Hungry Hook Farm is dedicated to promoting the indigenous plants of Pennsylvania and the Eastern Woodlands. Every backyard and each landscape has the potential to contribute to plant and animal biodiversity in a positive way. Indigenous plants are an integral part of biodiversity because they are the building blocks of healthy and sustainable local ecosystems. Genetic diversity is also important for the continuation of indigenous plant species. We work to ensure this diversity by growing plants from open-pollinated seed collected from local ecotypes.

Hungry Hook Farm makes a conscious effort to provide plants grown from local, sustainably-collected seed (see the Current Inventory species list for seed provenance). Our potting soil is peat-free and all plants are organically-grown. Plants are propagated in cold frames designed to maximize thermal retention without the use of electricity or fossil fuels.

Hungry Hook Farm is currently engaged in research involving germination and seed increase of annual plants--both forb and graminoid species that thrive in areas of recent soil disturbance. We are also working with a local agency to propagate Viola species for habitat restoration.