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Bethel Hobbs Community Farm "Volunteer Today"

July 17, 2022

Volunteer at Bethel Hobbs Community Farm this summer and fall!

Contact belinda.cox@pseg.com for additional information and join the alliance as we support the last African-American family farm on Long Island.


If the event has passed Bethel Hobbs Community Farm is always looking for volunteers please take the time and visit their website https://hobbsfarm.info/


About Bethel Hobbs Community Farm

The James Hobbs family came to Long Island from Georgia in 1906 and grew farm produce in New Village (North Centereach) for local Long Islanders for three generations, first as farm workers and later purchasing the land, which became known as Hobbs Farm. James’ son, Alfred Hobbs took ownership in 1955 and farmed his own property as well as rental farmland in the surrounding area for many years. He passed up many opportunities to sell the property, hoping that it would always remain a farm.

 

Hobbs Farm is the last farm in Centereach, as well as the last African-American family farm on Long Island. When Mr. Hobbs passed away in 1996, he left the farm property to the Bethel AME Church in Setauket, where he was a member. Legal complications caused a delay in the transfer of ownership and led to a time when the farm was vandalized and fell into disrepair.

 

To support Bethel AME Church, Friends of Hobbs Farm was formed in 2007 and a 50’X 100′ plot was planted with the hopes of providing the produce to local food pantries. To this day, the cooperative gardening project has grown to over five acres and donates on an average of 30,000 lbs. of fresh, organically grown produce to several local food pantries and soup kitchens. 

 

The vision of the Bethel Hobbs Community Farm is to restore the land to its original use, create a permanent retreat and education center on site, and honor the Hobbs Family legacy. 

 

Bethel Hobbs Community Farm welcomes your support as we continue to “plant seeds of hope.”





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