Dates/times:
Sunday, April 27 2014 at 08:30 AM (Get Tickets)
Location:
TBA
TBA
Philadelphia, PA 19130
Event Description:
This event is our first using a sliding scale for ticket fees -- we thank you for your support! Proceeds from Fair Food's Education Series go to our awesome instructors and to support our mission of promoting sustainable agriculture in the Philadelphia region. Thanks to our 2014 sponsors, Philadelphia Brewing Co. and Commonwealth Ciders!
Springtime is one of the most exciting seasons for wild foods in the northeast. To celebrate, Fair Food is taking April's installment of our education series into the field -- right here in Philadelphia. Join us and David Siller, horticultural educator and farmer/forager to the city's top chefs, to learn about edible plants growing wild in the city.
Stay tuned for specific site details! We're in the process of confirming an exciting site for the tour that's truly wild and definitely urban.
Light morning refreshments with be available starting at 8:30 before the tour.
ABOUT DAVID SILLER
David Siller is a farmer, naturalist, primitive skills practitioner, fermentation enthusiast and yogi in the Philadelphia area. He teaches on subjects from seed saving and school gardening to fermentation and foraging. He is a native of the Philadelphia region and currently resides in Westville, NJ (just over the Walt Whitman bridge from South Philly) at an acre-sized permaculture and sustainable homestead that he calls Perkins Lane Farm. Learn more about David and his work at YoSoyBean.
ABOUT THE FAIR FOOD FARMSTAND
Located in the Reading Terminal Market, the Fair Food Farmstand carries a wide variety of products from more than 90 sustainable farms and food producers in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware, including urban farms within the city of Philadelphia and is project of nonprofit organization Fair Food Philly. We emphasize local and artisanal foods from small-scale farms and producers, like humanely and pasture-raised meats, poultry and eggs; organic and specialty fruits and vegetables; and raw milk artisan cheeses.
Launched in 2003 to increase access to local food, the Farmstand offers the product mix of the best farmers markets with the convenience and accessibility of a grocery store. The Farmstand is open 7 days a week year-round, providing a steady wholesale market to our vendors and demonstrating the agricultural bounty of our region.