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.
Stepping It Up
/in Newsletter /by AmandaDecember 9, 2024 Stepping It Up This past week I took my yearly sojourn to Northampton (in the middle of that awful snowstorm, none-the-less) to visit my eye doctor of 18 years, Theresa Ruggiero, who specializes in people with “special” eye concerns – in my case, albinism, crossed-eyes, non-binocular vision, and low, somewhat uncorrectable (by […]
Many Hands Organic Farm and Sustainability Center Annual Letter
/in Newsletter /by AmandaDecember 2, 2024 Many Hands Organic Farm and Sustainability Center Annual Letter Dear Friends of the Many Hands Sustainability Center, This year has been our best in many ways. The wonderful weather resulted in abundant early pollination for our fruit trees, longer frost-free seasons for our vegetables, and drier fields for our pastured animals. The unplanned […]
Thanksgiving
/in Newsletter /by AmandaFirst, I must say that this is my most favorite holiday of the year. We are blessed with around 30 Kittredges each year, and have been hosting all of them since somewhere around 1978 or so. These days Thanksgiving marks the end of the active selling here. The CSA is done after 26 weeks, the […]