Business Name

Certified Organic Produce.

About Us

Phone: 555-555-5555

Fax: 555-555-5555

E-mail: someone@example.com

 

   We are Eric (Dad), Lisa (mom), Michael, Sara, and Maxwell, as well as a crew of helpful volunteers.  We have been farming here by the Sangamon “River” north of Mahomet since 1998.  Everyone in our family shares in some part of the responsibility, from choring the animals to weeding the beans.  Eric also fixes mowers and other small engines in his shop.

We are committed to leaving the land in better shape than we received it, providing wholesome, local food, and educating folks about responsible farming.

 

 We use organic practices throughout our produce production.  We don’t use pesticides, herbicides, or artificial fertilizers and work to improve our soil tilth and the overall health of our farm. We raise 18 varieties of garlic, several different herbs, vegetables from asparagus to salad mix to zucchini, and both berries and tree fruit.  Our flowers run from annuals like snapdragons and zinnias to a great variety of Asiatic and Oriental lilies and iris.  Wintertime produce includes limited quantities of salad mix, herbs, chard, and occasionally flowers.  Our produce can be purchased direct from the farm as a Garden Share, special order, U-Pick, or share pick.  It can also be found at the Urbana Farmers Market       

Our bees (happily) remain unmedicated, and despite the annual stings, we enjoy the sweet fruits of our labor.  (Mom has discovered that the stings seem to help joint pain.)  And our bees enjoy all the fruit trees and flowers.  We leave enough honey on the hive for the winter (instead of replacing with sugar water) and tend not to re-queen.   

Our laying hens have the run of the orchard (and the whole farm). We feed them a generous amount of  certified organic flaxseed to raise the omega content of their eggs.  They receive most of our cull produce and plenty of greens through the winter.   People who have experienced the rich, full, flavor and beautiful color of our free-range eggs have a hard time eating the store bought confinement building type.

All of our animals are rotationally grazed and moved to fresh, organically managed pasture daily.  They receive no hormones or antibiotics and are fed certified organic feed.   Raw goat milk is available from the farm if you bring your own jars.