Sewickley Farmers' Market Today!

LFLF was in the Ambridge/Sewickley area this morning and we made a stop at the Sewickley Farmers' Market.  We first visited this market in 2008 and things are still going strong.   There are lots of local food & value-added food product vendors, but of course, the produce farmers are the backbone of any market.  We got strawberries, snow peas, cucumbers, & Pennsylvania maple syrup.  Cabbage, lettuces, onions, garlic, rhubarb, basil, & other herbs were in abundance! 

This market has a couple of greenhouse growers, so new summer squash, zucchini, and greenhouse tomatoes were also available.  More of our area growers are using high tunnels & greenhouses to try & satisfy the market for fresh local veggies early in the season.
Sewickley is a great place to buy local beef, lamb, chicken, & chevon. 

Our friend Lynne of Dream Thyme Farm sells lamb & chevon and has a message to all the eaters out there! 

WAgN Potluck Gathering

It's now that time of year when the "farmer types" get together, have meetings, and make plans for the upcoming growing season. Yesterday, a group of "women in agriculture", aka members of PA WAgN got together. We met at Munnell Run Farm in Mercer County for a potluck dinner & informal meeting. Some of the folks were fairly local, but several came from a county or two away and some from as far as Clarion, Beaver, & Allegheny counties. It was an interesting cross-section of veggie, value-added, & livestock producers, as well as 4 college student/interns/exchange students from Allegheny College.
Check out some of the local growers who were enjoying the afternoon. They may be local to you!
Fresh From the Vines
Blackberry Meadows Farm
Mildred's Daughters Farm
Dream Thyme Farm

PA WAgN is a free education & outreach effort of the Penn State University College of Ag Science. Everyone is welcome to join! Watch the web-site for the upcoming 2009 field day schedule.

The final installment ......

Finally, a look at some of the fruit that was available at the Sewickley Farmers' Market. There were also loads of peaches at the market, but the picture came out fuzzier than the peaches. Oh well ...........

The last person that I got to talk to was Lynne from Dream Thyme Farm. She spotted my Waynesburg Sheep & Fiber Fest T-shirt and we got into a discussion on sheep & fiber (!). Dream Thyme had some interesting peppers, winter squashes & pumpkins, as well as handmade soap. And here's something unusual --- they feature goat meat. Check out their web-site for more information.

http://www.dreamthymefarm.com/