sustainable landscapes. who we are goodwill at homefields farm is a community supported agriculture...
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Sustainable Landscapes
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Who we are
• Goodwill at Homefields Farm is a Community Supported Agriculture program operated by Goodwill Keystone Area
• Homefields, a non-profit all volunteer organization, is the owner of the 8.7 acre farm in Millersville
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Homefields
• Homefields is dedicated to creating new life options for persons with developmental disabilities
• The board volunteers raise funds to support both the vocational and residential programs on the farm property
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How it all Works
Residential Mission: To create financially secure, long-term homes in safe, family-like settings where there is respect for the individual in a holistic sense, and fun and creativity are revered as basic human needs.
Vocational Mission: To provide agricultural facilities for individuals who prosper with supported employment; to nurture integration through community interaction; and to cultivate a spirit of volunteerism within our community.
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Goodwill Keystone Area
• Goodwill’s mission is to support persons with disabilities and other barriers to independence in achieving their fullest potential as workers and as members of the community
• At the farm, Goodwill provides horticultural job opportunities for people with disabilities in Lancaster County
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Farming Program
• 2000 - first growing season – 28 shareholders
• 2008 – 160 shareholders
• 2009 – tenth anniversary season!
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Farming Opportunities
• Over 100 trainees have participated in paid work
• 5 - 6 per day, five days/week through the growing season
• Proud of their work and success of the farm
• Enhanced quality of life
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Shareholders
• Families come to the farm each week
• Pick-up freshly harvested, organically-grown foods
• Love the farm experience and supporting the mission
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Homefields Farm
• 13.7 acres owned and leased
• 5 acres of vegetable production
• 2 green houses• Equipment barn
– packing pavilion– Refrigeration– office
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Sustainable Farming
• Cover crops• Crop rotation• Fallow fields• Compost• Drip irrigation• Crop diversity• Native fruits
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Cover Crops
• Extensive use of cover crops– Daikon forage radish
• reduces compaction• bio drilling
– Buckwheat• weed suppression• beneficial insect host
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Cover Crops
• Rye/Hairy Vetch combination– Biomass– Farm-made nitrogen
• Sorghum/Sudan Grass– Weed smothering
• Winter cover crops prevent erosion and increase organic matter
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Crop Rotation
• Interrupts the buildup of pests and soil born diseases
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Fallow Fields
• At least one field out of production each year
• Seeded to soil improving cover crops for a year and a half
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Compost
• We make our own and purchase additional
• Test soil annually• Remineralize
– Farming is an extractive process
– If nutrients aren’t in the soil, they are not in the vegetables
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Drip Irrigation• Minimize water use
• Direct water to the crop….
• Not the weeds
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Crop Diversity
• 45 different crops• Over 300 varieties
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Native Fruits
• Pawpaw & Persimmon• Well adapted to our
region• Not trying to make
water run uphill
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Pawpaw
• North America’s largest native fruit
• Custardy, banana-vanilla flavor
• Highly nutritious• Disease and pest
free
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Persimmon
• Beautiful orange fruit
• Size of ping-pong ball
• Native east of the Mississippi
• Very soft when ripe
• Like liquid apricot
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Thank You