Farm to Table Buy Local Blog

Calling all urban farmers across Pennsylvania and in Camden, NJ

From our friends at The Food Trust: The Food Trust is requesting applications for those seeking equipment, supplies and services to support your food-growing enterprises. With support from a USDA Farmers Market Promotion Program grant, The Food Trust is offering the opportunity to supply / support your urban farm with goods and services this spring…

Local Apple Orchards

Farm to Table means many things: Knowing where your food comes from; accessing fresh nutritional food; supporting local businesses; and last but not least, getting back to our roots. It’s apple season!  Time to visit your local apple orchard!  Whether you like purchasing local apples and apple products, or getting your hands dirty and picking…

PA Food Service Expo – Vendor Opportunity

EVENT DATES & TIMES: Monday, October 23, 2017 10:00am – 5:00pm Tuesday, October 24, 2017 10:00am – 4:00pm This two-day event will put you face to face with buyers and potential clients. LOCATION: David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Pittsburgh, PA The Pennsylvania Foodservice Expo is a business to business trade show for the food service…

Pittsburgh Pierogi Festival 2017

You think you know pierogies?  The delicious dumpling filled with pillowy potatoes, cheese, sauerkraut and other goodness!  What about a pierogie waffle topped with fried chicken?  Falafel pierogies?  Perhaps a pierogie dessert like The Masked Pierogie – a brown sugar potato cake filled with salted caramel topped with chocolate ganache, potato chip dust, swiss buttercream and…

Urgent! End of The Family Cow?

As part of our mission to connect consumers to local food producers to ensure food security and access to healthy food throughout our region, we need to stand together when it is in jeopardy.  Our friends at The Family Cow need our help! From our friends at the Family Cow: Please help! WE NEED YOU!…

Upcoming Farm to Table Events

We’ve been busy this summer partnering with great organizations and planning some exciting events. Please join us! 9/15-9/17: Mother Earth News Fair All Day Seven Springs Mountain Resort, Somerset County Stop by and see our display to learn more about local food resources! 9/16: Farm Aid 11am-5:30pm KeyBank Pavilion, Washington County Stop by and see…

PRESS RELEASE: 724 Food Rescue Launches at FarmAid

Pittsburgh, PA / September 5, 2017: Since the launch of 412 Food Rescue, nearly 2 million pounds of good food has been saved from going to waste in Allegheny County and instead distributed to communities in need. Now 412 Food Rescue is bringing these efforts to Beaver, Butler, Westmoreland, Fayette and Washington counties with the…

Upcoming Events and Vendor Opportunities

These cooler nights are reminding us that Fall is around the corner! We’ve stayed busy this Summer launching the region’s new business-to-business network – Farm to Table Connections of Western PA. We’re now promoting local food resources in Western PA on a year-round basis and not just when we plan our Harvest Tasting & Spring…

Recap and Photos: SW PA Local Food Shed Inaugural Event

Local Foods Potluck Dinner with 412 Food Rescue

Celebrate the season’s bounty at the Peters Township Public Library! Bring along a prepared potluck dish for 6-8 people made with homemade or locally-grown foods.  Share your recipe too! For this year’s free event, the library’s GO Green Club is partnering with Farm to Table Western PA, whose goal is to bridge the gap between…