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New England Farms is a family owned and operated farm
located in the valley between the Adirondack Mountains of
New York and the Green Mountains of Vermont.
Our family is involved in local agriculture and we support
local farmers. We are members of the Upper Hudson Maple Producers
Association, the New York State Maple Producers Association,
the Vermont Maple Producers Association, the Southern Adirondack
Beekeepers Association, the Vermont Beekeepers Association,
the Eastern Apiary Society, the American Pastured Poultry
Association, the Biodynamic Farm & Gardening Association,
the New York Farm Bureau, New York Organic Farm Association
and Pride of New York.
Our daughter, Gina was elected
the Upper Hudson maple Producers Association for three years,
2004-2006.
We have been Certified Naturally Grown
for our Maple Products, Honey, Eggs and Poultry.
When we acquired our farm we really did not
have the intention to farm on a large scale. But as time went
by the 100 maple buckets evolved into a very modern 2200 tap
sugarbush on vacuum.
Twenty chickens
turned into 300 organic hens with eggs being shipped hundred
of miles to specialty food stores. Thirty Quail grew to 350
organically raised birds.
As the farm expanded, the need for supplies
and equipment also increased. The trip to the big city for
supplies got old pretty quick. In order to cut costs we started
to buy in bulk. Neighboring farmers started to come over to
buy from our bulk surplus. The basis for a farm supply was
born.
We started to buy in bulk with the intent to sell to local
farmers. Soon we outgrew the barn. A friend of the family
was closing his print shop and offered to sell the property
to us. So we bought a 6,000 square foot building on Main Street
in Granville New York about 50 yards from Vermont. It took
about a year to clean out the old warehouse, upgrade the utilities
and get ready for business.
New England Farms opened on November 11, 2006.
We had a Super Maple supply sale, free lunch, a seminar taught
by Glen Goodrich and invited the Maple Queens. A great time
was had by all and the ice was broken and the magic carpet
ride started.
Since then we have added a complete line of
Certified Organic feeds from Green Mountain Organic Feed and
Cold Springs Farm. We also offer a conventional line of Green
Mountain Feeds from their Depot Feed location.
We now stock six different brands of Holistic & Organic
pet foods as well as pet supplies and recently added the Diamond
Pet Food line of Chicken Soup for the Soul Dog and Cat food.
Because we produce organic poultry we stock a wide selection
of poultry supplies and feeds. We will be producing chicken
tractors this spring so you do have to spend time building
them yourself. We will have day old chick for sale as well
as offering a service to care for your chicks the first few
weeks of life in our brooding house.
From fencing supplies to water troughs we can bring what you
need to care for livestock.
Our maple showroom is open year round, not just
for maple season.
We continue to add new lines of equipment and
the most recent technologies available.
Currently we represent Goodrich, CDL Maple-Pro, Leader Evaporator,
Dominion & Grimm, Darveau, Lapierre and Marcland-USA.
Our beekeeping department
is now open and offers products and supplies that we
manufacture as well as excellent supplies and equipment from
Brushy Mountain Bee Farm, Betterbee and Humble Abodes Woodenware.
We have been conducting research in our apiaries using the
African Top Bar Hives. We have developed our own design and
related equipment which has gone into production and will
be available in our showroom in the near future.
At New England Farms we use an organic methodology and approach
to beekeeping. We consider our bees livestock and not just
insects. Our management plan uses no pesticides or pharmaceuticals
in our apiaries and we operate within the guidelines set forth
in the Certified
Naturally Grown policies and procedures in order to maintain
our certification.
As we continue to add new lines of equipment and expand we
will always focus on customer service and you have our pledge
to seek out the finest feeds and equipment to assist you in
your agricultural endeavor.
Feel free to follow the trail to New England
Farms, take a look at our showroom and warehouse. See ya soon.
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