When your friends invite you to dinner and you can’t bring a normal salad (Ansel is a salad master) 🥕🥬 #patriotfarmspa #organic #berkscountypa #salad

Some of first colorful veggies available this weekend at our farm store & at @emmausfarmmkt I wanted to be a bit more active on here the last couple of weeks, but we’ve been working hard on the farm & sometimes it’s hard to do all of the things 😅😅 Have a wonderful weekend y’all❤️ #patriotfarmspa #berkscountypa #lenhartsvillepa #organic

Cultivating the broccoli 🥦 Find us this weekend at our self serve farm store & @emmausfarmmkt on Sunday ❤️ #patriotfarmspa #organic #marketgarden #berkscountypa #lehighvalleypa

LAST CALL to join our CSA! 🥕 -You have until midnight tonight to sign up for 18 weeks of yummy organic veggies https://www.patriotfarmspa.com/csa-2023 #organic #berkscounty #patriotfarmspa #carboncountypa

Autumn Mae (the best farm dog ever) wants everyone to know that’s there only SEVEN days left to sign up for our 2023 CSA! https://www.patriotfarmspa.com/csa-2023 #organic #communitysupportedagriculture #dauschundsofinstagram

Hey Lehighton Downtown Farmers Markets customers- Thank you so much for your support over the last 5 years! We’re so grateful to have gotten to know all of you over the years, and we’re even more grateful to have provided you with organic veggies and pasture raised pork. You guys have watched us grow from a little starter farm, to where we are now. Thanks for being apart of that journey❤️ You can still get our veggies 3 ways: - At our farm store - Sunday’s at the Emmaus Farmer’s Market - And our 2023 summer CSA, but hurry sign ups close May 1st! Thank you again for your support💕 #patriotfarmspa #organic

Salad Man Sam wants everyone to know: BUY 2 ARUGULA, GET 1 FREE this weekend!! 🥬 And we have LOTS of other organic goodies for you this weekend 🥕🌱 Three ways to get the veg: - Our sweet little farm store - Lehighton Downtown FM this Saturday (our last🥲) - @emmausfarmmkt this Sunday www.PatriotFarmsPA.com #organic #patriotfarmspa

The Year is a Day. The deep of night is the dead of winter, a time of quiet, of stillness and sleep. We lay idle and our minds and bodies soften and dream. Yet as the Earth turns the light slowly rises. Awakenings in the ground and shouts from the farmyard herald the return of the Sun. This is the Dawn of the Year: Spring. • Water flows forth, from the ground, well, and sky, breaking loose what was held firm and reviving the world. Our festivals celebrate purification and rebirth. We release our winter habits and schedules, cleaning our houses and bodies in preparation for the year’s work. We wash our faces and clear our minds, turning towards the day. • What will this day hold? It is a question many of us ask this time of year. We commit to diets, to exercise regimen, to cultivating certain relationships, to letting others go. It’s a dynamic time. At Patriot Farms, we go through these changes as well. We’ve cleaned our fields and are planting crops. Our propagation house is alive with seedlings outgrowing their pots and trays, ready to move outside. As many of you know, we’ve also remade our business model this year to bring forth a CSA. Like the new years diets and morning meditations, the CSA is a healthy resolution for our farm. It is simpler, reduces waste, affords greater variety of vegetables, better balances work and rest, and creates an opportunity for us to be more involved with you and for you to be more involved with us. • So I wonder, may our resolutions meet? For those of you committing to a healthier lifestyle this season—will organic vegetables be a part of that? Will those vegetables come from Chile? From California? From Lancaster? How are they grown? Who knows? How about food from a small farm in Lenhartsville run by a Berks county native with a crew of wholesome, hard working people? We grow vegetables in native soil with mushroom compost from Kempton. We use hand tools and our hands, greenhouses, and a walk behind tractor, that’s it. If that sounds alright to you, please join our CSA. The first box goes out the third week in may with a box a week for the next 18 weeks. The last day to sign up is May 1st. Sincerely, Sam the Salad Man

This was the prettiest pac choi I ever saw 🌱 This beauty and a bunch of other greens are packed in the farm store ready to go! The bounty of the farm is really starting to take off, and we can’t wait to share with you Also, the days to sign up for our CSA are numbered, and running out: https://www.patriotfarmspa.com

Freshly canned Dandelion Honey Jelly🌞 A huge part of why Ansel & I got into farming organically is because we wanted to take care of the land, grow good food, and preserve it for leaner times. When we started farming, I had no idea how to grow veggies or cook- let alone preserve any type of food! It’s been a long journey and every time I failed- like the time last year when I spent hours picking and processing dandelions to make jelly, just to have it NOT set- I’ve made sure to keep at it, and learn from my mistakes. I used to dread spending time in the kitchen, and now I’ve come to love it. Preserving our harvests, whether it be freezing, fermenting, drying, water-bath canning, or pressure canning is so incredibly rewarding and is a deeply intimate way of making sure my family eats healthy and seasonally. If you’re dreaming of eating fresh nutrient dense veggies and of “putting up” some of your own food, our CSA might be a good fit for you. Times running out to sign up- now’s your chance! https://www.patriotfarmspa.com/csa-2023 #organic #local #CSA #PatriotFarmsPA

From the Farm - April 2023 Newsletter is out now! Link is in comments, or find it via our Facebook!

