The Farmers
The Owners
"With farming you can never be entirely in control. It takes on a life of its own, constantly surprising and challenging me."
"I look to farming as a way to bring family and work-life closer, and to be in touch with the basic human need of happy, healthy food."
"I farm because it matches up with my values and passions in life of eating well and using my body to meet my needs."
Jenny
Lauren
Aliyah
I made a move into farming from the non-profit sector in 2010 due to my love of being outside.
I love interacting with our customers, the OCD of organizing vegetable sizes, and watching the family of hawks at Ironwood Farm swoop overhead during the harvest.
I look to farming as a way to bring my family and work-life closer together. Importantly, it also keeps me in touch with my basic human need for nutritious, happy and healthy food.
My background is in sculpture, and i like farming because it requires the same aesthetic consideration and problem solving skills.
With farming you can never be entirely in control of the form you’re creating. The design is there, the smart, sustainable skeleton, but then it takes on a life of its own and constantly surprises and challenges me.
Farming is beautiful because I get to be an inventor, spend all day outside, and eat like a queen.
I farm because it matches up with my values and passions in life, which are primarily eating well and keeping my body healthy and in motion.
Farming gives me the opportunity to work outside and produce nutritious food that sustains both me and my community.
I started Ironwood Farm alongside Jenny and Lauren because I value the support of our all-female team, and gain encouragement and inspiration as we problem solve together.
Meet our 2017 Farm Crew!
I got into farming through wine. I went to France and started working on vineyards.
I like growing because it's creative, but not in a self-centered way. Farmers help the land express itself. It pleases me that the same kind of carrot, planted in two different places, will taste slightly different.
Any vegetable is a record of a few weeks or months in a particular spot on the farm.
"I like growing because it's creative..."
Isabel
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Place
Ironwood Farm
Ironwood Farm grows certified organic vegetables and fruits on seven acres of leased land in Ghent, NY. We sell our produce in farmer's markets, CSA shares (community supported agriculture), and wholesale to restaurants, shops and resellers in the Hudson Valley.
Ironwood Farm is the effort of three women hoping to achieve more together than apart. Collaboration, cooperation, leading and following are the founding principles of this effort. Ironwood values clean, quality produce that customers are delighted to receive.
Lauren, Jenny and Aliyah are striding a challenging and interesting line of learning and experimentation, reveling in nature’s delights, and making an income for their three households.
Ironwood farm is growing food, growing people, and expanding the roots of the Hudson Valley farming community.
The Farm:
103 County Route 9
Ghent, NY, 12075
* Contact us before visiting. *
Mailing:
PO Box 21
Mellenville NY, 12544
* Biz Mail Only. Deliveries go to the Farm Address please. *
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Ridgewood
Queens, New York City , NY
How it Works
The Deets
You Buy a 'Share'
Sign up Online and send your payment. This upfront funding helps the farm get rolling
We Grow your Food
We get to work, doing what we love: growing a bunch of delicious and organic vegetables just for you!
Weekly Veg Pick-Up
Each week you come to Topos Cafe to pick up your share of vegetables and herbs.
Season:
Cost:
Starts:
Ends:
No. of Boxes:
Pick-Ups:
Veggies:
Also:
Summer 2018
$550
June 9th 2018
October 20th 2018
20
Saturdays (Morning TBD):
Topos Cafe
788 Woodward Ave,
Ridgewood, NY 11385
1) Payment Plans Available
Ridgewood, Queens NY
Summer CSA SIGNUP
Fill in this form to Reserve your Share
To finalize your share reservation, please mail a check payment of $550 to:
Ironwood Farm
PO Box 21
Mellenville, NY
12544
Please make checks Payable to: "Ironwood Farm, LLC"
Summer CSA
Community Supported Agriculture
We have Three CSAs, one serving Columbia County and Kingston, NY, the second in Partnership with Rivertown CSA in Westchester, NY, and the third in Ridgewood, Queens, NY.
Choose your CSA location:
Columbia C. & Kingston
Upstate , NY
Irvington & Sleepy Hollow
Westchester County, NY
Ridgewood
Queens, NY
Columbia County & Kingston
Upstate , NY
How it Works
The Deets
You Buy a 'Share'
Sign up Online and send your payment. This upfront funding helps the farm get rolling
We Grow your Food
We get to work, doing what we love: growing a bunch of delicious and organic vegetables just for you!
Weekly Veg Pick-Up
Each week you come to the Farm or Hudson to pick up your share of vegetables and herbs.
Season:
Cost:
Starts:
Ends:
No. of Boxes:
Pick-Ups:
Veggies:
Also:
Summer 2018
$525
June 7th 2018
October 18th 2018
20
Thursdays 4:30pm to 6:30pm At:
Ironwood Farm
103 County Rt 9
Ghent, NY, 12075
Thursdays 4:30pm to 6:00pm At:
Rivertown Lodge
731 Warren St,
Hudson, NY, 12534
Wednesdays 4:30pm to 6:00pm At:
Village Coffee and Goods
17 Railroad Ave.
Kingston, NY, 12401
1) Payment Plans Available
2) Pickups Available on Friday if you can't make Thursday.
