March 11, ‘LOCAL FOOD SHOWCASE, A GROWER / BUYER EVENT’ update with vendor list
Tomorrow is the big day! We have almost 40 vendors lined up and some great, and big buyers lined up to make tomorrow afternoon a fun celebration of our local food system and the advent of spring.
Pop city wrote a great article about it, and Allegheny Front will be there tomorrow to do a roving ‘ ask the Chef’ segment with Chef Bill Fuller, so listen to WYEP tomorrow evening.
Chef Keith Fuller of Six Penn Kitchen will be making mushrooms stuffed with homemade chorizo sausage. Chef Dan Dooley of Parkhurst Dining Services at Chatham University will be making beef sliders on homemade cornbread. YUM!
This is open to the public, with no pre registration necessary, just come and have a good time! 1-4 pm at the Anderson Dining Hall, Chatham University.
Penn State Extension, Allegheny County and co-sponsor Chatham University, and in collaboration with PASA, are proud to announce the first annual “Local Food Showcase: a Grower / Buyer Event”. This event brings together Western Pennsylvania farmers, value added producers, food industry purchasers, and consumers. The event will be held on March 11, 2010 from 1-4pm at Chatham University. If you grow food, cook food or eat food, this event is for you!
This is a great opportunity to find local sources of fresh and processed foods for retail, restaurant, CSA (community supported agriculture), wholesale, farm markets, and home use. This event features a tradeshow format to foster networking. These local food producers will be displaying their products and seasonal availability to potential customers. In addition, there will be canning and chef demonstrations, tastings and educational information on local farms, composting and gardening. Many area organizations will be on hand contributing to this event.
Pennsylvania agriculture yields an amazing variety of food. The full spectrum of locally produced foods will be represented by the 40 confirmed vendors including fruits, vegetables, meats, eggs, cheese, baked goods, sauces and salsas.
The goal of the “Local Food Showcase: a Grower / Buyer Event” is to foster economic development through business relationships between farmers and chefs, retailers, wholesalers, institutions, for the upcoming 2010 growing season and beyond. It is part of a larger effort to strengthen the local food infrastructure in Western Pennsylvania.
The event will be held at co-sponsor Chatham University, in the Anderson Dining Hall, Pittsburgh PA 15232, on March 11, 2010 from 1-4pm.
For more info contact Penn State Extension, Allegheny County at 412-473-2540 or hem12@psu.edu.
The public is invited to attend; the entrance fee to the event is $5. A list of confirmed vendors follows:
| American HealthCare Group |
| Backyard Gardens LLC |
| Clarion River Organic’s |
| Curran Taylors, Inc. |
| Dillner Family Farm |
| European Desserts |
| Frankferd Farms Foods, Inc. |
| Friendships Farms Inc. |
| Grow Pittsburgh |
| Harvest Valley Farms |
| Hillsprings Farms |
| Kretschmann Farm |
| Latimore Valley Farms Inc. |
| Mary Mac Bake House |
| McElhaney Family Farm |
| Milestone Specialty Produce |
| Penn’s Corner Farm Alliance |
| Studio 4 Cooking |
| The Progress Fund |
| The Purple Spoon |
| Turner Dairy Farms |
| Wilson Family Farms |
| Enrico Biscotti |
| PASA |
| Herbal Delights |
| Jamison’s Farm |
| Najat’s Cuisine |
| Don Gibbon |
| Schramm Farm and Orchard |
| Logan Family Farms |
| Keswick Creamery |
| East End Food Coop |
| Greek Gourmet, LLC |
| Green Ciricle Farms |
| Emerald Valley Farms |
| Edible Allegheny |
| Forbes Buffalo Farms |
| Curran and Taylor |
| Herbal Delights, herbal products |
| Kretschmann Farm, organic produce and fruit |
| Latimer Valley Organic Farms , large supplier of specialty organic produce |
| Milestone Specialty Produces, produce |
| Studio 4 Cooking, cooking catering |
| American HealthCare Group |
| Backyard Gardens (mustards and hot relish) |
| Cherry Valley Organics, organic produce, herbal beauty products, teas |
| Cindy Javor |
| Clarion River Organics |
| Dillner Family Farms, produce |
| EEFC |
| enrico biscotti |
| European Desserts, gourmet desserts |
| Frankferd Farms, locally sourced dry goods, groceries, organic and health foods |
| Friendship Farms |
| Grow Pittsburgh |
| Harvest Valley Farms, produce, farm store baked goods |
| Hillsprings Farms, produce |
| Jamison’s Lamb |
| Kretschmann Farm |
| Le-Ara Farms, LLC -Wilson Family Farms |
| McElhaney Family Farm (beef) |
| Milestone Specialty Produce |
| Najat’s Cuisine |
| Parkhurst |
| Penns Corner |
| Schramm’s |
| Six Penn Chef Kieth |
| Standing Chimney (breads) |
| Studio 4 Cooking |
| Sturges Orchards |
| The Progress Fund |
| The Purple Spoon (jams) |
| Turner Dairy, dairy products |
| Don Gibbons – art exhibit |
Tags: family farms, grower buyer, local food, local food showcase, Pittsburgh, Western PA
