Pennypack Farm's mission is to make sustainable farming an important part of the community. We now have an additional 11 acres on which to grow food for CSA families, and to give to local food banks. At the new farm at The Highlands, we will also be able to expand our education programs and welcome the community to our new Edible Classroom with on-site programs like Little Sprouts, lessons for schoolchildren, and cooking classes for adults.

To get this exciting project off the ground at The Highlands, the Arcadia Foundation has offered PFEC a matching grant. Our Board of Directors and 79 farm families have donated just over $25,000... getting us halfway to our goal of $50,000, which will be matched dollar for dollar by the Arcadia Foundation. We need your help to get all the way by August 31!

So far, we have retrofitted the greenhouse, put up the deer fence, and bought a tractor. But we still need to put in electricity, drill a well and put in water lines, and purchase more equipment.

Your support will make this possible! There are three ways to help:

1. Make a gift online today!
2. Host a Farm House Dinner 
3. Attend the Farm-to-Table Event on August 2

Get some friends together to eat local! Our goal is 50 local food dinners on one night. Here's how it works: Farm members and friends host a dinner party for their own friends and neighbors, featuring local foods. The menu and style (BBQ picnic, six course dinner, potluck, whatever!) is up to the host, but we ask that you feature local, seasonal food - and we will help out with some extra farm produce plus local chicken sausage from Griggstown.

Each person who attends a dinner is asked to make a contribution of $15 to $50 to support the farm - whatever they would spend for dinner out at a restaurant. For instance, if you invite 10 people who each give $20, and you'll help to raise $200 for the farm!

Our goal is to have the parties on the same night, because we'll send around our guests of honor - the Pennypack farmers! You never know who might show up! (But don't worry... if you are busy on July 27, you can still participate. Just commit to having a local foods dinner another night!)

Each party will receive a host kit, including an extra portion of farm produce, some Griggstown sausages, information about the farm, donation envelopes, recipes and more!

To offer to host a dinner at your house, please download this form, and email it to FarmHouseDinner@gmail.com. All donations will go to the Arcadia Match Campaign!

Fresh, seasonal fare will be prepared by local chefs in an intimate, elegant setting. Featuring produce from Pennypack Farm, along with meat, cheese and more from other local farms, this will be a delicious meal to remember.

With wine pairings and appetizer demonstrations, we will relax in the garden of a private home in Chestnut Hill, then move inside for dinner.

Tickets are $125 per person, and seating is limited. Proceeds support the Arcadia Match Campaign!  Buy tickets online today.