Welcome to The Good Life Farm!
Located in the heart of the vibrant Finger Lakes, our young farm produces perennial fruit, vegetables and pastured poultry. As young farmers, we benefit from the guidance of local farming mentors available and careful design based on permaculture principles. Our farm plan pairs perennial vegetable production with organic orchard management, high quality forage for poultry and horses, season extension and reduced fossil-energy systems. As we grow, our farm becomes more self-reliant and robust. Please check out what goes on each season - Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter - to follow our goals and progress!
Join us for Asparaganza! May 5, 2012!
Here comes the first Good Life Farm festival of Spring, Asparagus and Community!
What? A Country Style Fair with food and drink from The Piggery, Crooked Carrot CSK, Cayuga Creamery, Red Newt Bistro and Winery, music from Toivo, cider from the new cidery at Redbyrd Orchards, GAMES on the green and you!
When? Saturday, May 5---- 4-7PM
Here! The Good Life Farm, Interlaken
For more info, contact Melissa
melissa@thegoodlifefarm.org (607) 351 3313
UPDATE! May ONLY for Good Life Farm's 2012 Spring CSA!
Looking for delicious, early season food? We’ve got it! As the sun returns, green food abounds! For us Spring is an exciting season, when we and our animal entourage return to the fields, orchard and pasture. This year we’re adding something special to the Good Life mix with our new Spring CSA, and to do it we’re teaming up with friends and fellow producers including Crooked Carrot CSK, Wide Awake Bakery, Wolftree Farm and Double E mushrooms.
Why a Spring CSA? What’s with all the other producers?
Good Life Farm is based on a set of core values, including the tenet “care for the community”. Through the Spring CSA, we’re creating business relationships that support regional food systems and filling a gap in fresh local food.
Our area has an abundance of good food during the other three seasons of the year, but we’ve noticed that Spring can be a lean time for local food availability. Spring is a chancy time to predict growth and yield, and guaranteeing a harvest requires a certain amount of additional infrastructure. While there are still many unknowns involved in growing primarily fresh vegetables for these lean months, we are ready to go for it!
Our farm site near Cayuga Lake allows us to harvest earlier than many other regional producers. Thanks to our early-producing site, our greenhouses, perennial crops, and our relationships with other producers, this Spring CSA offers diverse and nutritious food! Shares include fresh vegetables, wholesome prepared meals, local pastas and pizza dough, chicken, lamb, honey and shiitake mushrooms. To make it all work, we offer both on-farm pick-up options and delivery by Garden Gate to selected areas around Ithaca and Trumansburg. Please see below for more information on share prices, content and pick-up/delivery options. For us, the Spring CSA is all part of caring for our community.
To Join the Spring CSA please see the Sign Up Form
For a full description, please see our BLOG
For more information contact:
Melissa Madden
(607) 351 3313
melissa@thegoodlifefarm.org