Central PA Local Foods Week & Farm Tour

Announcing the 5th Annual Local Foods Week & Central PA Farm Tour!

  Local Foods Week: Sunday August 1st through Saturday August 7th
  Farm Tour: Saturday August 7th from 12:30pm to 5:00pm

Local Foods Week Events
A weeklong celebration showcasing local farms, markets, restaurants, and businesses that support our regional food system.

Come out to the Farmers Markets for fresh products, live music, cooking demos, kids activites and more! Get a head start on the Farm Tour by purchasing your tickets at our booth.

Friday, July 23rd to Friday, August 6th
Dine Fresh, Dine Local, BFBL Partner Harrison's Wine Grill is cooking up a fundraiser for PASA and BFBL - details available here

Saturday, July 31st
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

Tuesday, August 3rd
State College Downtown Tuesday Farmers Market, 11:30am to 5:30pm at Locust Lane
Boalsburg Farmers Market, 2pm to 6pm at the PA Military Museum

Friday, August 6th
State College Downtown Farmers Market, 11:30am to 5:30pm at Locust Lane

Saturday, August 7th
Central PA Farm Tour from 12:30pm to 5pm!
Millheim Farmers Market, 9am to 1pm at the American Legion Pavillion

Farm Tour Details
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. Please visit our Google Maps page to see which Centre County farms are included on the tour. 

View the 5th Annual Central PA Farm Tour 2010 in a larger map.

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.

Nature's Pantry
Elk Creek Cafe + Aleworks
Harrison's Wine Grill & Catering
Herwig's Austrian Bistro
Otto's Pub & Brewery
Webster's Cafe
The Garden
Over the Moon Farm
Tait Farm
Macneal Orchards & Sugarbush