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Warren Farmers' Market

Buy Fresh!  Buy Local!  Support the Farmers Market

Warren Farmers' Market Vendors

For more farm market listings see: Warren County Farm Market Directory

U-Pick Farms

More "Local Food" Resources and Recipes

 
bullet Why Buy Local?
bulletBuy Fresh Buy Local  - Western Pennsylvania Local Food Guide.
bulletAre you ready for the 100 Mile Diet Challenge?
bullet 10 Reasons to Eat Local (File size: 65 Kb, a PDF ® document from Eatlocalchallenge.com)
 

The Warren Farmers' Market is closed for the season.
The market is a member of GRO-Warren and PASA (Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture).  Visit PASA's Buy Fresh Buy Local site for more local food sources.

What: Fruit, vegetables, baked goods, plants, herbs, honey, flowers, eggs, maple syrup, jelly, jam, candy, salsa, and a variety of meats and meat products. 
When:
The Warren Farmers' Market is open Saturday mornings, 8 a.m. until noon, from the middle of July through the end of October.
Where:
It is located on the Second Ave side of the city parking lot, behind the Conewango Club, in downtown Warren, PA.
WHO:  Warren Farmers' Market Vendors

Coleen Christy GMAC is the proud sponsor of the Warren Farmers' Market.

"Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food" Project Launches Website
Know Your FarmerThe U.S. Department of Agriculture launched a new website for the "Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food" initiative. In response to the ongoing national conversation about developing local and regional food systems, the website was formed to support small and mid-sized farms. The new website is a USDA-wide effort to create new economic opportunities by better connecting consumers with local producers. Visit the Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food website.

Tips for Canning & Freezing
Resources recommended by Phyllis Wright at her "Tips for Canning & Freezing for One or Two" workshop on August 1st.

National Center for Home Food Preservation
FreshPreserving.com -
the Ball website

Home Food Preservation: Resources for Safe Food Preservation at Penn State University
So Easy to Preserve (
book available from the National Center for Home Food Preservation.)
USDA Complete Guide Canning (1994 ed.)
"Let's Preserve" Fact Sheets
available from the Warren Penn State Extension Center

See also: FOOD TIPS from  Phyllis Wright  Peaches | Pickles | Sauerkraut | Turkey | Winter Squash and Pumpkins

IN THE NEWS

Warren Farmer's Market

Buying local, going global
PA church’s farmers market supports Presbyterian Hunger Program
by Bethany Furkin, Presbyterian News Service
Posted 4/29/2009
Source link: http://www.pcusa.org/pcnews/2009/09353.htm

The farmers market at First Presbyterian Church in Warren, PA, offers more than fresh produce and baked goods — it also helps provide hunger relief to people across the country and globe.  More...

 

View from Hickory Heights: Eat Where You Live!
By Ann R. Swanson, correspondent for the Times Observer

Ann Swanson is a writer and popular columnist for the Times Observer.   Visit her website, hickoryheightsbooks.com for information on her books and articles. She can be contacted at hickoryheights1@verizon.net.

Buy Local!When I heard a chef say we should eat where we live, I knew I wanted to write about it. The big supermarkets are filled with anything and everything that we could possibly desire to eat, but are we getting what we are paying for?

Research tells us that on the average most of our food travels 1500 - 2000 miles before it gets to us. During my recent travel I found things that I knew were exported to the U. S. Although they were native to the tropics, they had to be picked "green" to be shipped elsewhere. More...

Vendors include:
BBB Honey and Pollination (Local honey, comb honey, creamed honey)
Bob and June Borden
814-730-4011 bborden@ localnet.com
Busti Cider Mill & Farm Market 
1135 Southwestern Drive, Jamestown, NY 14701
Accepts Food Stamps
716-487-0177
or 716-484-7300
info@busticidermill.com
Website: www.busticidermill.com
By Rae (mustards, jams, pickles, canned and fresh vegetables)
Rae Peterson
814-726-0541  
Catering Plus (Chicken Barbeque)
Donna Clark and  Deanna Kuzminski
Sugar Grove
814-489-7479 or
814-489-5454
dlclark84@verizon.net
Christensen's Goods (Jams/ Jellies, Baked Goods, Produce)
Jill Christensen
814-723-4604 jillc@atlanticbb.net
Dancing Heart Farm (Homespun wool and handmade knitted goods)
Cindy Briggs
814-757-4301 mncbriggs@kinzua.net
First Presbyterian Church (Produce, Baked Goods, Jams)
Bill Dyke
814-723-9200 WDFE3188@verizon.net
Frair Haus Greenhaus (Perennials, Herbs, Fresh Cut Flowers, Garlic, Fall Mums, Honey)
Tom & Linda Frair
814-362-1467 frairhaus@verizon.net
Hog Wild Barbecue
Dean Wells
   
Howard's Specialty Garlic (Hardneck Garlic)
Geoff Howard
814-757-1434 ghoward35@atlanticbb.net
Martin's Produce (Seasonal fruits and vegetables, Christmas trees)
David Martin
1695 Cidermill Hill Rd
Russell, PA  16345
814-757-8318 dmmkmm@verizon.net
 
Olson's Produce (Garden Produce, Apples)
Shirley Olson
814-757-8347  
Rae and Jackie's Produce (Garden Produce, Berries)
Rae Kujawa  and Jackie Franklin
814-723-6522  
Riverside Herbs (Fresh and dried herbs, jelly, jams, Italian cookies)
Josie Gerarde
814-723-5578  
Salsa & Sweets (Homemade salsa and cookies)
NEW VENDOR
  Salsa.Sweets@gmail.com
Scott’s Flowers (flowers, produce)
Alan Scott
814-489-3746 hiland@kinzua.net
Simonson's Apples (apples and cider)
Doctor Ron Simonson
   
Small Meadows Farm (Goat milk products, goat meat, pork, produce, Concord grape products, spices, herbs and seasonings) 
Carl & Ann Schultz
716-782-4484 rockingoatmama@yahoo.com
Spencer's Baked Goods (bread, cookies, pies)
Linda Spencer
814-757-8443 jlspencer23@yahoo.com
Sweet and Savory Farm (Produce, whole wheat baked goods, jams and jellies, beef, pork, cider, brown eggs)
Brad Miller
814-489-3416 brd.mllr@gmail.com
Tara's Tasty Treats (bread, cookies, baked goods)
Tara Casey
814-723-2952 joentara@verizon.net
TCP (Homemade chocolate and fudge - no animal fat or cholesterol, all Kosher)
Rose Scala
814-723-1793  
Tomatoes and More (specialty tomatoes and produce)
Misha Kuzsmewski
607-745-3344  
Touch of Rose Candies (Baked goods, candies, breads and dried fruit) NEW VENDOR
Nancy Everston & Sarah Siler
814-726-3196 nancyever@atlanticbb.net
Warren Garden Club (Flowers, bulbs and plants
Suzanne Barone
  Sbarone178@yahoo.com

For more farm market listings see: Warren County Farm Market Directory  and U-Pick Farms

 

"LOCAL FOOD" WEB RESOURCES: RECIPES AND MORE

bullet The Opportunity to Support Local Farmers is All Around You!  (Adobe Acrobat PDF ® document. File size: 269K)
A listing of local growers, area farmers' markets, and natural food stores compiled by and used with the permission of Quiet Creek Herb Farm. 
bullet Eating Fresh - tools for living and eating locally, seasonally and organically
bullet Eat Wild - grass-fed food and facts, resources and recipes
bullet Local Harvest - "real food, real farmers, and real community"
bullet Sustainable Table - recipes from the Sustainable Kitchen

 

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