Last year, Three Springs Fruit Farm, operated by Dave, John, and Ben Wenk in Aspers, Pennsylvania, was certified by Food Alliance. An Oregon-based organization, Food Alliance provides third-party certification that sustainable agricultural and food handling practices are used in a farm’s operation. Since then, Food Alliance announced certification of two other eastern U.S. orchards that also grow fruit and sell it directly to ­customers through retail operations. The latest certification is of Barbour’s Fruit Farm & Market, Biglerville, Pennsylvania. Stephanie and Lee Welty are fifth-generation farmers who took over management of the farm in 2008 and grow apples, peaches, cherries, […]