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Educational Healthy Eating Program
Farm to Table is an educational program that is offered in conjunction with their wellness program, Pathways to SmartCare. The goal of this program is to provide opportunities for healthy eating, which includes providing access to local food producers.
Eating Locally
Eating locally produced farm products is advantageous for many reasons. First, the food has not traveled thousands of miles from a farm or processor to your grocery store, potentially compromising the quality of your food. Local food, defined for Farm to Table as within 175 miles of Pittsburgh, arrives just days after being harvested.
Secondly, eating local food means you are supporting local economy. The large rise in demand for locally grown products has supported many small local farmers to the point that they are now expanding their production, not falling short and selling the farm.
Farm to Table Subscription Program and Educational Conference
To provide these opportunities, Farm to Table has teamed with local farms, local businesses that support sustainable agriculture and many leaders of the local food movement that work for change within the Pittsburgh area. We bring these resources together to provide consumers with the tools they need to live a healthy lifestyle. We have seasonal "Farm Subscriptions" that provide consumers with direct access to our local food producers. We also have an annual conference that highlights resources available for eating locally.
Farm to Table is an educational program that is offered in conjunction with their wellness program, Pathways to SmartCare. The goal of this program is to provide opportunities for healthy eating, which includes providing access to local food producers.
Eating Locally
Eating locally produced farm products is advantageous for many reasons. First, the food has not traveled thousands of miles from a farm or processor to your grocery store, potentially compromising the quality of your food. Local food, defined for Farm to Table as within 175 miles of Pittsburgh, arrives just days after being harvested.
Secondly, eating local food means you are supporting local economy. The large rise in demand for locally grown products has supported many small local farmers to the point that they are now expanding their production, not falling short and selling the farm.
Farm to Table Subscription Program and Educational Conference
To provide these opportunities, Farm to Table has teamed with local farms, local businesses that support sustainable agriculture and many leaders of the local food movement that work for change within the Pittsburgh area. We bring these resources together to provide consumers with the tools they need to live a healthy lifestyle. We have seasonal "Farm Subscriptions" that provide consumers with direct access to our local food producers. We also have an annual conference that highlights resources available for eating locally.
Farm to Table: In the News
| Listen to interview with Sandor Katz:"Earth's Bounty: Fermenting Food for Fun and Flavor" -go to 03/19/08, Jennifer Szweda Jordan, The Allgheny Front radio show |
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| "A Tough Row to Hoe" -go to 10/11/2007, Bill O'Driscoll, Pittsburgh City Paper |
"State reverses on dairy labeling, allows hormone claims"-go to 01/18/2008, Daniel Malloy, Pittsburgh Post Gazette |
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"Eat Well and Eat Local"
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A weblog by Marlene Parrish, Pittsburgh Post Gazette |
"The Modern Food Message is Eat Local"
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08/20/2007, Marlene Parrish, Pittsburgh Post Gazette |
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"Effort Sprouts to Link Local Diners with Local Produce"
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04/19/2007, Andrew Conte, Pittsburgh Tribune Review |
"Farm to Table: Local is Good"
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03/29/2007, Pittsburgh Post Gazette |
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"Chefs Share Recipes"
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03/29/2007, Pittsburgh Post Gazette |
"Her Message About Nutrition Goes Against the Grain"
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03/29/2007, Bob Batz, Jr., Pittsburgh Post Gazette |
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"Lard to Believe"
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03/22/2007, Melissa Meinzer, Pittsburgh City Paper |
"Dinner, Conference focus on Local Food"
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03/01/2007, Bob Batz, Jr., Pittsburgh Post Gazette |
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"Earth's Bounty: Local, Organic, Fair Foods
Pioneer Frances Moore Lappe'" -go to 01/10/2007, Jennifer Szweda Jordan, Allegheny Front |
"Field Fresh"
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08/09/2006, Karin Welzel, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review |
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"Cravings: Buying Local Brings Just Picked Produce
to Your Table" -go to 06/29/2006, Amy McConnell Schaarsmith, Pittsburgh Post Gazette |
"More Families Get Subscriptions to Buy Veggies
from Local Farms" -go to 06/28/2005, Bob Karlovits, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review |