One of the coolest things about summer is having the opportunity to eat a variety of local vegetables. Who doesn’t love corn on the cob in the dog days of summer? Well, our visit with the Yarnick’s on September 5th started off with eating freshly picked raw corn.… Read More Farm Tour – Yarnick’s
Where does our milk come from? And how does it get from the cow to your table? A few weeks ago some of our team members went to visit Turner Dairy in Penn Hills to learn just that.… Read More A Trip to Turner Dairy & Lone Oak Farms
When you pick up that gallon of milk at the store, do you ever think about how it got there? Well the folks at Schneider Valley Farms, located in Williamsport, PA showed me and 15 others how it’s done.… Read More Farm/Dairy Tour: Schneider Valley Farms
By: Jamie Moore, Director of Sourcing and Sustainability at Eat’n Park Hospitality Group On August 10th I had an opportunity to take a few of our chefs out to one of our local farms that we support. The chefs that attended were Dave DeCollo, One PNC; Dave Harris, PNC Eco Bistro and Terry Geracia, Medrad… Read More Farm Tour | Brenckles Farm and Greenhouses
By: Tim Fetter, Executive Chef at Highmark Over the past couple of years, I have had the pleasure of touring some pretty interesting places and want to share what I was able to see. Here at Highmark, one of our vendors is Penn’s Corner Farm Alliance. They are a group of around 30 Farms that… Read More Pigs, Peaches, Potatoes and More!
By: Sean Lockhard, Executive Chef at Gwynedd Mercy College Have you ever wondered “how does anyone ever afford to purchase grain fed meat?’” At Gwynedd Mercy College we believe we have figured it out, at least close enough that we can make do for a food service dining facility. We have partnered with Common Market… Read More Grass Fed Meat at Gwynedd Mercy
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