Trailside Organic Farm

Through our partnership with the Rodale Institute, a vegetable farm utilizing organic practices is being established on Cornwall Manor’s Woods Campus and the development and organic farming will be led by Rodale Institute’s team of industry experts (Farm Manager bios are below). Both organizations see this project as having the potential to serve as a model for continuing care communities across the country.

Trailside Organic Farm will begin as a two-acre farm using organic practices and is located on Cornwall Manor’s Woods Campus, adjacent to the Rail Trail. Cornwall Manor will use the produce grown on the farm to be served in all campus dining areas. Utilizing Rodale Institute’s expertise in organic growing methods, Trailside Organic Farm will provide residents with healthy, hyper-local food choices and a thriving natural environment that supports their health, environment and overall well-being.

Trailside  Farm NEWS

In the news: In its second season, Trailside Organic Farm is bustling, Food Management (July 2023)

News Release: Cornwall Manor Expands Trailside Organic Farm to Advance Health and Wellbeing (May 2023)

News Release: Cornwall Manor Breaks Ground on Barn at Trailside Organic Farm (November 2022)

ManorLife: Happenings at Trailside Organic Farm (Summer 2022)

ManorLife: Introducing Trailside Organic Farm (Fall 2021)

News Release: Cornwall Manor to Partner with The Rodale Institute (March 2021)

Trailside  Farm Updates

Stay up-to-date with what’s happening at Trailside. Monthly updates are provided in the Neighborhood News and on our blog.

January 2023

Ian Frederick, Farm Manager

Formerly the Farm Operations Field Technician at Rodale Institute, Ian began working with our team in September 2021. While in his position at Rodale, Ian helped with maintaining and designing the landscape. Ian has a work background in landscaping and ornamental gardening.

In 2019, Ian received a Bachelor’s degree in Sustainability from Messiah College. He prioritizes landscaping practices that provide ecological benefits as well as aesthetic value. Ian has experience with integrating pollinator habitats on Rodale’s property.

Katie Landis, Assistant Farm Manager

Katie joined Ian at Trailside Organic Farm in April 2022 as the Assistant Farm Manager.

Living in Quentin, Katie is a “local” and lives right around the corner from Trailside Organic Farm. Katie has been farming for a living since 2012, beginning as an intern growing herbs and cut flowers at Lancaster Farmacy. Her five years there taught her how to use high tunnels and greenhouses to extend the growing season, how to use irrigation to get the appropriate amount of water to the crops and how to manage weeds.

After leaving the Farmacy, she worked at Homefields Care Farm where we grew a large variety of vegetables that were sold to the community through a CSA program. Working at Homefields taught her how to operate tractors and the different implements that could be attached to the front or back to make field work easier.