The Farm

We are in the foothills of the Catskill Mountains on the floor of the Neversink River Valley. We are a small organic farm with 20 acres of mixed woods and pasture, with the Neversink River flowing through the middle. Here we strive towards sustainable human scale agriculture.

Our farm grew out of our passion for food, a healthy environment and our interest in animal welfare. We endeavor to produce the highest quality food. To achieve this, we turn out small yields of varied foodstuffs that allow us to focus on the quality of each crop.  We produce honey, vegetables, fruits, herbs, eggs, poultry and trout. This wide variety helps to build the circle of sustainability on a small farm.

Practices

Organic

We follow strict organic growing practices throughout the farm. Organic farming is not just about avoiding petroleum based fertilizers or pesticides, but about completely removing synthetics and genetically modified organisms from your food. This is not an easy task and thus the certification standards are justly complex. Organic certification is cheap while practicing organic methods is not. We believe that having our farm Certified by NOFA-NY, a non-profit third party, and supporting the organic standards, is the best way to ensure your food is actually organic.

Human Scale

Human scale agriculture is farming by hand without the use of tractors. While we understand the necessity of heavy machinery to produce cheap food, we choose to not use 4 wheel tractors in our vegetable production. Instead primary cultivation and final potato harvest is done with a small fuel efficient two wheel tiller. All planting, cultivation and harvesting is done manually though we use modern techniques and tools. We believe handcrafted produce to be of highest quality while using the least petroleum.

Animal Welfare

There are many words and phrases used to sell food produced from animals that attempt to give a pristine picture of the farm animal's life. Most of these words are meaningless and have the intent to manipulate the consumer. (e.g. hormone free, natural, cage free, free roaming, farm fresh, etc.) We choose to be audited by an independent third party Animal Welfare Approved, which has the highest humane animal standards according to the World Society for protection of animals. All of our animals are raised on pasture and receive the best life we can provide

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Integrated Systems

We believe the more diverse a farms products, the more sustainable it can be. We treat the entire farm as single unit with each piece feeding or being nourished by another. Diversifying our farm is not the most economical path to choose, since we need so much specialized equipment, but it provides a means for us to implement whole farm practices. It also makes farming for us much more enjoyable.

Honest Marketing

We believe customers should not be lied to or manipulated. We tell the truth about farming and our products when asked. We never market our products in a way to confuse customers with claims like "hormone free" on our chickens or eggs, for example. It is illegal to give chickens hormones, and thus all chickens are hormone free. We do not claim organic without certification. We also do not use words like natural, farm fresh, or make untested claims about nutrients in our food. We are certified where we can and then let the taste of our food stand on its own. Feel free to ask us anything about the food we grow.

Farm Tours available Saturday and Sundays (May through October)

10$per person (25$Minimum per group)

kids 5 & under free

(prior notice is best)