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 local farms for a farmer-led tour of their farm,...
Snipes Farm and Education Center has received two state grants, with the help of Senator Steve Santarsiero. The grants support Snipes Farm & Education Center’s mission to share produce with seniors in our community and provide education to low-income children...
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 article follows three Bucks County farms (First Fruits...
BCFA is pleased to announce our 2022 Farm Tours! Gravity Hill Farm Wednesday, June 1 Potluck: 6pm, Tour: 7pm 67 Pleasant Valley Rd Titusville, NJ 08650 Gravity Hill Farm was founded in 2005, the farm has shifted from a market farm to focus on food justice and...
Volunteers are needed Saturdays through November 19 for a number of tasks, including: Set Up - from 8-9AM - volunteer will help set up Market Welcome Tent, weights, signs, merchandise table, help vendors with tent set up if neededTake down - from 12-12:45PM -...
BCFA is excited to share our program called Feed a Family Support a Family Farm! The program aims to expand access to healthy local produce by providing excess produce from local farmers at Doylestown and Wrightstown Farmers Market to limited resource members of...
1. We need volunteers to help our vendors set up their tents and bring things from their cars to their tent at set up time (7am) and at break down time (1:01pm). This volunteer or volunteers can stay the whole market day with us if you choose and help us with other...
More than 40 local farmers attended this year’s Farmer’s Forum! Hosted by the Bucks County Foodshed Alliance on March 2, 2022 at the Heritage Conservancy’s Aldie Mansion in Doylestown. The event featured Sam Malriat of the internationally renowned Rodale Institute...
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 root and storage vegetables. Oh, how the times they...
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 where sheep graze among a variety of nut and fruit...
