Farms & CSAs

When’s the last time you (or your kids) heard a cow moo or a rooster cock-a-doodle-doo? If you can’t remember, then it’s time to come on down to your local Trustees farm because, really, who doesn’t have fun on a farm?

The Trustees of Reservations own and manage eight vibrant, working farms in Massachusetts: Appleton Farms, Cornell Farm, Eleanor Cabot Bradley Estate, Moose Hill Farm, Moraine Farm, Land of Providence, Powisset Farm, and Weir River Farm. Each farm has its own particular fresh flavor, and its own unique attributes, including iconic red New England barn buildings, miles of rolling grassland and trails, grazing livestock, and plucky wandering chickens.

While farmland in the nation is rapidly disappearing, we consider preserving this piece of our collective history a crucial part of our mission. To encourage more folks to eat locally, we have grown thriving Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) programs at five of our farms. Some of our farms sell site-grown produce and meat, and Appleton Farms recently launched a boutique dairy operation featuring fresh milk, farmstead cheese, and yogurt.

	Visit Appleton Farms (CSA) Ipswich & Hamilton – Check out Appleton Farms, America’s oldest working livestock and vegetable farm – meet cows, chickens, and lots of wildlife. Also onsite: a farm-fresh dairy store.
	Visit Cornell Farm Dartmouth – Roam from pasture and planted fields through a small woodland before emerging at the edge of a serene salt marsh near the head of the tidal Little River.
	Visit City Harvest at The Bradley Estate Canton – The Bradley Estate is a small working farm with three miles of cart paths through the woods, beautiful gardens, and a farm stand stocked with fresh veggies in summer.
	Visit Land of Providence Holyoke – Through the generosity of a religious order long committed to Holyoke, everyone can now experience a unique floodplain forest and a riverside working farm with strong ties to urban residents.
	Visit Moose Hill Farm (CSA) Sharon – We are bringing back farming to historic Moose Hill Farm! We are kicking off a new CSA program this spring (2013), offering 75 shares of fresh veggies weekly to folks who live or work in the surrounding towns.
	Visit Moraine Farm (CSA) Beverly – This Frederick Law Olmsted-designed property is home to a thriving CSA, a ropes-based adventure course, and a school.
	Visit Powisset Farm (CSA) Dover – Powisset Farm has a long history of agricultural enterprises, from a dairy farm many years ago, to Amelia Peabody’s legendary farm, famous for its breed stock of Hereford cattle and Yorkshire pigs.
	Visit Weir River Farm (CSA) Hingham – Originally part of a picturesque, early-20th-century country estate, Weir River Farm today is a 10-acre working farm that produces vegetables, flowers, meat, and eggs for local families.