Regionally grown, small farm produce sources

Some of these places sell produce/eggs raised in an organic manner...no pesticides, no antibiotics; free range grass fed poultry raised humanely but are not PA Certified Organic. Organic certification is expensive for small farms. Ask at the business for details of their practices and certification.

• Forks Farm Market - Orangeville

Farm store open 9-5 Fridays 1 Jun -  12 Oct.
Eggs, milk, cheese and other market day items.
Saturday Market Days 10 am - 3 pm: 9, 23 June; 14, 28 July; 11, 25 August; 8, 22 September, 13 October 
Organic items include: breads, fresh fruits and vegetables, duck, veal, nuts, dried fruit.
Fresh pasture-raised meats, eggs, raw dairy, wild salmon, fresh produce, breads, baked goods, nuts, soaps.
Vendors listed on website.

• Green Ridge Country Market - 811 Forest Hill Road  Mifflinburg 570.966.4650

Closed Sunday, M - Th 8 - 6, F 8 - 8, Sat 8 - 6.
They obtain as much local produce as possible. During the summer such produce as sweet corn, strawberries, and green beans are all local. Instant yeast is usually available. No organic produce.

•  H&C Grove Feed - 2509 Hoffa Mill Rd  Lewisburg 570.524.2436 

M - F 8 - 5. Water powered mill has been in continuous operation since 1774. Current family has owned mill since 1911.

Unbleached fancy pastry flour in 10 lb bags, whole wheat flour, and roasted cornmeal processed at mill from local farms.  Other products available at store but shipped in include: quick and rolled oats, Red Star active dry yeast, black oil sunflower seeds for birds available in 25 and 50 lb. bags.

• Landis Poultry Farm 121 Hall Dr., Watsontown, 570.538.2999

Naturally fed turkeys, no hormones, no antibiotics, free range chickens

• Shafer Family Farm - Northumberland County, outside Sunbury, 570.286.1029

Naturally fed turkeys, no hormones, no antibiotics, free range chickens.

• Spring Meadows Farm - 149 Paperdale Road, Orangeville, 570.864.0947 or 570.441.3002 (cell). 

Grass-Finished Black Angus Beef/free range eggs. Beef is finished on High Quality Grass and Legume Pastures in Columbia County. No hormone implants, no  antibiotics. Beef is available in the fall by the quarter, half, or whole.

• White Frost Farms - Washingtonville  909 Washingtonville Rd. 570.437.2860.

Eggs, produce in season, chickens usually spring into October. No pesticides, no hormones, no antibiotics, free range naturally fed poultry. Sells eggs and produce to area restaurants, Elizabeth's and Reba and Poncho's in Lewisburg and Emma's in Selinsgrove. Sells eggs to Towne Market in Lewisburg, and produce to Natural Food & Garden Store in Lewisburg. Please give one day notice if you desire to purchase items at the farm.

Antibiotic use in livestock

• Read the problems of buying antibiotic fed livestock in PennFuture's article, Squandering Miracles, 7 March 2007.  The  American livestock industry uses 70% of all antibiotics manufactured. The European Union and Australia have bans on feeding antibiotics to healthy livestock but not here. Factory farms oppose measures by the American Medical Association and World Health Organization to ban the use of antibiotics in healthy animals. Using low doses of antibiotics in healthy animals increases the risk of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in food, air, and soil.