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Filed under Business, Events, Pittsburgh, Tea-pop Shop, Urban Farming
Funding To A Tea: A Networking Happy Hour Event with Healcrest Urban Farm, The Sprout Fund, and New Sun Rising.
Propelle is teaming up with Healcrest Urban Farm, The Sprout Fund, and New Sun Rising to throw an early-summer garden party for women entrepreneurs!
With tents, twinkling lights, greenhouse and garden tours, local farm fresh tidbits and specialty drinks made from Healcrest’s own line of herbal teas, shrubs, and tea pops this is sure to be the networking event of the summer. The focus for the evening will be women entrepreneurs seeking funding opportunities, resources, incubation & investment. Speakers will include Dana Launius and Maria Graziani of Healcrest Urban Farm and a representative from the Sprout Fund. What you’ll discover:
- Funding opportunities and options in PIttsburgh.
- What funders are specifically looking for.
- What will set your funding application apart from the crowd.
- What Maria and Dana have learned from 5+ years of working with funders.
There will also be funding information on hand from New Sun Rising. Get your tickets today and invite your favorite woman entrepreneurs (and future entrepreneurs) to join you for a very special and informative evening. This event is 21+ only.
Filed under Business, Events, Pittsburgh, Women
Check Out Our Calendar of Upcoming Markets and Events
- JUNE 21 Children’s Museum Maker Fair 6/21/201
PUBLIC MARKETS
- CitiParks East Liberty Farmer’s Market, 5900 Penn Circle North
Mondays, 3:30-7:30pm May 11th – November 2 2015
- Bloomfield Saturday Market, 505 Liberty Avenue, Bloomfield
Saturdays, 9am-1pm, May 30-November 7 2015
- COMING SOON TO – Pittsburgh Public Market, 2401 Penn Avenue, Strip District
Wednesdays 10 am to 4 pm
Thursdays 10 am to 7 pm
Fridays 10 am to 4 pm
Saturdays 9 am to 5 pm
Sundays 10 am to 4 pm
RETAIL LOCATIONS
FIND OUR ICE POPS!
- 52nd Street Market, 601 52nd Street, Pgh, PA 15201 (LVille)
- East End Food Coop, Penn Ave & Braddock Ave (Point Breeze)
- Klavon’s Ice Cream Parlor 2801 Penn Ave Pittsburgh, PA 15222
- Commonplace Coffee, Penn Ave (Garfield) & Forbes Ave (Sq. Hill)
- Sewickley Confectionery 600 Beaver Street, Sewickley, PA 15143
- Biddle’s Escape 401 Biddle Avenue 15221 (Regent Square)
FIND TEAS!
- 52nd Street Market, 601 52nd Street, Pgh, PA 15201 (LVille)
- Commonplace Voluto 5467 Penn Ave Pittsburgh, PA 15206
- Penns Corner Farm Stand Online CSA w/ Farm Stand Pick-up
- Klavon’s Ice Cream Parlor 2801 Penn Ave Pittsburgh, PA 15222
- Breathless Beauty 108 Route 6 Bdg. 2 Milford, Pennsylvania 18337
Filed under Events, local food, market, Pittsburgh, Tea-pop Shop
We’re Headed to the Regatta at Lake Arthur this Weekend!
We have a very busy weekend ahead and we are excited to see all of you at one or more of our five events!
Maria, Savi, Justice, and Suzy along are traveling North for the Annual Regatta at Lake Arthur. We were invited to join this event as a first time vendor in their Natural Vendor’s Village and we are excited to try a new market in a beautiful setting! Read More Here.
Friday night Dana will be enjoying herself as usual and serving TeaPops and Tea at the First Friday Garfield Night Market. Always a great time full of delicious food, local arts, and good company as always with your friendly local neighborhood vendors.
On Saturday visit Meg in the Strip District at another exciting new market, Farmers at the Firehouse. We love our weekly farmers markets, where our resident farmers get to talk with patrons, and where we bring out some of our other products and service. Keep an eye out for bouquets, herb bundles, apothecary items, classes at the farm, and sign ups for our Fall/Winter herbal CSA!
