Bucks County Taste

At the Farmers’ Forum at Delaware Vly College. Great turn-out of farmers, chefs, producers and regular folks. Powerful meeting hearing what farmers like about Bucks County, and their challenges – and what the future may hold for our local food supply. I’ll write something up in more detail in the next few weeks (I want to [...]

Read Full Post »

The first steps in making delicious maple syrup at Tintinhull Farm in Tinicum Township, Bucks County. Photos taken yesterday by Kathleen Connally. See more on her photoblog, A Walk Through Durham Township, Pennsylvania.

 
Look for Bucks County Taste on Facebook and Twitter!

Read Full Post »

It seems such a simple thing. Here we are in the midst of beautiful, rich farmland, where local farmers are growing delicious vegetables and fruits, raising healthy, tasty livestock and producing cheese, honey and other delicacies. So why don’t we see more of this food on local restaurant tables? The answer is simple … yet [...]

Read Full Post »

There’s a new market in town!
The Stockton Market happens every weekend and includes many of the vendors you’ve come to know and love at area farmers’ markets. The difference? A cozy indoor venue.

As soon as we walked in last Sunday, from a sunny but cold day, The Coffee Scoop’s coffee urns welcomed us with their [...]

Read Full Post »

I’ll admit it. I’m still a bit of a novice when it comes to sustainable agriculture and concepts like “foodshed.” But I’m learning, and Bucks County is a great school.
I’ve also never been one to take a hard stand. Oh, I have my opinions, but I also see a lot of gray area as well. [...]

Read Full Post »

Here’s a great post from Grow Indie on how to store apples for the winter. There are still plenty of locally grown apples available at Manoff Market Garden and Solebury Orchards. 
Amy Manoff suggests keeping the apples as cold as possible without freezing. Manoff’s has 3 varieties left for sale – Fuji, Pink Lady and Gold Rush – [...]

Read Full Post »

I really liked this intelligent and thoughtful piece by Russ Parsons in the LA Times today on the continuing public discussion of where our food comes from, who produces it and how both “sides” can succeed. Here are a few excerpts. For the full article, click here.
One of the more pleasing developments of the last [...]

Read Full Post »

Mark suggested we each do a “My Favorite Posts of 2009″ piece. Why not? Everyone else does a summary at year end. And since it coincides pretty closely with our first full year publishing Bucks County Taste, it also felt right.
So I started skimming over our articles, month-by-month, starting back in November 2008. Hmmn. Like [...]

Read Full Post »

Interested in sourcing your holiday gifts locally too this year? Check out two events this week that aim to help you do just that.
This Wednesday, December 2nd, the Bucks County Foodshed Alliance is sponsoring their 1st Annual Local Farms Holiday Event. Over sixteen farmers and producers from the Wrightstown, New Hope and Lower Makefield Farmers’ Markets [...]

Read Full Post »

by guest blogger Susan Sprague Yeske
Just about everyone knows somebody who has lost a job as the national recession grinds on, and may know someone who is having trouble paying the bills.
The most basic of all needs is the need to eat, and that’s what will bring together a team of 100 volunteers and 30,000 [...]

Read Full Post »