Our Vegetable and Fruit Farmers

Here is a list of growers we expect to use in 2010:

 Jenny and Bruce Wooster, Picadilly Farm, Winchester, NH

Jenny and Bruce have lots of farming experience. They have good clean soil with good drainage, the right equipment and the know how.  We have received crops grown by them in past years and are extremely pleased they will be our main suppliers in 2009.  If you come to the annual meeting held in the early spring, you may get to meet them!

DeWitt Thomson, Full Bloom Farm, Amherst

DeWitt has supplied us with certified organic vegetables since 1996. He is an established farmer who is a founding member of the Happy Valley Organic Growers' Cooperative. He will supply greens for Tuesday, potatoes, onions, herbs, and more to the FDC in 2009.

Glenn Cook, Cider Hill Farm, Amesbury

Glenn employs cultural practices that minimize use of pesticides in his orchards(see description of integrated pest management [IPM].) He galso grows some crops without the use of pesticides and herbicides. Glenn's been working with us for eleven years and can also be found at the Marblehead Farmers' Market. He supplies much of our fruit, and some sweet corn.  http://www.ciderhill.com/

Rita Wolmering & Brooke Finn - Herb Farmacy, Salisbury

We are pleased to support these small, trusted herb growers. They supply culinary herbs, plants and vinegars for the herb share. They can be found at the Marblehead Farmers Market.  http://www.theherbfarmacy.com/

Gideon Porth, Atlas Farm, So Deerfield, MA,

Atlas will be a main supplier for Tuesdays, and our tomato supplier for both days in 2009.

Rob and Meghan, Riverland Farm, Sunderland, MA

Rob and meghan will supply us with fresh and cured onions, and other varied crops for both Tuesday and Thursday shares.

Fran Sobieskie, Sobieskie Family Farms, So. Deerfield, MA

blueberries!

Cold Spring Orchard, Belchertown, MA

pears, apples, peaches, grapes.

 Appleton Farm, Ipswich, MA

Jamie manages the 500 member CSA. We look forward to receiving some crops this year.   www.thetrustees.org/appletonfarms.cfm

Dave Chamutka, Chamutka Farms, Haydenville, MA

Organic strawberries, organic sugar snap peas.

Mike Wisseman, Warner Farms, Sunderland, MA

Strawberries & corn.  http://www.mikesmaze.com/maze/about-warner.html

Kristine and Bob Keese, Cranberry Hill Farms, Cape Cod

18 years ago they were the only certified organic cranberry growers in the world! Their berries are a treat.  http://www.organiccranberries.com/

 

Pat Kriksceonaitis, Brooksby Farm, Peabody, MA

IPM fruit.  http://www.essexheritage.org/sites/brooksby_farm.shtml

Joe Czajkowski, Czajkowski Farms, Hadley, MA

Raspberries, organic corn, hakurai turnips, purple topped turnips, IPM jam