Cranberry Ridge Farm And Apothecary

06/18/2026

Come on down the the Vienna Farmers Market NY.

06/18/2026

Come on down to the Vienna Farmers Market NY…… all of us are tucked into the pole barn with lots of goodies.

06/09/2026

We have a new toy on the farm. Thanks to our fabricating young men!

06/07/2026

This weeks farm box from Vienna Farmers Market NY.

06/05/2026

The Vienna Farmers Market NY had a gorgeous day for the first market! Thank you to the North Bay Firemens Field for hosting and all the friends of the market for making it a fantastic market day for the Shaul family.

06/03/2026

The Animal That Made Human Life Possible Above The Clouds 🐂💨

There is a height on Earth where farming starts losing

—— Trees disappear
—— The air becomes thin
—— Winters become brutal
—— And most animals stop surviving

Yet millions of people have lived there for thousands of years

How?

Because one animal refused to quit

The YAK

High on the TIBETAN PLATEAU and surrounding mountains, where oxygen is dramatically lower than at sea level, yaks evolved into something extraordinary

Their bodies are built for a world that feels impossible to us:

• larger lungs for thin air
• blood adapted to carry oxygen efficiently
• thick double-layered fur for extreme cold
• incredible endurance on steep rocky terrain

But the truly fascinating part is not survival

It’s what they gave humans

A yak does something humans cannot

It takes rough mountain grass that people cannot digest and turns it into:

1) Milk 🥛

2) Butter 🧈

3) Warm fiber

3) Fuel from dried dung

5) Food

6) Rope and materials

7) Transport across mountain passes

For many mountain communities, this wasn’t convenience

This was survival

A single animal helped create homes, food systems, trade routes, clothing, and entire cultures where most of us would struggle to walk for an hour.

And there’s something strangely humbling about that

Sometimes civilization is not built by giant cities or machines

Sometimes it survives because one quiet animal learned how to eat what nobody else could.

The next time you see a yak, don’t think of it as a mountain cow

Think of it as one of nature’s greatest engineers, carrying human life across the roof of the world ☺

05/31/2026

Finn Sheep are happy! Just moved to a new pasture.

05/31/2026

Absolutely!! 🥰❤️🥰

05/29/2026

Almost 1/3 of our new vineyard staked and protected from those who would rather eat the foliage than the fruit!

Now 2/3 more to stake, after I cut the stakes on the sawmill…..

Then to start building the trellis system!

Hopefully we can get that done before they are all over the ground!!

05/29/2026

Vienna Farmers Market NY made it a n the newspaper.

Run, don't walk to the store to grab your copy of the Sentinel Media Company Daily Sentinel! Opening Day of the Vienna Farmers Market! We are in Friday's paper! Daily Sentinel will be out at the market on Thursday. Tell them Thank You for making your Vienna Farmer's Market our new destination market!