Jam made from peak-season berries is a far cry from anything you can buy at the grocery store. A staple of PB&J, or a sweet foil for spicy peppers, this spread is a classic precisely because it’s so dang good. Preserves made from peak-season berries are a far cry from anything you can buy at the grocery store.
With straightforward ingredients and minimal processing, a piquant mouthful is the end result. The hand-driven nature of the cooperative extends to the kitchen at Oakview Acres. Stephen, who has been operating the Co-op’s canning facility since 2008, is constantly busy crafting jams and sauerkrauts using recipes that have been sampled and tweaked dozens of times before the final selection.
Lancaster, PA
Lancaster Farm Fresh Co-op is a non-profit organic farmer’s cooperative of over 100 family farmers headquartered in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. They focus on creating healthy, high-quality foods from their highly maintained and enriched soils on their small-scale family farms. Lancaster County soil is considered some of the best agricultural land in the country. LFFC farmers take pride in this and steward the land to preserve this reputation for future generations of abundant production. With a thirst for knowledge to improve their sustainable agriculture techniques from one season to the next, they help each other to provide the highest quality produce possible. Their farmers choose to work cooperatively together to succeed in growing and delivering crops that enrich the health of the communities around them, as well as the health of the land on which they live. When you purchase LFFC products you can be confident that you will receive the freshest farm products, raised humanely, with consideration for the land, animals and people. Lancaster Farm Fresh Cooperative is owned by the farmers working in cooperation with each other to bring you healthy, quality foods.