Upstate NY
Summer CSA SIGNUP
Fill in this form to Reserve your Share
To finalize your share reservation, please mail a check payment of $525 to:
Ironwood Farm
PO Box 21
Mellenville, NY
12544
Please make checks Payable to: "Ironwood Farm, LLC"
Contact Us
Mailing:
The Farm:
PO Box 21, Mellenville, NY, 12544
103 County Route 9, Ghent, NY, 12075
A Story
Of How Ironwood Farm was Started
Starting a farm in this day and age is difficult. Especially when its a small-scale organic farm without a big pot of gold to get things going. Here is how we did it:
Learning and Mentoreship
Lauren, Jenny and Aliyah worked together on Little Seed Gardens organic farm for over 4 years. This is where we 'learned' farming and made lifelong friends with our mentors and role models Willy and Claudia, who continue to show us the endless possibilities of the farming life. We you Little Seed!
Finding Land
Finding suitable and affordable land to lease is challenging as land prices rise. The Columbia Land Conservancy was crucial in connecting us with land owners wanting farmers to work their land. After a year of searching & interviewing, we found our match.
Starting a Business
How do three young women start up a business without funding? The answer is in The Carrot Project. This progressive organization helped us write a viable business plan, apply for a loan, seek legal and business council, and basically form our biz entity. This organization is an incredible resource for new small farms in the Hudson Valley.
Going All In
A Bank Loan
Putting your debt where your heart is. With the help of The Carrot Project we received a $30k loan and $10k operating credit to get us started... It's almost all gone...
The Tipple Family
Land Partnership
Thanks to the forward thinking Tipple Family we arranged to rent seven acres of their land to put into vegetable production. Their generosity and support ensured we had available and fertile soil to grow in.
Vegetable Growing!
Group Effort
And with a lot of hard work, determination, and collaboration Ironwood Farm started growing its first vegetables in 2014. Thank you to everyone for helping us get this farm off the ground, in the soil and into production.
WHOLESALE
We deliver our fresh clean produce to
Restaurants
Shops
Resellers
Markets
in the Hudson Valley
You can find our products at
Food Studio, Local 111, Bonfiglio & Bread, Ben Gables, Vanderbilt House, Fish & Game, Curbside Cafe, Omega Institute, Cafe Boulud, Boulud Sud, Riverview Cafe, Main Street Public House, Wm Farmer & Sons, Gaskins
Honest Weight Food Co-Op, Chatham Real Food Co-Op, Hawthorne Valley Farm Store. Talbot and Arding
Upstate Farms, Field Goods, Hudson Valley Harvest, Hawthorne Valley CSA, Greenmarket Co, Angellos Organics
and elsewhere
Wholesalers
Get Our Goods
Join Our E-Mailng List:
E-Mail Address:
First Name
Last Name:
Which Group are you from?
How it Works
The Deets
You Coose and Buy a 'Share'
Select the size of vegetable share and then add on your tasty extras of meat and fruits.
Everyone wins with a CSA: Buying a share in a csa provides farmers crucial start-of-season funding.
As a CSA member, you benefit by getting the season’s freshest produce, the “cream of the crop”, at its peak ripeness. Your veggies are picked a day or two before pickup.
Weekly Share Pick-up
We have two convenient and local pickup locations in Irvington and Sleepy Hollow.
Opt-out weeks and shorter season options also available.
*On vacation or need to miss a week? The Rivertown CSA offers prorated shares for members wanting options between 15 and 20 weeks. Please contact Barbara Carr, the CSA manager, for custom dates and pricing.
We Grow your Food
Ironwood and our partner farms get to work, doing what we love: growing organic vegetables, picking delicious fruits and producing pastured meats and eggs.
Season:
Starts:
No. of Boxes:
Pick-Ups:
Share Types
Veggie List:
Summer 2018
June TBD 2018 (for 20 weeks)
20
Saturday Morning At:
Irvington, NY and Sleepy Hollow, NY
(exact locations to be e-mailed)
20 Week:
Base Produce Share $725
Half Produce Share $470
Fruit and Berry Share $493
Meat Share (7 weeks) $616
15 Week*:
Base Produce Share $600
Half Produce Share $406
Fruit and Berry Share $370
Meat Share (7 weeks) $616
Rivertown CSA
Summer CSA SIGNUP
Fill in this form to Reserve your Share
To finalize your share reservation,
please mail a check payable to:
Rivertown CSA
C/O Barbara Carr
124 Gordon Avenue
Sleepy Hollow, NY, 10591
We will e-mail you confirmation and pickup address
RIVERTOWN CSA
Irvington and Sleepy Hollow
Westchester County, NY
Ironwood farm is proud to parter with Rivertown CSA and other local Hudson Valley farms to bring our certified organic vegetables to Westchester County. This is a SUMMER CSA Only.
20 Week Share
15 Week Share
© Ironwood Farm, LLC 2018
Mailing : PO Box 21, Mellenville, NY, 12544
316 253 1511
Farmers@Ironwood.Farm
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