Honey from organically kept bees. Not available until 2010 as NCOF rebuilds its colonies.

NCOF boils approximately 120 to 150 gallons every February and March from sap collected in buckets hung on sugar maple trees throughout Natick, Dover, Sherborn, and Wellesley. Total annual yield is completely weather dependent. Some years are bountiful while others are busts. NCOF syrup is sold ungraded year-round in various-sized bottles as long as supplies last. Learn about maple sugaring tours here.

Eggs are sold by the dozen or in whatever quantity the Farm's organically-fed, free-range chickens lay them. Eggs are a hot commodity. We suggest visiting the Farm right at chore time — approximately 9:30 AM and 4:00 PM daily — if you wish to purchase them!

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  The Massachusetts Department of Agriculture, under increasing pressure from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, has tightened regulations on the production and processing of raw milk. Strict enforcement of these regulations is now shutting down big and small raw milk producers alike.

   

  This spring, the Natick Community Organic Farm was ordered to stop selling raw goats milk from its herd of four female goats even before it started milking. We are extremely disappointed by this decision and deeply regret that it will be unable to provide raw goat’s milk to our customers.

   

  Natick Community Organic Farm has worked closely with Massachusetts Department of Agriculture milk inspectors for many years, and changed its milking system many times to meet evolving standards. Yet this latest round of requirements, which would require the construction of a unique-use milking room as well as a completely separate processing and storage room, is simply prohibitively expensive.

   

  Until we find a different solution, if indeed there is one, our farm’s only choice is to stop selling raw milk.

   

  Natick Community Organic Farm is not the only producer who has been put out of the milking business this spring, nor will it be the last. Forthcoming decisions by the Massachusetts Department of Agriculture on issues such as the State’s effort to make raw milk buying clubs illegal (http://www.mass.gov/agr/legal/docs/330-CMR-27.00-Proposed-Raw-Milk-Regulation.pdf ) will greatly impact who will be able to produce and market raw milk, and ultimately, who will be able to consume it.

   

  Natick Community Organic Farm believes strongly in the health benefits of raw milk, the rights of consumers to purchase raw milk, and the right of Massachusetts farms to produce and market raw milk under reasonable milking regulations.

   

  If you feel strongly about keeping raw healthy milk available in your community, and supporting local raw milk producers, please make your opinions known!

   

  Action Steps

   

  Follow the action alerts of the Northeast Organic Farmers’ Association of Massachusetts, or NOFA Mass, on http://www.nofamass.org

  Write to Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources Commissioner Scott J. Soares, Department of Agricultural Resources, 251 Causeway Street, Boston, MA 02114. Scott.Soares@state.ma.us

  Contact your state legislators to educate them about raw milk and to express your opinions about the importance of its availability. To see who your representatives are, visit http://www.mass.gov/legis/city_town.htm

  Join the Massachusetts Raw Milk Network on Facebook

Why Raw Milk?
Pasteurization may kill dangerous bacteria but it also kills off "good" bacteria and destroys nutritious components that have health benefits. Learn more about the benefits of raw milk below.
www.realmilk.com
www.nofamass.org

All our animals are fed on certified-organic grains and foods, allowed to range on certified organic pastureland, and allowed to eat lots of good vegetables!

• Beef - Available in fall.
• Chicken - Available in late summer/early fall.
• Goat - Available in spring.
• Lamb and Mutton - Available in spring.
• Pork - Available in fall.
• Rabbit - Available late summer.
• Turkey - NCOF raises 150 organically-fed, free-range turkeys each year. $25 is required to reserve a bird. Birds are processed two weeks before Thanksgiving and available on a designated turkey pick-up day. Click here for details.

Pet rabbits are available spring, summer and fall.

The farm grows a mix of tasty salad greens throughout the winter in its passive solar greenhouses. Nothing beats a fresh, locally-grown salad on a cold day!

Sold in skeins of beautiful, dyed yarn in late summer, while supplies last.