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Philly Farm & Food Fest began in 2012 with the simple idea of helping local farmers find new customers in Philadelphia.

Longtime colleagues and White Dog alumna, Ann Karlen and Marilyn Anthony, decided to harness the collective power of their nonprofit or-ganizations, Fair Food and PASA, to create a large, early season farmers market. The event would be family-friendly, low cost to exhibitors and attendees, educational, fun and delicious.

Now in its third year, the Philly Farm & Food Fest is twice as big and even more delicious. Initially the Fest celebrated “Locally Sourced” businesses of local growers and food producers. This year, we received so many vendor applications from new businesses that we added a “Locally Made” category. The ingredients may not be available here (almonds, coffee beans and sesame seeds) but local entrepreneurs are creating community-based businesses that enrich our region.

Philly Farm & Food Fest will nourish, inspire and sustain you. Come prepared to shop—food this good needs to follow you home.

With more than 5,000 members, PASA (Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture) is one of the oldest and largest sustain-able agriculture organizations in the U.S. Through business and marketing support for farmers, public advocacy and consumer education, PASA seeks to promote profitable farms that produce healthy food for all people while respecting the natural environ-ment. For more information, visit pasafarming.org, follow us at facebook.com/pasafarming, youtube.com/pasafarming and @pasafarming.

Fair Food is dedicated to bring-ing healthy local food to the Philadelphia marketplace, and supporting a humane, sustainable agriculture system for the region. Fair Food was founded in 2000 to connect local small-scale farms with restaurants and since that time, Fair Food has helped hun-dreds of regional producers grow their business value by providing support in the areas of marketing and sales, and increasing farmers’ knowledge, familiarity, and access to markets. For more information, visit fairfoodphilly.com.

About Philly FArm & Food Fest

uPgrAdes AvAilAble!

Tickets to the Shellfish Salon and

Libations Lounge are each an additional $15, and worth it!

General Admission tickets are $20 in advance, $25 at the door. Group discounts available. Kids under 12 admitted free. Purchase tickets at phillyfarmfest.org.

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1. Door to Door Organics Tristate

