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Bushel & Peck

Bushel & Peck Receives Grant to Expand Operations

December 21, 2020 By Staff Contributor

Fresh, local produce inside at Bushel & Peck Grocery.

Whether you choose to measure by the bushel or peck, there’s no denying that a recent $125,000 grant awarded to local grocer Bushel & Peck will soon allow the organization to offer a lot more local, healthy food to the community.

Category: Community
Tags: Bushel & Peck, economic development, farm to table, G.A.P. Coalition, local business, sustainability, USDA

Still Cooking Family Recipes

October 1, 2020 By Staff Contributor

Sign for Ortega's Taco Shop

Today Ortega’s Taco Shop is still busy, but with a different atmosphere. The same approach to the food, but a lot of rethinking about the operations.

Category: Community
Tags: Bushel & Peck, Charles Washington Hall, COVID-19, local business, Mave Ortega Greene, Natalie Greene, Ortega's Taco Shop

A Delicious Mexican Legacy Lands on Main Street

September 2, 2019 By David Gignilliat

Ortega's Taco Shop

Every country, culture, and family has a person within it like Mave Ortega Greene (Ortega). The type of person that, upon meeting, you feel like you’ve known forever. Mother. Wife. Chef. Businesswoman. Raconteur. Professional. Friendly. Quick with a story. And like any leader, she keeps her audience in rapt attention.

Category: Community
Tags: Bushel & Peck, G.A.P. Coalition, local business, Mave Ortega Greene, Ortega's Taco Shop

Charles Town’s New Fresh Food Market

November 5, 2017 By H.S. Leigh Koonce

October 7 saw the launch of Bushel & Peck in the historic Charles Washington Hall, returning the site to a use it hasn’t enjoyed since the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Category: Economy & Environment
Tags: agriculture, Bushel & Peck, Charles Town Farmers Market, farm to table, G.A.P. Coalition, local business

Remodeled Charles Washington Hall to Celebrate Grand Opening

March 22, 2017 By H.S. Leigh Koonce

After a remodel nearly 16 years in the making, Charles Town’s Charles Washington Hall is set to have a grand re-opening on April 7 at 10am.

Category: Community
Tags: Bushel & Peck, Charles Washington Hall, G.A.P. Coalition, Jefferson County Historic Landmarks Commission, Jefferson County Museum

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