Meet Your Farmers
ARDITH MAE FARM
Goat Cheese
Ardith Mae Farm produces superb goat cheeses that possess a flavor, texture, and creaminess you’d be hard-pressed to find on a supermarket shelf. Originally founded in 2006 in Pennsylvania, the farm moved their herd of 60 goats, 4 dogs, and 2 cats to Stuyvesant, NY in 2013. Their animal welfare approved certifications demonstrate their dedication to herd health and happiness and their belief that happy, healthy goats produce great cheese.
DOG WOOD FARM
Grassfed Beef, Poultry
Henry Corsun and Sara Querbes founded Dog Wood Farm in 2014. The farm includes pastured poultry, chicken eggs, turkeys, and grassfed beef. Henry has been farming since 2012 and manages both the farm & Good Food Farmers. Although an integral part of the team, Sara helps on the farm part-time while simultaneously pursuing a PhD.
JUNIPER HILL FARM
Organic Produce
Juniper Hill Farm is located in Upstate New York and grows certified organic vegetables.
MARKRISTO FARM
Organic Produce
Farmers Martin and Christa started (what would become Markisto Farm) in 1988 by planting three acres of blueberry bushes; it just so happened to be their first date. Since then, those three acres of blueberries have become several acres of organic mixed vegetables, flowers, and bedding plants. In addition to Markristo Farm, Martin and Christa, and their children, also work with horses and run Bridlewood Dressage around the corner from the farm.
ROXBURY FARM
Organic Produce
Roxbury Farm is a four hundred acre family farm located in Claverack, NY founded in 1990. By maintaining a rotation of cover crops and regenerative farming practices the farmers at Roxbury promote good soil health and produce delicious, organically grown vegetables. In addition to their sixty-acre vegetable rotation, Roxbury Farm maintains one hundred acres of hay production and one hundred acres for grazing livestock.
BEE HOLLOW FARM
Honey & Honey Items
Bee Hollow Farm is a family owned and operated apiary dedicated to using organic practices. With hives located all over the Hudson Valley, Paul and his team produce a variety of delicious raw and creamed honey. In addition to capturing the nuanced flavors of the Hudson Valley’s flowers in every jar of honey, Bee Hollow’s honeybees are also serving our local ecosystem: pollinating our flowers, vegetables, fruits, and trees.
GENTLE TIME FARM
Organic Produce
LAUGHING EARTH FARM
Pastured Chicken
MORNINGSTAR FARM
Organic Produce
Morningstar Farm includes over sixty acres of certified organic vegetable production in Hudson, NY. The farm is managed by Max Morningstar, Maria Zordan, and Jess Camp who are committed to farming in a holistic and balanced way . They believe that good community and healthy soil are key to a happy life.
THE FARM AT MILLER’S CROSSING
Organic Produce, Maple Syrup
The Farm at Miller’s Crossing provides GFF members with gorgeously dark, and richly sweet maple syrups harvested from trees located on their 200-acre farm in Hudson, NY. The farm is home to three generations of the Cashen family, and farmers Chris and Katie are proud to run the farm Chris’ grandparents bought in the 1950’s. In addition to maple syrup, Chris and Katie grow certified organic vegetables, pastured beef, and pork.
CHASEHOLM FARM
Organic Grassfed Dairy
GRAYLIGHT FARM
Pastured Pork
LETTERBOX FARM
Pastured Chicken
Founded in 2014, Letterbox Farm is a collectively owned and operated commercial farm in Hudson, NY. It is a young, quickly growing start-up, working to build a diverse and sustainable farm. They tend 64 acres of fields, woods, ravines, and mountainside, just outside downtown Hudson. They raise specialty vegetables, herbs, flowers, pork, chicken, eggs, and rabbit using best practices in animal welfare and organic management.
ROCK CITY FARM
Mushrooms
Rock City Mushrooms finds its home at Dog Wood Farm in Old Chatham, NY. The team at Rock City produces indoor-cultivated mushrooms, primarily shiitake and oyster mushrooms while occasionally dabbling in other varieties such as Lion’s Mane and Chestnut.
DEEP ROOTS FARM
Organic Produce
HAWTHORNE VALLEY
Organic Bakery
Hawthorne Valley, established in 1972, is a community of farmers located in Ghent, NY that is dedicated to biodynamic farming practices. Whether it is the loaves of bread coming out of their bakery ovens or the veggies they pull from the ground, Hawthorne Valley Farm is “nurturing the land that nurtures us.” Hawthorne Valley manages roughly 15 acres of vegetables and five hundred acres of land for grazing dairy cows, hay production, and grain production, some of which is used in the farm’s bakery.
LITTLE SEED GARDENS
Organic Produce
Little Seed Gardens is a 97 acre family-run farm in the town of Chatham in Columbia County, situated on rich bottomlands at the confluence of two creeks. Farmers, Claudia Kenny and Willy Denner, and their two children, tend vegetables, cover crops and pasture. Willy and Claudia are committed to agricultural practices that protect land and human resources, build biological diversity, and produce quality food for our local communities.
ROCK STEADY FARM & FLOWERS
Organic Produce
Rock Steady Farm & Flowers is a for-profit farm located in Millerton, NY. They use holistic farming practices to grow high quality vegetables, cut flowers, and herbs. They have diversified customers including a 225 person CSA, floral designers, restaurants, food pantries, social justice non-profits and design for special events.
YUNDWELL FARM
Pastured Chicken, Eggs