 Massachusetts
Babcias Farm (pronounce Bop-chee's) is located on the Quabbin
watershed along the borders of Barre, Hardwick and Petersham, and
is surrounded by state protected land. We offer organically raised,
pastured meat chickens, heritage breed turkeys,
ducks, eggs, vegetables and raw honey. We also sell lard, homemade yeast and sourdough
breads, and whole grain goodies.
Our meat chickens and turkeys are pastured in moveable pens while
our laying hens enjoy a movable pasture where they are able to
roam and take dust baths. All of our animals are supplemented with
organic grains.
We follow organic farming methods and aim to continually improve
the quality of the land we are so lucky to inhabit while providing
high quality foods.
Chicken can be pre-ordered by calling the farm and is available
from July through October. Turkeys are available for Thanksgiving.
Duck is available beginning each Fall.
Come visit our self-service farm shop which is open every day.
Babcia's Farm, Melanie Cruz, 234
Spooner Road, Barre MA 01005.
(978) 355-4053.
Caledonia Farm is
pleased to offer grass finished beef throughout the year, pastured
broilers during the summer and eggs most of the year. Our mission
is to farm environmentally and financially sustainably to assure
food safety, consumer health and long term security.
Our beef is
packaged in convenient ready to use sizes that are vacuum sealed
in clear plastic and flash frozen. All of our products are available
for sale at the farm; just call or e-mail ahead to make sure we're
close by to help you.
We've been fine tuning our production systems,
forage/grazing chains and quality systems for nearly a decade to
offer our customers unparalleled quality and service. Check our
web site frequently for up to date information, news, pictures
and research projects. We'd be happy to host a tour or consult
with you on any questions or thoughts you may have.
Caledonia farm, David Petrovick, 167
Grogan Road, Barre MA 01005. (978) 355-4519.
E-mail: caledoniafarm@charter.net.
Website: http://www.caledoniafarm.com.
Chase Hill Farm is
an organic certified dairy in the Pioneer Valley of western
Massachusetts producing 100% grassfed products. Mark
and Jeannette Fellows operate the farm. Our mission is to produce
quality local food from grassfed cows using sustainable low input
practices. These practices include rotational grazing, seasonal
calving, and draft horsepower. Our herd of 26 Normande-Jersey cross
cows milk from March to December.
We produce a variety of cheeses for sale at the Amherst (MA) Farmers’ Market,
Greenfield (MA) Farmers’ Market, area stores and farmstands
in the Pioneer Valley. We also sell raw milk, pasture-raised veal,
whey-fed pork, and beef at the farm.
We are certified by Baystate
Organic Certifiers. We do not ship products.
Chase Hill Farm, Jeannette Fellows, 74
Chase Hill Road, Warwick MA 01378. (978) 544-6327. E-mail: chasehillfarm@yahoo.com
Chestnut Farms is a family-owned and
operated 106 acre livestock farm in the heart of MA. We are committed
to connecting our community with local agriculture using traditional
and humane farming practices. We are not certified organic
because we choose to support local farmers over importing certified
organic hay from Canada. Our animals are rotationally
grazed through our all natural pastures maintained with the help
of a professional agronomist who
advises us on our pasture grass mix and planting schedule rather
than chemical sprays and synthetic fertilizers. We are committed
to environmentally sustainable farming practices.
We primarily sell our meat in monthly "shares" and offer
a monthly on-farm pickup and bi-annual open barns to visit our
animals. We raise all natural, heritage breed, hormone and antibiotic
free meats. This includes grass-fed Hereford-Devon beef grown
exclusively on pasture and hay to ensure a rich, wonderful flavor
and high levels of Omega-3. Our York, Hampshire and Duroc pigs are
pastured and petted while being fed only a natural grain diet -
never any garbage. We use mobile pens and pasture to ensure our
pigs always have fresh, outdoor space to grow, play and live in.
Our Icelandic purebred and cross-bred
lambs are born in the spring pasture where they are allowed
to nurse and frolic with their mothers. They are harvested in
September through April each year. We also raise our own pastured
poultry including turkeys and chickens in
moveable pens. This ensures healthy grazing while significantly
reducing the bug population on our farm!
Chestnut Farms offers shares in our meat
CSA. Each month members receive a mix of "daily" (ground
beef, stew meat, bacon, whole chicken, sausage) cuts and "prime" cuts
(steaks, chops, boneless chicken breasts). For more information
please feel free to visit our website.
