You can slow down and step back into simpler times at Handsome Brook Farm. When you come to visit, you can be part of our sustainable farm experience. Help in the berry fields and vegetable gardens, feed and groom the animals, pick fruit and vegetables…or learn how to make homemade pies, jams, or other items using our farm fresh, or other
local ingredients. Our goal is to give you an experience that is fun and gives you a better understanding of the relationship between what you eat and how it’s grown, with a special focus on products raised or grown in beautiful upstate New York.

In the Oxford dictionary, sustainable is defined as, ‘Support, bear the weight of, esp. for a long period.’ This definition can be taken into the context of our lives. Sustainability, therefore, refers to the development of ecological, economic and social systems that will promote and enhance life, without depleting the earth’s limited and precious resources. It embraces the capacity to be more self-sufficient and to promote the diversity of life on earth, which in turn is essential for our own survival.” Andrew Leslie Phillips, Hancock Permaculture Center.