Our Food & Farming

We care deeply about the quality of our food and sustainability of our practices. At Freedom Food Farm we produce healthy food that nurtures us as well as our customers. We offer a diverse selection of food year-round and all farm products are grown and raised on our farm.

Our Practices

We use regenerative and no-till farming methods, striving to mimic natural ecological systems on the farm.  As farmers we are committed to holistic farming practices that are healthy for the community and environment. This means we practice cover-cropping, field rotation and we never use any chemicals or pesticides on our food or GMO seeds on the farm. 

We use compost, legumes, and rotation with animals as our sources of soil fertility.  The pasture-raised animals are key components to the farm ecosystem, revitalizing land, contributing valueable manure, keeping pest populations in check, and utilizing vegetable scraps.  We are committed to farming sustainable for the sake of our vanishing farmland and future generations.

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*Our farm is certified organic and all of our practices go beyond what is required by certification.

How we care for the land

We rotate our fields on the farm between vegetable production, cover crop, pasture and fallow (allowing land to rest to improve soil health). We also have established long term pasture / hay fields which is important for grass-fed animals and creates resilient, productive farmland.

A good portion of the farm in natural habitat - woods, wetlands, stream and river banks which we don't farm. Rotation of fields, established pasture and preserving natural habitat improves the health of the farm as an ecosystem. 

Soil Health For The Future

Crops and pasture all depend on healthy soil to produce healthy food. Soil is improved by field rotation, amendments, and other good farming practices.

To build our soil's health we add our own compost, plant-based fertilizer, use no-till production in our market garden and greenhouses, rotate our fields and use tractors minimally and thoughtfully to reduce compaction and soil degradation.

Our focus on soil health and related practices allows us to sequester carbon at the farm, an important piece in the collective work needed to address the climate crisis.

Field rotation & our livestock contribute to soil fertility.