2. Vera Pasta

3. Epic Pickles

4. Conebella Farm Cheese

5. Hobo Ed’s Artisan Coffee, LLC

6. Delaware Valley Food Co-ops

7. BioOrganics LLC

8. Stonekeep Meadery

9. Simply Ghee

10. John & Kira's

11. Bennett Compost

12. Philly Food Works

13. Urban Tree Connection

14. Weckerly's Ice Cream

15. Wild For Salmon

16. Jamison Farm

17. Cobblestone Krautery

18. Local Roots Cranford

19. Donna & Company

Artisanal Chocolates

20. Lil’ Pop Shop

21. Good Spoon

22. Taft Foodmasters

23. Obis One, LLC

24. Happy Cat Farms

25. Amaranth Gluten Free Bakery

26. Circle M Farms LLC

27. Healcrest Urban Farm

28. Cape May Salt Oysters

29. Paradocx Vineyard

30. Market Day Canele

31. Good Enough for Kids

32. Mom Mom’s Coffee House

33. Wild Flour Bakery

34. Little Baby's Ice Cream

35. Oyler's Organic Farms

36. Hocks N Coqs

37. GMO Free PA

38. Long Cove Foods

39. Beechwood Orchards

40. Beekeepers Guild

41. The Enterprise Center CDC/

Dorrance Hamilton Culinary

42. Feast Your Eyes Catering

43. Kevin's Fresh Salad Dressing

44. Heritage Shellfish Co-op

45. Gemelli Bakers

46. Fulper Family Farmstead

47. Animal Welfare Approved

48. Lansdowne Economic

Development Corporation

49. The Random Tea Room

50. Spotted Hill Farm

51. Gilda's Biscotti

52. ReAnimator Coffee

53. Birchrun Hills Farm

54. Heirzoom Bakery

55. First Field

56. Small Valley Milling

57. Shellbark Hollow Farm

58. Ironstone Creamery

59. Tait Farm Foods

60. Bill's Best Organic BBQ

61. Tandi's Naturals

62. Christina Maser Co.

63. Wholesome Dairy Farms

64. PASA

65. Front Porch Family Farms

66. Nanna's Secret LLC

67. OwowCow Creamery

68. Philadelphia Distilling

69. Food & Ferments

70. Choptank Oysters

71. Upper Merion Farmers Market

72. Yellow Springs Farm

73. Subarashii Kudamono

74. Village Eatinghouse

75. Metropolitan Bakery

76. Fair Food Philly

77. Frecon Farms

78. Spring Hills Farm

79. Udairy Creamery @ UDEL

80. Lancaster Farm Fresh

Cooperative

81. Mompops

82. Down Dog Healing Café

83. Greensgrow

84. Organic Mechanics Soil Company

85. Peace Tree Farm

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REGISTRATION

BROAD STREET ENTRANCE

CLASSROOM

SHELLFISH SALON

LOCAL LIBATIONS LOUNGE

BOXOFFICE

EXHIBIT HALL G

ATRIUM1. Green Mountain Energy

2. Mayor’s Office of Sustainability

3. PSU Master Gardeners

4. Philly Cowshare

5. Whole Foods Market

6. Kitchen Table Consultants

7. Eating Philadelphia/

Philly Beer Scene

8. Food & Water Watch

9. PennEnvironment

10. Philadelphia Urban Creators

11. Russett

12. MAD Cookie Company

13. Castle Valley Milling

14. Community Energy Inc

15. Righteous Felon Jerky Cartel

16. Reading Terminal Market

17. Bookbinder Specialties

18. Sweet Nectar

19. Republic Bank

20. Honeygrow

21. Naturela Foods

22. Viridian Energy

23. Susquehanna Mills Co.

24. Hope Cohen Cookbook

25. Philly Fair Trade Roasters

26. Sierra Club

27. Angela’s Café

28. Philly Homebrew Outlet

29. Wyck House Home Farm

30. PGW EnergySense

31. Fairmount Park Conservancy

32. REI

33. Grid

*Map subject to change

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healthy, organic fare for all occasions

Community-owned food markets open to everyone.www.weaversway.coop

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Look for produce from Weavers Way Farms at the Co-op.

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greAt News About good Food A Lively Conversation About Healthy Eating

Matthew Derr is the energetic young president of the sustainable agricul-ture school, Sterling College, which has drawn visits from Mark Bittman and Alice Waters, among others.

Lucinda Duncalfe, founder and CEO of real Food Works, is making a whole new business sector out of connect-ing available kitchen power with the people who want great fresh food.

Zachary Golper, owner and head bak-er at Bien Cuit, is a young bread baker who once manned the ovens at le Bec Fin. He is now on his own at Bien Cuit bakery in Brooklyn. Zach knows the importance and impact of Philadel-phia on the greater foodscene.

Aimee Olexy, owner of Talulu’s Gar-den, a highly regarded restaurant in downtown Philadelphia, is bolstering the farm-to-table movement.

Dr. pierantonio Russo, MD, FCpp, FAAp/CT/Card, is the medical direc-tor and cardiac surgeon at Indepen-dence Blue Cross, Philadelphia. He is an advocate for healthy eating and a proponent for good food.

Lisa Sasson, MS, RDN, CD/N, is an articulate and inspiring registered dietician and Clinical Associate pro-fessor at nYu who takes students to Italy for six weeks every year as part of a delicious education.

Hear from these local and regional experts, too.

Free WITH GENERAL

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“There are so many ex-citing developments— the way we’re talking about and getting to food these days,” Wolf says. “Phila-delphia has always been a hotbed of good food.”

This year for the first time, the Philly Farm & Food Fest is hosting a panel presentation, moderated by Wolf, to discuss simple ways people can increase their daily ration of wholesome foods.

Wolf helped start the nation’s first Food Studies program at new York uni-versity and he works with farmers, chefs and others to make better food into bet-ter business and a better community. “There’s a lot going on and it’s fun to be able to share it in one of my favorite food cities in the whole world,” he says.

philadelphia is at the forefront of the food world more than people realize, says nationally known hospitality consultant and food trend blogger, Clark Wolf.

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The Christina Maser Company and Tandi’s Naturals The Christina Maser Company

is a small batch food producer

located in lancaster Pennsyl-

vania. The business started in

2001 after the founder, Gretchen

(Christina) Maser, learned how to

make jam and took her new skill

to the extreme—producing jams,

sauces and condiments. The

business also includes Tandi’s

naturals, which sells all-natural

hand-made soaps, bath, body

and home-care products. The

company is preparing to move to

a newer, larger location by late

April, where they have plans to

host small cooking classes and

demonstrations.

christinamaser.com,

tandisnaturals.com

Food & Ferments Philadelphia-based food

lovers and ferment makers,

Carly and dave dougherty,

created Food & Ferments

to bring nourishing, tangy,

delicious, lacto-fermented

food and drinks back to

the dinner table. Their

products, which include

raw, naturally fermented

sauerkrauts, beet kvass,

naturally fermented pickle

juice, kombucha and kim-

chis, help to promote

good health and celebrate

culture, on both the micro-

scopic and societal levels.

foodandferments.com

Honeygrow As a newly converted promoter of

a plant-based diet who had tired

of eating boring meals at work,

Justin rosenberg left the confines

of his cubicle to pursue his pas-

sion: creating a restaurant that

serves healthy and delicious food.

