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Farm Fall Events 2020

*All information is what was available at the time of publishing. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, please confirm any information before heading out the door. The temperatures are falling. The leaves are changing. It’s time for warm drinks, cozy sweaters and pumpkin everything! Some may be worried that the pandemic has squashed (pun intended) the…

Sponsorship Opportunity for Fresh Fest Digi Fest

Dear Farm to Table friends: Please join us in sponsoring Fresh Fest Digi Fest on Saturday, August 8! This is Fresh Fest’s 3rd annual event – Pittsburgh’s Black beer fest that celebrates both Black culture and craft beer. “Fresh Fest Beer Fest,” is America’s first Black beer festival. This year is year 3 for the…

Summer Organic Gardening Series with Doug Oster

Farmers Markets 2020

Farmers markets are happening this summer and they’re beginning to open now! Markets are adopting new measures to make sure everyone stays safe. They’ll look a little different this year with social distancing practices in place. The open air atmosphere is a nice place to shop and of course connect to your local farms. Check…

FARMLAND AVAILABLE Through Western Pennsylvania Conservancy’s Farmland Access Initiative

Summer 2020 CSAs

It’s time to subscribe to a Summer 2020 CSA! Despite the shortages at national retail chains, there’s plenty of local food and now is the time of year to ensure your share of the harvest for the Summer growing season. Direct-to-consumer sales tools like CSAs have been around for a long time. With consumers’ new…

“No squeezing the tomatoes, but the region’s farmers markets are almost ready to come back”

In a recent Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article Bob Batz, Jr reports on local farmers markets openings and changes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of the region’s farmers are doing that and very quickly, agree experts such as Erin Hagan, who runs Farm to Table, a resource for local food in Western Pennsylvania.

The Quarantine Buy Fresh Buy Local Film Series – Farmageddon

“Good food production should be aesthetically and aromatically sensually romantic!!” Joel Salatin For Virginia livestock farmer Joel Salatin, farming isn’t just a means of producing food and making a living, it’s a way to connect to your food that is an inherent part of the human experience. Salatin raises the animals on his farm using…

Weekly COVID-19 Lunchtime Forum with PASA

Thursdays starting April 23 • 12–1 p.m. • Webinar For the next several weeks, we’re hosting virtual forums for farmers and markets as we work together to adapt our operations and business plans during the pandemic. These lunchtime, one-hour forums will focus on a different theme each week while still leaving time for general updates…