Farm-to-table dining event benefits Fresh Food Farmacy in Lewistown

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – Seed to Farmacy, a farm-to-table dining experience featuring fresh food, a celebrity chef, music, farmers’ market and silent auction on Thursday, June 6, will benefit programs at Geisinger's Fresh Food Farmacy in Lewistown. 

This event from 6 to 10 p.m. at The Nittany Lion Inn, 200 W. Park Ave., State College will feature food prepared by Food Network personality Curtis Aikens. 

This farm-to-table dining experience that will directly benefit local programs that help local people. Proceeds from the event and silent auction directly benefits the Fresh Food Farmacy program in Lewistown.

Fresh Food Farmacy offers those with diabetes and who suffer from food insecurity to be “prescribed” fresh produce and healthier food options from food banks. Nutritionists and social workers coach the patients to help manage diets and improve their general health. 

Patients using the program in Shamokin are enjoying amazing results – some losing quite a few pounds and some lowering their HbA1c levels by nearly a half.

Many sponsorship opportunities are available, and event tickets are $125 per person. 

For sponsorship and tickets please email: GeisingerEvents@geisinger.edu or call 570-214-0300.

You can also click here to register or click here to donate to the cause.

About Geisinger
Geisinger is among the nation’s leading providers of value-based care, serving 1.2 million people in urban and rural communities across Pennsylvania. Founded in 1915 by philanthropist Abigail Geisinger, the non-profit system generates $10 billion in annual revenues across 134 care sites - including 10 hospital campuses, and Geisinger Health Plan, with 600,000 members in commercial and government plans. The Geisinger College of Health Sciences educates more than 5,000 medical professionals annually and conducts more than 1,400 clinical research studies. With 26,000 employees, including 1,600 employed physicians, Geisinger is among Pennsylvania’s largest employers with an estimated economic impact of $14 billion to the state’s economy. On March 31, 2024, Geisinger became the first member of Risant Health, a new nonprofit charitable organization created to expand and accelerate value-based care across the country.  Learn more at geisinger.org or connect with us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and X.