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Homefields is partnering with the Rolling Roots Mobile Market, a collaboration with Community Action Partnership of Lancaster County (CAP). We’re helping make healthy, locally grown food more accessible, convenient and affordable by delivering it to Union Community Care centers in Lancaster and New Holland. Next season, we hope to expand this project to new communities.

Homefields Care Farm staff advised Conestoga Valley High School in creating raised beds and greenhouses at their location, planting seedlings started at Homefields. CVHS students now grow organic produce served in their cafeteria.

Homefields appeared on WGAL’s Good Day PA! to discuss our programs and announce the launch of the 2025 CSA season. Click to see the video.

Homefields’ president Allison G. Hawthorne and Farm Manager Tony Beers joined WITF’s The Spark for a well-rounded podcast on how and why we got to where we are.

Programs here at Home

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Our job-training program gives valuable real-world experience in all areas of care farming to local high school students who have disabilities, opening doors to future careers in agriculture.

The Loft Community Partnership team arrives weekly during the growing season to accept surplus organic produce. The Loft is our farm-to-table outreach connection with Manor Township residents who are food insecure.

Members of other care organizations like ODC and Concepts regularly find meaningful opportunities to work and socialize at Homefields, which is a win-win.

Homefields’ farmers provided a tour of the organic CSA program, a peek into our 'wash and pack' routine, and opportunities to exchange information with the Health & Nutrition team at Community Action Partnership of Lancaster County. This collaboration supports the Rolling Roots Market above.

We were proud to host Kristin Ahrens (Deputy Secretary, Office of Development Programs, PA Dept of Human Services) and Lauren House (Director, Bureau of Community Services, ODP). They visited to see what’s possible when state, providers, and families work as a team to support individuals seeking everyday lives.

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The United Way of Lancaster County awarded Homefields a $22,000 “Level Up & Launch” grant to expand our job-training program for high school students with disabilities.

Northeast SARE (Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education)

A $26,918 project at Homefields studies Brazilian syntropic farming practices, for high-conservation-value nut tree species in PA. Information gathered will be widely distributed to benefit other researchers.

Over 5 years, the NCRS will grant Homefields $7500 to implement cover crops that improve soil health, using standards and specifications set by them.

The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

We received 1,200 plant plugs valued at $4 each, to enhance communities by supporting native pollinators in public spaces.

The Positive Energy Fund, Millersville University

Homefields received two grants totalling $2500 to grow sustainable spring perennial vegetables and native plants for the two-fold purpose of supporting food security and attracting native pollinators.

In awarding a $3500 grant, the UUCL board has acknowledged the contribution of Homefields in achieving the vision of inclusiveness among all humans as well as respect for the dignity and worth of each individual, as promoted by the Walters Trust and UUCL.

Two $500 grants support Homefields’ community engagement at Manor Market Millersville, and our participation in the National Butterfly Association’s July Count.

A $25,000 grant from The Donald B. and Dorothy L. Stabler Foundation allowed us to plant a berry orchard, which can be harvested by people with mobility barriers.

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Civic Leadership Award

Homefields received the 2013 Walker Center’s Distinguished Civic Leadership Award from Millersville University, recognizing “individuals or organizations that make noteworthy civic and community contributions of local, regional, national or international impact and who have been a catalyst for encouraging civic engagement on the part of others.”

Urban Preservation Award

Homefields received the C. Emlen Urban Preservation and Honor Award at the 41st Annual Meeting of the Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County in November 2007. The award was for outstanding effort in preserving and restoring a 140-year-old outbuilding (our current office).