About Us
About Trailside Foundation
About Trailside Foundation
About Trailside Foundation
The Trailside Foundation is a non-profit organization focused on building a stronger, healthier community through small-scale agriculture.
Trailside uses Southwestern Pennsylvania’s rich, family-focused agricultural history to inspire modern growers, gardeners and small farmers to build healthy, sustainable futures.
Our History
About Trailside Foundation
About Trailside Foundation
In the mid 1700s, Alexander McConnell and his son Matthew cleared and settled Blackwood Farm in Cecil Township, Pennsylvania.
A portion of the farm remained in the McConnell family for seven generations, serving as witness to the evolution of agriculture in the United States.
In 2018, the remaining 22 acres of Blackwood Farm was placed in
In the mid 1700s, Alexander McConnell and his son Matthew cleared and settled Blackwood Farm in Cecil Township, Pennsylvania.
A portion of the farm remained in the McConnell family for seven generations, serving as witness to the evolution of agriculture in the United States.
In 2018, the remaining 22 acres of Blackwood Farm was placed in the hands of the Trailside Foundation, a non-profit organization aimed at merging past and present farming methods to secure the future of locally grown food.
Our Mission
About Trailside Foundation
Our Mission
The Trailside Foundation is focused on building a stronger, healthier community in Cecil Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania through small-scale agriculture opportunities and historic preservation.
Our History : Farm Life Since the 1750s on McConnell's Blackwood Farm
