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Farm Happenings at Jade Family Farm
the mulberry tree
This is one of my favorite paintings-- not that I've ever seen it in person-- "The Mulberry tree" by Vincent van Gogh. One art history book I read, while discussing this painting, hypothesized that perhaps V.van Gogh has suffering from delerium tremens at the time, and that the tree really lo1 read more »
happy flag day!
When my son Simon was a young lad in knee shorts, many years ago, I wished him a happy flag day on June 14th. He was very excited, because geography- especially different countries-had (and still is) always been of great interest to him, and it didn't occur to me to explain to him what the me1 read more »
Children of the Kale
This week's Vice- President of the week is Charles Curtis--- to my knowledge, the only U.S. Veep to have a significant portion of Native American ancestry and was an enrolled member of the Kaw Nation. English was his third language.
I was reminiscing about those halcyon days of youth l1 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.