Featuring Pasture Raised Stress-Free Sheep
and "The Happiest Hens in the Helderbergs!"
WHERE TO FIND OUR PRODUCTS
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Honest Weight Food Co-op
Their Food Purchasing policy takes into account moral and ethical production, environmental stewardship, healthy living, and safety. Our farm has been inspected by management.
Our Farm
We welcome visits to our
farm with an appointment! We offer free local delivery. Please call for details!
78 Turner Road
Berne, NY 12023
Home Delivery with a smile!
Home Delivery with a smile. We deliver orders over $100 to your door without a delivery charge.
< $100
Delivery to Troy Farmer Market: $0
Home delivery: $15
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Troy Waterfront Farmer Market
The Capital District's Premier Farmers Market.
We are so proud to sell our lamb there and will deliver preordered lamb to the market for pickup!
Monument Square
290 River Street
Troy, NY
Our Farm
Every day we farm with passion! Our animals' happiness and comfort is our number one priority.
ABOUT US
We started on a small dusty 5 acre farm in Petaluma, California. One day our roommate at the time, Nia, said that George Lucas had 5 pet sheep that he wanted to find a good home for them. Since we had some spare space and some weeds we thought that they would be a great addition. A few weeks later we were asked if we wanted a "couple" more. A "couple" turned out to be 55 and we were suddenly shepherds. We quickly sought out sheep mentors and began birthing out lambs. I realized that I had an intense love of sheep and... the rest is history!
We moved to New York in 2013 with our sheep to begin farming on a more serious level. This included heavily investing in top Registered Purebred White Dorper Breeding Stock.
Our 56 acre farm in the Helderberg mountains is over 3 hours away from our beloved ocean,
but provides a more beautiful, grass-filled setting in which to raise our sheep.
Our lush pastures and our Artesian spring provide the perfect nutrients for all of our livestock and a calm, stress-free environment to grow and thrive! Our pastures are now home to over 100 White Dorper sheep and our ewes raise over 100 lambs per year.
In line with our values, we partner with the Natural Resources Conservation Services and also Albany County Soil and Water to conserve our property. This included installing a rotational grazing system, a new well, watering systems, and placing some of our acreage into permanent conservation to provide nesting grounds and a safe habitat for birds and other wildlife.
We also are part of NYSSGHAP (New York State Sheep/ Goat Health Assurance Program) which looks to increase the herd's/flock’s health, productivity, assure food safety, public health, and consumer confidence in animal agriculture, and promote environmental stewardship.
Our farm is also part of the Agricultural Environmental Management in order to protect and enhance our farm's environment while maintaining the viability of agriculture in New York State.
This brings us to our New York Grown and Certified Status and we are proud that we are the first sheep farm in New York State to be Grown and Certified!
We welcome all visitors to come and enjoy our farm and see what New York Farming is all about! Join us on Sunday, September 8th, 2019 when we host Cornell Cooperative Extension's "Family Farm Day" featuring many educational hands-on events for every age group!
We are proud to be in New York and to raise premium lamb and eggs!
Hilltown Farm and Artisan Tour, Sept. 15/16, 2018
CONTACT US
Berne, NY 12023
Tel: +1-(707)3647547
OPENING HOURS:
Weekly: Appointment via phone or email
Farmer's Market:
Saturdays at the Troy Waterfront Farmer's Market