Chestnut Farms, Kim Denney, PO Box 545, 404
Turkey Street, Hardwick MA 01037. (413) 477-6656.
E-mail: chestnutfarms@comcast.net.
Website: http://www.chestnutfarms.org.
Greetings from the Chicoine
Family Farm. Henry
Chicoine established the farm in 1933. It was a cream and heifer
operation. He also sold ice from the ice pond for refrigeration.
Henry never used any herbicides or pesticides on the land and that
remains true today. We have built on that great foundation and
now produce high quality 100% grass raised beef.
We offer a variety of steaks individually wrapped,
2–4 pound roasts, and 1–pound packages of ground beef.
Everything is frozen and kryo-vacced. You may call us and purchase
at the farm, or visit us at the farmers
markets. Ask about our delivery
services.
Chicoine Family Farm, Susan Chicoine, 116
Oliver Street, Easthampton MA 01027. (413) 527-4882. E-mail: beefychic@aol.com.
Crescent Moon Farm is a
family owned and operated farm raising one hundred percent grass-fed
and finished Cheviot lambs and Red Devon beef cattle.
Our animals roam our 54 acres of pasture, woods and orchards in
Belchertown.
We feed our lambs, ewes and cows only grass
-- never grain, animal byproducts, or artificial growth hormones.
We practice Management Intensive Grazing to ensure that our animals
are healthy and always have fresh grass and our land is treated
sustainably. We do not use pesticides or herbicides, but we are
not certified organic.
We offer all variety of lamb and beef cuts.
We also offer whole or half lambs, cut to order, with advance notice.
Our animals are processed by a USDA butcher and the cuts come frozen
and vacuum packed. Please see our website for details on currently
available cuts and price per pound.
If you are local to Massachusetts
Pioneer Valley, you can buy our meat directly from us by appointment.
Please call us or email.
If you live out of the area, please contact
us by email or by phone to discuss ordering and shipping.
Crescent Moon Farm, Khalid Elkalai and Kathleen
Traphagen, Cordoner Road, Belchertown
MA. (413) 253-0528.
E-mail:
crescentmoonfarm@gmail.com.
Website: http://www.crescentmoonfarmonline.com.
The Farm School offers a year-long,
curriculum-based, hands-on training program for adults in the craft
of farming. Our classroom is an idyllic 186 acre farm and forest
located in North Orange. Our
student-farmers come from across the country and give up everything
for a year to learn the theory and practice of sustainable, organic,
diversified farming. We have a core team of staff members that
manage the farm and deliver the curriculum to students October-September
each year.
We offer a meat CSA which includes grass-fed beef, grass-fed lamb and pastured pork. We also sell our farm-fresh, organic, free-range
eggs. Products are available for on-farm sales as well as delivered
monthly to Watertown.
The Farm School, Jennifer Core, 80 Athol Road,
North
Orange, MA 01331. (978) 248-9427. E-mail: jennifer@farmschool.org.
Website: http://www.farmschool.org.
Fox Hill Farm is 315 scenic, rolling
acres in Ancramdale, New York in
the foothills of the Berkshires of MA, CT and near the Taconic
Parkway. We are less than five miles from the Massachusetts
border. We raise grassfed & grassfinished beef in
an environmentally sustainable manner with rotational grazing of
heritage breeds of British White, Murray Grey, Red Devon and crosses.
They are very tame and raised organically but not yet certified.
The farm is protected from development by a
conservation easement and has been in the Lampman family since
1882. The heritage breeds were chosen because of their ability
to do well on grass and produce a healthy and tender, tasty product
high in Omega 3 essential fatty acids.
¼’s, ½’s or whole
beef custom cuts are prepared to customer specifications. We also
sell and ship individual packages of steaks,
roasts, burger and
now terrific hot dogs (PaPa Dogs) that are all-beef, no-nitrate,
with a natural casing.
All processing is done at small, local USDA
inspected facilities. However, if an animal is purchased on the
hoof in advance, then the most humane, ‘end’ can be
arranged for at the farm. Shipping is available.
Visitors are welcome.
Fox Hill Farm, Larry and Erna Lampman, 887
E Ancram Road, Ancramdale NY 12503. (518) 329-2405.
E-mail: Lampman1@taconic.net.
Website: will be up shortly.
