Produce & U-Pick

Yes, you can bring whatever containers you like. Just be aware that if you are using anything other than quart or pint containers, we will have to tare the scale to figure out how much your empty container weighs. You can either tare your container before picking or we can transfer your berries to a different container to figure out their weight after you pick. We also have quart and pint containers available for customers, so you are more than welcome to use these.

Picking berries is a great activity for kids, but the one thing that we ask is that children be supervised at all times. Farms are inherently dangerous places and there are ponds and animals and other hazards on the farm that unsupervised children could be hurt by. Children under 10 years of age should be in the same row as their parents when they pick. Younger children are especially prone to picking unripe berries or eating berries directly, so please make sure they are picking properly. Running unsupervised around the farm, chasing our animals, throwing berries are all not acceptable behaviors for U-pick.

Yes, absolutely! While you are here on pickup days, you are more than welcome to visit whatever animals we have around the farm. Just be aware that all fences around the chickens are always electrified so it’s a “look, but don’t touch” philosophy.

Each picker is allowed to sample a couple berries of each type you are picking to make sure you are happy with the flavor and ripeness. The rest should go in the container until they are weighed and paid for. We trust our members and mostly rely on the honor system in this regard, so please be respectful of this!

Whatever you decide to buy on market days, and any U-pick you decide to do, is always paid for in-person on the farm. We charge our items by weight (with a minimum purchase of $3). Although we always prefer cash and checks since there are no fees involved, we do use Square for payment processing and can also take credit cards this way.

You don’t have to be a member to come pick berries or purchase our pre-picked fruits. But the prices for non-members are ~25% higher than member prices, and certain items such as eggs, compost, and herbs are only available to members.

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We subscribe to the permaculture ethics of care for the Earth, care for the people, and fair share. So we use only regenerative, organic-approved methods, but we do not bother with the costly and burdensome organic certification process. Our customers are able to come directly to our farm and see for themselves the regenerative farming practices we use – without sprays of any kinds (including pesticides, herbicides, fungicides), chemical fertilizers, hormones, antibiotics, or GMOs. Our farm makes use of crop rotations, beneficial insects, compost, cover crops, no/low-till, and other organic management practices. We also make a point of not using disposable black plastic mulch and only using natural mulches like straw, compost, and wood chips. If you are ever curious about any of the practices we use, ask us! We welcome the questions and curiosity.

It’s true that many organic farms use natural pesticides allowed under the organic certification rules, but we do not use pesticides of any kind, even the ones approved for organic production. We have a completely no-spray philosophy. We rely instead on a combination of birds, beneficial insects, and preventative measures to holistically manage pests in a natural way without using even organic-approved sprays.