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
“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
ORGANIC MEAT
Visit our Organic Meat & Eggs page
Learn about our animal husbandry practices and preorder chicken, turkey, pork and eggs.
FARM PRODUCTS
Farm fresh items available weekly:
Order on Monday and pick up on Tuesday (8:00am-3:00pm). Some items are in short supply – so best to order early in the day.
Visit our Available Now at the Farm page
To see all of the products that we have currently available for purchase. Pick up during farm store hours Monday through Friday: 12:00pm – 1:00pm with an appointment so that we know to expect you. If this timing doesn’t work for you, call or email to set another time.
KITTENS
Occasionally we have kittens born on the farm who are available to new homes at 8 weeks of age for $50 each. We do NOT keep a waiting list of interested adopters, so please watch this space and/or join our newsletter to find out when we have kittens available.
Currently there are no kittens available.
Digging Holes with Friends
/in Newsletter /by JenniferI am not sure how many holes we have dug here at MHOF over the past 41 years. From fence posts (these have to be very deep), to making rows for row cropped seeds, or holes for potatoes, fruit trees, berries, graves for dogs and cats that have passed, or holes dug in order to […]
“Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future.”– Deepak Chopra
/in Newsletter /by JenniferOctober 30, 2023 “Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future.”– Deepak Chopra Jonathan sent me a link to a Rich Roll podcast titled “Master of Change: Brad Stulberg on Rugged Flexibility and the […]
Two Old Horses
/in Newsletter /by JenniferFriday was a trip down memory lane. About 35 years ago Jack and I and all four kids, probably aged 7 to 11 or so, crammed into our stake body truck and drove to the soon to go defunct Mission Hill Food Coop in the Back Bay to pick up the walk-in cooler that they […]