Family homestead offering farm produce, animals, plants and baked goods to the community through the local farmer's markets. We believe in compost, mulch, earthworms, rainfall and Mother Nature. Our birds are not fed any additives (such as antibiotics), our veggies are not sprayed, and if something wasn't meant to live on Menagerie Acres, we do not go out-of-our-way to see that it does. If your veggies look "too nice", it's because we cull out at least 50% of our crop and feed it to the birds (chickens, ducks, turkeys & geese). If you're willing to pay for our products, then we will sell you only the best of what we're able to grow. Jim & Chris Albertin started Menagerie Acres at the dawn of 1980 and along the way raised 3 kids and countless vegetables and birds on the homestead. Jim was retired from the USN submarine force. He remembered being grateful for a Victory Garden at his grandpa's during WWII. He could build and fix anything. Give him a project and see it get done. He attended UGA, receiving his masters in education, and taught in Hartwell, Winder and Athens Tech. He enjoyed substituting in the Clarke County schools during the winter. Jim passed away 25 July 2014, and we miss him terribly. Chris retired eventually from the USNR Nurse Corps. Having rec'd her BS from MCG, she easily received a degree in agriculture with majors in pre-veterinary medicine and animal science and a minor in poultry. She also earned a masters in education after first pursuing the graduate study of genetics. Working in different areas of UGA, and the Georgia Poultry Lab, she finally settled down as an adjunct instructor (health science) at Athens Tech for 14 years ending in August 2014. When she's not planning the next planting or harvesting whatever is available, you can find her with her "barnyard" poultry.
