Support System

We would like to take this opportunity to give back to those that have given! The following is a list of places that we encourage the community of Lancaster, PA to support because they have supported the mission of Serving Artists. Click on the business to view their website or location. 

Thank you to the following businesses: 

A Loaf of Bread

Landiview Farm Produce

Expressly Local

Herbs from the Labyrinth

Lancaster Farm Fresh

Organic Acres

The Fed

Spice of Life

Food Brings People Together!

How many hours would you imagine collecting food from local farms, orchards, bakeries, etc. would take? "Serving Artists" is please to inform you we spent 10 hours both Friday & Saturday collecting, chopping, composting, cooking, canning, and not to forget serving local foods to the community of Lancaster, PA.

The most sincere thank you goes out to all those who took part!

Our Appreciation!

We will be keeping a record of the gifts we have received from local farms and businesses that make Artists Serving Artists possible. These small businesses are choosing to contribute and support the well being of their community! We strongly encourage our community to support these providers of ethical and high quality foods, in return!

As you read the list below, consider the amount of unneeded waste produced daily, it is inexcusable!  How can you make contributions towards turning "waste" into a beneficial resource?

8/28/09 donations:

Expressly Local Food

Eggplants, heirloom tomatoes, yellow/ red/ green bell peppers, baby potatoes, yams, beans.

Landisview Farm Produce

2 boxes of tomatoes, yellow and green beans.

A Loaf of Bread

Honey pecan breads, sourdough loafs, wheat loafs.

Organic Acres( Gordonville,  PA)

1 box tomatoes, bell peppers, green beans

8/21/09 donations:

Expressly Local Food

Heirloom tomatoes, eggplants, squash, bell peppers, beats, onion.

Landisview Farm Produce

4 cantaloupes, 1 box roma tomatoes, 1 box cherry tomatoes, 1/2 watermelon, 1 box green/purple grapes, 1 bag bananas, 1 pineapple, 1 bushel of beats, 1 box green/red/yellow peppers, 1 onion

A Loaf of Bread

3 loafs walnut bread, 4 sourdough loafs, 2 baguettes, 2 pastries

8/7/09 donations:

Landisview Farm Produce 

10 cantaloupes, 2 bags green beans,1 box tomatoes

A Loaf of Bread

10 baguettes, 2 large whole wheat loafs, 10 sourdough loafs

The Fed ( Eastern Market)

5 bushels of carrots, 10 beats, 5 rutabagas

Herbs from the Labyrinth

cinnamon, all spice, chili (whole), cacao nibs, fennel seed, caraway seed, cloves, powdered kelp

8/1/09 donations:

Lancaster Buy Fresh Buy Local

1 box of beats, carrots, tomatoes

All that good food could have been thrown in the trash if it were not scavenged!?

Makes me hungry....

Humanure: Close the Cycle

Have you thought about the way we consume but don't always return nutrients to the earth? What other species does that? Fortunately we are innovative enough to solve that problem,

 and there are many ways. 

Learn how to balance your impact...

click here

Madsen Bike Contest!

Click on this link to view the "perfect market bike!"

Urban Food Recovery Project

Similar projects  seeking an extended life for otherwise wasted organic matter (ie.food) , offer solutions of both feeding people, community building, and new soil for the drying up earth.

We can only hope that projects like this are spreading their existence in EVERY city.

Click here to view "Spontaneous Vegetation", a Chicago Based Project.

A Citizen's Guide to Food Recovery

Click here to view the United States Department of Agriculture's "Food Recovery & Gleaning Initiative."

As gleaners, dumpster divers, etc., you must know your rights. 

View APPENDIX C for the "Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act."