Farm two in our FRESHFARM Markets Week is Toigo Orchards of Shippensburg, Pa. Of all our local market vendors, Toigo is probably most likely to be a household name. Not only do they appear at a dozen markets around town, their produce is on the menu at Clyde’s and other restaurants and you can find […]
Entries from July 2012
FRESHFARM Week: Meet Toigo Orchards
July 11th, 2012 · Comments Off on FRESHFARM Week: Meet Toigo Orchards
Tags: at market · fresh from the... · Know Your Food · local farms · NoVA Locavore
FRESHFARM Week: Me(a)t Smith Meadows Farm
July 10th, 2012 · Comments Off on FRESHFARM Week: Me(a)t Smith Meadows Farm
The capital’s own FRESHFARM Markets is celebrating their 15th anniversary this weekend. Led by co-founders Ann Yonkers and Bernadine Prince, the now 11-market network in the metro Washington area (DC, Maryland and Virginia) has been promoting “local food with a face, a place and a name” throughout the Chesapeake foodshed since July 4, 1997. Alice […]
Tags: around DC · at market · Know Your Food · NoVA Locavore · proteins
Farm Fresh at Queens Farm Museum, NY
July 2nd, 2012 · 1 Comment
Even on the road the foodie tots never pass up a chance to find fresh local food — throw in a hayride and cute farm animals to feed and pet and the kids are delighted. The Queens County Farm Museum is a perfect kid-friendly outing when we visit family in New York. I met up […]
Tags: away from home · fresh from the...