Happy Monday, folks!

Just a local/regional food update here. This past Sunday at the Philadelphia Convention Center was the first ever Philly Farm and Food Fest. Over a hundred exhibitors came together to showcase their local foods, farms, products, and food-related services. The event was sponsored by Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture (PASA, which we are a member farm) and Fair Food Philly.

Here is an article summing up the event at philly.com: http://www.philly.com/philly/food/20120402_Farm_and_Food_Fest_highlights_local_producers.html

Many of our regions farmers were there with cheeses, produce, honey, soaps, apples, cookies, hummus, ice cream, jams, breads, seedlings and seeds, locally grown and milled flours, and much more.  Not only did we get to sample foods and meet many wonderful people, we were also able to take some classes/seminars.  I attended two: an intro to beekeeping, and a second on the importance of seed saving.  Both were very educational, entertaining, and led by great speakers.

Hopefully this will be an annual event to celebrate and sample our growing local food movement here in eastern PA.