The harvest continues! Interestingly, we have harvested more food (by weight) this month than we did in November. As a result, we have officially surpassed 20,000 pounds of food harvested Continue Reading →

  Our pastoral ministry at Assumption Church (Syracuse, NY) has just completed another JPIC initiative with the installation of  “rain gardens” on the front lawn of the St. Francis Friary. Continue Reading →

A Food Oasis Grows from the Alliance of Two Franciscan Organizations, by Candace Blase, a volunteer at the Little Portion Farm. What follows is the story of two Franciscan organizations Continue Reading →

The farm has been firing on all cylinders lately! In the past month we have planted fall or winter crops in 25 beds, with still more to come over the Continue Reading →

Little Portion Farm (JPIC Ministry) is featured in Religious Sightings section of the Vision Vocation Guide (Vision 2021).

On July 14, 2020, the first potato harvest of the “Little Portion Farm” was celebrated.

Established in May 2019 & sponsored by our friars serving in ministry in Shamokin, Coal Township and Trevorton, Pennsylvania, The Franciscan Center works to help create a sustainable and promising Continue Reading →

One year ago this month that we planted the first plants on Little Portion Farm. At that point the farm consisted merely of two beds of tomatoes in an otherwise Continue Reading →