by Julie McCabe | Jun 26, 2024 | Summer Share
The motto of Pennypack Farm & Education Center is Grow. Give. Teach. We want to highlight one piece of that motto by sharing some details of our Produce Giving Program. Each year we GIVE approximately 25,000 pounds of produce to local food pantries. Our partner...
by Julie McCabe | Jun 19, 2024 | Summer Share
We have reached the Summer Solstice! And it certainly feels like summer with temps in the high 90s this week. Of course despite the heat, there is still lots to do on the farm each day. We are harvesting, planting, weeding, and doing lots of watering! Though each day...
by Julie McCabe | Jun 12, 2024 | CSA, Summer Share
Things have gotten quite busy around the farm in the last few weeks! We’ve been planting lots of summer crops and trying to keep on top of all the weeds that have been growing like crazy! One of the most important tasks of the last few weeks was planting all of...
by Julie McCabe | May 29, 2024 | CSA, Summer Share
The farm crew is very excited to welcome both our returning and new members to Pennypack Farm’s 21st growing season!! It is always a milestone for us to reach the first pickup day and offer members a selection of spring vegetables! We have spent the last few...
by Julie McCabe | Sep 8, 2022 | CSA
Here on the farm we have 13 acres under cultivation but in actuality only 12 of them are used for vegetable production. The 13th acre, at the far end of the farm is in permanent fallow. This means that rather than grow crops for harvest we plant cover crops year...