At Green Ledge Farm we specialize in certified
organic grass fed beef from our herd of Belted Galloway
cattle. Both our herd and our hayfields are certified organic
by the State of New Hampshire Dept. of Agriculture. This guarantees
that our animals are never given antibiotics, growth hormones
or other pharmaceuticals. We do not use chemical fertilizers,
herbicides or pesticides on our fields or on our animals. Our
cattle are 100% grass-fed on rotationally grazed organic fields
in pasture season and fed 100% certified organic hay in winter.
Belted Galloways are an important heritage
breed meant to live outdoors. Thick fur coats mean they choose
our accessible shelters only in the worst weather. Fresh air and
the great outdoors keep our animals robust, happy and healthy.
The genetics of our beef animals is a key to producing an animal
that finishes well on grass alone.
We offer our certified organic grass fed beef
by the whole or side cut to your specifications and delivered
to the Southern NH and northern Massachusetts areas. Please visit
our website for more information.
Green Ledge Farm, Larry and Diane Savage, 472
Poor Farm Road, Francestown NH 03043. (603) 547-3454.
E-mail: larry@greenledgefarm.com.
Website: http://www.greenledgefarm.com.
Holiday Farm is currently offering pasture-raised pork (future
plans include grass-fed lamb and beef in 2009) and eggs,
maple syrup, and vegetables.
Our piglets are born here
on the farm in deep-bedded stalls or on pasture as weather/season
allows. As soon as it is warm enough in the spring, pigs are moved
to pasture where they are may root and wallow as much as they like
as they renovate old vegetable fields, pasture and hayland. They
are an integral part of our field management system. They are fed
a supplement of locally produced grain throughout the year, and
are supplemented with plenty of farm-produced second-cut hay in
the winter time.
Our practices make for a flavorful, lean meat
that is tender and delicious. Our hams and bacon are real-wood
smoked in CT, though our slaughterhouse only has the capacity for
a liquid cure. We currently sell cuts out of our freezers here
on the farm; please contact us for an informative brochure and
detailed cut price list.
Eggs are from pasture-based, heritage breed laying hens, though
their winter quarters are in the barn to keep them warm, they still
have access to the outdoors and we provide them with free choice
2nd cut hay and locally produced grain. Eggs are sold out of farm
office and at our seasonal Farm-stand on Rt. 9.
Holiday Farm, Desiree and Jesse Robertson-DuBois,
100
Holiday Cottage Road, Dalton, MA 01226. (413) 684-0444.
E-mail:
info@holidayfarm.com.
Website: http://www.holidayfarm.wordpress.com.
Manda Farm is committed to the health
and welfare of its animals, its customers, and the planet. We raise
heritage breed and endangered species of animals to share pre-factory-farming
tastes, and to ensure biodiversity. We use NO pesticides, herbicides,
hormones, or antibiotics (except in the case of a health emergency
for an individual animal).
We sell pork, chicken,
eggs, goat, and
turkey at the farm year round, and herbs & vegetables in season.
Our products are also carried at the Old
Creamery in Cummington,
MA.
Our animals are on rotated pasture or on hay
when the snow covers. Fowl and pigs are supplemented with organic
grain. All animals are out-of-doors, no confinement, year round.
See our website for
additional information. If you are in our area, please drop by.
Michael AND Anna.
Manda Organic Farm, Michael Kalagher and
Anna
Hanchett, 25
Pleasant Street, Plainfield MA 01070. (413)
634-5333.
E-mail: mandafarm@earthlink.net.
Website: http://www.mandafarm.com.
Misty Brook Farm is a traditional mixed
farm in Central Massachusetts on the eastside of the Quabbin Reservoir.
We are certified organic by Baystate Organic Certifiers.
Our crops are grown in a rotation and our animals are rotationally
grazed.
Our dairy cows are Jersey and Jersey crosses
that produce rich creamy milk. The dairy cows, beefers, and veal
calves are all 100% grass-fed. They graze from April to November
and eat hay during the winter months.
The pigs are our land clearers
and we supplement their rooting with organic ear corn and other
grains. Our laying hens are fed organic grains and what they find
on pasture while free-ranging.
Organic Raw Cow's Milk,
Eggs, Pork,
and Veal are available year round. Beef is mainly available in
late Autumn. The farm stand is open daily. To pre-order a
whole or half meat animal please contact us.
