You are invited to our first–hopefully annual–Farm Tour! We are excited to host you at our farm, to give you a glimpse of where we spend many hours each day, and where we work to produce high quality vegetables for you. This free tour will be about one hour long, and consist of walking through… Continue reading Farm Tour & Potluck 2026
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May 2026 Newsletter
Growing is well underway on our farm, but by the looks of our small farmstand in the month of May you might wonder, “What’s goin on?” John-Paul’s Farm is located on the edge of the Allegheny Mountains just before the Allegheny Plateau begins, around 1,600 ft of elevation. We have fertile, rocky soil, the wind… Continue reading May 2026 Newsletter
Over 3,000 lbs Donated in 2025
During the 2025 growing season, we were proud to be able to donate over 3,000 pounds of produce to our community. Produce donations were received by the ICCAP Food Bank, Chevy Chase Community Center, Indiana Community Garden harvest tables, and The Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank. Growing food is meaningful to us–working outside and producing… Continue reading Over 3,000 lbs Donated in 2025
Land access allows me to be a hard worker
Lack of secure land tenure, including the lack of access to land in the first place, is a crisis faced by the next generation of American farmers.
Winter Egg Subscription 2023-24
Subscribe to our egg delivery to receive fresh eggs throughout the winter! 2-dozen minimum to your home or workplace.
2023 Season
Our 2023 growing season has taken off! What We’re Growing We grow everything in the field so it is truly seasonal. If it cannot grow and survive under outside weather conditions, we won’t have it. You can expect things like… beets, broccoli, bush beans, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, celery, chard, collards, cucumbers, eggplant, garlic, kale, lettuce,… Continue reading 2023 Season
“Young people don’t want to farm…” or do they?
Young People Want to Farm Opinion by Jane Kaminski, co-owner/operator of John-Paul’s Farm Published in Lancaster Farming 11/26/2022 I am a first generation farmer in Armagh, Pennsylvania and a Land Advocacy Fellow with the National Young Farmers Coalition (Young Farmers). I am also a beginning farmer, now two years into operating John-Paul’s Farm alongside my… Continue reading “Young people don’t want to farm…” or do they?
2022 Season
Our 2022 growing season has been off to a great start, in great part due to all of our customers new and returning who have supported us so far (Thank you!). The second important factor is that we have expanded our growing space a great deal so we are producing a lot more food. What… Continue reading 2022 Season
A Slow Grain Harvest
Disclaimer: We do not claim to believe that this is the most efficient or best way to produce grains. This is an exploration in tiny-scale grain production that we do in a way that made us feel good for a moment. We have since scaled to different methods. Intro Grains of many origins are a… Continue reading A Slow Grain Harvest