Philly Farm & Food Fest (& Fiber) April 8th 2017 #pf3 #SupportLocal

What does great advocacy look like? #PhillyFarmAndFoodFest where the theme of the event is to introduce attendees to local food growers and distributors with hopes that we will connect and support the local producers. Family, community and environment focused were the presenters who were happy to share their healthy habits and traditional diets. No hay rides, but there were tractors to take photos on, apple cider to sample and plenty of hay to remind us of the farm and land cultures.

Learned how High Tunnels is a favorite for organic farmers because they can control pest and the irrigation for the plants. This allows farmers to get several crops versus depending on our environment for annual crops. We were just planting at our gardens in Blackberry Mansion and talking how we only get one crop from our plantings. Now i know of a way to produce more than that one crop. Look at that beautiful Swiss Chard, i plan to plant some in my garden but would love to have Swiss Chard today that looks like the Swiss Chard in this photo.

Whole Foods Market introduced me to a vegan, yes i said vegan cheez no steak sandwich. So delicious i had to go back for seconds.  Whole Foods buys their mushroom locally from Mother Earth Organic Mushrooms, located in Landenberg, Pennsylvania aka "The Mushroom Capital." Whole Foods produce is grown within 100 miles of their markets!! Here's the recipe:

Cheez Sauce:
2 cups raw unsalted cashews, soaked over night
1/2 cup nutritional yeast (this gives you cheese taste)
1/4 cup of H2O
1/4 cup of Lemon Juice
1 teaspoon of salt
1/2 teaspoon onion powder
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder

Filing:
1 cup each of organic sliced cremini mushrooms, white mushrooms, shiitake mushrooms
1 tablespoon olive oil
1tablespoon soy sauce
1 tablespoon vegetarian Worcestershire sauce
1 tablespoon of butter
1 red onion, halved and thinly sliced
1 green pepper thinly sliced
1 clove garlic minced
salt & pepper to taste

Make Cheez Sauce: soak cashews overnight in water, drain water and blend until smooth. add remaining ingredients and blend until smooth.

Prepare the Filing: preheat oven to 425, combine mushrooms, olive oil, soy sauce and worcestershire sauce, season with salt and pepper. roast on a baking sheet for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally until mushrooms are tender and browned. Saute onions, peppers and garlic.

Assemble: slice and toast rolls slightly, layer mushrooms, onions, peppers and cheez sauce, place back in oven for few minutes before serving!!

Long Lines means big demand right? #UDairyCreamery had the longest line and all those eating the ice cream were expressing how #UDairyCreamery is the best ice cream ever!! I waited for the line to go down and tried some bourbon pecan. So good!! and the best part, which made me a bit hesitant in the first place, my stomach didn't cramp as my stomach tends to do after eating milk base products!!

The UDairy Creamery has partnered with UD’s Horn Program in Entrepreneurship to bring you the Moo Mobile, a full-sized ice cream truck. The Moo Mobile serves up to 20 flavors to all of UD’s campuses. It also provides outreach opportunities for the UDairy Creamery, allowing participation in the Delaware State Fair and other community events, as well as visits to alumni gatherings and corporate events. The Moo Mobile provides a vehicle for entrepreneurial education. UD students who enroll in select Horn Program courses have the opportunity to participate in the operation of the truck; they learn about starting and running a business – from legal requirements and management to marketing and financial analysis. The Moo Mobile also serves as a cornerstone of the Horn Program’s youth entrepreneurship initiative.

The UDairy Creamery as well as the Moo Mobile is a non-profit entity of the University of Delaware and College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Like most nonprofit organizations we rely on donations to help support our academic mission; therefore, we choose not to compete with for-profit businesses or events that are unrelated to our mission.

We consider attending events only relating to:

• The University of Delaware and its Colleges
• Agriculture
• Ice Cream

If your event, group, or company is interested in booking the Moo Mobile for an event, contact us atmoomobile@udel.edu. Please describe your relationship as listed above.

Blue Hen Weddings

The Moo Mobile is available for wedding catering. However, keeping with the spirit of our mission, we do require either a bride, groom, or parent be a University of Delaware alum. Please contact us atmoomobile@udel.edu for more information;  we will require the name and graduation year of the alum prior to the event approval. 

http://canr.udel.edu/udairycreamery/moo-mobile/

I was able to purchase honey made in west philly from Philadelphia Bee Company www.philadelphiabee.com. Some nice plants from Lunaria Gardens https://squareup.com/store/lunaria?t=merchant-rc. Tasted a spicy mango pop from "Lil Pop Shop", really good, you can try some at www.lilpopshop.com. Learn indigo dip, starts with green dye that once the air hits the dye the dye turns blue. During the Indigo Fabric Dyeing with The Art Dept. www.artdeptphilly.com. Met Inventor of the 90 second cake, Ms. Marian Dossou www.90secondcake.com. So many women owned business in the house!! Marisa McClellan was sharing "Naturally Sweet Food In Jars" www.foodinjars.com. Also was given some free certified organic lettuce starters to grow in my sons window seal!!  Delware Valley University offers Organic Farming Certificate Program www.del/val.edu. Looking forward to next years Philly Farm And Food Fest (Fiber)!!

Hands down the best part of my exploration at the Philly Farm and Food Fest was recording Ms. Olga sharing how to make "Kombuchia." Never heard of Kombuchia, was all the attendees creating the standing room only space for Olga's presentation that made turn on the camera and press the record button. I've been drinking apple cider vinegar to improve my health. I have poor eating habits and need to put nutrients in my body that don't require alot of time to create. i heard about the benefits of Fermentation of soy beans on the Dr. Oz show. Ms. Olga shared the process of fermenting yeast, sugar and tea to create a healthy probiotic drink. www.fsproduce.com