We've partnered with the Pittsburgh Home & Garden Show!
Farm to Table Buy Local joined the Pittsburgh Home & Garden Show to support and promote the region’s locally grown and produced food and beverages. Exhibitors sampled and sold products, and the Farm to Table Buy Local stages included health & wellness speakers, cooking demonstrations, gardening/farming education, and kids activities.
We continue to celebrate the connections that are made by supporting local farms, food producers, wineries, distilleries, and breweries by featuring local food vendors and curating events to showcase them. Buying local is fun, educational, and enriching!
Learn more: Pittsburgh Home & Garden Show
Buy Fresh Buy Local Stage Speaker Schedule:
March 3, 2023
11:00 am: Jazmyn Rudolph – Manchester Academic Charter School – Student Led Presentation: Vermicomposting: Worms at Home? AND Hydrophonic Heros: No Soil? No Problem!
12:00 pm: Shelby Zakrezwski – Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture: Spotted Lanternfly in Pennsylvania
1:00 pm: Vickie Baker – Maple Bottom Farm: Around the Farmhouse Table – Bringing Together Farmers, Food, Forks, Flowers and Fun
2:oo pm: Doug Oster – Planning Now for Your Best Garden Ever
3:00 pm: Carlos Thomas – Feed the Hood
4:00 pm: David Bennett – Cheese Expert: Western Pennsylvania Cheeses
6:00 pm: Doug Oster – Growing Tomatoes, How to Keep Them Healthy
March 4, 2023
1:00 pm: Gene Ribnicky -Vecenie Distributing Company: Troegs Independent Brewing: From Field to Fermenter
2:oo pm: Doug Oster and Emily Stein – Recycling, Rain Barrels & Composting with Pennsylvania Resource Council
3:00 pm: Jan Woods – Hurry Hill Farm: Pure Pennsylvania Maple Syrup: A Natural Sweetener and a Smart Food Choice!
4:00 pm: Jazmyn Rudolph – What’s Growing Pittsburgh, LLC: Sprouting Your Scraps: Featuring Garlic. How to Grow Your Old Sprouting Foods at Home
6:00 pm: Doug Oster – Gardening for Kids, How to Grow at School and Home
March 5, 2023
11:00 am: Noah Petronic – Hazy Daze Hops: Specialty Crops: Growing Hops & Specialty Fruit Crops in Pennsylvania
12:oo pm: Homestead Phil – Rent the Chicken: Health benefits of Chickens: Lyme Disease: Chickens Can Eat Up to 80 Ticks an Hour
1:00 pm: James Douglas – Hucklebee Farms: Honey is Not Just for Tea
2:00 pm: Doug Oster – Gardening for Kids, How to Grow at School and Home
3:00 pm: Christina Huth Brodland – Monarch Meadow: A First Year Flower Farmer
4:00 pm: Daniel Holoubek – Brother Monk Ciderworks: Specialty Crops: Quince
March 6, 2023
6:00 pm: Doug Oster – Early Planting Secrets
March 7, 2023
6:00 pm: Doug Oster – Growing Tomatoes, How to Keep them Healthy
March 8, 2023
6:00 pm: Doug Oster – Planning Now for Your Best Garden Ever
7:00 pm: Daniel Holoubek – Brother Monk Ciderworks: Specialty Crops: Black Currant
March 9, 2023
6:00 pm: Doug Oster – Gardening for Kids, How to Grow at School and Home
7:00 pm: Amanda Balon – Big Maple Family Farm: Farm to Table: The Importance of Knowing Your Local Farmer
March 10, 2023
1:00 pm: Homestead Phil – Rent the Chicken: Health Benefits of Eggs
2:00 pm: Doug Oster – Growing Tomatoes, How to Keep Them Healthy
3:00 pm: Daniel Holoubek – Brother Monk Ciderworks: Specialty Crops: Keiffer Pear
4:00 pm: Daniel Holoubek – Brother Monk Ciderworks: Black Currant
5:00 pm: Teddi – Birch Creek Farmery: What it Means to Support Local
6:00 pm: Doug Oster – Early Planting Secrets
March 11, 2023
