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Q & A with The Cornucopia Institute
Harvest Market’s commitment to a more just and sustainable food system naturally lends itself to our support of The Cornucopia Institute. The Cornucopia Institute engages in educational activities supporting the ecological principles and economic wisdom underlying sustainable and organic agriculture. Through research and investigations on agricultural issues, Cornucopia provides needed information to consumers, family farmers,…
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Q & A with PASA
The goals of Harvest Market and PASA, the Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture, are quite aligned. Even though we are located in Delaware, most of our local products come from the Commonwealth next door. In fact, PASA has a membership that goes well-beyond the Keystone State, and is a real organizational powerhouse when it comes…
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Q & A with Coverdale Farm
In the third issue in our series about the organizations we support at Harvest Market, we are pleased to showcase the Coverdale Farm Preserve. Owned and operated by the Delaware Nature Society, the 377-acre Coverdale Farm Preserve is “comprised of 200 acres of nature preserve that is managed to conserve and enhance the biodiversity of…
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Q & A with Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund
Welcome to the first of our new series of articles about the organizations that we support at Harvest Market Natural Foods. We begin with an interview with Katherine Ghantous, Communications Director for the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund. The Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund (FTCLDF) is a non-profit “protecting, defending, and broadening the rights and viability of…
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Back to School: Farming Resources
We thought we’d share this recent post from our friends at Lancaster Farm Fresh Cooperative, which includes engaging, contemporary resources about farming and society. Gone are the days of discussions of food being relegated to the home kitchen, restaurant or market. Each and every day we are surrounded by food and farming, cooking and eating….
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