ABOUT CITY GIRL FARMING
Reconnecting Food & People
How it began
City Girl Farming was born out of the desire to create a new way to connect people to their food in a healthy, sustainable way.
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We hope to make healthy eating an easy choice for you and your family -- one that doesn't require you to compromise your values along the way.
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City Girl Farming is all about 'Reconnecting Food and People', which serves as our mission statement. Justyna started this business in opposition to our current food systems after discovering the seemingly countless negative effects caused by its design.​
Ultimately, the more she learned about our food systems and its implications, the more powerless, hopeless, and angry she grew. Justyna found her way out of that negative realm through farming -- it provided a way to reconnect to the very core values she grew up with and by doing what she knew how to do best: make delicious food and enjoy it with the people I love.
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Real Food
Locally Sourced
Ingredients
Sustainable Packaging
Healthy, Delicious Meals
What you can expect
REBRANDING CITY GIRL FARMING
From communist Poland to Dubuque, Iowa -- Justyna shares her story about how she went from watching her grandmother grow food as a young girl to farming and starting a prepared meal service using locally grown ingredients here in the midwest.
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From humble beginnings and with immense support from the community, City Girl Farming continued to grow and evolve and in 2023, Justyna knew it was time to update CGF branding to reflect this new stage of the business.
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"When I first started the business, I could never have expected that it would grow into what it is now. I purchased my first logo for $5 online and it worked for us to get started; but there came a time when the logo was not matching what the business was growing into.
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We knew it was time for us to invest in something that reflects and communicates our values and our mission, especially now that we have defined ourselves. I knew right away that Jill Paisley of Lucky Thirteen Design was the person to take on this project."
Original CGF Logo
Current CGF Logo
In January of 2024, Jill sent us our new logo and even though Justyna was scared to open the email for 10 days, we absolutely loved what she came up with -- it embodies everything we represent!
It pays homage to the hands that grow our food and that eat our meals; the beet/radish in the center symbolizes all of the real, locally sourced ingredients we prioritize; and the sun that, which also looks like a plate, makes it all possible. It beautifully shows the interconnectedness and cyclical nature of our food and the energies at play as we look to continue growing our business and pursue our mission of reconnecting food and people!
