Feb 13, 2025 | Farm, News from the Farm
This article appears as part of Hawthorne Valley’s 2024 Annual Impact Report: The Biodiversity Edition. We invite you to explore the full report and learn more about our work to renew soil, society, and self through the integration of education, agriculture, and...
Nov 1, 2024 | Farm, News, News from the Farm, Store
Customers asked, and we listened! Hawthorne Valley Farm’s on-site Creamery will soon offer organic, pasteurized milk at our NYC Greenmarket stands and in the Farm Store! While we remain committed to selling organic raw milk in our on-site Farm Store, the demand for...
Oct 21, 2024 | News from the Farm
It was a freezing winter day in 2013 when Lindsay Ferguson first visited Hawthorne Valley Farm (HVF). She was considering joining the team as a Whole Farm Apprentice, and distinctly remembers frost covering the barn windows. For a Florida native who’d been working on...
Sep 25, 2024 | Farm, News from the Farm, Valley Voices Blog
To honor the 100th anniversary of Biodynamic Agriculture and the 30th year of the Collaborative Regional Alliance for Farmer Training (CRAFT), we spoke with some former Hawthorne Valley Farm apprentices to find out about their time at the farm and how that experience...
Jul 16, 2024 | News from the Farm
Sean Schaeffer is one of our second year apprentices, and a self-described “Veg Guy.” Sean studied Technology of Plant Science at SUNY Cobleskill and needed an apprenticeship to complete his degree, so he started looking for a farm that was near his home in West...
Jul 11, 2024 | Farm, News from the Farm
Sylvana is a member of our veg team and brings her enthusiasm for working in the elements to work with the land and grow good food for the community. Her childhood in the Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts really sowed the seeds for her interest in farming. She...
