FarmerJawn
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West Chester’s FarmerJawn Receives Cease-and-Desist for Failing to Register as Nonprofit
Christa Barfield, the owner of James Beard Award-winning FarmerJawn, who runs a 123-acre organic farm in West Chester, has been…
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‘No Room for Hate’ in Chester County After FarmerJawn’s Barn in Westtown Was Vandalized
In May, Christa Barfield, a Black farmer who decided to give up her city lifestyle and open FarmerJawn in semirural…
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Chester County’s FarmerJawn Works to Encourage Younger Generations to Take Up Farming
Pennsylvania has been working hard on encouraging young people to farm, but these efforts have not yet produced the desired…
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EMIR Healing Center Teams Up with Arts Students to Create ‘Living Memorial’
Families of gun violence victims can feel close to their lost loved ones at a special “living memorial” at a…
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FarmerJawn Hosts Outstanding in the Field Table-to-Farm Event in Elkins Park
This year’s Outstanding in the Field event in Philadelphia was held at FarmerJawn’s five acres at Elkins Estate in Elkins…
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Montco Gets More Than $50K in Funding for Urban Agriculture Projects
Pennsylvania is investing to eliminate food deserts and grow urban infrastructure. Agriculture Secretary Russel Redding announced the recipients for the…
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Elkins Park’s FarmerJawn Agricultural Program Branches Out with West Chester Acreage
FarmerJawn Agriculture, an Elkins Park community-supported agriculture (CSA) entity, is adding 123 acres of Chester County fields to her array…
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FarmerJawn Community Greenhouses, an Elkins Park Urban AgBusiness, Hosts Community Market
FarmerJawn Community Greenhouses, an Elkins Park community-supported agriculture (CSA) grower, has a business model seeded with concern for the area’s…
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Elkins Park-Based Enterprise Aims to Reintroduce ‘Farming into Lifestyles of Urban People’
Christa Barfield, founder and chief executive officer of FarmerJawn Agriculture in Elkins Park, wants to reinvent agriculture education, writes Kenny…
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Two Montco CSAs Provide Fresh Opportunity to Support Local Farmers While Getting Farm-to-Fork Veggies
Community-supported agriculture, or CSAs, offers an effective way to support local farmers while putting farm-fresh produce on your table, writes…
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Elkins Park’s FarmerJawn is Rising Voice in Region’s Urban Farming Scene
Christa Barfield, owner of FarmerJawn Greenhouses in Elkins Park, is a rising voice in the region’s urban farming scene, writes…
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Inspired by Caribbean Farmers, Local Woman Creates FarmerJawn CSA in Elkins Park
Christa Barfield decided to give community-supported agriculture a try two years ago after she was inspired by the Caribbean farmers…
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