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Foxtail Community Farm, a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) is located at 506 County Route 75, Greenville NY 12083 in Greene County.
From Foxtail: "Foxtail is a community farm. We welcome visitors to come experience and enjoy the farm up close and hands-on. Help with farm chores to harvest fresh vegetables and collect eggs. Lend a hand in the field to plant peppers or dig potatoes. Pick up seasonal produce, eggs, pastured chicken or preserves at our weekend farm store. Learn to make jam or manage garden pests organically at a homesteading workshop. Celebrate the changing seasons at a farm festival.
"The story of Foxtail Community Farm began in the Spring of 2004, when our family bought 52 acres of undeveloped hunting and pasture land and moved to Greenville. That first summer we camped in tents while we built our farmhouse, started a little kitchen garden, and sent our oldest son off to kindergarten. The following spring we offered our first CSA shares to 15 families - vegetables only, washed in a re-purposed bathtub under open sky and delivered to Albany in a hand-built cooler tied down to our rusty red pick-up truck.
"Thirteen years later we are raising food to share with 60+ local families: vegetables, fruit, eggs, chicken, turkeys, honey, & preserves. We have packing and storage barns, a walk-in cooler, three good old tractors, multiple greenhouses and high tunnels, three beehives, plenty of poultry coops, and a summer kitchen. We've mentored numerous summer farmhands, developed partnerships with many local organizations, and hosted countless festivals, open houses, workshops, & "weeding parties". Our growth has been purposeful, the work done with our own hands and guided by core principles of sustainability, self-sufficiency and community" . . . Continued on website.
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Farming Practices
As farmers, we are committed to growing food in a sustainable, ecologically-sound manner that goes beyond the federal organic standards - food that is, to borrow a phrase from Michael Pollan, "good to eat and good to think". We strive to limit fossil fuel use, mulching crops with hay instead of plastic and watering with sprinklers instead of plastic dripline. We use crop management techniques like cover cropping, crop rotation, cloth row cover, beneficial insects, minerals and organic nutrients. Our animals are raised humanely and integrated in growing cycles. We seek opportunities to educate and actively engage members and other visitors in our farm community.
Products
Vegetable, fruit, egg & meat share options.
Year-round CSA offerings changing with the seasons.
Pick-up sites in Greenville, Albany, Delmar & Loudonville.
Convenient pre-packed share boxes.
Weekly farm newsletter featuring recipes, articles & practical information.
Invitations to special farm activities.
Activities at Foxtail Community Farm
Hiking
Picnicking
Recreation
Location: Greenville-GC
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Foxtail Community Farm
