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FarmerJawn

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    West Chester

    West Chester’s FarmerJawn Receives Cease-and-Desist for Failing to Register as Nonprofit 

    April 4, 2025

    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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    Agriculture

    ‘No Room for Hate’ in Chester County After FarmerJawn’s Barn in Westtown Was Vandalized

    August 15, 2024

    In May, Christa Barfield, a Black farmer who decided to give up her city lifestyle and open FarmerJawn in semirural…

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    Agriculture

    Chester County’s FarmerJawn Works to Encourage Younger Generations to Take Up Farming

    March 23, 2024

    Pennsylvania has been working hard on encouraging young people to farm, but these efforts have not yet produced the desired…

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    Nonprofit

    EMIR Healing Center Teams Up with Arts Students to Create ‘Living Memorial’

    October 12, 2023

    Families of gun violence victims can feel close to their lost loved ones at a special “living memorial” at a…

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    Agriculture

    FarmerJawn Hosts Outstanding in the Field Table-to-Farm Event in Elkins Park

    September 24, 2023

    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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    Agriculture

    Montco Gets More Than $50K in Funding for Urban Agriculture Projects

    January 12, 2023

    Pennsylvania is investing to eliminate food deserts and grow urban infrastructure. Agriculture Secretary Russel Redding announced the recipients for the…

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    Agriculture

    Elkins Park’s FarmerJawn Agricultural Program Branches Out with West Chester Acreage

    December 12, 2022

    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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    Agriculture

    FarmerJawn Community Greenhouses, an Elkins Park Urban AgBusiness, Hosts Community Market

    September 2, 2022

    FarmerJawn Community Greenhouses, an Elkins Park community-supported agriculture (CSA) grower, has a business model seeded with concern for the area’s…

  • FarmerJawn Agriculture
    Agriculture

    Elkins Park-Based Enterprise Aims to Reintroduce ‘Farming into Lifestyles of Urban People’

    April 20, 2022

    Christa Barfield, founder and chief executive officer of FarmerJawn Agriculture in Elkins Park, wants to reinvent agriculture education, writes Kenny…

  • CSA greenhouse
    Agriculture

    Two Montco CSAs Provide Fresh Opportunity to Support Local Farmers While Getting Farm-to-Fork Veggies

    April 17, 2022

    Community-supported agriculture, or CSAs, offers an effective way to support local farmers while putting farm-fresh produce on your table, writes…

  • Farmer Jawn greenhouse
    Agriculture

    Elkins Park’s FarmerJawn is Rising Voice in Region’s Urban Farming Scene

    May 23, 2021

    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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    Agriculture

    Inspired by Caribbean Farmers, Local Woman Creates FarmerJawn CSA in Elkins Park

    July 30, 2020

    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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