November 2013 – Blue Moon Acres

Please Join Us for Our First Holiday Open House

[dropcap]P[/dropcap]lease join us for our FIRST Holiday Open House at our Pennington Farm Market on Friday December 13th from 4 PM to 7 PM. The event is FREE. Each attendee is automatically entered into a raffle for a Blue Moon Acres Farm Market gift basket! This night our store launches a brand new selection…

Exciting New Restaurant Coming to Doylestown!

Genevieve DiFilippo is about to realize a life-long dream—again. The owner of the Geneveive’s, the popular Panini shop in downtown Doylestown, is opening another restaurant. “Since I was 14, I always wanted to have my own restaurant,” she says. Her new place will be called, simply, Genevieve’s Kitchen, and will feature a fusion of…

Eating is an Agricultural Act

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about this statement by Wendell Berry- “Eating is an agricultural act.” What does it mean? It’s a statement of individual empowerment. It’s recognition of consumer power. It reminds us that all humans are involved in agriculture, as we all eat. It demands that we eat with a greater…

How ‘Bout Them Apples!

“An apple a day keeps the doctor away”, the old saying goes. But what if that apple is local, recently-picked, and grown with love? Could it do more than just keep the doctor away? Could it spark a revolution? Amy Manoff of Manoff Market Gardens thinks so. “A well-grown apple is the most basic thing,”…

Fall Food Festival Pictures

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]hank you to all who came out to our Pennington farm last Saturday in support of Local, Organic Food and fun! The weather was beautiful and the food from Chive Café & Catering delicious. Our friends from Door to Door Organics Tri-State met plenty of new faces and so did we! Thanks, also, to those of you who were…