Brookfield Farm

This is our first year owning a CSA. We had our very first pick-​up last Saturday. It was FANTANSTIC! What a great place! The produce is exceptional, and I love how they sell other local fresh ingredients to supplement your produce. I can’t wait for my Saturday pick up!
If you are in doubt whether or not to join – do it. You won’t be disappointed.

Brookfield Farm is a terrific CSA farm! They offer a wonderful variety of weekly produce; not just veggies but strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, and flowers too. The folks who run it are as friendly as can be. The farm shop offers a variety of local products including apples and peaches, yogurt, cheese, eggs, bread, etc., and they run a few beef and pork sales as well. It’s a lovely spot to walk the dog (on leash) and/​or visit the piglets, chickens and steers. If you are inclined toward a CSA membership, you can’t beat Brookfield Farm!

We LOVE Brookfield farm! Our Saturday morning trips are something we look forward to every week. It’s more than just an errand to pick up veggies, it’s a fun outing for all involved. There are usually popsicles involved, and picking berries, and seeing old friends and making new ones. On top of that, the quality of the produce is top notch, and the farm shop sells lots of local products like yogurt, maple syrup, fresh bread, and more.

We have been farm share members at Brookfield Farm since we moved to the Pioneer Valley two years ago. Not knowing many people when we moved here, the farm quickly became a community for us. We looked forward to our visits to pick up our share with our two girls, and enjoyed meeting new people each week, many of whom have become friends, or familiar faces around town. The produce is excellent, and it’s so great for our kids to see how things are grown and be a part of the harvesting process. They have a new appreciation for a pint of raspberries now! There are also events each year at the farm that our kids have come to look forward to – the garlic pull & pumpkin harvest. The farm store sells a lot of local produce to supplement your veggies — milk, cheese, bread, popsicles, honey, and in the summer, the farm share includes fresh cut flowers and herbs, which is a nice addition. I also appreciate the opportunity to have some control over the veggies I take home each week, as unlike other at farms who just give you a set share or box of veggies, at Brookfield Farm there is the opportunity to mix and match among a few choices (where quantities allow) each week which helps with menu planning and using up the great produce. The weekly newsletter always includes good recipes or hints for new-​to-​you or rare varieties of vegetables you may encounter in your share! We look forward to continuing to be a part of Brookfield Farm again this year and encourage people considering a CSA to sign on with Brookfield Farm. Farmer Dan and his crew are terrific.

I’m _​very_​glad that I signed up for Brookfield Farm’s CSA share in 2015 — it was a season of abundant fronds, fruits, and roots to remember. You could taste the difference with these veggies, that they hadn’t been cold-​stored for months like the supermarket products. Case in point: potatoes with actual fresh flavor to them. And oh, those sweet tomatoes! I’ll be returning for more in 2016. Bonus point: the weekly newsletter with recipes for the latest crop.

Great veggies. Cute pigs. Adorable cows. Wonderful land. Super-​nice people. In terms of a community farm that gives back to the land, nurturing every acre and leaving it better than it was before, Brookfield Farm is it. I am always nourished by encounters with the farm and it’s great community. So glad to be part of it.

Brookfield Farm is our CSA.
What is a CSA, you ask? Community Supported Agriculture. Basically, you pay the farm some cash, and they grow food. Tons and tons of food. Organically. Biodynamically. Locally.
Then, they pack up a ton of boxes and send them off to the Boston area, where you can pick up your box. Every week, from June to November, there is a box full of tasty, fresh, local veggies waiting for you. It can’t be beat.
They are really good with telling you what you are getting (this is particularly helpful for those who are not veggie geeks). They put out a newsletter each week telling you what is new on the farm, what new foods you will see in your box, and they even include recipes. Because now that you have a four-​pound bok choy, you need to figure out what to do with it.
If you live closer to the farm, you can pick up your food there, and you can stop by for all the pick your own goodies (strawberries, peas, flowers).
We will definitely do this again and would recommend it to anyone!