Inside the 2026-2027 Local Food Guide
ASAP’s annual Local Food Guide, published each spring, is the definitive resource for finding local food and farms throughout the Appalachian Grown region. Each year ASAP staff connects with markets, farms, and businesses to update listings, offering the most accurate information for consumers. The 2026-2027 Local Food Guide includes:
- Listings by region for family farms, with colored dots to easily look for farms that offer u-pick, farm stands, lodging, visitor activities, and CSAs;
- Schedule and location for farmers tailgate markets;
- Partner business listings, including restaurants, groceries, wholesalers, artisan producers, and travel destinations;
- Produce seasonality chart;
- Feature stories about agritourism farms welcoming back visitors after Helene, momentum behind local food in schools, heritage foods of Appalachia.
- Recipes from chefs at Finest Deli, Reid’s Cafe and Catering, Verner Early Learning, and Enola Group Head Start.
Use the Online Guide
The online Local Food Guide at appalachiangrown.org includes more than 1,450 listings and is updated throughout the year. Use it to search for specific products, locations, activities, and more. (Note that information is subject to change. Always contact farms and businesses before visiting to confirm hours and offerings.)
Find a Copy
Find free copies of the Local Food Guide at farmers markets, visitors centers, libraries, community centers, grocery stores, restaurants, and other partner businesses throughout the region. Copies are available in the lobby of ASAP’s office. You may also view a digital version of the magazine above. Contact ASAP if you need help locating a copy in your area or if you are interested in receiving copies of the guide for your business.
Support for the 2026-2027 Local Food Guide
Funding for the Local Food Guide was made possible in part by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), under award number 2022-38640-37488 through the Southern Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education program under sub-award number LS25-3162; through the USDA National Institute of Food
and Agriculture’s Beginning Farmer Rancher Development Program under award no. 2022-49400-38200/project accession no. 1029295; through the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service Farmers Market Promotion Program under funding opportunity number USDA-AMS-TM-FMPP-G-25-0005; through the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service Regional Food Systems Partnerships under award number 25RF-SPNC1091-00-00; and through the USDA’s Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program under award numbers 2023-70415-41207 and 2021-70030-35870. The content of this guide is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the USDA.