MarWin Farm

 

We  moved out to the country in 1997 having barely kept a few African Violets alive in our condo.  Thanks to some good friends and family, we've discovered the benefits of local AND organic food.  We are slowly turning our 10 acres of wooded land into a small working farm. 

 

This is what happens when you cross a couple of restaurant people with a farmer ... we farm to eat .. it's all about the food on the table .. an excuse to entertain .. a reason to stop for lunch .. a new recipe from someones grandmother that gets new life in our kitchen.. a seed from an heirloom .. a "side by side" working dinner with a Delaware chicken vs a Barred Rock .. a table ..  with your children and your parents .. and your neighbor .. and your own food... from your own farm.

 

We do this because we want others to have what we have.. a share of the farm.

 

If you love to cook ..

 

Join the family.. and our farm becomes your farm.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our Farming Principles

 

 

EDDIE AND MAGGIE DO NOT NEED TO BE ROUNDUP RESISTANT !!

 

There is one big problems with the USDA organic certification program. The USDA !

We are not zealot anti-government nuts but the USDA sure made a mess of a good thing.

We are thoroughly dedicated to the principles of organic farming, The REAL organic farming, where sustainability is the goal, and there are no exceptions when it comes to synthetic fertilizers, pesticides and GMOs.

We feed Organic feed that is GMO free and mostly farmed in New York. (yes, the feed is … drum roll please … USDA certified Organic). We never use, and never have used any synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides or anything-cides on our farm.

For all these reasons we consider MarWin Farm to be BTO “Better than Organic”

( we will wait while you sing a verse or two of “Takin' Care of Business” )

 

Sustainable

 

This one is hard!  to be truly sustainable we would need to grow our own feed.  Although this is impossible for us now it should be noted, and nobody should ever tell Joanne this .. but I have looked on craigslist for used combines. One day I would like to think we maximize our 10.3 acres and sell only what we can grow sustainably. 

 

                                                         -Kenny

 

 

Breed Diversity

 

This is really important.  We can't have one breed of chicken for the whole planet.  I really think this is like GMOs, in that you just have to use a tiny bit of common sense to see that some things are really unhealthy and dangerous in the long run.

 

If you find this subject interesting or you have no idea what we're talking about then go to http://albc-usa.org/ The American Livestock Breeds conservancy.  These people are doing a great job.

 

For our part we maintain American Guinea Hogs, a breed on the ALBC critical list, and we are always on the look out for other breeding stock that might work for our FarmShare Family.

 

When you join our FarmShare, you participate in the conservation of livestock diversity.

 

Local

 

Know better food!  Know your farmer!

 

Taste

 

After a season "on the farm"  it becomes so very clear how different our products are.