Sprout Creek Farm in Poughkeepsie, NY
“Encompassing 200 acres in Dutchess County, NY, Sprout Creek Farm...is a working farm, raising free-ranging cows, sheep, goats, wild turkeys, guinea fowl, chickens, and pigs. It is a market, selling our internationally award-winning cheeses and farm-produced meats, as well as local Hudson Valley milk, eggs, vegetables, crafts, and gifts. And it is an educational center, offering day, weekend, and summer programs that help connect young people to the land. Sprout Creek Farm, Inc. is an incorporated not-for-profit organization.”
Their mission is:
-to provide educational experiences for children and adults that will foster appreciation for, and understanding of, our place within the natural world, and thus encourage responsibility for the future of our environment
-to offer programs that will reconnect people to the rich agricultural heritage of the United States
-to offer an experience of community as a model of peaceful living
-to offer programs in spiritual development, using the agricultural resources of the farm as both setting and starting point of such programs
Vassar Food Co-op's favorites: Ouray (cheddar like), Toussaint (sharp, cheddary cow), Barat (sweet, nutty, mold ripened cow), Bogart (savory, complex, mold ripened), Batch 35 (creamy, smear-ripened cow), Eden (sweet cow), Madeline (sweet, complex goat)
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