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Bill helps with various aspects of the farming operation including growing sweet corn with his sons Charlie and Arne, assisting with tillage, and caring for the grape and blueberry plantings. He is one of the founders of the Phoenixville Farmers’ Market and Charlestown Farm and is president of Longview LP, a real estate investment and development firm in Berwyn. He is a member of the Open Space Commission in Charlestown Township and a board member of the Colonial Theatre. Bill graduated from Princeton University and received an MBA from the Wharton School. He lives on Broadwater Farm across the street from Charlestown Farm Liz writes farm newsletters, organizes Farm events, creates Monday morning breakfasts for the farm crew, and lends a helping hand wherever it is needed. She is one of the founders of Charlestown Farm and the Phoenixville Farmers’ Market which she manages. Liz raises beef cattle, sheep, and poultry on grass at Broadwater Farm and sells meat and eggs at the Farm. She is a graduate of Amherst College and received an MBA from the Wharton School. |
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 Arne Andersen works on many aspects of the farming operation including mechanical weed cultivation, tillage, caring for layers and broilers, equipment repair, and sweet corn production. Arne constructed much of the patio and substructure for the wood fired cob oven in 2010 and built the timber frame pavilion shelter the oven and patio. Arne has a strong interest in cooking and makes thin crust Italian style pizza in the cob oven. Arne is a sophomore at Amherst College and a member of the lacrosse team. |
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 Marvin Andersen is one of the founders of the farm. He resides in the house above the barn and helps in many aspects of the farming operation. He frequently can be found mowing and weed wacking, making deliveries and pickups, and assisting in any work which needs to be done. Marvin is retired from 39 years as an obstetrician/gynecologist in Wilmington, Delaware. He graduated from the University of Michigan and its medical school. He can be heard playing trumpet at the Phoenixville Farmers' Market before Christmas. |
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Charlestown Farm Center ~ 2565 Charlestown Road ~ Phoenixville, PA 19460 610.917.0252 ~ info@charlestownfarmcenter.org |
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Bill and Liz Andersen oversee the operations of the Farm. They share a passion for growing good food. 
Leslie Randall started at the Farm as an apprentice in 2010 and is returning for 2011 as our crew leader! She will help coordinate all of the hard work at the Farm. Prior to coming to Charlestown Farm, she worked on a small organic CSA in Vancouver, B.C. and quickly fell in love with being outside everyday and having her hands in the dirt! She grew up in rural Ohio and graduated from Otterbein College with a degree in Ecology and Environmental Studies. Her interest in farming started after studying abroad in New Zealand and seeing their progressive farm movement. While finishing her degree she volunteered as a nature guide at Stratford Ecological Center, a non-profit educational farm for children and adults. Now that her farming career is started, she's excited to learn as much as she can about sustainable agriculture from Charlestown Farm.
Ellie Andersen is a Freshman at Amherst College. During the summer, she leads family cooking workshops for Farm members. Ellie operates the cultivating tractor, mows the fields and helps with harvest.
Charlie Andersen has long been fascinated by farm tractors and located and purchased most of the Farm's equipment. He does extensive tractor work and implemented a number of alternative energy projects (see the 
Katy Andersen has a passion for food and farming and helps on the Farm when she is in town and offers continual suggestions for how to improve the operation and connect with the local food community. Katy spent the 2008-2009 academic year in Italy studying small scale cheese production on a Fulbright Scholarship. She graduated from Princeton University where she founded the university farmers' market. Katy attended Harvard Business School and is pursuing a career related to food with Lot18, an online retailer of artisanal foods.
Kathy Andersen is one of the founders of the Farm. She resides in the house above the barn where she has collections of daffodils, lilies and clivia which attract enthusiasts form around the world. She has always had flower and vegetable gardens until moving to Charlestown when vegetable growing was turned over to the farm. Kathy is a past president of the American Daffodil Society, North American Lily Society and National Chrysanthemum Society. She currently serves on the Boards of all three societies and is Secretary of the North American Clivia Society. She is a flower show judge in all these societies as well as in the National Garden Club and hold an Associate First Degree Master in the Ohara School of Japanese Flower Arranging. She graduated from Vassar College and received a PhD in Chemistry from University of Michigan.