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...
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...
by Paul Weinstein This article addresses the 2023 Farm Bill, clarifying: what it is; how it impacts farmers and consumers; what might be different in 2023, particularly related to regenerative agriculture; and what...
by Jade Greene The 2022 BCFA Summer Farm Tour series concluded with a bang on 8/3 with a tour at Barefoot Botanicals (soon to be named Bluestem Botanicals) in Doylestown. Each summer, BCFA coordinates with three...
Wrightstown Farmers Market volunteer, Jill Waldbieser wrote this wonderful piece, The Reality and Future of Farming in Pennsylvania,: Faces Behind Our Food, which was published in Edible Philly June 2022. The...
Written by Joni Garcia Regenerative agriculture has a many benefits to the environment, but what about the nutrition of food crops? What is Regenerative Agriculture? In general, regenerative agriculture is a way of...
It is 16 degrees outside, continuing into February what was a brutally cold January for southeastern Pennsylvania. The ground is frozen solid. Historically, the only local foods available this time of year were...
On August 4th we enjoyed a tranquil and informative evening with Adam Dusen of Hundred Fruit Farm in Buckingham. With the help of one very friendly duck named Gerald, Adam led us throughout his permaculture orchard...
Article by BCFA Board members Lisa White and Susan Pierson Cow Farts! It has been all over the news that methane from cows is contributing to our changing climate. In industrial agriculture and confined animal...
Article by Lisa Braud The saying goes, “know your farmer, know your food” and on July 7th, we had the pleasure of meeting the team behind Spring Creek Farm and learning more about their farm, products, and...
“Knee high by the fourth of July” is what we expect… but Trauger’s farm in Kintnersville had local corn for us at the Doylestown Farmers Market already on July 3rd! How do they achieve that miracle of modern...
Free Range labels are regulated by the USDA only for poultry produced for meat. The requirements are very high: poultry can use the label if the chicken had any access to the outdoors each day for some unspecified...