He started honeygrow in 2012 as a

way to bring people together over

quality, wholesome and simple

foods—stir frys, salads, smoothies

and honeybar treats. The com-

pany’s focus on fresh means that

from farm to fork, the ingredients

on their menu are sourced as lo-

cally and as seasonally as possible.

honeygrow.com

FeAtured At Fest A sampling of the amazing variety of growers and producers at this year’s philly Farm & Food Fest

Each year, the philly Farm & Food Fest showcases the best local growers and producers in Philadelphia and around the greater region. These 11 vendors reflect the diversity and breadth of this year’s show and provide just a sampling of the unique, organic and delicious products you’ll find at the Fest.

For Sam Mink, owner of Oyster House, serving seafood runs in his blood. His grandfather owned Kelly’s on S. Mole Street, a seafood restaurant that sat across from City Hall until the block was demolished in 1969. Sam’s father, david Mink, opened the Sansom Street Oyster House in 1976 and ran it until Sam took over in 2009 when it was renamed Oyster House. So that means he’s well-qualified to be describing the oysters and clams served at the Shellfish Salon.

He’ll be working with Peter McCarthy of Heritage Shellfish Cooperative, Kevin McClarren of Choptank Oyster Company, Brian Harman of Cape May Salt Oyster Company, Betsy Haskin of Betsy’s Cape Shore Salts, Stephanie Tramdack Cash of dias Creek Oyster Company and Gustavo Calvo of Sweet Amalia Oyster Farm. And fear not, oyster and clam newbies. “Every single person” who’s tried oysters has enjoyed it, Mink says. “They don’t bite.”

timed tickets are $15 and must be purchased with an advanced General admission ticket.

LIMITED TO GROUpS OF 30

shellFish sAloN

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Spring & Summer at

INTERACTIVE GAMES,EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, MOVIE NIGHTS, FOOD TRUCKS, BEER GARDENS AND MORE…8 acres of public space at the base of the

Benjamin Franklin Parkway, transformed into

Philly’s new “Park on the Parkway.”Visit theOvalPHL.org for event calendar.

#TheOvalPHL Farm Fest at the Oval 4/17-4/19

We invested with Philly Farm & Food Fest because it is all about the best food from our local economy. Featured above is Gilda Doganiero, board member of TMF, her extraordi-

locally and Kira Baker-Doyle is also a board member. Both companies will be exhibiting at Philly Farm & Food Fest. �e photo was shot atthe Fair Food Farmstand at Reading Terminal.

The Merchants Fund makes small grants to small businesses in Philadelphia.

1528 Walnut Street, Ste. 1004 • 215-399-1339 merchantsfund.org • [email protected]

Fresh Options in Financing

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agchoice.com

cobank.com

Lending support to rural America®

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photo courtesy of Philadelphia Distilling

Kitchen Table Consultants For Ted leBow and Jennifer Brod-

sky, principals at Kitchen Table

Consultants, the goal is simple—

to help farmers, food artisans and

nonprofits build lasting, profitable

and locally focused businesses.

The company provides hands-on

coaching; business planning; fi-

nancial, cultural and operational

aligning; event planning and more.

kitchentableconsultants.com

Oylers Organic Orchard Oylers Organic Orchard is a sixth

generation, 360 acre certified

organic family farm located seven

miles northwest of Gettysburg,

Pennsylvania. Owners Bill and

Mary Ann Oyler, with the help of

family members Sara, Jacob, liz,

Katrina and Jerome, work to offer

their certified organic apples,

apple cider and applesauce to

retail and wholesale customers.

Apples are grown in their orchards

and either packed, pressed into

cider, or made into sauce in their

new facilities located on the farm.

The farm’s recently built market

also features grass-fed, grass-

finished beef, soy-free pastured

eggs, and other local specialty

products. oylersorganicfarms.com

Market Day Canele Opened in 2010, West Philadel-

phia’s Market day Canele makes

traditional canele, sweet and

savory tarts, cookies, fleur de sel

caramel, a savory stew or tartlette

or two and crispy roasted chilies.

