Meadows Bee Farm

Two Jersey cows, Jupiter and Rain, are milked raw with calf sharing so the calves stay with their mothers, and the cows and a flock of 20 sheep are rotationally grazed through the pastures and orchards. Free range chickens, turkeys and peafowl roam the farm, herbal methods support animal health, and a hillside apiary of Langstroth and top bar hives keeps pollinators across the land.

The farm makes its own biodynamic compost, grows perennial fruit and nut trees among ponds and swales as an edible forest, and treats education as part of the work. Its Young Farmers Program has taught ecological farming and farm arts since 2012, hosting over 750 young farmers in 2022 alone, with courses from seed starting and livestock care to beekeeping, maple sugaring and ceramics.