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Bramble Hill Farm

 
Bramble Hill Farm provides living and working spaces for a range of people and projects that test innovative ways to build a sustainable, healthy, and creative farm centered community that benefits the broader population.

The 120 acre farm is located in Amherst, MA and is supported by the Open Field Foundation.

Find us here.

Affiliates


Old Friends Farm

Old Friends Farm is a 25-acre Certified Organic farm that leases land from Bramble Hill. They specialize in growing in salad greens, cut flowers, select vegetables, and are widely known for pioneering locally grown ginger and turmeric. Old Friends Farm is guided by their Holistic Goal, which you can read abouthere . You can find their produce, syrups and honeys, and flowers at restaurants, stores and florists throughout the region. 
To learn more, visit:
​ https://www.oldfriendsfarm.com/
Instagram - @oldfriendsfarm 
Contact: grow@oldfriendsfarm.com
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Credit: Old Friends Farm
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Summer camp at the Hitchcock Center.
The Hitchcock Center for the Environment
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The Hitchcock Center's mission is to foster a greater awareness and understanding of our natural world and to develop environmentally literate citizens. They offer natural history programs for people of all ages and backgrounds. They are committed to excellence in science education and work extensively in school systems throughout western Massachusetts training educators to be more effective science teachers.

Visit: http://www.hitchcockcenter.org/
Contact: info@hitchcockcenter.org
A.P.E. Gallery
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Available Potential Enterprises, Ltd. is located across the river from Bramble Hill Farm in Northampton.  Founding Director Gordon Thorne has been, for over 30 years, interested in maintaining spaces for artists to work, much as he has been interested in preserving farmland for farming.  A.P.E. artists have created site specific work at Bramble Hill Farm, and Farm personnel have showcased work in the A.P.E. space. Both organizations are by intent linked in their missions and values, despite the surface differences in their enterprises.

Visit: www.apearts.org
Contact the gallery here.
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Harvesting cabbage at Brookfield Farm.
Brookfield Farm
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Brookfield Farm is a 500 member Biodynamic CSA which in the past leased land from Bramble Hill Farm and has provided advice and consultation since Bramble Hill Farm’s inception. All of the land, buildings, and equipment of Brookfield Farm are owned by the Biodynamic Farmland Conservation Trust, inc (BFCT). The BFCT was created in 1986 by Claire and Dave Fortier and is a non-profit 501(c)3 corporation. The mission of the BFCT is to create and support responsible agriculture by furthering all aspects of sustainable, biodynamic, organic, or other environmentally, economically, and spiritually healthy agricultural techniques.

Visit: http://www.brookfieldfarm.org/index.cfm