Turkey Hill Farm, 55 Turkey Hill Rd, Randolph Center, VT 05061
802-728-7064 or 802-431-3028 ~ Email us ~ Directions to the Farm ~ Join our Email List
TURKEY HILL FARM ~ STUART & MARGARET OSHA
On 50-acres, we operate a raw-milk micro dairy, and take care of five milk cows, chickens, pigs, lambs, a pair of work horses, flower and vegetable gardens, and a maple sugaring operation. In our farmstore, The Moo-tique, we sell our creamline yogurt and fresh cheeses, eggs from pastured hens, frozen pasture-raised meats, artisan pizzas, maple syrup, other local farm products, t-shirts and sweatshirts, and books. We also sell fluid raw milk on the farm.
Enjoy the rhythms and flavors of small-farm living in our spacious and comfortable on-farm apartment, that accommodates up to four people in the same party--perfect for short- or long-term farmstays.
We use sustainable agricultural and revitalized farm community practices to take a forward-thinking approach to global warming and the reduction of fossil fuels. Our goal is to produce as much of our own food as possible while being kind to the earth and using a minimum of non-renewable resources. We are committed to building a strong local food system; crucial to feeding ourselves and the community.
Leaders of the Greater Randolph Area Chapter of the Weston A Price Foundation, we are interested in helping to educate people about the movement toward eating locally raised, nutrient-dense foods and re-creating the traditional diets of our ancestors before industrialized foods dominated the grocery stores.
Turkey Hill Farm is also a member of the Floating Bridge Food and Farms Cooperative , a co-operative of working farms, food producers, lodging properties and dining establishments located in Brookfield, Randolph Center and Northfield, Vermont.
We offer ourselves as consultants to those who would like to learn more about any aspect of homesteading, and welcome conversation about how small-scale farming is key to surviving the future.
Stuart Osha's book, Loving a Dying Way of Life: Poems and Stories about Farming in Vermont, self-published in 1999, tells the story of Stuart and Margaret’s farming heritage, threats to the continued viability of small farms, and the power of love and vision to save them. Available in The Moo-tique, also as a two-volume CD or cassette tape.
FARM POSTS
VISIT US AT THE MONTPELIER WINTER FARMERS' MARKET
April 7 & 21, 10-2
We'll be selling our yogurt, soft cheeses, and chocolate granola bark at the gym at the Vermont College of Fine Arts.
SUGARING SEASON
To save time and man power we'll be using a tractor to collect sap this year, so please dont stop by hoping to see the horses pulling the gathering trailer.
IN THE MOO-TIQUE
Be sure to try our
Vermont Farmstead
CREAMLINE YOGURT
with "Local Culture"
Simply Plain & Spirit of VT Maple
Learn more about our yogurt and fresh cheeses!
Fluid raw milk, our fresh cheese blends, ricotta, eggs, maple syrup, frozen artisan pizzas and chili, grass-fed meats, maple cashew granola and chocolate granola bark and more!
Stuart's book, Loving a Dying Way of Life: Poems & Stories About Farming In Vermont now available as a two-CD set.
THE FARMER'S KITCHEN
COOKING CLASSES
Jan 28: Bone Broths & Bone Broth Soups- FULL
Our Annual Maple Series:
Sat, Feb 25,10-1: Beyond Pancakes: Cooking with Maple
Sun, Feb 26, 10-1:Raised Donuts & Maple Custard Pie
$45 each or $75 for both.
Email or call 802-728-7064 to register.
Ask about custom cooking classes.
Sat, Feb 11- Margaret will be giving 2 workshops at the NOFA-VT Winter Conference, UVM campus. Making Cultured Milk Products at Home and New Opportunities for Local Milk Sales. Learn more at www.nofavt.org.
THE FARM IN THE NEWS
Creamery Open House
We had a good turn-out for the Sept 3, 2011 Open House and thank all who stopped by. See the Times Argus article on the event.
See Photos from the Nov 6, Turducken Class!
Read Alice Levitt's Seven Days Turducken class story, Three-Bird Night, and see the Bite Club TV video, Lucky Turducken.
See Nov, 24, 2010 Valley News article by Warren Johnston: In the Family Tradition: Randolph Center Farming Couple Take the Old Ways As Their Guide
2nd Annual Community Apple Festival featured in the Times Argus,
Our Herald, & The Northfield News.
View a 2-minute video about the farm!
See Stuart & Turkey Hill farm featured in Portrait of a Farm blog project by Trav Williams & Kacy Spooner.
See article on Stuart & Margaret in May 26 Fund Member Feature in Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund newsletter.
See sugaring season article on the farm: Food for Life in the Times Argus
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