Misty Brook Farm, Katia & Brendan
Holmes, PO Box 62, Hardwick
MA 01037/ 830
Springhill Road, Barre MA. (413) 477-8234
E-mail: mistybrookorganicfarm@yahoo.com
The Mitzvah
Meat and Mindful Meat food co-op provides glatt kosher, halal and
non-kosher beef and lamb that has been grass-fed
and finished, raised without chemicals, routine antibiotics, or
hormones, and slaughtered humanely. Our farms are naturally or
organically certified (NOFA), but all hold to the same high standards
of care of their animals stated above.
Our humane slaughter takes place in a small
USDA-certified slaughterhouse that allows for compassionate care
of each animal preceding and at the time of their slaughter, rather
than assembly line killing.
We provide 15-20 lb prepaid packages of frozen
meat through deliveries in the New York, New Jersey, Connecticut
and Massachusetts areas. We are also able to ship overnight to
anywhere in the country. Our packages typically have an assortment
of ground meat, chops, and roasts. Special cuts as well as fat,
hides, and organ meats are available by request.
Our meat is currently available only through
our website.
Mindful Meat, Mitzvah Meat, Maya Shetreat-Klein,
(718) 514-1576.
E-mail: mitzvahmeat@gmail.com or mindfulmeat@gmail.com.
Website: http://www.mitzvahmeat.com and http://www.mindfulmeat.com.
Moon In
The Pond Farm has been raising top quality food for 14 years.
We have a deep commitment to sustainability, non-toxicity, health
of people, animals, the planet, heritage and heirloom breeds, grass-
based farming, education, and our local community.
We offer beef, pork, chicken, lamb, goat,
veal, turkey, goose, eggs, honey, herbs, vegetables, and mushrooms.
All seasonal. Year-round at the farm, and May–October at the
Sheffield Farmers' Market.
We use no antibiotics (except to treat illness),
never hormones, nor herbicides, no chemical fertilizers, no confinement.
Animals are raised out-of-doors on grass.
See our website for more information.
Moon In The Pond Farm, Dominic Palumbo, 816
Barnum Street, Sheffield MA 01257. (413) 229-3092 Voice mailbox
2.
E-mail: dom@mooninthepond.com
Website: http://www.mooninthepond.com
Here at Natural Way Farm we believe
that there is only one way to produce healthy foods, that is organically.
We use no chemicals or pesticides, and abide by NOFA/MA standards
for organic, sustainable farming practices.
We specialize in pastured, free-range chicken
eggs which are naturally tinted blues, greens, pinks. browns, etc.;
raw honey from our own hives; PYO blueberries; herbs,
garlic, and
specialty salad greens; and whatever we decide to try for the year.
Best to call to see what is available.
If you live in or around Boston or the North
Shore of Boston, you may find some of our products, especially
eggs, at Appleton Farms CSA, Ipswich MA., or Lionettes
Grocery in the South End of Boston.
Natural Way Farm, Anne L. Goldstein, 79
Hill Street, Topsfield MA 01983. (978) 887-8580. E-mail: gardendelight3@hotmail.com.
Oake Knoll Ayrshires, a licensed
raw milk retailer,
sells grass-fed, pasture-based raw milk year-round.
Oake Knoll is committed to animal welfare,
sustainability and food safety. To maintain animal health and as
a part of holistic management, milking cows are seasonally supplemented
with locally grown whole barley (2 pounds per cow per day, when
needed).
In the old barn, at the family's 280-year-old
farm, visitors can also purchase eggs, cheese, grass-fed beef, maple
syrup, and homemade soap.
E-mail Terri for more information.
Oake Knoll Ayrshires, Terri Lawton, 70
North Street, Foxboro
MA 02035. (774) 219-6257.
E-mail: oake_knoll_ayrshires@lawtonsfamilyfarm.com.
River Rock Farm has raised
grass-fed Angus beef since 1961. Animals spend 12 months a year
outside on our pastures and are fed only on our own hay in the
winter. We do not use hormones or antibiotics. We do not use chemical
fertilizers.
We were certified
organic in 2005. We can sell you at least 1/4
of an animal, arrange the processing at a USDA approved slaughterhouse
in Groton, MA, and arrange local delivery. No mail orders, please.
River Rock Farm, Paul Schmid, 236
Fisherville Lane, South Westport MA 02790. (508) 636-5586. E-mail:
pschmid3@att.net
Robinson Farm—"Wholesome,
grass-based and organic farmstead products."
We are a 5th generation diversified
farm with a grass based dairy, milking 45 cows. Our cows are in
the final year of organic
transition. Our organic certifier is Baystate Organic Certifiers. The
farm is located in the rolling hills of Central MA, near the
Quabbin Reservoir, in Hardwick, MA.
