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You can slow down and step back into simpler times at Handsome Brook Farm.
When you come to visit, you can be part of our sustainable farm experience.
Help in the berry fields and vegetable gardens, feed and groom the animals,
pick fruit and vegetables…or learn how to make homemade pies, jams, or other
items using our farm fresh, or other local ingredients. Our goal is to give
you an experience that is fun and gives you a better understanding of the
relationship between what you eat and how it’s grown, with a special focus
on products raised
or grown in beautiful upstate New York.

In the Oxford dictionary, sustainable is defined as, ‘Support, bear the
weight of, esp. for a long period.’
of draft horses for hayrides, bareback riding and of course they just love to be petted. Our free range chickens provide our morning eggs. And our pigs and lambs are always happy to say hello! During the Fall, enjoy the changing color of the leaves and fall outdoor sporting activities. During the Winter, enjoy snowshoeing, cross-country skiing, and snowmobiling on the miles of trails in the surrounding woods.
This definition can be taken into the context of our lives. Sustainability,
therefore, refers to the development of ecological, economic and social systems
that will promote and enhance life, without depleting the earth’s limited
and precious resources. It embraces the capacity to be more self-sufficient
and to promote the diversity of life on earth, which in turn is essential
for our own survival.” Andrew Leslie Phillips, Hancock Permaculture Center.
At Handsome Brook Farm, we are committed to incorporating sustainable principles into our farm planning and practice. We are blessed to live in an incredibly rich and diverse ecosystem and our goal is to preserve and promote its health and diversity.
To that end we practice organic farming in our blueberry, raspberry, and strawberry fields. This means that all fertilizers and soil amendments are Certified Organic. Our pest control is done manually and with the assistance of our friendly Guinea Fowl. You can be assured that our berries are “naturally delicious”!
Our farm animals…pigs, horses, calves, and lambs… are happy and healthy…and raised on our meadow grasses and local hay during our snowy winters. Our chickens are free to roam around the farm during the day, and each evening know to go back to their coop for their night’s rest.
Our vegetable gardens and our family berry patch are close by the house….just walk out the door and pick your morning berries, or an afternoon salad with fresh spinach, lettuce, and beautiful heirloom tomatoes! And, again, all of our vegetables are grown without pesticides or herbicides.
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