres Farm
Offering: hay & straw, strawberries, peaches, sweet corn, tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, squash, cucumbers, melons, onions, cornstalks, ornamental corn, mums, gourds, rides to the pumpkin patch, barnyard animals, educational school tours, Sleepy Hollow Haunted Hayride, pick your own orchard & xmas trees
Contact: William & Karl Gunser | 215-968-2192
Location: 881 Highland Road, Newtown PA 18940
in Yardley, Lower Makefield Farmer's market (?)
in Newtown, Ely Farm Products
in Telford, Hendricks Farms & Dairy - a small, family operated farm. We are a grass-fed, mule-powered, raw-milk dairy & beef farm, dedicated to improving and preserving our natural resources while producing nutrient dense, life sustaining food for our family and yours. Our pastures produce raw milk, award winning cheeses, as well as fresh & cured meats. We are honored by the loyal support of our greater farm family. Feeding you well is our priority. Please stop by and visit!
in Horsham, Pennypack Farm CSA - Must be a member for the season - have wait list - charitable, nonprofit educational organization dedicated to increasing public understanding of the health, economic, ecological and social issues involved in sustainable local food systems.
Offering: Vegetable-only CSA share
Location: 685 Mann Rd, Horsham, PA 19044
Contact: Andy Andrews | 215-646-3943 | pennypackfarm@gmail.com
in Lansdale, Overbrook Herb Farm
Offering: chemical-free produce & herbs with deliveries on Thu to Center City, Fairmount, Lafayette Hills, Chestnut Hill, West Philly, Bala Cynwyd, Lansdale. Open to expanding route, mostly in Philadelphia and Northwest suburbs.
Location: 2213 Bethel Road, Lansdale, PA 19446 (Montgomery Co.)
Contact: Paul Tsakos | 215.699.7628
in Doylestown, The Market at Delaware Valley College - Open 8a-8p 7 days a week, year round
Offering: Arboretum garden school and products such as bakery, fruits, vegetables, student-grown and prepared, meat, dairy, baked goods. Even pick-your-own & farm tours
Contact: themarkey@delvalcol.edu
Location: 2100 Lower State Rd, Doylestown PA 18901
Contact: Richard Mancini
in Buckingham, None Such Farms - open 8a-6p
Offering: fresh fruits, conventional & organic produce, dairy items, beef (our own Angus), chicken, pork, veal & duck, baked goods, maple syrup, honey, jams, jellies, flowers, plants & perennials. The beef is hormone and steroid free, grass and grain-fed and raised on the property right across from Nonesuch. The pork comes from ILLGs meats and the chicken comes from Grosses in Perkasie. Have not checked out these two places to see what the status of their processing and raising practices are. If you find out please let us know.
Location: 4458 York Rd, Buckingham, PA 18912
Contact: (215) 794-5201
in Ottsville, the Ottsville farmer's market
in Prospectville, the Kohler Farm - Fruits, veggies, plants
Location: 1262 Limekiln Pike, Prospectville, PA 19002
Contact: (215) 646-4941 Sun 10-6 Mon-Sat 10-7
in Blooming Glenn, Tussock Sedge Farm
Offering: orders can be placed from the website for frozen beef in 15 lb or 35 lb variety packs, quarters or sides. Have not investigated the farming practices please investigate those for and report back. Thanks!
Location: 1239 Rte 113, Box 59, Blooming Glenn, PA 18911

Chester County

PASA (Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture) in Exton - connecting & supporting farms, farmers markets, local foods, annual 'Farming for our Future' conference, Food Alliance certification which ensures safe and fair working conditions, humane treatment of animals, and careful stewardship of ecosystems.
Location: Southeast Regional Office | 737 Constitution Avenue Exton, PA 19341
Contact: Marilyn Anthony | marilyn@pasafarming.org | 610-458-5700

Lancaster County

in Lancaster, Lancaster Farm Fresh Cooperative
in Lancaster, Green Meadows Farm
in Creamery, Penn State agricultural extension service - for info

Berks County

in Douglassville, Fox Hollow Farm
in Oley, Two Gander Farm
in Allentown, the Fairground Farmers Market

MORE SUPER RESOURCES

GRiD magazine
Fair Food Philly
Local Food Philly
Eastern Pennsylvania Permaculture Guild
WHYY's Mike McGrath's You Bet Your Garden show
Philly Compost | Pick up your compostable food waste, or deliver finished compost to you
Location: 7102 Germantown Ave, Philadelphia PA 19119
Contact: mlmeinicke@phillycompost.com | 215-703-SOIL (7645)
Wildman Steve Brill - will lead one of his world-famous foraging tours
Contact: wildman@wildmanstevebrill.com | (914) 835-2153
SPIN Farming or how to farm on under an acre
Contact: Roxanne Christensen, President | Institute for Innovations in Local Farming | rchristensen@infocommercegroup.com

FOOD ISSUES for discussion

Permaculture - getting everything to work together - and including edibles in your gardens
Pesticides & Organic Farming - What's the difference between organic & non organic? Do pesticides wash off? What about rivers?
Genetically Modified Foods - can we tell which foods are and are not?
Food Security - How will we get our food in the future? Transportation costs?
Responsible Land Use - setting land aside for emergency use
Tap water vs. bottled water

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