You Gave Local and We Thank You!

We are humbled by our community. Last Friday, thanks to YOUR gifts and service, and with the help of $10,000 in matching funds and prizes from 7group, we reached and surpassed our goals for Give Local York! Here’s what our friends and supporters accomplished as part of the Horn Farm’s #Triple10KChallange:

• Raised a total of $22,875
• 121 donors – nearly doubling the number of donors for Give Local York since 2020!
• Ranked #34 on the Give Local York Leaderboard
• 15 volunteers helped to plant over 600 trees at the Horn Farm on Friday, May 7^th
• Over 60 volunteers have helped to plant nearly 2,000 trees at the Horn Farm this spring – achieving 20% of our goal of planting 10,000 trees!

In addition to supporting the completion of our 6-acre multifunctional riparian buffer project, your contributions will allow us to develop management practices and educational programming for this new agroforestry system.

To all our donors, volunteers, friends and supporters – we can’t thank you enough for your investments of time and resources into Horn Farm. Together we are redefining agriculture and making a positive impact on the health of our local ecosystems.

Over 2000 trees planted, 8000 more to go!

A HUGE THANKS to our dedicated volunteers who have come out on sunny, rainy, and windy days to help plant trees at the Horn Farm. Together we are installing a 6-acre multifunctional riparian buffer that will protect our waterways and revolutionize the way we practice farming in York County. We couldn’t do this work without you!

Horn Farm Center Health and Safety Policy

Due to COVID-19 the Horn Farm Center is offering on-site educational programming with some modifications in order to ensure the health and safety of our visitors, volunteers and staff. All classes will be held outside and are limited to 15 participants per class. If more than one class occurs on the same day, start times will be staggered to reduce the number of individuals arriving at the same time. Multiple hand sanitizer stations are available. We will adjust as needed as time passes and things change.

Participant expectations are as follows:

• Participants are required to bring a mask and wear it when proper physical distancing cannot be maintained. We have a limited supply on hand if you forget yours.
• Physical distancing of 6 feet must be maintained except in case of family members.
• Do not attend if sick or recovering.

Until further notice, no indoor classes are available at this time. We are offering virtual classroom experiences via zoom.

What is your reason to give local this year?

For our dedicated supporters, the reasons to give to the Horn Farm vary widely – from our ecological and community impact to our diverse programming that serves over 650 participants each year. Regardless of their reasons, each supporter has one thing in common – a love for the Horn Farm!

Become a champion of local regenerative agriculture by taking our Triple 10K Challenge on Friday, May 7th for Give Local York! On this day, the Horn Farm Center joins more than 300 other non-profits in York County to recognize all of the important work done by the non-profit sector.

This year we have two ways to give: by donating or volunteering to plant trees at the Horn Farm. Our goal is to raise $10,000 – which will be matched dollar for dollar by a local donor – doubling your support up to $20,000!

Add on our challenge to plant 10,000 trees this spring and we will truly make an impact together for generations to come.

When you support the Horn Farm Center, every dollar you give goes towards improving the health of our community and our natural environment. If you plan to give the Horn Farm this spring, please consider giving on May 7th!

We also invite you to join us for our in-person Give Local York Open House & Tree Planting event from 11am-4pm on May 7th at the Horn Farm Center . Stop by the farm at 4945 Horn Road for a tour or to get your hands dirty!

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Over 500 trees planted, 9,500 more to go!

A HUGE THANKS to our dedicated volunteers – including students from York County School of Technology, local Mater Watershed Stewards, and our friends from the York Conservation District – who have come out to our volunteer days on Sunday and Wednesday afternoons. We couldn’t do this work without you!

Horn Farm Center Health and Safety Policy

Due to COVID-19 the Horn Farm Center is offering on-site educational programming with some modifications in order to ensure the health and safety of our visitors, volunteers and staff. All classes will be held outside and are limited to 15 participants per class. If more than one class occurs on the same day, start times will be staggered to reduce the number of individuals arriving at the same time. Multiple hand sanitizer stations are available. We will adjust as needed as time passes and things change.

Participant expectations are as follows:

• Participants are required to bring a mask and wear it when proper physical distancing cannot be maintained. We have a limited supply on hand if you forget yours.
• Physical distancing of 6 feet must be maintained except in case of family members.
• Do not attend if sick or recovering.

Until further notice, no indoor classes are available at this time. We are offering virtual classroom experiences via zoom.

Imagine sunlight pouring through the canopy of a forest, birds singing their cacophony of calls as bees buzz from one blossom to another. Branches hang thick with nuts and fruits; you pluck a raspberry as you pass. You come upon a small clearing and dip your feet into ice-cold water, willows and cottonwoods dancing to the slightest breeze. Red-winged blackbirds sway on cattails and as you bend down to flip a rock, crayfish and minnows scurry under the shade and protection of a beaver dam.

This highly productive, highly diverse ecosystem is the future we envision at the Horn Farm. We have broken ground and are ready to plant over 10,000 trees.

We believe that agriculture can regenerate life. At the Horn Farm Center, we employ regenerative practices because the processes for cultivating food have the potential to restore and rejuvenate the health of our ecosystems.

In the past two years, we began the work of transitioning several acres of farmland into multi-functional riparian buffer landscapes. By planting over 17,000 trees on the Horn Farm by 2022, our goal is to produce food and agroforestry products while protecting the health of our waterways – from the Kreutz Creek, to the Susquehanna, and beyond. This work is supported by the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and the Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership.

This spring, in conjunction with Give Local York, we will install a new multifunctional riparian buffer on 6 acres of farmland. We are calling it the Triple 10K Challenge: Our aim is to plant 10,000 trees, raise $10,000, and triple our impact with $10,000 in matching funds.

Thanks to a generous donor, contributions will be matched 100% up to $10,000 – that means your donation will go twice as far this year. You can truly make a difference by supporting the Horn Farm Center!

While you can donate at any time, the real excitement starts at 12:01am on May 7, 2021 online with Give Local York. We will be accepting donations throughout the day until midnight on the Horn Farm Center’s Give Local York page.

Please consider joining our challenge by contributing financially to the Horn Farm Center, either by check, online at hornfarmcenter.org/donate/, or during the Give Local York event on May 7^th.

Imagine the Horn Farm ten, fifty, or even one hundred years from now. Our hope is that our grandchildren can explore and enjoy an educational destination that is teeming with a diversity of life, an abundance of food, and a resilient community. Together we can make this dream a reality.

Please join us in our Triple 10K Challenge by donating to the Horn Farm Center. Thank you for your support.

Click here to accept the challenge!

Horn Farm Center Health and Safety Policy

Due to COVID-19 the Horn Farm Center is offering on-site educational programming with some modifications in order to ensure the health and safety of our visitors, volunteers and staff. All classes will be held outside and are limited to 15 participants per class. If more than one class occurs on the same day, start times will be staggered to reduce the number of individuals arriving at the same time. Multiple hand sanitizer stations are available. We will adjust as needed as time passes and things change.

Participant expectations are as follows:

• Participants are required to bring a mask and wear it when proper physical distancing cannot be maintained. We have a limited supply on hand if you forget yours.
• Physical distancing of 6 feet must be maintained except in case of family members.
• Do not attend if sick or recovering.

Until further notice, no indoor classes are available at this time. We are offering virtual classroom experiences via zoom.