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FRESH FROM THE VINES, Meadville, PA, is a family farm committed to growing nutritious vegetables and fruits and has a bakery making the freshest products using natural and organic ingredients. Our commitment includes: farming sustainably, providing fresh food for our community and offering education to those who would like to learn more about the foods they eat.
Information is the key to providing education to our customers. Farm tours and hosting volunteers for ‘hands on’ learning is a great way to understand what it takes to grow foods to nourish our bodies. Offering presentations to school classes and community organizations gets the audience interested in the question "Do you know where your food comes from?". Certainly bringing up the subject of good food in a conversation allows for a bit of subtle education. We feel it’s crucial for everyone to have a better understanding of what goes into their food and how to make healthy choices.
An important part of leading a sustainable lifestyle involves "eating local", which means buying food grown as close to home as possible. "Eating local" minimizes the time between harvest and when you eat. After being harvested, produce begins to lose nutrients, so less time between the farm and your dinner plate means more nutritious food for you, and it simply tastes better because it’s fresh. By choosing local food to eat, you pay for taste, not transportation and packaging. Sustainable farms like FRESH FROM THE VINES are an integral part of the community, where money made on the farm is filtered back into local businesses. Studies have shown that buying local keeps up to 85% of each dollar in the area, supporting the local economy.
Every dollar you spend sends a message -- the more you spend on sustainable food, the more sustainable food will be produced. What happens with our food is up to you – the choice is yours.
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