Farm
Pocono Organics
Also known as: Pocono Organics CSA, Pocono Organics Long Pond
A 260-acre Regenerative Organic Certified farm at Long Pond, Pennsylvania, on the Pocono Plateau next to Pocono Raceway. Founded 2017 by Ashley Walsh; Rodale Institute is the agronomic research partner. Produces vegetables, herbs, hemp, and CBD product lines, and runs an on-site cafe and market. One of the largest Regenerative Organic Certified operations in the northeastern United States.
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What they do
Pocono Organics is a working vegetable, herb, and [[hemp-farm|hemp farm]] with retail integration:
- Field & high-tunnel vegetable production — leafy greens, brassicas, alliums, root crops, summer fruiting vegetables
- Herb and CBD lines — hemp grown on-farm; processed and packaged products sold under the Pocono Organics brand
- CSA & [[farmers-market|farmers’ market]] sales — seasonal CSA shares and weekend market presence
- On-site retail — café and market open year-round; sources its own produce plus aligned regional partners
- Education & tours — public-facing tours, workshops, and a partnership with [[rodale-institute|Rodale Institute]] for regenerative-agriculture demonstrations
Why it’s listed
[[regenerative-organic-certified|Regenerative Organic Certified]] is the highest-tier third-party verification currently available for ag practices. The certification audits soil-health practices, animal welfare (where applicable), and worker fairness — built specifically to be harder to fake than USDA Organic. Pocono Organics was among the first ROC operations in the northeast and remains one of the largest by acreage.
The Rodale partnership is institutional load-bearing: Rodale’s research credibility around [[regenerative-organic-certified|regenerative-organic]] systems goes back to 1947, and the Pocono Organics site functions as a working-farm extension of that research at meaningful scale.
Bioregional fit
The [[pocono-plateau|Pocono Plateau]]‘s growing season is short and the soils are acidic and stony — not the easiest substrate for vegetable production. The fact that a regenerative operation is succeeding here, on plateau ground, matters for the bioregion’s food-system future. If Pocono Organics’ soil-building approach works on this substrate, the model can extend to smaller plateau-edge farms over time.
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- Shares approach with: [[rodale-institute]]
- Member of: [[farm]]
- Contained by: [[poconos]]
- Practices: [[regenerative-organic-certified]]
- Grows: [[hemp]]
- Enabled by: [[regenerative-organic-certified]]
Sources
- Pocono Organics public materials (poconoorganics.com)
- [[regenerative-organic-alliance|Regenerative Organic Alliance]] certified-operations registry
- [[rodale-institute|Rodale Institute]] partnership documentation
- [[lehigh-valley|Lehigh Valley]] Live, Pocono Record coverage of the farm’s launch and ROC certification
Related concepts: [[farm]] · [[regenerative-agriculture]] · [[organic-agriculture]] · [[community-supported-agriculture]].
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Practical
shares approach with
- Farmhouse Eatery both work the local-sourcing thread, one as producer and one as kitchen
contains
- Poconos 260-acre Regenerative Organic Certified farm at Long Pond — the largest ROC operation in the northeast
enables
- Regenerative Organic Certified Pocono Organics is one of the largest ROC operations in the northeastern U.S.
hosted by
- Rodale Institute Pocono Organic Center co-located with Pocono Organics, using its acreage as the working classroom
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