Gil Ortale and nem ngo use farm

fresh eggs, hormone-free milk

and butter, wheat flour, sugar, dark

rum, orange zest, fleur de sel, bees

wax and vanilla to create fine food

products. Their products can be

purchased at select coffee houses,

farmers markets and grocery

stores. marketdaycanele.com

Righteous Felon Jerky Cartel Started in 2012 by a group of

friends, righteous Felon Jerky

Cartel in West Chester, Pennsyl-

vania, specializes in producing

beef jerky made with unique, high

quality all-natural ingredients.

They produce small batches and

use Black Angus Beef that is

grown naturally—without the use

of growth hormones or antibiot-

ics—in three flavors: O.G. Hickory,

Che-Potle Guevara and Habanero

Escobar. rFJC donates a portion of

all sales to The Innocence Project,

a non-profit organization dedi-

cated to exonerating wrongfully

convicted individuals through the

use of dnA evidence and reform-

ing the criminal justice system

to prevent future injustices from

occurring. righteousfelon.com

Small Valley Milling

located in Central Pennsylva-nia, Small Valley Milling makes natural and organic spelt and wheat flour that’s produced pri-marily from grain raised on the family-operated and organic farm. The family’s fascination with spelt led to the construc-tion of a facility to de-hull (remove the outer husk, shell) the grain so it can be enjoyed as a nutritious whole grain or be milled into flour. smallvalleymilling.com

Tait Farm Foods Tait Farm Foods is a diversified family farm in Central Penn-sylvania, that includes 10 acres of certified organic vegetables, fruits and a greenhouse. They offer a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program that serves several local restaurants, a farmers market and an on-farm retail store, the Harvest Shop. The farm also manufac-tures more than 50 specialty foods—including savory condi-ments, fruit spreads, cooking sauces and more—that are sold at the shop, online and to retail-ers and restaurants around the region. taitfarmfoods.com

Vera pasta Chef Joe d’Andrea created Vera

Pasta to bring the simple true fla-

vors of Italy to Pennsylvania. His

pastas, homemade gnocchi, ravi-

oli and sauces are inspired by his

Italian childhood in West Chester,

Pennsylvania, and from his school-

ing in Italy. Vera Pasta is dedicated

to showcasing pasta and sauces

from all regions of Italy, from the

rich, sophisticated north to the

rustic, bold south. verapasta.com

Yellow Springs Goat Cheese

located in Chester Springs, Penn-

sylvania, Yellow Springs Farm

produces about 30 varieties of all

natural fresh and aged goat chees-

es, goat milk yogurts and goat milk

caramel sauces. The goats are

raised on pasture without artificial

hormones or antibiotics and the

nursery is run using organic fertil-

izers and natural products, without

the use of chemical pesticides or

herbicides. The farm offers a goat

cheese Community Sponsored Ag-

riculture (CSA) and the dairy prod-

ucts are sold to restaurants and

wholesale accounts. direct sales

are offered on specific days at the

farm May through September and

through the West Chester Growers

Market. yellowspringsfarm.com

If you missed the chance last year to enjoy sipping some of our locally produced spirits, don’t miss out again at the bigger than ever 2014 Local Libations Lounge. Back by popular demand, we’re expanding the number of beverages and offering four small group sessions with the

producers of Philadelphia Distilling’s Bluecoat Gin, Dad’s Hat Rye, Frecon Farms hard cider, Paradocx wines, and other tempting varieties. Snag a seat at the table for this fascinating and fla-vorful sampling of artisan alcoholic beverages with the makers themselves.

timed tickets are $15 and must be purchased with an advanced General admission ticket. you must be 21 to purchase tickets and photo id is required to enter.

locAl libAtioNs louNge

TASTINGS HELD HOURLY

-- LIMITED

TO GROUpS OF 60

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heritagefarmphiladelphia.org

4300 Monument Rd. Phila., PA 19131 215.877.1925

vegetables

F L O W E R S

We Offer Seasonal and Locally Grown

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We are a pick-up location for

West Philly Foods CSA

paradocx.com610.255.5684

Paradocx Vineyard

#paradocxvineyard

The Vineyard - Winery, Retail1833 Flint Hill Rd, Landenberg, PAThe Market at Liberty Place - Wine Bar, Retail148 W. State St, Kennett Square, PABooth’s Corner - Retail1362 Naamans Creek Rd, Garnet Valley, PAPINOT Boutique - Retail227 Market St, Old City, Philadelphia, PA

Grown. Produced. Bottled.Come experience our award-winning wines available by the flight, by the glass, by the bottle and even some by the can. Enjoy live music at our Friday night happy hours, upcoming 2014 summer concert series or at one of our monthly events. CSA program memberships are alsoavailable to give you an even greater Paradocx experience.

