Hoffman Appalachian Farm

A Certified Naturally Grown Farm - Saint Marys, Pennsylvania

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    2025 hop season at Hoffman Appalachian Farm is off to a good start: flame weeding is completed, coir is hung, and training is in progress.

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CNG

Inspections With the goal of complete transparency as to how we operate our Farm and the practices we employ year after year, please feel free to review our annual CNG certification forms: Hoffman Appalachian Farm’s annual Produce and Flowers Inspection by Nicole Thompson was…

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Thank you for taking the time to contact us! We appreciate your interest and enthusiasm for our Farm. Feel free to send us any questions specific to the Farm such as how we got started, our future plans, growing hops or barley…whatever you like….

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In The News

We’ve been very honored to share our story via a number of news outlets. Give a read or take a listen! Hoffman Appalachian Farm Proudly Sponsors the Pittsburgh Showing of the Global 2024 “Trail Running Film Festival” Might seem an odd thing for a…

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“A Little Off The Top…Er, Bottom…Please!”

Returning to the Farm after a week away, I just never know quite what to expect. Weeds out of control? Something break? Japanese beetles show up weeks early? “Expect the worst, it can only get better” is pretty much the motto we follow. I…

 Posted on July 2, 2023

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The Drip Is In

With our solar-powered irrigation system installed in 2021, I sleep a little better during the Summer growing months, especially when I can’t physically be at the Farm. I know that x number of times per day for x number of minutes (frequency and duration…

 Posted on May 30, 2023

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Sub-Soiling Between Two Posts…Deep Thoughts

The time had come to begin preparing the large hopyard for round 2 of its existence, this time with better-prepared soils and hills. We (I) took out the remaining two hills in 2022 after we’d given up on the three initial hills about four…

 Posted on April 18, 2023

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