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Farm Happenings at Walker Farm
Farm Happenings for January 11, 2020
Although there's still a long way to go until our dog, Pepper, can steal an ear of corn from the daily picking, the process to grow that corn begins now. We're planning next year's crops by reviewing the seed catalogs and getting the orders done. We just did the sweet corn and peas but still have a1 read more »
Farm Happenings for January 4, 2020
All of the Walker Farm fruits and vegetables are Certified Organically grown. Each year we go through a 5-6 hour inspection by Vermont Organic Farmers that examines our records, fields, greenhouses and overall farm practices to make sure we are complying with the official National Organic Practices1 read more »
Farm Happenings for December 28, 2019
Howdy folks, hope you are enjoying your weekly shares. Again this past week temperatures took a nose dive down to the single digits for 3 nights but no damage done to our storage crops or to the crops in the greenhouses! Now we have a couple of relatively warm and sunny days that might help some of1 read more »
Farm Happennings For December 21, 2019
Looks like another roller coaster week for the temperatures as the 40 degrees we had on Sunday will go down to a high of 16 on Thursday! Luckily we get to pick inside greenhouses where the temperature can get to 70 degrees if the sun is shining! Some of our greenhouses require no heat to prote1 read more »
Farm Happenings for December 14, 2019
Hope things went well for you on Week One of the CSA! Thanks so much for making it run smoothly on our end. Now you are seasoned professionals and can work on fine tuning your preferences, swaps and extra purchases. Remember we are here and the Harvie help desk is here to assist you with any questi1 read more »
Farm Happenings for December 7, 2019
Welcome to the first week of the Walker Farm Winter CSA! Tomorrow, all you'll be able to see outside is white on everything but step into one of our winter CSA greenhouses and it's a whole different world. We have orange and red carrots with green tops in one house, curly fresh kale in 2 houses, Sw1 read more »
Welcome to the 2019 Walker Farm Fall/Winter CSA
Hello! Thanks for considering signing up for our CSA. We've had a good growing season and hope to have some great organic veggies ready for your fall and winter meals. For the second year we'll be using the Harvie Free Choice CSA program. There's lots of great features to let you choose exactly wha1 read more »
Farm Happenings for January 5, 2019
Hello Campers, Week 6 means the end of our Fall/Winter CSA is near so we're planning on loading you up with healthy, organic veggies to help you get through the winter. We hope you've had a good experience with the new Harvie software that has hopefully made your weekly shares more enjoyable with f1 read more »
About the farm
Walker Farm has been in our family line since 1770. We currently operate a farmstand/garden center that consists of 11 flower and plant greenhouses, 14 certified organic vegetable greenhouses and 30 certified organic acres of vegetable and small fruit production. Our Elysian Hills Tree farm is 138 acres of woodland with 25 acres in organic Christmas trees. We have an amazing summer crew of 35 to 40 local people who help make our farmstand and garden center a destination point for folks all over New England and New York.
Our commitment to our community to produce safe, healthy food and plants drives us to seek excellence and CSA customer satisfaction. Our dedication to our land ensures that we will constantly strive to improve our soil and environment. Thanks to your continued support, we move from generation to generation with the same goals and sincere desire to keep our farm the best that it can be.
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Our commitment to our community to produce safe, healthy food and plants drives us to seek excellence and CSA customer satisfaction. Our dedication to our land ensures that we will constantly strive to improve our soil and environment. Thanks to your continued support, we move from generation to generation with the same goals and sincere desire to keep our farm the best that it can be.