Join Judy Wicks and the All Together Now PA leadership team of forward thinkers who are passionate about building just and sustainable regional economies in the areas of local food, plant medicine, clothing & textiles, green building materials, renewable energy and zero waste.
We hope you can attend our first happy hour gathering!
All are welcome.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Join us as we partner with Kitchen Garden Series and Kneehigh Farm for the 2nd Annual Flax Field Dinner, a fundraising event for the Pennsylvania Flax Project, where we will share a meal prepared by the Chefs at Cadence Restaurant with food from Kneehigh Farm and neighboring producers. We hope the flax field will be in full bloom- a heavenly sky blue!
Three savory courses with dessert and complimentary wine is included in ticket price.
Vegetarian option available.
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Join ATN PA Founder, Judy Wicks, for dinner and a discussion about All Together Now Pa’s work to build relationships between rural farmers and the urban marketplace.
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Join us for Herbal Happy Hour and Educational Plant Medicine Tour at
Barefoot Botanicals
380 N Shady Retreat Rd., Doylestown, PA 18901
Friday, September 10th from 5-7pm.
Enjoy refreshing herbal infused beverages made from a mixture of syrups straight from Barefoot Botanicals’ crops and spirits from our sponsors at Stateside Vodka and Stoll & Wolfe.
Guests will have the rare opportunity to tour Barefoot Botanicals’ 50+ herbal crops and processing facility to learn how plant medicine is made!
Additionally, a special treat will be to visit their Wild Life Corridor in celebration of it’s 10 year anniversary.
$20 admission includes:
Educational tour and program
2 complimentary cocktails
Unlimited herbal mocktails
We hope to see you there!
Rain dates:
Saturday, September 11th
Friday, October 1st
Join our Clothing and Textiles Coalition on Thursday, September 16th from 5:30-7:30 pm at Lobo Mau Studios (Bok Building, suite 501) for an educational workshop and networking event where attendees will learn firsthand the steps that go into making clothes, taught by local makers in the industry.
The Makers will demonstrate step by step how locally grown flax can be made into useable fiber, spun into yarn, woven into textiles, screen printed, cut and finally sewn into garments like those hanging in our closets.
After the demonstrations, guests will have the opportunity to speak with the makers and try the process themselves!
Refreshments will be served, including local wine from Cellar Best Winehouse, local dairy cheese from Perrystead Dairy and local vegan cheese from Conscious Cultures.
Proof of vaccination is required to attend this event. A picture of the card will be accepted along with photo ID at the door. Masks required for all guests.
Heidi Barr
Kitchen Garden Textiles, Founder, CEO
PA Flax Project, Co-founder
Heidi Barr is the founder of Kitchen Garden Textiles, which produces heirloom quality linens designed to replace single use plastic in home kitchens and restaurants. Her use of and love for linen led her to co-found the Pa. Flax Project which is working to re-establish the flax for linen industry in Pennsylvania including farming, milling, weaving, and cut and sew manufacturing.
Heidi Custer and Dave Cook
Tuscarora Mills, Principals
Heidi and Dave have worked with fiber and fabric, as designers, dyers and apparel manufacturers, in the United States, Central America and India since 1986. Their current work is focused on renewing the American textile supply chain, weaving natural hemp, flax and cotton fiber fabrics in Pennsylvania.
Nicole Haddad, Owner/Designer
Jordan Haddad, Owner/CEO
Lobo Mau
Lobo Mau is a brother/sister clothing line specializing in innovative textile design. Rooted in slow fashion values, Lobo Mau silk screens their original textiles in house and takes careful consideration of its social and environmental impact. After being named Philadelphia Magazine’s Best of Philly in sustainability for their zero-waste practices, they took this momentum to open a flagship store in Queen Village.
Kimberly McGlonn
Grant BLVD, CEO
Dr. Kimberly McGlonn grew up in Milwaukee, the daughter of union workers & small business owners. Her appreciation of diversity, story and tradition, grounds the values central to her role as the CEO & Founder of Grant Blvd, a sustainable manufacturing start-up which creates living wage employment opportunities in sustainable fashion.