11:00 am: Elliott Lengel – Lengel Brothers Farm: Growing for a Healthier You. With a CSA
12:00 pm: Amy Shields – Allegheny Hardwoods Utilization Group: Wood is Good-How Choosing Real American Hardwood Products Can (Home Grown in Pennsylvania) Can Improve Your Building Project, Your Well Being, Your Local Economy and Your Environment
1:00 pm: Jill Segraves & Brittany Burch – Flannel Roots Farm: Mushroom Cooking & Preservation 101
2:00 pm: Doug Oster – Gardening for Kids, How to Grow at School and Home
3:00 pm: Jackie Kennedy – Jackie Kennedy Catering: Cooking Demo with Honey
3:00 pm: Raqueeb Ajamu-Osagboro – Black Urban Gardeners & Farmers of Pittsburgh: Cooking Demo with Honey
4:00 pm: Don Kremer – MI-Grow: Rise of Vertical Farms: Fresh, Local Food, Year-Round
5:00 pm: Rob Kruljac – Davey Tree: Trees: Planting Secrets & Pruning Demo
6:00 pm: Doug Oster – Planning Now for Your Best Garden Ever
March 12, 2023
12:00 pm: Daniel Holoubek – Brother Monk Ciderworks: Specialty Crops: Paw Paw
1:00 pm: Janeen Beard C-NFP, Certified Holistic Nutritionist: “Let Food Be Thy Medicine.” -Hippocrates
2:00 pm: Doug Oster: Early Planting Secrets
3:00 pm: Sarah Enis – Western & Southern Life: Keeping it in the Family: Succession Planning for Family Farms
Stop by daily for the Western PA Local Food Guide!
Teacher/Child care professional & students free registration:
SNAP/WIC/Medicaid clients free registration:
2023 Farm to Table Expo Vendors:
- 11th Hour – Craft Beer
- 5 Generations Bakers – Jenny Lee Swirl Bread
- Agway – Feed Supplier
- Anar Gourmet Foods – Indian Spice Mixes
- Baked True North – Packaged Baked Items
- BBQ Stus – Variety of BBQ Sauces
- Blackberry Meadows Farm – Frozen Pork Sampler Boxes
- Brother Monk Ciderworks – Hard Cider
- Cherish Creamery – Goat Cheese, Cheese Curds, & Yogurt
- Cherry Valley Organics – Dried Herbs, Herbal Teas
- Country Hammer Moonshine – Moonshine
- Coyne Family Farm – Beef, Pork, Chicken
- Farm to Table Buy Local with Dream Thyme Farm Visiting Vendor – Visiting Vendor
- Footprints Farm – Pastured Meat, Chorizo, Sub Boxes, & Snack Sticks
- Forevergreen Family Farm – Dehydrated Healthy Soup Mixes
- Harvie Farm – Grocery Delivery Service Featuring Locally Produced & Sustainably Sourced Products
- Huckle Bee Farms – Variety of Honey
- Inside Out Cookie Company – Cookie Brownie Hybrid Made from Locally Sourced Ingredients
- Keystone Cultures – Kombucha & Water Kefir
- Kingview Mead – Mead
- Kizzle – Spices Grown in the Middle-Belt Region of Nigeria
- Lemmon Brothers – Maple Syrup
- Quantum Spirits – Variety of Spirits
- Rent the Chicken – Hatching Baby Chicks
- Sundreams Farm-Mushroom Growing Kits
- Sunny Slope Farm – Variety of Jarred Products
- The Creamery at Pleasant Lane Farms – Variety of Cheeses
- The Kefir Chicks – Water Kefir, Beet Kvass, Jun, Coconut Water Kefir
- The Olive Tap – Olive Oils
- Uncle Jammy's – Sauces & Rubs
Interested in partnering with Farm to Table Buy Local?
Learn more about Farm to Table Buy Local sponsorship opportunities, kids activities, community and urban gardens, food resources, local food guide ads, and more.
Some interesting stats about the 350,000 consumers who attended the Pittsburgh Home & Garden Show:
- 89% spend $500+/week on food products
- 76% are “serious about cooking”
- 93% want to sample “new” food products
- 71% cook 6 or more “real” meals per week
For more information, contact Erin Hart at erin@farmtotable.com
