Farm to Table Conference Review
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008I was looking forward to the Farm to Table conference this year. Its new home was in the convention center downtown (a much easier destination for me to get to), and it had been expanded to a two-day format. I was hopeful that these factors would lead to an increase in the number and quality of booths at the conference. I’ve got to admit to being disappointed on both counts.
While there were several very interesting exhibitors, such as Weatherbury Farm (a source of grass-fed beef and lamb); Heritage Farm (source of poultry, beef, pork, and various sundries); Plum Run Winery (which boasts a decent 100% pinot noir and a wine made primarily from norton, a grape I only previously tasted in Missouri); Turner Dairy (which buys milk only from farms within a 70-mile radius of their operation and was named “Best Milk in U.S.” at the 2007 World Dairy Expo in Madison, WI); and the Farmers Market Alliance of Western Pennsylvania (which provides a wealth of information about various farmers’ markets in the area), I still left feeling as if there ought to have been more.