Don't buy food from strangers! Know Your Farmers!

You’ve heard it before, the importance of knowing who grows your food – and now it's even more important than ever. In addition to adapting to new and unexpected weather patterns as well as pests and diseases, Your Farmers are now also dealing with new rules, regulations and other economic challenges as a result of this pandemic. Over the years, BCFA has offered many ways for you and your community to better "Know Your Farmers," through the Wrightstown and Doylestown Farmers Markets, our Buy Fresh Buy Local e-guide, our website, newsletters, and farm tours. And with your help, BCFA has also provided financial support directly to farmers. In 2019, we awarded Small Farm Grants (SFGs) to three local farmers. And recently, we continued this effort with a SFG to a generationally family-owned and operated Pennsylvania Maple Syrup grower and producer, whose primary market is Bucks County.

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Click here to visit the CDC's website that includes information on:

• How to wear a cloth face covering
• CDC's recommendations on Homemade Cloth Face Coverings
• Washing and sterilizing cloth face coverings 
• Safely removing used cloth face coverings 
• Sew and No Sew Instructions to create a DIY facemask

"The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture today issued guidance for the agriculture industry on essential businesses and how those businesses can mitigate against COVID-19 while maintaining essential operations to ensure access to food. Governor Tom Wolf yesterday provided an update to businesses related to Pennsylvania's statewide mitigation efforts and noted that food processing, agriculture, feed mills, and grocery stores are essential services.

"As the commonwealth takes steps to mitigate against COVID-19 and continues to strive for a healthy Pennsylvania for all, businesses across the state have been asked to consider if they're essential or not," said Secretary Redding. "Agriculture's role is unquestionable: access to food is a right; we need local agriculture now more than ever."

We’re pleased to know that the PA Department of Agriculture is agreeing that farmers markets should stay/be open during the Coronavirus pandemic just as grocery stores are open as essential services to the community. We now have new guidelines for health and safety and both of our markets will implement these new measures.

Please support our farmers and your health by safely visiting and purchasing from our markets, Doylestown Farmers Market and Wrightstown Farmers Market, for nourishing produce and other food products. Wrightstown Farmers Market will stay at The Anchor Church and vendors will be outside on the Church grounds for the balance of the winter market season. Please check the website for up-to-date information

Do your part by social distancing, be prepared for a quick trip, supply your own hand sanitizer if possible (we are asking each vendor to have some as well), be prepared to pre-order and pre-pay for your items with as many vendors as possible. Information on how to do this will be given by each market ahead of time.  If we all work together and all do our part, we can stop the spread of the virus and have our lives return to normal.'

Farmers’ Forum: Climate Smart Farming in Bucks County was a Success