where in the jawn is food coming from?

carla

Jan 20

It's her birthday and she would like you to support her financially? I will start once again by saying I have no problem supporting farmers and agriculture non-profits. I don't care what the races, creeds, or colors are of farmers. I am not going to be somewhat ignorant in perception about that like Ms. Jawn makes people feel for essentially not looking like her. And yes I said that out loud because it's not right. And yes I can indeed express that. Expressing how what I see put out there makes me feel is just that: saying how someone or something makes me feel. Nothing more, nothing less.

So we will start with the entities in the Jawn Universe.

Soooo. Viva Tea Leaf? Website is gone.

I can tell you again I tried the lavender infused honey which was not the greatest honey with a sprig of lavender in the top of the jar. It was in an basket of things I won in a silent auction that the West Chester Food Co-Op had provided. It was ick enough that I threw it out. (It was the only thing that I tossed out from that basket, incidentally. ) This was well before I even heard of anything Jawn.

The store address is now someone else's business, a masseuse. So this also means it is not the location of Farmer Jawn Greenery any longer, nor should it be the legal address of her non-profit which is still showing incomplete information on the PA Charity website, right?

What little farm in Germantown? (I found that DiBruno's still has the lavender honey on their website. And it's $13.99 for 4.5 ounces of we do not actually know where everything comes from. ) One of the more beneficial things about organic honey is buying local honey because it helps with things like allergies because the bees are helping you build up your immunity from eco systems in your area. So whose honey is it?

Updates include it looks like Farmer Jawn Foods was created this past October of 2023. I have no issue with that except for the address. What will be interesting is if it will be disclosed where food is from since the organic of it all for farming at Westtown is still a couple of years out for her. Of course, it makes you wonder how much rent is being paid, what the rent is, that is being paid and all sorts of other things because that's a big chunk of land correct?

This leads us to the CSA. To a lot of people, the prices are going to be expensive, but honestly that's kind of what CSA cost these days. The price range puts the Farmer Jawn CSA subscription costs, towards the higher end, but not the highest out there.

What I would like to see is where exactly food is coming from because I have been part of CSA's before. And I still get farm share boxes weekly, and when I get them, they tell me who the producers are. As in what farms. And I think that is especially important because if you love farmers and you're involved in a business model like this, you want to help those farmers and their vegetables in your CSA boxes is a big part of their marketing and yours.

If you are interested in her CSA, here's the link: https://www.farmerjawn.co/2024-csa

But I like to know where things are coming from. I want to know what other farms are participating when I personally invest in a CSA or farm share. I don't think that's too much to ask. Just like I don't think it's too much to ask at this point that she post her form 990s if they exist as a nonprofit people need to see those things because otherwise then you just wonder where the money's going. I don't give anything to nonprofits where I can't look up a form 990.

Hopefully, this will be a better year than the first "season" at the old Farmer Pete's which left a lot to be desired. And part of what left a lot to be desired was the pricing, and the fact that all the advertised open hours they advertised they weren't actually open.

OK go ahead haters. I am ready for my scarlet B for bitchy blogger. If that's what some of you think because I wrote this post, I can't really help you. But it's something I continue to wonder about and I'm not asking or saying anything wrong.

Caveat emptor.

Enjoy the sunshine today. It is cold and a little slippery in spots, however.

Thanks for stopping by.