“When people think about FarmerJawn, I want them to think about being farmed back to health.”
James Beard Foundation Emerging Leadership Honoree
The mission of the James Beard Awards® is to recognize exceptional talent and achievement in the culinary arts, hospitality, media, and broader food system, as well as a demonstrated commitment to equity, community, sustainability, and a culture where all can thrive. In 2024, Christa Barfield, Founder and CEO of FarmerJawn, was honored with the JBF Emerging Leadership Award.
Philadelphia Magazine’s Most Influential People in Philadelphia 2022 and 2024
Philadelphia Magazine’s celebration of the most influential Philadelphians who have shaped where we've been and those who are determining our future.
Metro Philadelphia Power Women
The Metro Philadelphia Power Women list honors the entrepreneurs, public servants, educators, artists, and leaders working to make Philadelphia a more equitable and innovative city.
Barfield was struck by the integration of agriculture into the community’s lifestyle. “This is just how they lived: We come get our food, and we know who grew it. I was blown away by that and wanted to learn more about those practices. What does that look like in Philadelphia?”
Generation Change Fellow
Generation Change Philly is a partnership with Keepers of the Commons, a nonprofit whose mission is to identify and connect “often overlooked community leaders” to well-established policy and ideas events, in hopes of cultivating local talent and growing their impact.
Philadelphia Magazine’s Best of Philly, Community Wellness Leader
Since 1974, Best of Philly is Philadelphia Magazine’s compendium of everything that is new, fantastic and special in Philadelphia. Christa Barfield was nominated as the 2022 Community Wellness Leader.