We love having our front stoops decorated with pumpkins, there is no need to not throw them away once the season is over! Pumpkins (like any organic material) are very hard to break down in a landfill and release...
October belongs to pumpkins—in fields and farm stands, on front porches, carved into jack-o’-lanterns and, eventually, baked into pies. But the familiar pumpkin has a history stretching back thousands of years, through Ice Age mammals, Indigenous agriculture, European settlement and some formidable natural defenses.
We had a really fun time celebrating 20 years of BCFA and Wrightstown Farmers Market with a Vegetable Car Race! Dozens of children and adults gathered at the market to create sleek and creative cars out of the...
It’s leaf season! How you manage your fall leaves matters. The best thing you can do is rake them into woods or garden beds, and add to your compost pile. If this is not an option, there are many local (and free!)...
We’re thrilled to introduce the incredible panel joining us for a special screening on Groundswell on October 7 at the County Theater in Doylestown. Dr. Tanya Casas, Dean of Business, Arts, and Sciences at Delaware...
A guild isn’t an exact copy of a wild ecosystem. It’s a designed community that borrows nature’s relationships and resilience while also meeting human needs. In Gaia’s Garden, Toby Hemenway describes a guild as a mutually supportive community of plants and animals that benefits people while creating habitat.
With the changing seasons comes an opportunity to make positive choices for the ecosystems around us. From turning off lights at night to leaving your garden a little untidy, there are plenty of simple things you...
This summer, we scheduled six farm tours! Unfortunately, the weather had other plans, and we had to cancel our tours at Snipes Farm & Education Center and Hollow House Farms. The remaining four tours were...
By August, the vegetable garden is very different from the tidy, well-spaced collection of small plants we admired in spring and early summer.
Tomatoes are tilting into paths. Cucumber vines are visiting neighboring plants and winding around everything along the way. Basil and dill are beginning to flower, and empty spaces have opened up where peas, lettuce, radishes, or early beans were harvested.
Don’t fret if your garden seems a little out of control or some harvests appear to be winding down. The garden isn’t nearly finished. It is simply ready for its next arrangement.
Bucks County Foodshed Alliance (BCFA) has been offering Small Farm Grants to farmers in the Bucks County region since our inception in 2006. The grants aim to provide funds to local farmers to make capital and other...
It truly feels like summer now that tomato season has arrived! There are so many varieties, colors, and flavors that we just had to learn more. BCFA volunteer Charla Bendas and Administrator Jade Greene sat down in...
by Jade Greene Cyclospora is still making headlines. This foodborne illness has sickened hundreds of people across the country and led to recalls of fresh produce. While no food system is risk-free, these outbreaks...
