14th Farm to Table Expo at the Home & Garden Show
March 6-15, 2020
at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, downtown Pittsburgh, PA
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Speakers, Demonstrations, & Events
| Friday, March 6th | |||
| 11:00am | Recipes for Success for Food Entrepreneurs | Josephine Caminos Oría | La Dorita Cooks |
| 12:00pm | Allegheny County’s First Food Action Plan to Address Barriers to Buy Fresh, Local, and Equitable Food | Qiyam Ansar | Pittsburgh Food Policy Council |
| 1:00pm | What You Should Know About Soil Health on Farms | Dan Dalton | Pasa Sustainable Agriculture |
| 2:00pm | How to Develop Your Urban Edible Garden | Elena Kessler | Home Urban Gardener |
| 3:00pm | Plant Centered Diet: What it is and How Can it Work for You? | Sarah Kaminski | The Veg Out Project |
| 4:00pm | Local Food Resources in Western PA | Erin Hart | Farm to Table Western PA/ Buy Fresh Buy Local |
| 5:00pm | Tea Mocktails | Diana Stoughton | Gryphon's Teas |
| 6:00pm | KIDS ACTIVITY: Cow Milking Contest | John Barkley, Christy Hodge and Kelsey Rush-Walko | Marburger Dairy |
| 7:00pm | LIVE MUSIC: Casual Hobos & Sampling from Farm to Table Local Food Expo vendors | ||
| Saturday, March 7th | |||
| 11:00am | HANDS ON: Make Your Own Culinary Herbal Mixes | Claire Orner | Quiet Creek Herb Farm & School of Country Living |
| 12:00pm | What's in Your Potting Soil? Is it Sustainable? | Rich Hood | Summer Creek Farm |
| 1:00pm | How Do I Cook With Goat Cheese? | Paula Keswick | Cherish Creamery |
| 2:00pm | Meet & Greet Sankofa Village Community Leaders & Youth | Ayanna Jones | Sankofa Village Community Garden/Farms |
| 3:00pm | The Importance of Honey Bees to Pennsylvania's Agriculture, How Honey Bees Make Honey and the Challenges That Are Facing Honey Bees | Michelle Wright & Jim Fitzroy | Chapel Valley Honey & Fitzroy Apiary |
| 4:00pm | Healing with Fats | Cassandra Posey | Cognitive Function |
| 5:00pm | Growing in Recycled Paper | Ashley Mariani | PittMoss |
| 6:00pm | LIVE MUSIC: The Mackin Family & Sampling from Farm to Table Local Food Expo vendors | ||
| Sunday, March 8th | |||
| 11:00am | Sweets for the Sweet | Jackie Page-Heidelberg | Love Rocks Café |
| 12:00pm | Eat More Veggies: Plant Based Meals | Megan Shaffer | Don's Appliances |
| 1:00pm | Wine Pairing from A-D (Appetizers to Desserts) | Carlee Webb | Webb Winery |
| 2:00pm | Expanding the Table: Stroopies' Story of Making Stroopwafels to Provide Meaningful Employment to Resettled Refugee Women in Lancaster PA | Jennie Groff | Stroopie's Inc |
| 3:00pm | Cooking Authentic Indian Food Easily | Priya Osuri | Anar Gourmet Foods |
| 4:00pm | HANDS ON: Blending Your Own Herbal Teas | Claire Orner | Quiet Creek Herb Farm & School of Country Living |
| Monday, March 9th | |||
| 6:00pm-8:00pm | A Place at the Table | Movie Screening | |
| Tuesday, March 10th | |||
| 4:30-5:00 | The Soil Story | Movie Screening | |
| 5:00pm | PA Grown Hemp & CBD Products | Matthew Sinosky | Innovative Extracts, LLC |
| 6:30pm-8:00pm | Farmsteaders | Movie Screening | |
| Wednesday, March 11th | |||
| 4:30pm-5:00pm | Fair Food: Field to Table | Movie Screening | |
| 5:30pm-5:45pm | TED: Ron Finley, A guerilla gardener in South Central LA | Movie Screening | |
| 6:30pm-6:45pm | FOOD FIGHT: Bullies Poisoning the 'Hood Get Splattered | Movie Screening | |
| Thursday, March 12th | |||
| 4:30pm-6:00pm | Sustainable | Movie Screening | |
| 6:30pm-8:30pm | Farmaggedon | Movie Screening | |
| Friday, March 13th | |||
| 11:00am | Know Where Your Food Comes From: Meet Your Farmer | Simon Huntley | Harvie Farms |
| 1:00pm | Hyper-Local: Grow Your Own CSA! | Greg Boulos | Blackberry Meadows Farm |
| 3:00pm | Fermentation of Kraut & Kim Chi (hands on Demo) | Rusty Orner | Quiet Creek Herb Farm & School of Country Living |
| 4:00pm | Cooking With Tea | Diana Stoughton | Gryphon's Teas |
| 5:00pm | Local Food Resources in Western PA | Erin Hart | Farm to Table Western PA/ Buy Fresh Buy Local |
| 6:00pm | LIVE MUSIC: Casual Hobos & Sampling from Farm to Table Local Food Expo vendors | ||
| Saturday, March 14th | |||
| 12:00pm | Hundreds of Local Products in One Farm Market | Art King | Harvest Valley Farm Market & Bakery |
| 2:00pm | Co-ops: Your Destination for Real Local Food | Elly Helgen | East End Food Co-op |
| 4:00pm | Beef is a Health Food: Cooking Demo | Tara Liggett | Heaven Sent Farms and The Spring House Market |
| 6:00pm | Gourmet Mushrooms: Growing, Culinary Delights & Medicinal Uses | Rusty Orner | Quiet Creek Herb Farm & School of Country Living |
| 7:00pm | LIVE MUSIC: The Mackin Family & Sampling from Farm to Table Local Food Expo vendors | ||
| Sunday, March 15th | |||
| 11:00am | How Stress Management Can Ease You Into Making Better Food Choices | Debra Myers | Unwrappingstress.com |
| 12:00pm | Sweets for the Sweet | Jackie Page-Heidelberg | Love Rocks Café |
| 1:00pm | Powered by Paleo: Why Eating Fresh, Organic and Local Will Optimize Your Health & Nutrition | Angela Turo | Turo Family Chiropractic |
| 3:00pm | Small Local Farms in an Industrial Hemp & CBD Economy | Susanna Sieke | Champion Hemp Farm & CBD |
Each year we have a full schedule of local food experts, demonstrations, kids activities, and more. We will publish the schedule by February 2020. If you would like to receive updates you can follow our event on Facebook and sign up for our newsletter.