Also on Saturday you can find Michelle holding it down at the Bloomfield Saturday Farmers Market. Stroll along the market this week and enjoy live music with BeLove, food and wellness demos, and always delicious food. Come to the Healcrest PopUp for Hot & Iced Tea, TeaPops, and check out Cutting Root Apothecary products. Talk to Michelle about all the wonderful benefits of herbal wellness support.
Filed under Events, market, Pittsburgh, Tea-pop Shop, Uncategorized
Come to Wigle Whiskey Distillery this Friday – July 25, 2014!
We’ll be slinging TeaPops at the Wigle Distillery! Come get all kinds of great street food and participate in a curiously named event! See you Friday in the Strip!!!
It’s that time of year again. Join us for our third annual Tar & Feather Party–our biggest event of the year! Help us celebrate the Whiskey Rebellion of the 1790s, read more…
Filed under Events, local food, market, Pittsburgh, Tea-pop Shop
AUGUST::Classes and Volunteer Days at the Farm
Sundays in August Join us At the Farm for Volunteer Days 11-4pm, followed by Farm Tours 4-5pm
August 6th, Wednesday 6pm – The Mighty Sourdough Starters
Learn how to make sourdough bread, crepes, tortillas, and pancakes with sourdough starters. Half a cup of Austrian Sourdough is complementary, so bring a jar with you! 1.5-2 hours (rain date: August 20th) Healcrest Urban Farm is located in Garfield at the intersection of Hillcrest and Pacific. Street Parking is available. Cost of each show, tell, and taste session is 25$ per person. Please register one week ahead of each workshop at http://www.healcresturbanfarm.com/events.html. Classes will be cancelled if enrollment is below eight participants. Contact Natalya at pinchuknatalya@gmail.com or 804-319-7377 if you have any
questions about the workshops.
August 11th, Monday 6pm – Old-Style Pickles, Salsas, Hot Sauces and Chutneys
Venture into the endless possibilities of flavor and learn how to stock up your fridge with delicious condiments and compliments to your everyday staples while the farmer’s markets are still bustling with delicious veggies. 1.5-2 hours (rain date: August 18th) Healcrest Urban Farm is located in Garfield at the intersection of Hillcrest and Pacific. Street Parking is available. Cost of each show, tell, and taste session is 25$ per person. Please register one week ahead of each workshop at http://www.healcresturbanfarm.com/events. Classes will be cancelled if enrollment is below eight participants. Contact Natalya at pinchuknatalya@gmail.com or 804-319-7377 if you have any questions about the workshops.
Sunday August 17, 10-12, Medicine Making, Tinctures and Elixirs.
We will discuss the advantages to making tinctures and even more delicious elixirs using herbs that you can grow, wild harvest, or buy. We’ll take a talk around the garden to learn about harvesting and processing techniques, how to make the best extractions from different plants and of course, do the entire process! Everyone will leave with a sample. Please register in advance at http://www.healcresturbanfarm.com/events so we can have enough supplies for everyone. Contact Michelle at 615-804-0064 or healcresturbanfarm@gmail.com with question about registration.
Sunday August 31, 10-12, Farm Tour, Late Summer Apothecary.
As asters take over our fields and gardens, come learn to identify the common plants of the late summer and how to look for what coming ahead. We’ll talk about identification, sustainable growing and harvesting practices, and the medicinal properties of many herbs. Contact Michelle at 615-804-0064 or info@healcresturbanfarm.com with question about registration. RSVP at http://www.healcresturbanfarm.com/events
Filed under herbal medicine, local food, natural skincare, Pittsburgh, Workshops
We’ll Be Joining Farmers @ the Firehouse this Saturday!
The ladies of Healcrest are excited to bring you delicious Summer refreshment at a new market this weekend! We are so fortunate and grateful to have wonderful new market opportunities.