Rainy Friday mornings on the farm make for nice photos! 📸 Fun Fact: Ansel loves taking photos of life around the farm. Ansel’s Dad was a nature photographer who studied with the famous photographer Ansel Adams (which is where Ansel’s name comes from) 😍 Also, it’s still not too late to sign up for our CSA 👇 https://www.patriotfarmspa.com/csa-2023 #knowyourfarmer #patriotfarmspa

🌱Another shameless plug for our CSA... Our propagation house is filling up with baby plant starts as the last frost date is nearing closer. A lot of these veggie starts are destined for our farm fam’s weekly CSA box. 🥕CSA is a win-win for everyone. A win for the farmer, to get the essential pre-season funding to buy seed, pay for labor, and purchase other important supplies. And a win for the customer- to take the hassle out of trying to secure organic fresh veggies every week, and to become apart of the local organic movement. A HUGE thank you to everyone who has already signed up- your support means the world to us ❤️ Link below to learn more👇 https://www.patriotfarmspa.com/csa-2023 #patriotfarmspa #organic #csa

Spring has sprung, y’all! 🌱 Just in the last week alone, we’ve noticed how fast the greens have started growing. Our propagation house is getting filled up. It’s go time, and we’re chomping at the bit to get our hands in the dirt & to soak up the sunshine! 🌞 If you like organic & local veg, check out our CSA 👇 https://www.patriotfarmspa.com/csa-2023 #patriotfarmspa #organic #CSA #springhassprung

Pssttt- tomorrow is the LAST day to sign up for the early bird discount on our 2023 summer CSA. 🥕🥬🌱 Don’t worry, if you don’t snag a share at our discounted price, you still have plenty of time to sign up for a regular priced share. Sign up details 👇 https://www.patriotfarmspa.com/csa-2023 #organic #CSA #supportlocal #patriotfarmspa

We’re Hiring! Patriot Farms is excited to announce that we’re hiring crew members for the 2023 season! - Season runs from roughly April-November -Market garden experience is preferred, but we’ll train the right candidate -Weekend & weekday availability is a must -Full time position -Must not be afraid of hard work and long hours. Expect to work 8-9 hour days -Must be a team player, and possess good communication skills Job Responsibilities Include (but are not limited to): - planting - cultivation - harvesting - some livestock care - attending farmers markets/ CSA pick-up sites Pay starts at $15/hr based on experience, plus a weekly veggie stipend and discount on our pasture raised pork We’d love to chat! Check out our website for more information about our farm: PatriotFarmsPA.com. Send a resume, with a brief little blurb about why you’re interested in working on a certified organic farm to: PatriotFarmsOnline@gmail.com

Did you know that our 2023 Summer CSA has THREE awesome and convenient pick up locations? -Mondays from 5-6pm at @hoffordmill in Weissport -Thursdays from 5-6pm at @zekraft in Allentown -Saturdays from 9-10am at our farm store in Lenhartsville Not only can you stop by to get your weekly fix of organic veg, you can also grab a coffee or snack while you’re at it too! There’s only TWO weeks left to snag a share at our early bird discount price. Be sure not to miss out! 👇🥕🥬 https://www.patriotfarmspa.com/csa-2023 #CSA #organic #patriotfarmspa #locallove

SOME BIG ANNOUNCEMENTS Hi Everyone! Things on the farm have been pretty quiet lately, and that’s because Ansel and I have been busy planning out some changes for this year. 🥕1. OUR FIRST EVER CSA is here! We’ve been wanting to start a CSA on our farm for quite some time now, and we’re so excited to finally make the jump this year! Information and details are available on our website https://www.patriotfarmspa.com/csa-2023 . This 18 week CSA is going to be packed with lots of veggies & greens, and will also be a great opportunity to learn more about preparing locally grown produce. We’ve lined up THREE great weekly pick-up locations, Hofford Mill in Weissport, Zekraft Café in Allentown, and our own farm store in Lenhartsville. Sign-up for our CSA before March 1st to get the EARLYBIRD DISCOUNT. There’s limited space in our CSA so be sure to make haste and sign up before it’s too late! 🥬 2. After 5 great years at the Lehighton Downtown Farmers’ Market, we will no longer be attending the market after April 2023. We’re incredibly grateful to have been able to provide our Lehighton customers with organic veggies over the years, and we encourage customers to consider our CSA program with a weekly pick-up location in Weissport. (We’ll still be attending the Emmaus Farmers’ Market year-round though). Thank you, Lehighton! 🐖 3. We’re also taking a break from raising our pastured pigs this year. This means that once we sell out of our organically-fed, soy-free, pasture raised pork, it’ll be quite some time until we have more. Raising pigs is a huge part of our overall holistic context, so this decision will only be temporary. Ansel & I will resume raising pigs again in the future, once we feel like we’re able to focus on the organic veggies and the pasture raised pork equally. Thanks again for all of your support as we navigate this organic farming journey! -Brittany

In case you're looking around for us too... we wanted to let everyone know we will not be at the Lehighton Farmers Market tomorrow (1/28). Apologies for any inconvenience this causes!! Remember, you can always stop by our roadside farm store (130 Mountain Road, Lenhartsville, PA) from dawn to dusk for your favorite organic produce!

Just a reminder, this Sunday (1/22) you'll find us at our usual spot at Triangle Park in Emmaus for another winter market. Hours are 10am-12noon. Stop by for all your favorite winter veggies from PF, and stay to check out all of the incredible, local vendors this market has to offer. Fresh baked breads and pastries, pasture-raised grass-fed meat, kombucha, mushrooms, salsa, prepared foods, CBD products, honey, goat cheese... and so much more! You're sure to find something delicious (and locally grown/made!) at the Emmaus Farmers Market. 🤤🤤🤤