Farm to Table Local Food Program

Farm to Table is an educational program that is offered in conjunction with our wellness program, Pathways to SmartCare.

The goal of this program is to provide opportunities for healthy eating, which includes providing access to local food producers.

In Support of the Local Food Movement

Eating locally produced farm products is advantageous for many reasons. First, the food has not traveled thousands of miles from a farm or processor to your grocery store, potentially compromising the quality of your food. Local food, defined for Farm to Table as within 175 miles of Pittsburgh, arrives just days after being harvested.

Secondly, eating local food means you are supporting local economy. The large rise in demand for locally grown products has supported many small local farmers to the point that they are now expanding their production, not falling short and selling the farm.

Farm to Table Food Subscription and Annual Conference

To provide these opportunities, Farm to Table has teamed with local farms, local businesses that support sustainable agriculture and many leaders of the local food movement that work for change within the Pittsburgh area.

For Senior Centers and Living Facilities, we sponsor the Farmers Market on Wheels program, which brings fresh produce to those who are not able to travel.

For individuals, we offer the Food Subscription program, which delivers a weekly box of fresh local farm products to participants. We also offer an annual conference for interested individuals to learn more about the connection between local food and health directly from the food producers and local experts.

These same services are utilized for our Corporate Farm to Table Program. Those participate in this program create a drop off location for seasonal food subscriptions and are invited to attend our annual conference.