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A six-generation family farm, established in 1897, located in New York's scenic Hudson Valley.

The farm has been in our family since 1897, and has evolved through the years from a dairy and market crop farm in its early years to a beef and dairy goat farm during the 1970s, '80s and '90s. For a brief time, we operated the farm primarily as a market hay farm, but found that we truly missed being involved with raising animals, especially goats! In 2002, we purchased our first two Boer doelings, and welcomed their kids in January 2003...and so it goes! In 2010 and 2011, we expanded from Boer and Boer-cross goats with the addition of Kikos to our herd.

10/14/2026

This was not something that we were anxious to do. Unfortunately, we had to bite the bullet and order a delivery of diesel fuel for the tractors. Wow! This is almost a dollar less than highway fuel but it is way more than we paid for the last delivery almost a year ago. We try to be careful about how much we use here but the farmers that don’t have the options we have because of their farming practices have to be losing money on the crops that they are trying to grow. There’s a lot to be said for letting the animals harvest their own food for as much of the year as is possible! At any rate the big oil companies are doing very well and making record breaking profits.

10/08/2026

This morning I was putting a letter in the mailbox and I picked up this empty b**r can from the edge of the road in front of the house. Flats Road has become very busy with all of the traffic in and out of Sleepy Hollow over the past number of years. We have seen a number of accidents due to people driving too fast and truthfully it’s not really safe for walking at times. We have neighbors who have been forced to go in the ditch to avoid being hit. Driving while drinking just adds a whole extra layer of the challenges to keeping everyone safe as they travel back and forth. Please stop and think before you choose to drive distracted or impaired by alcohol or drugs.

10/07/2026

In this time of ever increasing autonomous machines, I still have available some old technology. But maybe I should get with the times and move forward into the modern world! Introducing Goatbots! My rebranding of my self-contained, autonomous lawn mowers and trimmers. I just have to make sure that they don’t get to the lilacs!

10/06/2026

Farm daughter was working in her gardens and thinned out some of her daffodils. She wants to share with anyone who would like to have some spring flowers to add color to their yards. As the sign says, free to a good home! 😊

09/20/2026

The other morning on the news was a fairly quick story about the benefits of having time to spend in a natural environment. They referred to the Japanese practice of forest bathing and showed some video of a person walking through the woods. The benefits are both mental and physical health. Here at our farm, we do have some forest areas that are very nice with some big trees but we also have some very open areas of grassland where we can walk in the sunshine and enjoy the breeze. We have a few places that allow you to sit and relax while you can watch the breeze ruffle through the grass and listen to the birds in the trees. Right now we are watching monarch butterflies visiting clover blossoms in order to have the energy for the long trip to Mexico. As the leaves begin to change colors we know that the northern harriers will be returning to soar low over these fields as they search for voles to eat. We even get to see short ear owls on occasion. All of this is incredibly soothing to the mind and energizing to the body. I would add that pasture bathing is also a great way to relax and recharge the body and soul.

09/11/2026

Let me take a minute to talk about affordability. Not necessarily a topic that I would normally talk about on our page. Yesterday, on my way home from a Doctors visit for my broken rib, I needed to fuel up my truck and get some milk. Each time I look at the price of fuel lately it seems to have gone up! I bought a gallon of milk and a half gallon of ice cream and that cost over ten dollars! Yet, here at our farm we are selling our fantastic pastured eggs produced with locally grown organic feed for the same price we have charged for several years! We aren’t going to become the next set of billionaires doing this, but we pay the bills. The challenges of keeping a farm in business today are getting more stressful as we have to deal with the ever increasing costs. The hens are doing their job of providing these fantastic eggs. My challenge is to stay consistent with a message that reminds folks who live in the community that we are providing them with benefits to the environment that makes life better for all of us. This is our choice and commitment to our community. Thanks to the many customers who are supporting our farm in these challenging times.

09/06/2026

We made a commitment a number of years ago to raise our animals in a way that is both humane and beneficial for the animals and for the environment. What we have learned in the meantime is that raising animals in this manner also improves the nutritional quality of the food we produce. This is truly a huge benefit for our community. The environment is protected and enhanced and the food we produce is higher quality than food that is produced by animals living in confined spaces and eating a diet produced with toxic chemicals and limited nutrients from a relatively few sources. No chemicals here and the diet is rich and diverse. Out in the sunshine and fresh air! Today, we have remembered that food is medicine for our health and that we are truly what our food eats! It’s a choice we all have to make how to support our health and our environment.

08/23/2026

No mystery meat here! 100% locally produced goat. No hormones or antibiotics, just green grass and sunshine. The animals here live a good life grazing in the regeneratively managed pastures with organic minerals and sea salt. Processed humanly in a USDA inspected facility in Connecticut. The money you pay for the meat stays in the local community and not some foreign nation. Many people have never tried eating goat, but worldwide it is one of the leading sources of protein. It is a mild flavored meat that is very nutritious and at the same time low in fat. A real powerhouse of nutrition. We have a good supply of both ground and boneless stew. Stop by and get some to try!

08/14/2026

We have a volunteer squash plant in the garden that is very prolific. It came up from seed that over wintered in the garden and it is actually very tasty as long as I pick them before they turn into caveman clubs. These were discovered today when I was working in the garden and they were designated as treats for the hens. I wasn’t quite quick enough to get the phone out as they hit the ground but you can get a sense that the hens didn’t hesitate to attack! They absolutely love stuff from the garden and when I was doing the evening chores all they left was the stems.

08/05/2026

This is a very pretty flower. It is called knapweed and it originally came from Eastern Europe and Western Asia. Whether it came here intentionally or by accident I don’t know. The bees like it and as far as the goats are concerned they will eat the buds and the flowers and strip some of the leaves, but there is a lot left behind when they move to the next paddock. The biggest issue with this plant is that it spreads like wildfire and crowds out the desirable plants in any area that it takes over! If diversity is a key part of Holistic management and regenerative agriculture this plant is a huge problem because it will create a monoculture environment very quickly. So for us to try to break this cycle we will graze this area hard then do some tillage and plant an 8 species cover crop that we will be able to graze later this fall and again in the spring. Fighting this plant will be very challenging to be able to restore the diversity that we had here for many years.

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433 FLATS Road
Athens, NY
12015

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+15189452745

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