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

Time to order your 2025 Summer and Fall CSA shares

Summer CSA begins June 2nd and runs for 22 weeks.

Fall CSA begins November 4th and runs for 4 weeks.


MHOF NEWS

Imagine

December 30, 2024 Imagine Highlights from John Kempf’s podcast As I listened to this podcast I started to Imagine for 2025. What an exciting concept to imagine a farm that serves more people, many of them of limited income, a place where all are welcome to come and learn and work and eat and commune, […]

The Beautiful Dark Time

December 23, 2024 The Beautiful Dark Time And here it is already on the upswing. But the last two weeks before the Solstice have moved from a time of depression and sadness for me (now many decades in the past) to a time of rest, reflection, schmaltzy Christmas movies watched with Jack, wonderful staff annual […]

New Winds Blowing at MHOF

December 16, 2024 New Winds Blowing at MHOF Jack and I have been in conversation for awhile with Marissa and Drew about the possibility of them taking over the pond field garden next season, in order to launch their farming venture on some fertile soil. I have needed an excuse to cut back on production […]

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