Central PA Local Foods Week & Farm Tour
Local Foods Week
Saturday July 30th to Saturday August 6th
A weeklong celebration showcasing local farms, markets, restaurants, and businesses that support our regional food system. Get a head start on the Farm Tour by purchasing your pass at our booth!
Sunday, July 31st - Saturday, August 13th
Dine Fresh, Dine Local, BFBL Partner Harrison's Wine Grill is cooking up a fundraiser for PASA and BFBL, click here to download the flyer
Saturday, July 30th
North Atherton Farmers Market, 10am to 2pm at the Home Depot Parking Lot
Bellefonte Farmers Market, 7am to 12pm at the Gamble Mill Tavern Parking Lot
Sunday, July 31st
Book reading by Nic Esposito, author of Seeds of Discent at Partner Cafe Lemont at noon
Tuesday, August 2nd
State College Downtown Tuesday Farmers Market, 11:30am to 5:30pm at Locust Lane
Friday, August 5th
State College Downtown Farmers Market, 11:30am to 5:30pm at Locust Lane
Saturday, August 6th
Central PA Farm Tour from 12:30pm to 5pm!
Millheim Farmers Market, 9am to 1pm at the American Legion Pavillion
6th Annual Farm Tour
Saturday August 6th from 12:30pm to 5:00pm
Please do not visit the farms before 12:30pm or after 5:00pm. Many of the farms are not open to the public on a regular basis, so please respect their privacy.
Cost: $15 per car, $5 per biker
Purchase a pass at farmers markets throughout Local Foods Week or at the first farm you visit. Use the same pass to access all farms on the tour and plan your route in advance.
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Tips For Taking the Tour
-Bring a cooler! Eggs, meats, cheeses, milk, veggies, fruit, and other products will be for sale. Make sure you have cash.
-Start with the understanding that you’ll only be able to visit 3 – 4 farms since you’ll spend time taking tours and traveling.
-Get directions from your home to your first farm before you leave your house.
-Wash your hands after you touch any animals. Make sure kids wash their hands too!
-Leave your pets at home.
-Do not visit farms before 12:30pm or after 5:00pm the day of the tour, unless otherwise noted.
-Remember that you are guests on the farms. Please be courteous and do not enter private homes unless invited to do so.
-Bring sunscreen or raincoat, snacks and water (though some will be available for purchase at different farms).
-Wear old shoes, you might be tromping through mud, or maybe even a pig pen!
- Don't forget your camera!
Goals of the Central PA Farm Tour
Our goal is to connect you with the farms in Central PA offering you the best in healthy, sustainably raised food. We hope your experience will leave you with an understanding of how critical local and organic food systems are to preserving the beautiful agrarian landscape of rural Centre County.
What is Sustainable Agriculture?
Sustainable Agriculture refers to a food and fiber production and distribution system that is environmentally sound, economically viable, and socially just. To support a sustainable food system purchase from local farms that use practices such as integrated pest management (IPM) to reduce pesticide use, rotational grazing to recycle nutrients into the soil, or other farming practices that work in harmony with nature.
Local Foods Week and Farm Tour are brought to you by PASA and the Centre County Chapter of Buy Fresh Buy Local®
Centre County Buy Fresh Buy Local® (BFBL) is a project of the Pennsylvania Association of Sustainable Agriculture (PASA). PASA is a nonprofit, member based organization dedicated to promoting profitable farms that produce healthy food for all people while respecting the natural environment. Together, we celebrate and promote food that is homegrown and homemade working to encourage success of area farmers markets, stores, CSAs, and other partners supporting local agriculture. For more information and to learn more about our programs, join PASA as a member and sign up for the BFBL weekly e-newsletter.
You can always get local foods at our Partners!
For more information, visit www.BuyLocalPA.org/centre and view their profiles.