FRESH, LOCAL & SEASONAL

(215) 386-8595 12thstcatering.com

Shaved Baby Carrot, Red & Golden Beet Salad

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Located in Kings Courtin the center of

Historic HaddonfieldNew Jersey

OPEN SATURDAYS8:30 AM - 1:00 PM May 17 - October 25

rain or shine

thanks to our patrons and market sponsor

FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK!

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Fresh New Jersey ProduceOrganic, Specialty Foods & Flowers

Live Music, Children’s Activities & More

Wake up andsmell our coffee!phillyfairtrade.com • 267.270.2563

Find our coffee online or at area cafes and markets

It’s Springtime

Wake up and

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Delaware's premiere supplier of Pennsylvania-grown organic

and pastured foods

7417 Lancaster PikeHockessin, DE 19707 | (302) 234-6779

www.HarvestMarketNaturalFoods.com

Vegan Scrapple“Traditional Style”

SOY-FREE & GLUTEN-FREE

Made in West Chester, PA

Using Local Farms & Mills

Organic, Certifed Organic& Non-GMO Ingredients

www.longcovefoods.com

www.greenlinepaper.com

701 S 4th St , Phi ladelphia, PA 19147Phone: (215) 238-1888

southwarkrestaurant .com

Hours: Tuesday - Sunday Dinner 5 pm - 10 pm

Late Night Menu 10 pm - 12 amBar 5 pm - 2am

Sunday Suppers & New Late Night Menuwith Sam Jacobson

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From ArouNd here Whole Foods Market program bolsters local producer Organic Mechanics Soil Company

In 2007, a flyer for a new Whole Foods Market program caught the eye of Mark Highland, founder and president of Organ-ic Mechanics Potting Soil. It asked for lo-cal producers who had products that were grown, raised, harvested or crafted within 100 miles from a Whole Foods Market store (measured as the crow flies). High-land had such a product. His 100 percent organic potting soil and planting mix was made outside of Philadelphia in Chester County, Pennsylvania, and used locally sourced ingredients, so he applied. “I got lucky,” he says.

Whole Foods Market brought him on-board and used his company as an adver-tisement for the program when it began it in 2007. Previously called Local, the program name was changed in the summer of 2013 to From Around Here to be more specific and get away from the fuzzy defi-nition of local.

Through the program, Whole Foods Market wanted a way to share the stories of the companies it was endorsing with its customers—to help bridge the gap between producer and consumer and to promote the shared dedication to environ-mental sustainability. “When you tell the whole story, then that transparency tends to build a connection,” Highland says. “It compels [customers] to pick up a bag and try it right then and there.” And before long, “we have a customer for life.”

Whole Foods Market eventually started selling Organic Mechanics products in multiple markets, including Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, new Jersey, the Mid-Atlantic region, the northeastern region and most recently the Midwest, although the com-pany still gets most of its business from local stores. From Around Here products

in Whole Foods Market stores that are beyond the 100 miles away are highlighted using a “From Pennsylvania” signs and call-outs.

According to High-land, the support he has received as a result of From Around Here has bolstered Organic Mechanics and helped increase sales. “When people learn that Whole Foods is one of our major customers … it’s an impressive thing,” Highland says, adding that the name recogni-tion has prompted other companies to sell his products.

Highland is looking forward to attend-ing Philly Farm & Food Fest. The event is a good way for him to come face to face with customers and to share his story about wanting to create a nutrient-dense organic soil that touted earth-friendly benefits.

Highland says that using Organic Mechan-ics soil cultivates healthier produce, makes the planet more sustainable, groundwater safer to drink, promotes cleaner air and helps keep your family healthier. “Even if you’re a family of one,” he says.

Organic Mechanics Container Blend Potting Soil is ideal for container gardens, transplanting, tropical and indoor plants, and because it’s peat-free, you'll water half as often. To purchase, head to your nearest Whole Foods Market or visit organicmechanicsoil.com.

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25 years of experience in producing locally grown, 100% grass-fed beef from our Chester County Pastures

No artificial growth stimulants, hormones or antibiotics

www.buckrunfarm.com • 610.486.0789 or 610.384.6576

BUCK RUN FARM, COATESVILLE, PA

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It's Time for Suppa!BYO, New American @ Liberties Walk, Northern Liberties1040 N. American St. #1101Philadelphia, PA(215) 644-9324timeforsuppa.com

an ecologically-focused intentional community in Chester County, PA

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Craft Shophandmade, upcycled,

natural fiber itemsMon-Fri 9am - 5pm

Camphill Café organic, local food

Wed-Sat 10am - 2pm

Sankanac CSA

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