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Real Farmers, Real Food

Farm to City is a Philadelphia-based business whose mission is to unite communities, families, and farmers year-round through good locally grown food. Since 2000, we have been a leader in our region's local food movement.

We envision urban areas connected to their regions through farmers and their crops; cities and towns rich with healthful, fresh, and flavorful food choices at outdoor markets, through buying clubs and CSAs and from food hubs dedicated to their region's farm production; where citizens can find locally produced food in grocery stores, school lunch programs, colleges, and health care facilities.

We strive to build regions where the sustainable family farm is economically successful and a force to preserve our vanishing countryside.

Farm to City encourages farmers, local food organizations, and food businesses to use our web-based tools to expand their marketplaces.

Note: The above descriptive information came from the company's About Us page.

In The News

For The Weekend: Dickinson Square Farmers Market, Passyunk Post, May 29, 2020.
Local and fresh on Front Street, Star News Philly, August 2, 2018.

Info

Email Newsletter: Newsletter (on bottom right of home page)
Facebook: FarmToCity
Twitter: @farmtocity

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-{{toplink|url=https://www.farmtocity.org|name=farmtocity.org}}<blockquote>''Real Farmers, Real Food''</blockquote>
+{{toplink|url=http://www.farmtocity.org|name=farmtocity.org}}<blockquote>''Real Farmers, Real Food''</blockquote>'''Farm to City''' is a Philadelphia-based business whose mission is '''to unite communities, families, and farmers year-round through good locally grown food'''. Since 2000, we have been a leader in our region's local food movement.
-Founder and director Bob Pierson is a pioneer in the Philadelphia area local food movement. In 1996 he and several friends started Philadelphia's first outdoor farmers' market - a market with real farmers. Later that year he began work with the Food Trust to plan and operate its first seven outdoor farmers' markets. In 2000 he left the Food Trust start '''Farm to City''' LLC to be an advocate for farmers. Since then Farm to City has opened many new farmers' markets, operated the Winter Harvest Buying Club  through 2017, helped many CSA farms to find members, and created a website that allows other farmers and food hubs to use its web tools to serve their own local food movements. Farm to City's '''programs account for about $3.3 million annual sales by farmers and food artisans'''.
-''Note:''&nbsp;&nbsp;The above descriptive information came from the organization's [http://farmtocity.org/meet-our-staff/ About Us] page.
+We envision urban areas connected to their regions through farmers and their crops; cities and towns rich with healthful, fresh, and flavorful food choices at outdoor markets, through buying clubs and CSAs and from food hubs dedicated to their region's farm production; where citizens can find locally produced food in grocery stores, school lunch programs, colleges, and health care facilities.
+We strive to build regions where the sustainable family farm is economically successful and a force to preserve our vanishing countryside.
+Farm to City encourages farmers, local food organizations, and food businesses to use our web-based tools to expand their marketplaces.
+''Note:''&nbsp;&nbsp;The above descriptive information came from the company's [http://farmtocity.org/meet-our-staff/ About Us] page.
 ==In The News==
+*[http://www.passyunkpost.com/2020/05/29/for-the-weekend-dickinson-square-farmers-market/ For The Weekend: Dickinson Square Farmers Market], Passyunk Post, May 29, 2020.
 *[http://starnewsphilly.com/local-and-fresh-on-front-street-589ca4eb95e8 Local and fresh on Front Street], Star News Philly, August 2, 2018.
 ==Info==
 *Email Newsletter:&nbsp;[http://www.farmtocity.org Newsletter] (on bottom right of home page)
 *Facebook:&nbsp;[http://www.facebook.com/FarmToCity FarmToCity]
 *Twitter:&nbsp;[http://twitter.com/farmtocity/ @farmtocity]
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