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Why Organic?

  • Homefields Incorporated PO Box #41, 150 Letort Road Millersville, PA 17551 USA (map)

Homefields Care Farm is working towards highly coveted organic certification. Join Emily Newman as she discusses what this means for the farm, the environment, the farm workers, and you as a consumer and community member.

Emily Newman is an Organic Crop Consultant for Rodale Institute. She helps farmers navigate organic compliance of their operations as they transition to certified organic. She has a B.S. in Environmental Resource Management, focusing in Soil Science, from Pennsylvania State University. Prior to joining the team at Rodale Institute, she worked in the regulatory compliance of organics for a certification agency and a material review organization.

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