Patterson Farm Preservation

05/22/2026

In order for Patterson Farm to survive and thrive and continue to provide food for our community our local farmers need access to structures that support their work. The Patterson Farm Master Plan Implementation Committee has chosen to ignore this fact and focus on “redevelopment” to non-agricultural use despite concerns being raised. They continue to assert that farming will continue when agricultural structures are removed from agricultural use. It simply isn’t true. Farming must be given first priority in our Agricultural Security.

Activities that conflict with farming should take place elsewhere. We support our local farmers and their use of the farm structures. We hope you will too. NO redevelopment on Patterson Farm!

We support the ART of AGRICULTURE.

05/16/2026

We presented our vision for Patterson Agriculture & Heritage Center to the Patterson Farm Master Plan Implementation Committee last night. We’re also pleased to announce the Questers have provided grant funding for materials for the repair of Satterthwaite House shutters!

Curious as to what’s in the plan? We’d love for you to see the presentation too. View it via our linktree above, or on the Lower Makefield Township YouTube channel.

05/14/2026

Let’s get this DONE!

04/18/2026

❤️Schmutzie 2011-2026

03/04/2026

Agenda for tomorrow’s Lower Makefield Supervisors meeting.

03/02/2026

Support your local farmers. Enjoy produce grown on Patterson Farm.

03/02/2026

Thank you Lancaster Farming for reporting on our efforts to preserve PA’s oldest continuously working farm. 💚

A Bucks County township and a local preservation group have similar goals but are at odds over the future of what may be Pennsylvania’s oldest continuously working farm.

02/21/2026

It’s Community Supported Agriculture week. Get your CSA share and enjoy fresh produce grown right here in Lower Makefield Township in the spectacular Patterson Farm soil.

02/19/2026

TONIGHT the Lower Makefield Supervisors will discuss potentially submitting the application for National Register recognition for Patterson Farm. If you’ve lived in the township for more than a few years and have followed the application process, you know it’s been decades in the making. The application was submitted many years ago, returned by the state requesting further information, shelved for many years, and has now been rewritten for submission. It is our fervent hope the Supervisors will finally allow the application to be submitted again!

Thank you to Lower Makefield Historical Commission volunteers Dr. Helen Heinz (our Patterson Farm Preservation Board member) and Joe Camaratta for your research and collaboration on the application!

Also mentioned on tonight’s agenda is a proposed carwash not far from the farm, on the former CVS site in Woodside (Edgewood Village).

02/17/2026

Our vision for the future of Patterson Farm aligns with the sentiments expressed by our Commonwealth’s Secretary of Agriculture, Russell Redding. Support for young farmers, and investment in innovation and the infrastructure that will keep Patterson Farm viable for growing food for generations to come is paramount. One day Patterson Farm Preservation hopes to host a visit by Secretary Redding to Patterson Farm, bringing statewide recognition of the farm’s rich heritage and our community’s commitment to a sustainable future for agriculture.