Market Manager

Katy
Market Manager
Headhouse Square Farmers’ Market
www.HeadhouseMarket.org
2nd and Lombard, Philadelphia, PA
Sundays 10am–2pm, July to November
Opening Day Sunday July 1st!

 

Katy grew up in Northern Bucks County drinking raw milk from a local dairy and eating fresh seasonal produce from her Pennsylvania Dutch neighbor’s farm.  She feels very lucky to have grown up surrounded by farms - and their farm stands - where her family could buy straight from the producer.  From the late 1980’s on, it became increasingly apparent that the farms were disappearing at a steady rate due to development.

During graduate studies in Jamaica and England she realized the opportunity to incorporate her love for farms into her desire to strengthen community health.  In Kingston, Jamaica-where she loved eating traditional dishes made from the freshest local fruits and vegetables-she worked with school children who were more interested in eating from fast food restaurants.  She helped devise a nutrition curriculum for the school based on understanding and appreciating the great taste and high nutritional content of native Caribbean fruits and vegetables.  .  In London she interned for Sustain, the alliance for better food and farming in the UK.  After her experience there she decided to write her master’s thesis about how the agriculture policies of the US and the EU affect the environment, small producers and agricultural economies of developing nations.

Katy joined The Food Trust after receiving her masters in International Service.  For the past 3 years she has worked as a farmers’ market manager and a nutrition educator at markets and in after school programs. Katy is excited about managing the Headhouse Farmers’ Market, Philadelphia’s largest outdoor farmers’ market. Make sure to stop by and see Katy at the Market.

You can email her at Kwich@thefoodtrust.org.