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News / Up Coming Events

Dear Friends,

Your support means the world to us. Every purchase, kind word, and conversation helps keep our small farm thriving and allows us to continue sharing our honey, tallow lotions, Navajo Churro yarn, and other handmade goods with you.

Navajo Churro is the Featured Breed for the 2026 Garden State Sheep Breeders Fiber & Sheep Festival!!

Help us make the 2026 Garden State Sheep & Fiber Festival one to remember!

We are raising funds to bring cultural presenters to share the rich history, artistry, and lived experiences connected to the Navajo Churro sheep.

Your support helps us honor tradition, celebrate community, and bring authentic voices to the featured breed of 2026!

Help Bring Diné (Navajo) Presenters to New Jersey

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2026 Market Schedule

April 12th, May 3rd, November 8th & 22nd

Open 9:30 AM – 1:00 PM at the corner of Station and Atlantic Avenue in beautiful downtown Haddon Heights

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We are proud to be sponsored by

Garden State Sheep Breeders

A heartfelt thank you to Garden State Sheep Breeders for their generous sponsorship of our Diné presenters. Their support helped make it possible to bring Diné shepherds and weavers to New Jersey to share their knowledge, traditions, and deep connection to the Navajo-Churro sheep with our festival community.

San Luis Valley, Colorado

At El Sagrado Farm, our mission is to cultivate carbon-neutral, regenerative, organic, and biodynamic agriculture, while embracing a lifestyle that demonstrates living in harmony with the earth. For the past 25 years, we have been honored to raise Navajo-Churro sheep, grateful for the partnership and richness they bring to our farm. Visit their website El Sagrado Farm

Jersey West Farm is a family-owned farm with a deep commitment to preserving the rare and historically significant Navajo-Churro sheep. Through thoughtful stewardship and a passion for heritage livestock, they help ensure this remarkable breed continues to thrive for future generations. Their dedication extends beyond their own flock, supporting educational outreach and opportunities that connect people with the rich history, cultural significance, and fiber traditions of the Navajo-Churro sheep. We are sincerely grateful for Jersey West Farm’s generous sponsorship, which is helping bring Diné shepherds and educators to the Garden State Sheep Breeders Fiber Festival to share their knowledge, traditions, and stories with our community.

Balance Fine Finishing, LLC

We are grateful to Balance Fine Finishing, LLC for their generous sponsorship of the 2026 Featured Breed Celebration of the Navajo-Churro sheep at the Garden State Sheep & Fiber Festival. Based in Franklinville, New Jersey, Balance Fine Finishing is a family-owned business specializing in custom woodworking and fine finishing. Their commitment to craftsmanship, quality, and community has helped make this cultural and educational opportunity possible. Through their support, Diné shepherds, weavers, and cultural educators will travel to New Jersey to share their knowledge, traditions, and the living heritage of the Navajo-Churro sheep. We sincerely thank Balance Fine Finishing for investing in the preservation of both an endangered livestock breed and the cultural traditions that have sustained it for generations.

KM Acres

We are incredibly grateful to KM Acres for their support of the 2026 Featured Breed Celebration of the Navajo-Churro sheep at the Garden State Sheep & Fiber Festival. As dedicated Navajo-Churro breeders and advocates, KM Acres understands the importance of preserving not only this remarkable heritage breed, but also the stories, traditions, and people connected to it. Their generosity is helping bring Diné shepherds and cultural educators to New Jersey to share their knowledge, craftsmanship, and lifelong connection to the Navajo-Churro sheep. Support from fellow shepherds and breeders makes opportunities like this possible. We are honored to have KM Acres standing alongside us in celebrating the sheep, the culture, and the community that have kept this breed thriving for generations. Thank you, KM Acres, for your friendship, encouragement, and commitment to the future of the Navajo-Churro sheep.

El Sagrado Farm, Jersey West Fram, Balance Fine Finishing, KMArces are proud sponsors for the Diné artisans to attend the 2026 NJ Sheep & Fiber Festival

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Thank you for stopping by and visiting our homestead!

We are first-generation homesteaders located in Franklinville, New Jersey. Our journey began in 2009 in a small suburban town just ten minutes outside Philadelphia, where we raised chickens and grew produce on a modest plot of land.

Once we began keeping bees, we realized it was time to expand—both for them and for us. In 2019, we took a leap and moved to a small farm with an 1880 farmhouse, and we immediately dove into restoring both the home and land to their former beauty. We’ve worked to bring the farmhouse back to its original charm: preserving the 130-year-old pine doors still hanging in place and repurposing rescued oak trim from a local 1890 home that was set to be demolished.

We’ve planted heirloom apple trees once popular at the turn of the 20th century and became a Bee Friendly Certified Farm. Our love for heritage breeds led us across the country to bring home America’s oldest sheep breed—the Navajo-Churro.

We are proud members of the Livestock Conservancy and participants in the Shave ’Em to Save ’Em project. Stewardship is at the heart of everything we do. We care for our land and animals holistically and with intention—

From Bee to Ewe!

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