Who we are:
My Neighbor's Garden is an organic produce farm in the heart of Lancaster County's fertile and productive Amish country, New Holland, PA. We grow all sorts of delicious produce and soft fruits including specialty and heirloom: tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, eggplant, raspberries, blackberries, cut flowers, culinary and medicinal herbs, lettuces and greens, beans, peas, melons, cantal
oupes, squash, pumpkins and more. At My Neighbor's Garden, we strive to choose the tastiest varieties of crops, raise them ethically and sustainably, and deliver them to you at their peak of freshness so that you can create delicious and nutritious meals and feasts for yourself, your customers and your loved ones. Our primary markets are chefs and grocers, although some items are available for retail sale. Surplus and blemished produce are often donated to local shelters.
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Our Philosophy:
Personally, I believe that creating and supporting local food is fundamental to creating the kind of world in which I want to live. It creates local jobs, from the jobs created directly on the farms, to the community of labor that supports those farms including our local welders, lumber yards, mechanics, rental shop owners, butchers and neighboring farmers. It ensures local food sovereignty which makes communities less vulnerable to disruptions in food supply that might otherwise come from worldwide disasters. It creates and strengthens personal and community relationships. Planting seeds creates jobs for us and our community. Working on a farm is the hottest and hardest work you will ever love. If you are looking for seasonal farm work, please contact us by email at [email protected]. We are responsible to seven generations forward. We use beneficial insects, co-planting and other permaculture and organic techniques to assure that your food reaches the highest quality standards without negatively impacting our air, soil or water. We are certified USDA Organic growers, meaning that we take every precaution in the raising and managing of our crops to ensure that your food is GMO free and raised without the use of synthetic pesticides, fungicides or herbicides. Food from My Neighbor's Garden is authentic, safe and very nutritious. We love getting to know the people who eat the fruits of our labors. Please feel free to tell us about your favorite foods and the recipes you love to prepare with them. To me, the most important aspect of fresh local food is that preparing and cooking it together, and enjoying it together nourishes relationships. Cooking is family time and friend time. Relationships are strengthened while we are dicing and sautéing and laughing and talking together; preparing meals together, eating together. Our lives become richer when we buy the season's freshest sugar snap peas, and we find them so delicious that we just have to call a friend or neighbor to share them with us. Or when we pick-up some purple carrots and have the children help to wash and prepare them. Life is a thrill when we can't make it all the way home with the fresh asparagus or raspberries that we just bought, because they are so delicious. If you are looking for delicious local food, please call or email us. Ask for My Neighbor's Garden produce at your favorite restaurants and grocers. Visit us at MyNeighborsGarden.net.
