Make Compost Tea
Compost tea is a perfect tool to use in your garden, with just two simple ingredients, you can add nutrients to your plants naturally. Compost tea is a fancy phrase for mixing compost and water. The solution that...
Foraging: Daylilies
By Jade Greene We all love seeing the happy, orange daylilies blooming in June, but did you know they are an invasive plant? They naturalize an area and make it too hard for native plants to grow. Since they are...
Feed A Family Support A Family Farm Program is Back in 2023!
We are thrilled, another season of our impactful Feed A Family Support A Family Farm Program is ready to go this year! The program aims to expand access to healthy local produce by providing excess produce from...
Local Farmer’s Tips for Your Garden
I love having a little garden in my backyard to supplement my summer vegetables that I get from the farmers markets and my CSA share. There’s nothing like picking a sun-warmed tomato for a little snack or using...
Foraging: Mugwort
Written by Jade Greene As we move past early spring, new invasive plants are popping up and ready to be picked and eaten across the Bucks County Foodshed! Next on our spring foraging journey is mugwort. The plant...
Wrightstown Farmers Market Opening Day
WRIGHTSTOWN FARMERS MARKET KICKS OFF OPENING DAY MAY 6TH Market location: Outside at Middletown Grange Fairgrounds (576 Penns Park Road, Newtown, PA) The 2023 Wrightstown Farmers Market Main Season opens May 6th and...
For Earth Day, Eat Local
There are many tips to help us “go green” but one of the best ways to make an impact is where you buy your food. Shopping from local, organic and regenerative farms is a fantastic and delicious way to benefit the...
Foraging: Garlic Mustard
Spring is my favorite season, watching the new plants emerge from their winter slumber is always inspiring. It is a time of rebirth and renewal, and for me, a chance to reconnect with nature again. One of my...
Opening Day at the Doylestown Farmers Market – April 15th!
April 15th is opening day for the Doylestown Farmers Market! Join us from 8am to 1pm for the happiest and most delicious street party featuring the best local produce and products. This season marks our 48th year of...
Newtown Theatre to Host Earth Day Special Event on April 22
NEWTOWN, Pa. – In celebration of Earth Day, the historic Newtown Theatre is partnering with local environmental groups to present a special movie screening and panel discussion on Saturday, April 22 at 7:00 p.m. ...
How the National Egg Crisis is Impacting Local Egg Farmers
You may have noticed barren shelves and soaring prices on eggs in grocery stores. Outbreaks of avian flu have impacted large farming operations across the country, forcing farms to slaughter chickens, reducing the...
More than 30 local farmers attend this year’s Farmers’ Forum!
It is not often that local farmers can all sit in the same room and connect. That is the goal of Bucks County Foodshed Alliance’s annual Farmers’ Forum - to create an opportunity to appreciate farmers and give them...
