Keep Ridge Farm

Keep Ridge Farm Welcome to our Farm. We raise well loved animals, produce and more. Offerings include pork, chicken, and goat meat, sausages, goat milk soap and more.

Some beautiful cauliflower harvested for yesterday’s CSA pickups.
09/02/2026

Some beautiful cauliflower harvested for yesterday’s CSA pickups.

📷 by James Baker Hall of Wendell BerryLiz and I have long struggled to articulate the motives of the life we have chosen...
09/02/2026

📷 by James Baker Hall of Wendell Berry

Liz and I have long struggled to articulate the motives of the life we have chosen to live. In discovering the writings of Wendell Berry, I felt like we found a voice. He articulated how we felt and inspired us to still look deeper. The only questions I had were why has it taken me so long to discover him And why wasn’t everyone reading this?

Berry passed away yesterday. A loss for all of us. In his introduction to The World Ending Fire, an essential collection of Berry’s essays, author Paul Kingsnorth said “Wendell Berry’s formula for a good life and a good community is simple and pleasingly unoriginal. Slow down. Pay attention. Do good work. Love your neighbors. Love your place. Stay in your place. Settle for less, enjoy it more.”

Berry’s seminal text, The Unsettling of America, was published in 1977 but feels more relevant today than ever. His critique of industrialism, and modern America put into words feelings that have grown inside me and Liz as we have befriended, been inspired by and learned from our Amish neighbors. He provided the answer to the voice in the back of our head that at our weakest most exhausted moments asked us “Why are we doing this?” He articulated our desire to live a more simple, intentional, self-sufficient life in a way that gave us confidence. We could read his work and say to ourselves, “Oh, we aren’t crazy!”

“We need better government, no doubt about it. But we also need better minds, better friendships, better communities. We need persons and households they do not have to wait upon organizations, but can make necessary changes in themselves, on their own.” - Wendell Berry, Think Little

I got to spend the day in the woods with these two. It’s remarkable what a pleasure it is to do work with the horses. Th...
08/30/2026

I got to spend the day in the woods with these two.

It’s remarkable what a pleasure it is to do work with the horses. The unspoken communication and trust of the team, along with the incredible strength and stamina, combined with the pure usefulness make it my favorite work. On days I set aside to work in the woods with the team, I want to set an alarm clock on the weekend just to get out and get going.

Ellie enjoying a snack in front of the farm store. She will often be the first face you’ll see pulling into the farm.It’...
08/29/2026

Ellie enjoying a snack in front of the farm store. She will often be the first face you’ll see pulling into the farm.

It’s peak tomato season and we are always happy to sell them in bulk for folks to can. So come see Ellie (or the rest of us) and get some before the season is gone. The cool nights are making it feel like things will end quickly this year.

We are setting up at Houlton Community Market. Come see us in Market Square until 12:30pm.
08/29/2026

We are setting up at Houlton Community Market. Come see us in Market Square until 12:30pm.

Goats munching away in the twilight.
08/26/2026

Goats munching away in the twilight.

Thank you to all our CSA customers who picked up their farm shares today. It is our biggest and best CSA group yet and w...
08/25/2026

Thank you to all our CSA customers who picked up their farm shares today. It is our biggest and best CSA group yet and we appreciate the support!

Liz showing that Chip is actually a good boy.I offered to take his bridal off, but she shouldn’t let me.
08/23/2026

Liz showing that Chip is actually a good boy.

I offered to take his bridal off, but she shouldn’t let me.

Food has been in the news lately. Egg recalls, beef from who knows where, and probably other stories I’m missing. Vocali...
08/23/2026

Food has been in the news lately. Egg recalls, beef from who knows where, and probably other stories I’m missing. Vocalizing the solution is simple. Eat Local.

These are the ingredients for our egg scramble this morning, although I used a few more eggs than shown. Eggs, potatoes, jimmy nardello peppers (not hot), goat breakfast sausage and goat cheese. Not pictured is the tablespoon of lard I added to the pan. All from our farm.

If you bought this from our farm store, you’d have paid $5 for a dozen eggs, $4 for a bag of the peppers, $3 for a quart of potatoes (way less if you buy larger portions), $12 for a pound of goat breakfast sausage, and $7 for a 8 oz. goat cheese. Total cost of $31, of which I used half of the ingredients, so call it a $15.50 meal that fed 3 people, with some left in the pan that I might heat up for lunch.

If you don’t own a farm, it still isn’t hard to find one. If you’re reading this you know at least one. Facebook or Google can help you find more, perhaps one more local to you. Or, drive into your local farm country and look for signs by the road. Most farmers aren’t good web designers, but they can paint a sign. Start a conversation, if that farm doesn’t have what you’re looking for they will know one that does.

After Liz spread buckwheat seed over the newly plowed ground, the team and I pulled the cultimulcher over it to incorpor...
08/23/2026

After Liz spread buckwheat seed over the newly plowed ground, the team and I pulled the cultimulcher over it to incorporate the seed into the soil. Just as we were turning out of the field and onto the road it started to rain. Hopefully today’s cool wet weather helps the seed get a good start.

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806 Benedicta Road
Benedicta, ME
04733

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