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About Buy Fresh Buy Local

Buy Fresh Buy Local (BFBL) is a National Initiative from the FoodRoutes Network (FRN) to promote locally grown & produced foods as well as working to involve consumers in the building of a new local food system. Local sustainable food benefits our local economies, environment and health and just plain tastes better. FRN works in partnership with community-based organizations across the country to help these groups increase their capacity to design, launch, and implement successful "Buy Fresh Buy Local" Chapters. There are now close to 50 chapters across the US in 28 states.

The Buy Fresh Buy Local Pennsylvania campaign is run by the Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture (PASA), which serves as the Regional Chapter Affiliate Coordinator. Beyond PASA, there are multiple local chapters that work on BFBL campaigns specific to their geographic location in the state.

Here in Philadelphia, White Dog Community Enterprises’ Fair Food coordinates the “Buy Fresh Buy Local Greater Philadelphia” chapter, which aims to help consumers find locally grown products in the marketplace. Our Philadelphia Local Food Guide (in print and on the web) currently lists over 100 locations — farmers' markets, independent retail stores, farm stands, restaurants, and Community Supported Agriculture farms — where consumers can purchase locally produced food in and around the city of Philadelphia. Through our Buy Fresh, Buy Local logo and other marketing materials, shoppers can identify those products produced in Greater Philadelphia.

 

National Buy Fresh Buy Local Coordinator

Food Routes

Food Routes Network (FRN) is a national nonprofit organization that provides communications tools, technical support, networking and information resources to organizations nationwide that are working to rebuild local, community-based food systems. FRN is dedicated to reintroducing Americans to their food - the seeds it grows from, the farmers who produce it, and the routes that carry it from the fields to their tables. FRN works in partnership with community-based organizations across the country to help these groups increase their capacity to design, launch, and implement successful "BUY FRESH BUY LOCAL" Chapters. There are now close to 50 chapters across the US in 28 states.

Pennsylvania Statewide Buy Fresh Buy Local Coordinator

PASA

Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture (PASA) is a nonprofit organization working to improve the economic and social prosperity of Pennsylvania food and agriculture. We work with the farmers that grow our food, the consumers that eat the food, and those concerned with the ecological well-being of our environment and natural resources. PASA is the only statewide, member-based, sustainable farming organization in Pennsylvania and the Northeast, and is one of the largest in the nation. The Association seeks to address the sustainability of the entire food and agriculture industry, and places great value on efforts to build bridges between various and disparate participants in the food system.

Philadelphia Buy Fresh Buy Local Chapter Coordinator

Fair Food, a program of White Dog Community Enterprises

Our mission is to cultivate a Philadelphia regional economy that is inclusive, just, environmentally healthy, and based on local business ownership. We help create, strengthen, and connect locally owned businesses and farms that provide essential human needs to our region; support minority entrepreneurs in this new economy; and educate the public about the benefits and responsibilities of building a local living economy. Our main program is now Fair Food, which is dedicated to bringing locally grown food into the Philadelphia marketplace and promoting a humane, sustainable agriculture for the region.

Philadelphia Buy Fresh Buy Local Partner Organizations

The Book and the Cook

Since 1985, The Book and The Cook has been recognized as America's original celebration of great cookbook authors and great restaurants inviting the country's food writers, television food personalities and popular cookbook authors to be hosted by the region's renowned chefs. During an annual ten-day festival, chefs and authors collaborate in creating cookbook influenced menus to provide a unique dining experience for restaurant patrons.

Farm to City

Real Farmers, Real Food: Farm to City is a community-based business whose goal is to unite communities, families, and farmers year-round through good locally grown food. Farm to City sees a region where the sustainable family farm is economically successful. To this end, Farm to City operates and supports 13 producer-only farmers' markets, assists CSA farms to find urban members, and offers over 370 locally produced food items through its Winter Harvest Buying Club, November through April. Farm to City also offers its web tools for others to use for buying clubs, CSA member recruitment, and member-choice CSAs. Since its beginning in 2001, Farm to City's unsubsidized private sector programs have resulted in over $3.6 million in sales of locally produced foods.

The Food Trust

Founded in 1992, The Food Trust's mission is to ensure that everyone has access to affordable, nutritious food. Among other programming initiatives, The Food Trust operates 28 farmers' markets in the region with community partners in diverse neighborhoods throughout the southeastern Pennsylvania area. By providing residents with fresh fruits and vegetables and nutrition-related educational activities and events, The Food Trust's farmers' markets directly impact an estimated 115,000 customers each year. The Food Trust's staff provides nutritional information at our markets as well as shopping tips and education about the different types of fresh fruits and vegetables found at the market. All markets accept senior citizens' and WIC mothers' Farmers' Market Nutrition Program (FMNP) vouchers. Most markets including the Sunday Headhouse Market also accept EBT Access cards - food stamp benefits in the
form of a swipe card.

Reading Terminal Market

Mouth-watering aromas. Produce fresh from the field. Amish specialties. Fresh meats, seafood, and poultry. Unique, hand-made pottery, jewelry and crafts from around the world. The hustle and bustle of a multitude of diverse people. It's all here in Philadelphia's historic farmers market, Reading Terminal Market. We invite you to explore this unique and extraordinary historic farmers market in Center City Philadelphia.