Category Archives: Food & Food Systems
“Can I Get This At Whole Foods?”
April 4, 2012Musings from the Philadelphia Farm and Food Fest This past Sunday, I spent the afternoon walking around the first-ever Philadelphia Farm and Food Fest, an event organized by Fair Food and the Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture. Amid thousands of … Continue reading
A Bumper Crop of Events
March 7, 2012By Alison Hastings Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission Winter is usually down time for farmers. It’s the season where farmers rest their fields as well as rest themselves. Finding time to catch up with their friends, attend a conference or … Continue reading
Improving School Food Requires Partnerships and Understanding (Part 2)
February 7, 2012A 2-part series by Alison Hastings, Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission; Beth Feehan, Director, NJ Farm to School Network; Deb Bentzel, Farm to Institution Program Manager, Fair Food. Read Part 1 (Defining Farm to School in New Jersey) here. Part 2: Understanding … Continue reading
Improving School Food Requires Partnerships and Understanding (Part 1)
February 6, 2012A 2-part series by Alison Hastings, Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission; Beth Feehan, Director, NJ Farm to School Network; Deb Bentzel, Farm to Institution Program Manager, Fair Food Part 1: Defining Farm to School in New Jersey By Beth Feehan, Director … Continue reading
Creating Common Ground, Growing Community
December 21, 2011By Samantha Rothman President & Co-Founder Grow It Green Morristown One of the things I love about Morristown is that despite its population size (close to 20,000), it truly has a small town feel. It seems of late that whenever I’m … Continue reading
