February 22, 2012

Red Haven Farm

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Red Haven Farm is  family owned and operated farm that specializes in raising pastured animals for meat, as well as chickens for eggs. They are located near Oxford, Pennsylvania and bring their products to several farmer’s markets in the area. Those markets include the Media Farmer’s Market, Kennett Square Farmer’s Market, Collegeville Farmer’s Market, New [...]

Yeager’s Farm and Market

Yeager’s Farm Market is located on Rte. 113 in Phoenixville, Chester County. Family owned and operated, they sell their own corn and peaches as well as a variety of produce from other local farms. The rustic market building is spacious and welcoming, and the service is always friendly. I stop in occasionally to pick up [...]

Milky Way Farm and Chester Springs Creamery

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I’d heard good things about Milky Way Farm in Chester Springs, so one day we stopped in to the Chester Springs Creamery for their moolicious ice cream.  Inside it is spacious and clean and decorated in warm wood tones.  There was a children’s birthday party going on while we were there, and there was plenty [...]

Pikeland Pastured Poultry

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Pikeland Pastured Poultry is a small farm in Spring City, Chester County, that raises chicken, eggs and holiday turkeys on pasture.  They call their animals “free grazing” because they realize that the term “free range” is misleading.  (See my Learn the Lingo page for a low-down on the terms we throw around on this site.)  [...]

Seven Stars Farm

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I lived here four years before I stopped into Seven Stars Farm in Phoenixville, Chester County. I had driven past it hundreds of times, and I noticed a small OPEN sign on the door of the main building, but I never took the time to find out what it was about until last fall, when [...]

Farmer’s Daughter

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Farmer’s Daughter is located in Spring City, Chester County.  I’ve been frequenting the Farmer’s Daughter for over four years, as it’s right down the road from my home.  I love that I’m supporting a family owned business, and I love even more that much of their produce is homegrown.  It’s not organic, but most of [...]