The Mission of Lancaster County Buy Fresh Buy Local is to build and strengthen our local food system by connecting Lancaster County families, farmers’ markets, restaurants, and other institutions with Lancaster County farmers.

Goals:

·         Educate the public on the health and environmental advantages of locally-grown food.

·         Increase access to local, sustainably-produced food

·         Increase community involvement in the local food economy

·         Increase farmers incomes

·         Improve the local economy

·         Increase visibility of businesses that support the local economy

The Buy Fresh Buy Local label represents quality foods, grown on Lancaster County farms.  Look for it on product packaging, in stores, on menus and at your farmers market.  It represents a network of farms, farmer’s markets, restaurants, and grocers you can rely on for the best foods our County has to offer.

When you buy foods that are grown or produced in Lancaster County, your dollar goes back to the future of the community, the land, and the economy.

Lancaster County Buy Fresh Buy Local is a campaign organized by Sustainable Lancaster, the Friends of Central Market, The Local Economy Center at Franklin & Marshall College, the Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture (PASA) and the FoodRoutes Network.  ssbn members with  food-related businesses such as restaurants and farms also receive fee membership in Buy Fresh Buy Local.

For more information on the Lancaster campaign please contact sustainablelancaster@juno.com  or call  717-419-8354

web sites of interest:

Lancaster:

Central Market - www.cityoflancasterpa.com

Eastern Market - www.historiceastside.org

Pennsylvania:

www.buylocalpa.org

www.pasafarming.org

National:

www.foodroutes.org