Iris and Honey is a food and lifestyle blog with an emphasis on local farms and businesses in Central PA.
There are challenges to becoming a locavore. Finding reliable sources of food that are local may be difficult. The original locavore challenge focused on what was available in a 100-mile radius. These are a few of the challenges that exist in Pennsylvania: Choices: Are avocados grown in Pennsylvania? How about…
Apple Valley Creamery is a family owned dairy farm about 40 minutes south of where I live. They offer home delivery of their dairy products as well as the products of other local farms and businesses. It is great that they offer local products that can be delivered right to…
Many of my German ancestors on my father’s side have been in Pennsylvania since the late 1700’s. They were farmers who owned a lot of land and grew their own food. I imagine that they were very self-sufficient. My Italian ancestors on my mother’s side were also farmers, so you…