We have a farmstand open every
day and offer raw milk, certified organic
vegetables, flowers, and eggs, also
humanely raised veal, organic hay, and local cheese.
We have five milk groups that purchase raw milk from our farm. They
are the Worcester Raw Milk Co-op (Worcester), Raw
Milk Rebels (Sturbridge),
Green Pastures (Tewksbury/Andover), Just
Dairy in the Boston Area and Waltham.
Check our website or contact us for more information. We hope to begin building
our own creamery this winter and to make cheese later in 2009.
We sell
many of our products at Hardwick Farmer's Market, Sunday's 11-2
We are not there every week, but our farm is located 2 miles away.
We can only sell raw milk at the farm.
Robinson Farm, Pam or Ray Robinson, 42
Jackson Road / PO Box 94, Hardwick MA 01037. (413) 477-6988.
E-mail: info@robinsonfarm.org.
Website: http://www.robinsonfarm.org.
Sojourner Sheep graze
peacefully on a hillside overlooking the verdant Connecticut River
Valley in western Massachusetts. My grass-fed lambs are raised
without hormones, and as a rule do not require antibiotics because
pasture provides clean, spacious surroundings.
In the fall I take my lambs to a local USDA-inspected
processing facility that I have personally toured; I am pleased
with its cleanliness and attention to detail. I offer whole lambs
processed according to your preferences and vacuum-wrapped in conveniently
sized packages. One lamb yields approximately 25 pounds. I may also
have individual cuts; please check my website for pricing and availability.
I also maintain a small free-range flock for
personal use, and often have a spare dozen eggs available
for $3.00.
Sojourner Sheep, Diane Roeder, 502
North Farms Road, Northampton MA 01062. (413) 586-4822. E-mail:
Diane@sojournersheep.com
Website: http://www.sojournersheep.com
Steady Lane Farm offers grass-fed beef,
raised without grain. Although our practices are mostly organic,
we are not certified yet. We measure success by healthy
soils, happy animals, and friendly neighbors.
The mowings and pastures on our farm
in the wet, hilly Berkshire soils are over 150 years old. We
strive for full-system (holistic) practices that build the soil
food web, using our herd’s
winter manure and sawdust bedding (from untreated wood) for nutrient
and biotic replacement in the hayfields. The herd drinks from the
clear spring-fed streams of the Berkshires, and we limit their
access to protect the waters flowing downstream. Grass-based farming
not only builds land productivity, but also habitat for wild animals.
Our beef is dry-aged, which means that
the steaks are tender enough to grill. We also recommend the
stew chunks, bone-in stew cuts, shortribs and brisket for making
traditional and healthy broth. Of course, ground beef is
also available and wonderfully flavorful.
We sell all year in Elmers
Store in Ashfield,
Debra’s Natural
Gourmet in Concord, and Idywilde Farms in Acton. We also
have a booth at the Ashfield Farmer’s Market on Saturday
mornings in the summer, where there is music and grass-fed yogurt!
Steady Lane Farm, 144
Steady Lane, Ashfield MA 01720.
(413) 628-4689.
E-mail: farmer@steadylanefarm.com.
Website: http://www.steadylanefarm.com.
Wheel-View Farm in
Shelburne is a family owned scenic hilltop farm in western Massachusetts
raising USDA certified natural grass-fed beef and breeding
stock from our primarily Scottish Highland and Galloway herd.
The cattle graze contentedly on our summer pastures
and are fed grass-legume hay from our fields during the winter.
These heritage breed cattle do an excellent job of maintaining open
space on land that is not suitable for grain or vegetable crops.
We have chosen this type of farming because it is more environmentally
friendly, more humane for the animals, and also healthier for the
consumer.
Unlike commercial feedlot cattle that are raised
in confinement and fed a diet of grain, synthetic vitamins, growth
hormones, and antibiotics, our grass-fed animals live very different
lives. They live on pasture from birth to market. Because they live
a more natural, less stressful life the animals are very healthy
and calm. We determine the growth rate of our animals not by artificial
hormones and grain but instead by genetics and quality of the forage,
resulting in a nutritious healthier product.
Wheel-View Farm, 212
Reynolds Road, Shelburne MA 01370
(413) 625-2900. E-mail: info@wheelviewfarm.com
Website: http://www.wheelviewfarm.com
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