On Saturday, December 11th, 68 youth took part in the Side by Side and Next Steps programs, held at two locations at the Kimberton Waldorf School site. This was a busy day, with lots of different activities for the (younger) Side by Side youth and their teen mentors.
The Next Steps youth and teens focused on [...]

Without a greenhouse, the long gardening season in PA also must come to an end; usually in late October thru mid-November. At the Park Spring Garden, we brought the season to a close on October 23rd–with some great help from a volunteer crew from Christ’s Church of the Valley in Royersford.
Greg Yayac, our two-summer veteran [...]

What’s the next step for youth who are too old for the Side By Side program?  Why–Side By Side Next Steps, of course. And so, on Saturday, October 23rd, 13 Side By Side ‘graduates’ joined Triskeles staff and six teen mentors for a day of baking and environmental activities.
Ginger snaps were the order of the [...]

23 young adventurers from Phoenixville paired up with teen mentors for the Side By Side Activity Day on Saturday, October 23rd. It was a beautiful, sunny and warm day. After making cider and applesauce from organic apples from Vollmecke Farms in Coatesville, the youth dug potatoes and carrots with Celia Martin, [...]

Mark Birdsall from Triskeles visited Herban Farms, on the campus of Cheyney University in West Chester, with Sue Milshaw from CCEDC this week. A unique operation, Herban Farms. Tilapia (fish) in a large tank generate wastes which flow through other hydroponic beds. Basil is grown in these beds, from seed to full-sized plants, harvested, packaged [...]

The Movie “Food Fight,”  that is. Mark Birdsall from Triskeles was invited to join director Chris Taylor, Marilyn Anthony from PASA, and organic farmer Sam Cantrell for a screening of Chris’ new documentary ‘Food Fight’ at Penn State Great Valley; and a panel discussion afterward.
Food Fight focuses on the revolution in America and citizens act [...]

How do you process and store oodles of fresh food from Chester County’s gardens and farms for those in need of it? The Food Bank of Chester County knows how. Many thanks to Larry Welsch for giving us the $1.50 tour of these great digs. Imagine what a group of Food For Thought youth could [...]

Things have been busy here at Food For Thought so there’s a bit of updates in store. Our first field trip to the Reading Terminal Market was a huge success. See for yourself!
The students went on a scavenger hunt where they asked vendors questions about their products like where their ingredients come from, why their food [...]

We are into our second week of Food For Thought riding out the feverish heat and working hard as usual.
Students returned to the farms after a long weekend to get their hands dirty.
Nothing “beets” harvesting at Charlestown Farm.
The Kimberton farm group got a lesson on mulching eggplants.
In the afternoons half of the group recharges by [...]