Clarion River Organics Now Open to Public

Ryan Robertson

Ryan Robertson

Published July 7, 2015 4:40 am
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SLIGO, Pa. (EYT) — The Clarion River Organics Farmers’ Cooperative is now open for the public to buy fresh local organic produce directly at their Sligo warehouse location.

Clarion River Organics has been selling wholesale to grocery stores in the Pittsburgh area for seven years. For five years, they have offered a subscription to a weekly pre-packed box of produce through their Community Supported Agriculture Program.

Now, for the first time, people will be able to buy items directly at the Sligo home of the cooperative.

“More people have been asking if they can stop in and buy from us,” says manager Zeb Bartels. “Some (are) locals who can’t find organic produce at the store, and some are visitors who know our name from Pittsburgh, but we haven’t been set up for retail, so I would just tell them about our subscription program.”

Bartels continued, “Finally, Vaib Bawa, owner of Divani Chocolatier in Foxburg, convinced me to offer Saturday retail hours this year as part of the regional tourism initiative.”

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Bartels and Clarion River Organics will hold a grand opening of the farm stand on Saturday, July 11. To celebrate the new venture, all visitors will able to take a free quart of certified organic sauerkraut made from Clarion River Organics cabbage, no purchase necessary.

The stand offers fresh seasonal produce as well as specialty jarred products and grain products. Everything is certified organic and grown by farms within a 6-mile radius of the facility. Visitors will see several of the cooperative’s farms on the road to the warehouse, with farmers working their horse drawn equipment in the fields.

The farm stand is located at the Clarion River Organics warehouse, 824 Whitmer Road, Sligo, Pa. The stand is open from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Saturdays. At this time, only cash and check payments will be accepted.

Clarion River Organics provides “certified organic foods” and focuses on protecting plants from pests by developing healthy, living soils; using only horse and human power rather than fuel-consuming vehicles for field work; and marketing only products grown within the watershed of the Clarion River.

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