| We're a Farm, Farm Store & Café Animals lovingly grown in small groups on pasture without antibiotics and hormones |
Visit the Heather Ridge Farm Store and Bees Knees Café 989 Broome Center Road Preston Hollow, NY 12469 518-239-6234 |
 
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The FarmersCarol Clement and John Harrison own and operate Heather Ridge Farm. Carol moved to this property in 1979 and farmed part-time for many years while supporting herself with her marketing and film production skills. As John puts it, he married into the estate. Carol shrunk her business to grow the farm, and John finally retired from his off-farm job to join her full-time.From John's childhood summers on farms in Ireland, he learned that no farm is complete without a donkey. Carol's upbringing in Saugerties at the family resort and restaurant, taught her the love of cooking and bringing the product to its final stages, served with pride. "We believe a grass-based farm is better for the animals, better for the farmers, better for the environment and better for the consumers. It's a sustainable system of agriculture that offers you the healthiest, leanest, tastiest products we can raise. If you could raise your own, this is how you would want to do it. And if the animals raised themselves, this is how they'd like it. Our animals are treated humanely, some would say a tad pampered. Their time on this planet is brief, and their sacrifice total. Why not make it so they want for nothing?" |
 Sometimes the lambs are too tired to nurse and need a little help  John taking the llamas for a winter walk along the top of the mountain  Carol teaching a cooking class on grass-fed meats with Cynthia Nichlson. (photo by Christine O'Dell)  In the beeyard, Carol introduces an intern to the inside of a hive.  John, master of the hoses, of our gravity feed water system.  John, Sheila the donkey, and Peig, Australian shepherd. |