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Farm Happenings at Jade Family Farm
round, mottled and sweet
This has not been a good year for fruit. It was rainy. Too rainy. So, our Asian pears, normally the pride of the orchard, have been producing very scantily, in terms of fruit you would actually like to eat. However, one variety really came through for us and tastes delicious1 read more »
On Either Side the River
Hello! Several years ago, I had a great idea for a new magazine called "Onion Afficionado" which would have been all about onions and how to best enjoy them. I approached several publishers about the idea, but oddly enough, I never heard back from them. What follows is a condensed1 read more »
For the rain it raineth every day
Wow, did you get any rain the last two weeks? We had 14 inches in four days during the worst of it, then last week was another deluge. I can't say that much rain is good for the crops or makes a produce farmer's life easy, but the tomatoes seem to have come through it without any loss i1 read more »
About the farm
Jade Family Farm is a certified organic farm at the foot of the Tuscarora
Mountain in Juniata county, Pennsylvania. We grow a wide range of vegetables and
fruitson about 10 acres, with the balance of the 120 acre farm in pasture, hayfields, ad
woodlands. We sell our produce chiefly through a Community supported Agriculture
program serving the State College and Harrisburg areas, as well as several area farmers'
markets. We are a rue family farm, with three generations and several branches of the
family directly involved in day to day operations.
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Mountain in Juniata county, Pennsylvania. We grow a wide range of vegetables and
fruitson about 10 acres, with the balance of the 120 acre farm in pasture, hayfields, ad
woodlands. We sell our produce chiefly through a Community supported Agriculture
program serving the State College and Harrisburg areas, as well as several area farmers'
markets. We are a rue family farm, with three generations and several branches of the
family directly involved in day to day operations.