Innovations

Farming is a more dynamic industry than the average person might think! Our goals are to grow the healthiest food...

Bernadette Antoniou, July 8, 2021 in 40th Anniversary / Farm Craft / Farm News / Organics

Growth: Extended Pfamily

Though Pfenning’s is a family owned and operated farm and company, it takes our much larger extended Pfamily to keep...

Rachel Nafziger, March 4, 2021 in 40th Anniversary / Farm News

Growth: Capacity

Pfenning’s has had growing pains since the very beginning… and we’re not complaining! As Wolfgang says, it’s “a good problem...

Merike Hess, February 1, 2021 in 40th Anniversary / Farm News

Growth: Acreage

When the Pfenning family first moved to Canada from Germany, they bought their farm house with 150 acres of farm...

Merike Hess, December 30, 2020 in 40th Anniversary / Farm News

Raising Kids on the Farm

There may be challenges to growing up on a farm, but ask any of the Pfenning’s and they’ll tell you...

Merike Hess, December 7, 2020 in 40th Anniversary

Covid-19:Changing Life On Our Farm

In January of this year, Covid-19 was something that was happening only on the other side of the world; in...

Merike Hess, November 19, 2020 in Farm News / Uncategorized

Overwintered Spinach

For us this year, spring has been slow coming.  Here we are at the end of May and sunny days...

Bernadette Antoniou, May 31, 2019 in Farm Craft / Farm News / Sustainability

Fresh Produce Year-Round? We’ve Got It Covered

Right now here in New Hamburg, it is winter, and our fields are quietly sleeping.  But unlike our fields, we...

Bernadette Antoniou, March 8, 2019 in Farm News / Organics

Traceability, Food Safety, and Knowing Your Farmer

Recently, the safety of romaine lettuce has been called into question all across North America as the risk of E-coli...

Bernadette Antoniou, November 23, 2018 in Farm Craft / Farm News / Food / News

2017 – What A Year!

Hello 2018.  We are looking forward to seeing what you will bring; in the meantime, we’re taking a look back...

Bernadette Antoniou, January 25, 2018 in Community / Farm Craft / Farm News