Yesterday was a great day! It was our first time teaching a 2 period block at Fort Pitt Elementary School right down the street from the farm. We’ll have a monthly two hour block with 4th graders through the winter and spring, ending with field trip to the farm. It’s a relationship we’ve been hoping [...]
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Many of us over the years have made the decision to not eat meat due to ethical, environmental, and health reasons. I (John) was a vegetarian for around 10 years starting when I was a freshman in college. Over the past few years I’ve begun reintroducing meat into my diet. First seafood then chicken, turkey [...]
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November has been a great month. In partnership with Open Hand Ministries we had around 30 volunteers working at the farm and at a local home rehabilitation project. 30 people working about 7 hours accomplishes a lot of work at the farm. We’ve been able to prepare to triple our growing space for 2010! We [...]
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Hi Friends! We’ll be working at the farm tonight from about 5:30-6:30 to get our space ready for Saturday’s Fall Harvest Cookout! Please come out if you can and help. Also, please join us and bring friends to the Fall Harvest Cookout, this Saturday October 31st from 2-5pm. The farm is located on the corner [...]
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Here’s what’s happening today the rest of this week… – Whole Foods Farmer’s Market 4 – 7pm, come to whole foods and get as much local produce as you want! We’ll be there and so will many other farms from around the area. – Garden work, tonight and every Wednesday, 6 – 8pm, corner of [...]
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Tonight you are all invited to come out to our little farm, do some work, and bring home some veggies. Same as every Wednesday from 6 – 8pm (as long as it’s not raining). Tonight we’ll be working on three things… 1. spreading mulch 2. building beds for our little green house 3. weeding, weeding [...]
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Check out this year’s brochure, the front cover tells many stories of how last season’s gifts propelled the ministry of the farm.
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2 Hot Dogs at Sheetz only cost $.99? 5 Roast Beef Sandwiches for $5.95 at Arby’s…I’m thinkin…Nope! Whole chicken’s for $.79 a pound at Sparkle? Not after reading this article. http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1917458,00.html My Dad was a wise man. I still hear him speak about the true cost of things. “People will drive an extra [...]
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Last Thursday was our first attempt at selling produce outside the Penn Aiken Dairy. The Penn Aiken Dairy is an interesting spot. The store is a centerpiece in the Garfield neighborhood, everyone goes their to get everything, candy, ice cream, lunch meat, cigarettes, even beer! So, it’s a prime location for us to sell veggies [...]
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Hello All, Just a reminder that Whole Foods is holding their monthly farmer’s market on Wednesday, August 26th from 4 – 7pm. We will be selling bushels of great veggies this month, including all those rare heirloom tomatoes and peppers. Come out, say hello, and support local farmers. All of your money goes directly to [...]
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