Visit Maria at Farmers @ the Firehouse for Iced Tea, TeaPops, Loose Tea, and other amazing herbal edibles. Our flavors this week are Blueberry Lemon Balm, Roasted Peach Basil, Fresh Apple Mint, and Cucumber Surprise.
We are excited to see you this Saturday in the Strip at “Pittsburgh’s first & largest mostly organic or Certified Naturally grown farmers’ market.” Read more about Farmers @ the Firehouse.
Voted Best Farmers’ Market in Pittsburgh, Edible Allegheny 2010; 100 Best Things About Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Magazine; Best Farmers’ Market, City Paper Staff Picks.
Filed under market, Pittsburgh, Tea-pop Shop, Uncategorized
JULY :: Classes & Events at the Farm
On a small hill in Garfield, Healcrest Urban Farm is bursting with the colorful flowers of herbs in the height of summer! Our working, urban, organically run farm hosts a variety of events. Contact Michelle for booking at 615 804 0064.
Volunteering on the Farm!
Every Sunday from 114 join us for a volunteer day! We’ll be busy harvesting flowers, weeding, and working in our berry patch this month. Farm Tour at starts at 4pm, free for Garfield residents.
Classes & Workshops
In July we have 5 classes scheduled three Fermentation Classes with Natalya and two Herb Classes with Michelle! Fermentation classes will not run with fewer than 8 participants, so please register early at http://www.healcresturbanfarm.com/events.html
Salve Making Class! Monday July 7, 68 pm ($20)
From blooming garden to a wonderful finished product! Learn abut the therapeutic properties of different herbs and why you would chose them for your oil. We will talk
about many plants in the gardens and how to harvest them. Then we’ll harvest our own
roots and flowers to infuse our oils, discuss different techniques and turn your finished infused oils into a salve. Participants will leave with samples of products made in class. (Please register in advance so we can have enough supplies on hand)
Sauerkraut and Kimchi – Wednesday July 9, 68 pm ($25)
During this show, tell, an taste you will learn the foundations of making sauerkraut and kimchi. There is no one way of doing it. Come and explore the exciting possibilities that variations offer for our breakfast, lunch, and dinner plate.
Fermented Beverages – Monday July 14, 68 pm ($25)
This show, tell, and taste session will introduce you to the making of lightly fermented natural sodas with water kefir grains, fermented syrups to be mixed with sparkling water, and a variety of alcoholic meads.
Herbal Sleep Aids – Monday July 21, 68 pm ($10)
Trouble getting to sleep? Staying asleep? Bothered by sleep apnea? Or is it impossible to wake up?
Learn about different herbal approaches for addressing difficulties falling asleep all and trouble waking up. Walk through the gardens to identify common sleep aid plants and discuss how to grow and process them.
The Easy and Fun Milk Fermentations – Wednesday July 30, 68 pm ($25)
This session will cover the making of cultured and noncultured butters, milk kefir,
okroshka (eastern European cold soup with milk kefir) and clabbering raw milk to make a
simple but delicious farmer’s cheese. Yum!
Filed under herbal medicine, Pittsburgh, Workshops
SUMMER HAS ARRIVED AND IT IS HOT!
So to refresh and recharge you we have Savory Strawberry Creamsicle; Cucumber Lime Mint, and returning champs Chocolate Lavender, & Fresh Apple Mint. In addition we are bringing freshly brewed Iced Tea by the cup. Try our original Tea Blends like Goddess Blend or Everyday Tea. We look forward to hosting you for volunteer days, tours, and classes. And we are always happy to see you at market.
Filed under Events, Pittsburgh, Urban Farming
Fermention Workshops with Cultures Lab and Natalya
Join us at Healcrest Urban Farm for Fermentation Workshops with Natalya. Natalya has been creating, studying, and experimenting with fermented foods for many seasons. This Summer SHE’S BACK to offer more exciting fermentation workshops!
Register here http://www.healcresturbanfarm.com/events.html
June 15, 2014 · 5:15 pm
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