ABOUT MANY HANDS ORGANIC FARM
Many Hands Organic Farm (MHOF) grows certified organic produce, meat and eggs in Barre, MA (Baystate Organic Certifiers and the Real Organic Project). MHOF has been in existence since 1982 and has been selling to the public since 1985. We are highly diverse, no till, and focus on high quality and nutrient density through practices supporting maximum photosynthesis.
Announcing the publication of our book:
This is a memoir of our lives and sometimes risky decisions. We relate our early years, meeting and raising kids, and building the farm, the organic movement and a healthy community. We didn’t always go along with what most Americans were doing, especially in the areas of diet and health care, employment, debt and consumerism, energy use, and culture. In this book we explain what we did, why we did it, and how it turned out. We hope it is both entertaining and helpful to people wanting to fashion a purposeful life.
– Jack and Julie
Order your book directly from us by sending a check of $29, which includes shipping.
Make check payable to MHSC, 411 Sheldon Rd., Barre MA 01005. We will mail a signed copy of the book to you. $12.50 of your order goes Many Hands Sustainability Center.
“This book offers a window into living a life of meaning, rooted in integrity, values, critical thinking, and persistent effort. . . . [ Jack and Julie] have also shown me and so many others how to love across difference, how to tell the truth, and what it is to live well.”
Julie Rawson and Jack Kittredge
co-owners of Many Hands Organic Farm
Photo by Oliver Scott Snure
We still have a few CSA shares available at prorated prices
Order by midnight on Saturday to receive your summer share. Email Julie at julie@mhof.net to place your order and we will send an invoice to be paid via paypal. Please note there are additional PayPal fees that will be added at the time of invoice.
Order by date and price listed below:
| Large | Medium | Small | |
| 10/14/24 | $ 107 | $ 82 | $ 65 |
| 10/21/24 | $ 72 | $ 54 | $ 44 |
| 10/28/24 | $ 36 | $ 27 | $ 22 |
At 6’s and 7’s
/in Newsletter /by JenniferAs they say. . . It seems I just got home, worried sick about Ellen’s safety, we lost our well (perhaps in solidarity with Helene sufferers) and then spent 3 days in the hospital with Jack. I am always intrigued by Jack’s visits to the hospital which means me going along, bringing food, advocating, playing […]
Scab
/in Newsletter /by JenniferI find that I keep my head in the sand until I am ready to take it out .. . About a month ago, a guy came by to check out the farm who considers himself somewhat of an expert on things agricultural. He reported that our apple trees are in terrible shape. As much […]
Sometimes we just hit it right
/in Newsletter /by JenniferAlthough as I get older, I am likely to take no, or at least limited credit than I used to, for things that turn out just right on the farm, I wanted to share this wonderful mid-September, all systems running perfectly experience with our mid-July planting of early wonder tall top beets. As our Saturday […]