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Posted in Farms on Aug 27th, 2010
Nice piece in the Intelligencer this morning on buying local eggs, and why it makes more sense than ever. Good quotes from Tom Colbaugh, owner of The Happy Farm (Kintersville), and Tim Rick, owner of Rick’s Egg Farm (Nockamixon). “It’s a lesson to be learned for the consumer: to try to buy as local as [...]
It’s September already?!? Okay, I said it and got it out of my system. Mind you, this weather is pleasantly like September but I don’t want to jinx it by prancing around shouting my glee – which is what I really feel like doing. Windows open, breezes, comfortable nights, sunny days. Like this weekend. Sunday [...]
Posted in Farms, Markets, Other Things About Food, Recipes on Aug 3rd, 2010
Remember this Seinfeld episode? Kramer: Well, they’re in… Jerry: What’s in? Kramer: The Macanaw peaches, Jerry! The Macanaw peaches! Jerry: Ah, right. The ones from Oregon that are only ripe for two weeks a year… Kramer: Yeah…I waited all year for this (bites the peach). Ooooh, this is fantastic…Makes your taste buds come alive…It’s like [...]
Posted in Farms, Restaurants on Jul 27th, 2010
If you’ve ever been to the Pineville Tavern in the summer months, you may have noticed – or even ordered – an appetizer called, “Freddie’s Tomatoes.” It is the quintessential summer dish. Fresh tomatoes, sliced thick, sprinkled with crumbled blue cheese and thin slices of red onion, and finished with a splash or two of [...]
It’s high time I did a weekly review of what is going on at the local farm markets. Many of the farmers’ markets have chef demos, music and activities for the whole family. See our earlier post of farmers’ markets in Bucks to find the one closest to you, or most convenient to your schedule. [...]
Posted in Events, Farms, Restaurants on Jul 6th, 2010
There’s been a trend over the past few years. A good one. It combines eating fresh, seasonal and local food with fine cooking in an al fresco environment, often on a farm, sometimes in a restaurant. These “farm-to-table” dinners are springing up everywhere and they are a delight. You get to enjoy fresh, well-prepared food [...]
Posted in Events, Farms, Restaurants on Jun 25th, 2010
I had an amazing day yesterday. I’m working on an article about grass-finished meat being raised here in Bucks County. The morning took me up to Springtown to interview Nevada Mease, who along with his father, Jeff, and mom, Cheyenne, raise grass-finished Black Angus cattle on their beautiful property, Meadow Brook Farm. Then it was [...]
Posted in Farms on Jun 18th, 2010
Nice article on buckshappening on picking your own berries and fruit at Penn Vermont Fruit Farm. Click here to read more: http://ow.ly/1qCa1W
Here’s a unique opportunity to help out a great local gardening cause while enjoying some terrific local food from the Bucks County foodshed. Slow Food Bucks County and Dish Catering of Frenchtown, NJ, are hosting a benefit on Friday, June 25th for the Neshaminy Manor Long Term Care Facility where a therapy garden is being sown this summer. [...]
Posted in Farms, Other Things About Food on Jun 2nd, 2010
A couple of weeks ago, I visited the Flint Hill Farm Agricultural Center in Coopersburg, PA. I had heard of the farm—mostly because it’s one of the few places locally producing goat cheese—but the farm is much more than that. Their motto is “Feeding the Spirit, Educating the Mind, Preserving the Community.” And they’re doing all they [...]
Eating outside, enjoying a beautiful summer evening with new friends, and then walking around a small, family farm, learning how they produce their bounty. Sounds good, no? Check it out. The Bucks County Foodshed Alliance, in lieu of their regular monthly meetings, “meets” at local farms once a month during the summer, hosting a potluck [...]
Posted in Farms on May 27th, 2010
This weekend is the “official” opening of summer barbecue season and it’s high time I did a post on where you can find locally-raised, locally-butchered good meat. This is a quickie post, meaning I just want to get it up in time for Memorial Day Weekend. I’ll add more details in the future (ain’t the [...]
Posted in Farms on May 26th, 2010
Okay, so you let things slide. You meant to join one of those community-supported-whatever farms. And now that gorgeous local produce is literally starting to pop-up, it’s too late. All the shares are sold. Not so! Open Acres, Bucks County’s newest CSA (community-supported-agriculture) farm, still has shares available. This is your chance to get local, [...]
Posted in Farms on May 19th, 2010
Thanks to the Slacks, at The Center Farm in Forest Grove, PA, for the vegetables.
Posted in Farms, Other Things About Food on May 19th, 2010
If you are regular reader of my blog, you must know by now that I am fascinated to learn how things work – whether it’s how we get our food or how someone does their job (I am a “recovering” organizational psychologist – my previous profession). So when I saw this post from The Happy [...]
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