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Farms & CSA Farms GET FRESH! produce, meat, cheese, eggs, honey, baked goods, maple products and more, residents might even be able to plan an entire meal with purchases from available vendors— complete with dessert! A group also hosts an open jam during the market. Visit the website for more information. Klenz Farm Fruit Stand Dates: Daily during the growing season Time: 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Address: Buffalo Road, North East Contact: facebook.com/klenzfruitstand, or 814.725.3276 Delicious farm-fresh produce! Also offering wholesale and retail. Check the Facebook page for more information. Meadville Market House Dates: Saturdays and Wednesdays through November Times: Saturday, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Wednesday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Address: 910 Market Street, Meadville Contact: meadvillemarkethouse.org, or 814.336.2056 Locally grown, plus a variety of other locally produced goods with live entertainment inside every Saturday. SNAP benefits accepted inside the market house. For more information visit the website. Westgate Farms Fruit Market Dates: Check the Facebook page for availability. Address: 10951 East Lake Road, North East Contact: Facebook.com/pg/ Westgatefarms, or 814.725.1157 A family-owned and operated farm that grows a wide variety of fruits and vegetables. Also raises pigs and chickens and has fresh eggs for sale. Check the Facebook page for more information. 26 724.942.0940 TO ADVERTISE ❘ Nelson Fruit Farm Local farms that offer Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) provide consumers with local, seasonal food direct from a farmer by receiving a share of the farm’s harvest. Members can pick up their share at the farm, or at many locations close to home. Dates: Through October Time: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Address: 2931 East Lake Road, Erie Contact: 814.899.6240 The taste of summer! Offering fresh fruits including apples and peaches, and vegetables including sweet corn, peppers, pumpkins, tomatoes, squash and zucchini. Call for more information. Borecky Fruit Farm Pick-Your- Own Fruit Northrop’s Apple Acres Farm Stand Dates: Check the website for the produce schedule. Address: 7295 McCray Road, Fairview (GPS Address) Contact: boreckyfruitfarm.weebly.com, or 814.474.5628 Welcome to an organic pick-your-own- fruit farm! Offering over 52,000 dwarf fruit trees (most under 5’), which are 95% organic (no manure used), including apples, apricots, cherries, peaches, pears and nectarines. The farm market includes a bakery, coffee and juice bar, as well as several “unconventional” surprises and vertical markets and/or production facilities. Check the website for more detailed information about fruit availability. Dates: Mid-November Address: 9014 West Lake Road, Lake City Contact: 814.774.0020 Crunchy, sweet and delicious! A small orchard that grows apples and a few pears. It offers around 30 varieties with largest amounts in McIntosh, Mutsu, Ida Red, Red Delicious and Yellow Delicious. Some of the other varieties offered in limited quantities are Honeycrisp, Macoun, Ginger Gold, Cox Orange Pippin, Wolf River, 20 Ounce, Winesap, Snapp Staymen, Northern Spy, Prairie Spy, Roxberry Russet, Gravenstien, Spitsenburg, Jonathan and Suncrisp. Everything grown is sold at a stand in front of the house. Call for more information. Fedei Farm Post Apple CSA and Pick Your Own Apples Dates: Open seasonally Address: 7785 Maple Street, Fairview, Waterford Square (Downtown Waterford on the Park); check the Facebook page for more locations. Contact: facebook.com/fedeifarms, or 814.882.2642 Fresh from the farm! Throughout the season, strawberries, raspberries, cabbage, pickles, peas, tomatoes, zucchini, yellow squash and cucumbers may be available from this family farm! Visit the Facebook page, or call for more information about what produce will be available. Finnell Farms Dates: Open seasonally Address: 7840 Buffalo Road, Harborcreek Contact: facebook.com/finnell.farms, or 814.899.8242 A fifth-generation family-owned farm and has been in business for over 60 years. It specializes in fresh fruits and vegetables and makes them available to the public at the farm stand. Visit the Facebook page to see what produce is available. icmags.com Dates: Through the fall Address: 8893 Gulf Road, North East Contact: postapples.com, or 814.725.3330 Members of this program receive a bag of fresh produce once a week for 22 weeks each summer and fall. In addition, extras can always be purchased of almost everything raised. One of the last farms to allow pick- your-own Golden Delicious, Fuji, Ida Red, and Red Rome apples. Visit the website for more information. Pangratz Farm Dates: Monday through Saturdays through October Time: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Address: Route 20, Girard Contact: facebook.com/Pangratz-Farm- Market, or 814.774.4448 Stop by the farm and support your local farmer! Purchase fruit, potatoes, sweet corn, vegetables and more. Taste the difference. Check the Facebook page for more information. Continued on page 28 >