News Item Types Archives: Fresh Access

Northside residents didn’t let overcast skies stop them from getting the first fresh produce of the summer. East Park played host to vendors of all kinds for the first of […]

In its continuing push to give more people access to fresh, local food, Just Harvest is offering to recipients of food stamps — that is, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) […]

ast Tuesday evening, I was one of about 40 attendees at a potluck in the Hill District. The dinner was organized by Kelsey Weisgerber of the Environmental Charter School, Dawn […]

Shortly after Karen Hacker took on the job of director of the Allegheny County Health Department, she launched Live Well Allegheny, an initiative to try to improve the health of […]

Just Harvest won first place in the Farmers Market Coalition’s first-ever nationwide farmers market poster contest, beating out more than 160 entries for a prize of $1,000….

When Maria Almone, 92, of Brookline, found out that strawberries from Jodikino’s Farm in Clinton were $5 a quart at the Carrick farmers market, she said something she wouldn’t say […]

Pittsburgh Just Harvest is one of the winners in a poster contest run by the Farmers Market Coalition, a nonprofit “dedicated to strengthening farmers markets for the benefit of farmers, […]

City residents can find the freshest offerings from local farms on Sundays in the Beacon-Bartlett parking lot off Murray Avenue, behind the former Gullifty’s restaurant. Food stamps via EBT are […]

Just Harvest’s Fresh Access program is expanding. Fresh Access enables Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP – formerly known as food stamps) shoppers to use their benefits at participating farmers’ markets. […]