Farm Products, Farmers Markets, Meat Processing, and other Agricultural Resources

Farm Products
fed beef and produce)
 * Sugarbush Farm, 47 Davis Road, Wendell, 978-544-7178, [mailto:lfacey88@crocker.com lfacey88@crocker.com] (maple syrup, grass-fed beef, hay-round bales)
 * Edgewind Farm, Center Street, Wendell, 978-895-3339, [mailto:edgewindfarm@gmail.com edgewindfarm@gmail.com] (organic eggs, non-GMO pasture raised pork, grass
 * Fallen Oak Farm, 11 Stone Cut Off Road, Adam Zaykoski (Farmstand with free range eggs, maple syrup, greens, pork, beef)
 * New Wendell Farm, 254 Lockes Village Road, Caro Roszell (Farmstand with produce)
 * Senn Farm, center of town, Martha Senn
 * Wild Browse Farm &amp; Sustainability Center, 87 Bullard Pasture Road, Sharon Gensler/Pru Smith, Bullard Pasture Road.
 * The Diemand Farm, 126 Mormon Hollow Road, 978-544-3806 (chicken, pasture-raised turkey, cage-free eggs, grass-fed beef, prepared foods)

Farmers Markets

 * Greenfield (Saturday 8-12:30 on the town common)
 * North Greenfield (Tuesday afternoons at the Grange, Chapman Street)
 * Northfield (Thursdays 3-6 at 105 Main Street)
 * Orange (Thursday afternoons)
 * Shutesbury (behind town offices on Saturday mornings)
 * Turners Falls (2-6 on Wednesdays, Peskeompskut Park, Avenue A)
 * Warwick (Tuesday afternoons)

Raw Milk Dairies

 * Chase Hill Farm – 74 Chase Hill Rd., Warwick, MA 01378 (978) 544-6327
 * Upinngil Land of Milk and Honey
 * Cliff Hatch, 411 Main Rd., Gill, MA 01354 (413) 863-2297 at pickens@crocker.com

Rules re meat inspection (USDA)
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/regulations/Federal_Meat_Inspection_Act/index.asp &amp; http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Regulations_&amp;_Policies%5CRegulations_Directives_&amp; Notices/index.asp
 * The Federal Meat Inspection Act may be found at:

Farm Animal Inspector

 * Linda Hickman (978) 544-8604

Wendell Community Garden Committee
Plot applications are available at the Wendell Free Library and the Wendell Country Store. Call 978-544-2306 or email Katie wendellcomgardens@hughes.net
 * Katie Nolan, Josh Heinemann, Barbara and John Craddock, and Heather Wight

Wendell Permaculture Garden/Wendell Food Forest Garden
under the auspices of the Wendell Energy Committee, Laurie DiDonato, Chair.

Sheep shearing

 * Andy Rice – Halifax, VT (electric shearing)
 * Kevin Ford – Charlemont, MA (hand shearing)

Livestock and poultry slaughterhouse facilities

 * Adams Farm Slaughterhouse, LLC, Bearsden Road, Athol, MA 01331 (978) 249-9441 at adamsfarm47@yahoo.com (fur-bearing only)
 * Poultry and Livestock Coordinator, 978-654-6745 Jennifer Hashley, New Entry Project Director, 617-636-3793
 * Brackley’s (978-249-3574) 1380 South Main Street, Athol, MA 01331. Jean Brackley poultry and duck processing, weekends only. She opens roughly April to Thanksgiving.
 * Matt LeClerc, Templeton, MA (978) 833-1549
 * Chicken plucker – Brian Jones (BJones brjo90@gmail.com)

Online agricultural information

 * Agricultural Commissions website: www.massagcom.org
 * American Tree Farm System www.treefarmsystem.org
 * CISA – Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture www.buylocalfood.com
 * Farm Aid site initiated by Willie Nelson to save small family farms www.farmaid.org
 * Forest Conservation www.masswoods.net
 * Massachusetts Agriculture in the Classroom www.umass.edu/umext/mac
 * Massachusetts Association of Roadside Stands and Pick Your Own (MARS) www.massfarmstands.com
 * Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources www.mass.gov/agr
 * Massachusetts Maple Producers Association www.massmaple.org
 * National Agricultural Library www.nal.usda.gov
 * National Agricultural Statistics Service www.nass.usda.gov
 * Massachusetts Farm Bureau www.massfarmbureau.com
 * Massachusetts 4-H www.mass4-h.org
 * National Food and Nutrition Information Center www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/history
 * National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service www.attra.ncat.org
 * New England Small Farm Institute www.smallfarm.org
 * Northeast Organic Farming Association www.nofa.org
 * Outreach Coordinator, NOFA Mass: Sharon Gensler 87 Bullard Pasture Rd. Wendell, MA 01379978-544-6347
 * Pioneer Valley Heritage Grain CSA www.pvlists.net/pvhg
 * United States Department of Agriculture www.usda.gov
 * University of Massachusetts Extension Service http://umassgreeninfo.org and www.umass.edu-agland
 * USDA Scrapie program. Sheep and goats are supposed to have ear tags if sold. This program is currently giving out free ear tags.