As a wonderful addition to our farm tours, our Buy Fresh, Buy Local Business Partners are all offering special discounts or activities for tour ticket holders! These are not meant to replace the farm tours, but to compliment them. Just as our farmers need support from area restaurants, the non-food farming community and those offering agricultural machinery, input products and hard good, these business partners rely on our farmers. Buy Fresh, Buy Local business partners are committed to promoting local foods, belief in the Buy Fresh, Buy Local mission and work to support our farmers in various ways every day.
Please, as you travel between tours, or perhaps at the start or end of the tour schedule, stop by and visit the following Buy Fresh, Buy Local Business partners: AG-CHOICE Organic Compost; Glenn Brook Nursery (certified Jersey Grown); The Gristmill Cafe (local food choice) and the Blairstown Area Farmers' Market (Foodshed Alliance-run market with Business Partner Little Big Farm (cut flowers) and BFBL affiliated farmers Flower Creek Farms and Kimball's Farm and U-Pick, both all-natural growers!)
Sussex County:
All of these business partners are directly on the travel route between Plaid Piper farm in Branchville and LL Pittenger Farm in Green Twp! All are just off of the Route 206 corridor.
Glenn Brook Nursery: 83 Decker Road, 1/4 mile off of Route 206 just south of the intersection with Route 15 (Ross's Corners). JERSEY GROWN Certified nursery. Perennials, shrubs, grasses, herbs and ferns, all winter-hardy in our area. Glenn Brook is a true grower- starting plants from plugs and growing them to one, two, three and up to 15 gallon containers for all of your needs. With over 1,500 varieties of perennials and 300,000 plants on-site, this is a nursery which supplies local landscapers, garden centers and re-wholesalers as well as the retail public. Stop in for special ticket holder discounts, and a special "quick stop" display to get you on your way to the next tour!
Grist Mill Cafe: 4 Lenape Road Andover: Just a fraction of a mile off of Route 206, the cafe serves fresh food in a convivial atmosphere. Enjoy a special organic tea or coffee and browse their selection of books. A European experience right here in NJ! Offering a special local food menu selection for tour ticket holders! Or, stop in to bring home a selection of their large selection of coffees by the pound, or teas. Grab a quick bite to start or finish your day here! A 10% discount on purchases to ticket holders; also a local food specail will be available.
AG-Choice: Whitehall Road, Andover:From Route 206 in Andover, just 3 miles on 517 south, and along the way to LL PITTENGER FARM! Ag- Choice is an agricultural composting facility: See how they make their certified organic compost. Machine demos, in which the special compost turning equipment is set into action, will occur at 12, 2 and 4pm. These 20 minute demos and information sessions are Free to tour ticket holders. The first in NJ, using horse manure and pre-consumer food scrapes from the local supermarket and restaurant industry, Ag-choice creates a true living compost!
Warren County:
Little BIg Farm: Cut flowers, extraordinary bouquets! All naturally-grown flowers - no chemicals used on these fine blooms! Find them at the Blairstown Area Farmers' Market, Route 521 just South of Route 94 in Blairstown, at the Givens- Belet Hall. Patti will offer something special for our ticket holders. Her strong advocacy for local foods was responsible for the formation of the market! Patti is the farmer representative for the market, working with the Foodshed Alliance to organize, promote and ensure the market's continued success!
The Blairstown Farmers' Market is a Foodshed Alliance-run market, featuring many BFBL farmers and, of course, our business partner Little Big Farm. Stop in during the tour- market hours are 10am-2pm- and visit with BFBL Affiliate Farmers Kimball's Farm and U-Pick and Flower Creek Farms. These all-natural- no chemicals EVER- growers are at the market each week!
ALSO:
Maschio's Food Service: stop by and visit our Farm-to-School Partner at Donaldson's Farm. Maschio's will be preparing some of the food for our dinner event. Even if you aren't attending the dinner, stop in visit our vendor booths for more information.
This event is also made possible through the generous support of our sponsors
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