About the Horn Farm
Where is the Horn Farm Center?
The Center is located on 186 acres of prime farmland in Hellam Township, York County, north of US Rte 30 just east of the Hallam Interchange.
	How did the Center come about?
	The Horn Farm was donated to York County by the Horn family in honor of David E. Horn in 1981. Its fine agricultural soils had been farmed continuously for more than 250 years. The idea for the Center was born to save the Horn Farm from potential industrial development in 2000. A petition, circulated County-wide, drew an overwhelming response to keep the farm agricultural. A proposal to use the farm for the Horn Farm Center for Agricultural Education was presented to the York County Commissioners in 2005, a business plan was developed and in 2007 the Commissioners signed a lease for the use of the land and the existing buildings with the Center, allowing operations to begin.
Why is it the right time for such an organization as the Horn Farm Center?
• Agriculture was and continues to be one of the leading industries in York County, generating more than $100,000,000 annually for the County’s economy. Yet few know of the importance of this agricultural history or of the challenges facing local farming in the future.
• At a time when the quality and quantity of our food supplies are increasingly being threatened by long distance travel and questionable sources, the more we can educate ourselves about the enormous health and economic advantages of “buy fresh, buy local”; the better off we will be now and in the future.
• As we lose more and more of our prime farmland to sprawl development, it is imperative to show how small, self-sustaining family farms can survive and prosper.
The Center addresses all these issues in its exciting and innovative educational program and working farms.