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FarmerJawn

  • Joe Picozzi (left) and Christa Barfield (right).
    Leadership

    Several Philadelphia Natives Make City & State’s 2025 ‘Forty Under 40’ List

    June 27, 2025

    The 2025 list of Forty Under 40 honorees has been announced and each of them share the quality of resilience, writes Hilary Danailova for City…

  • Christa Barfield, aka FarmerJawn, outside on farmland.
    Agriculture, West Chester

    Nonprofit Status Change for West Chester’s FarmerJawn Does Not Stop Its Charitable Work 

    April 12, 2025

    Although part of West Chester’s FarmerJawn lost its nonprofit status, founder Christa Barfield assured that the organization would continue its charitable work without interruption, writes…

  • Plowing the field at FarmerJawn property.
    West Chester

    West Chester’s FarmerJawn Receives Cease-and-Desist for Failing to Register as Nonprofit 

    April 7, 2025

    Christa Barfield, the owner of James Beard Award-winning FarmerJawn, who runs a 123-acre organic farm in West Chester, has been hit with a cease-and-desist for…

  • Man holding leather purse from Atelier 56.
    Retail

    Celebrate Black History Month by Supporting These Chester County Black-Owned Businesses 

    February 15, 2025

    Black History Month is the perfect time to celebrate and support Chester County’s Black-owned businesses, which offer a diverse range of products and services, write…

  • Agriculture

    FarmerJawn Continues to Make Major Strides in Several Agricultural Initiatives

    June 3, 2024

    Christa Barfield, founder of FarmerJawn, is continuing to make major strides in several agricultural initiatives, including  Westtown market, FarmerJawn CSA production, Kensington CornerJawn store, and…

  • Jesse Ito, Muhammad Abdul-Hadi, Christa Barfield, Vietnam Restaurant food
    Awards & Recognition

    How Philadelphia Will Be Represented At the 2024 James Beard Awards

    April 24, 2024

    The 2024 James Beard Foundation Awards ceremony will take place in Chicago on June 10, and four Philadelphians will be representing the City of Brotherly…

  • Agriculture

    FarmerJawn in Westtown Among Younger Farmers Who Are Trying to Fill Void of Shuttering Farms Across State

    February 24, 2024

    With a growing number of farms closing for good throughout Pennsylvania, younger farmers from non-agricultural backgrounds, like FarmerJawn in Westtown, are trying to fill the…

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