Fresh Produce Stand in Garfield

Each and every Thursday, Healcrest Urban Farm, whose entrance is at the corner of N. Pacific & Hillcrest Street in Garfield Heights, will offer a Live & Direct Farm Stand! Fresh Produce for sale right on the farm, with live music, garden tours, and value-added products for sale such as all-natural lotions, soaps and shea butters, tea mixes, dried culinary herbs, and more.

Every Thursday until September 24th
4 - 8 p.m.

Healcrest Urban Farm accepts Farmers Market Nutrition Program Checks (FMNP) from WIC participants & seniors.

Please join us at your Garfield Local Food Source – Healcrest Urban Farm! Healcrest Urban Farm’s mission is to advocate the people’s power to grow and have access to fresh, affordable, nutritious food. Their vision is to eliminate disparities in the Pittsburgh food system by serving direct needs identified by the Garfield/East Liberty community in the areas of food access and affordability, youth employment, neighborhood clean-up, community green space and environmental education.

For more info: www.healcrest.com.

Rootz at Sundown: A Reggae Festival

A Reggae Festival to Support Healthy Food & Healthy Lives

Sunday June 21, 2009
6 -10 p.m.
Healcrest Urban Farm
Corner of N. Pacific Ave. and Hillcrest Street in Garfield Heights

Rootz at Sundown is the first roots reggae festival in Pittsburgh. Musicians creating original pieces of music in the tradition of roots reggae (that is, reggae that developed from the roots of African and Caribbean cultures that tells the voice of struggle, Rastafarian spirituality, and positiv, healthy living) will showcase their sounds to the community members in attendance. The main performers will be a Pittsburgh-based band called Man on the Street. In between performances, several Pittsburgh-based reggae DJs will spin roots reggae to keep the crowd moving and enjoying the positive vibrations. The event will also feature healthy vegetarian and vegan foods, which will be available at to all in attendance and offer their donation to the cause.

The event will raise money to support of Healcrest Urban Farm, whose mission is to eliminate disparities in the Pittsburgh food system by serving direct needs identified by the Garfield/East Liberty community in the areas of food access and affordability, youth employment, neighborhood clean-up, community green space and environmental education. For more info: healcresturbanfarm@gmail.com.

Garfield Heights Progress

On Thursday, March 12, join the Garfield Jubilee Association and the Bloomfield-Garfield Corp. for a community-wide meeting on the progress being made at the new development at Garfield Heights. Presentations will be made by KBK Enterprises and the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh. Your input is important! Bring your questions and get feedback from the developers.

Where: St. Lawrence O'Toole Activity Center, (N. Atlantic and Broad), in Garfield
Time: March 12, 6:30 p.m.
Info: 412-665-5200 (Garfield Jubilee Assn.)

Light refreshments will be served.