We were profiled as the Farm, Farmstay in Eating Well Magazine’s Travel Issue this year. “See the operation behind the Farmer’s Market stand. Laura Olsen and Mari Omland grow organic vegetables and raise pastured poultry, pigs and goats on their 40 acre farm in Northfield, VT. Collect eggs, feed sows Ramona Quimby and Amelia Bedelia […]
Parents Magazine chose to profile us in their piece on great Farm Stays in each state. In truth, we are a great farmstay whether you have kids or not, though we love the multi-generational farmstays. Check out info on our Barn […]
This week was hot, so hot that we’d find the sows starting their day in their mud baths. I must say, there were moments I was a bit jealous and it was clear they were thinking, “Didn’t we just have snow in the past 2 weeks?”. […]
The Wall Street Journal did a feature on 5 Vermont Farmstays in their Off Duty Travel section. Check out the entire story and see our profile, including highlighting a unique opportunity to enjoy world-class chamber music on the farm through out partnership with Scrag Mountain Music. “A hands-on animal farm: Watch the goats exhibit […]
Journalist/Blogger Stacey Brandt stumbled across our farm and one of our farm experiences and wrote about her time at the farm for Seven Days. She captured the reactions we receive from so many visitors from near and far. Glad she and her friend enjoyed the visit and were able to craft such an enjoyable story. […]
So much happens on a farm, especially in the growing season. Most of it beyond what customers get to see, especially since most people who buy from farms get their products at the market, store or a delivery. This week, is Open Farm Week in Vermont – a chance for people to get out and […]
Even though photosynthesis is one of nature’s finest miracles and plants around the farm are showing us every color imaginable, it is the farm animals that attract many of our visitors. When booking custom tours goats often are the lead draw, though pigs on pasture are a close second. But inevitably the poultry on pasture […]
Travel writer Marie-France Bornais included a farmstay as a key piece of her weekend trip from Quebec. With family from Québec, it is always a treat to have Canadians at the farm. Nous aimons les visiteurs du Canada, les francophones et les anglophones. Pour les francophones de prés et de loin, profitez de cet article […]
The Floating Bridge is a notable landmark and a special gathering spot. So special that it is the namesake for our cooperative of local businesses that offer people the opportunity to experience small farm living, locally raised farm products, and the seasonal beauty of Central Vermont’s working agricultural landscape, the Floating Bridge Food & Farms Cooperative. […]
We know it is a great responsibility to do things right when farming at the top of the watershed. Our snow pack is making its way with the first April showers into our mountain streams. Eventually it will join the Dog River, then the Winooski, and into Lake Champlain, the Richelieu River and the Gulf […]
