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Engelbert Farms, LLC is a certified organic dairy farm, certified by Vermont Organic Farmers (NOFA-VT). It is a true family farm, farming in the same location since 1911. Kevin, Lisa and our three sons, Kris, Joe and John all actively work on the farm.
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FLOOD UPDATE We would like to thank all of our friends and family who have helped us with clean up, donations and support since the devastating flood in September. We would not be able to get through this without you! Our farm was inundated with between 8 and 12 feet of water in and around all of our buildings. Once the water receded, we were left with ankle deep mud in, on and around everything. Our pastures closest to the creek are covered with two feet of mud, and the western parts of both fields next to the Wappasening Creek have between four and five feet of mud covering our fences. Why did we build a farm in the flood plain??? Well, it didn’t flood here 100 years ago when Great-Grandpa Engelbert built the farm at its current location! Now each flood is worse than previous ones. This isn’t something we can go through again – either financially or mentally, so we are actively looking for another farm or land out of the flood plain to move our dairy and grain operations to. Obviously, we want to stay in Nichols if possible – our family has been here since 1911, and we love our town. We plan to keep our current farm for young stock and beef animals, and our farm store will stay at the current location. Until we find another farm, we will continue milking cows and grinding grain at our current location. Our retail meat and cheese business is the only part of our business mostly unaffected by the flood. Our farm store was ruined, but has been cleaned, disinfected and repainted, and is open for business. Wondering how you can help? Visit our farm store and try some of our wonderful locally produced organic meats and cheeses. All of our organic beef, pork and veal is raised on our farm, and the cheese is made from our organic milk. Every time you buy directly from a farmer, it benefits not only the farmer and their family, but also the local community. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT! The Engelbert Family
Engelbert Farms will be at the Otsiningo Indoor Market at the MetroCenter in downtown Binghamton on: Indoor market is from 9:00 a.m. to Noon Also, we will have the following holiday hours at our farm store: Christmas Eve (12/24) 10 to 1 Engelbert Farms is also part of the Finger Lakes Cheese Trail. See the Farm Store page for Finger Lakes Cheese Trail open house dates. |
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CERTIFIED ORGANIC We have been farming organically since 1981. No chemicals are ever used on our fields, and no antibiotics, hormones, or synthetic wormers are ever used on our animals. Our dairy cows live out their lives happily munching high quality, certified organic grass, hay and small amounts of corn grown on our farm. During the grazing season, the Dairy cows are on a fresh plot of grass daily. Beef cows are 100% grass-fed from April through mid-November each year. Over the winter they are fed organic hay, balage (higher moisture hay), and a small amount corn silage as an energy source. Corn silage is less than 5% of their diet over the winter. Veal calves are raised in the pasture with their mothers. Pigs are fed certified organic grains, milk, hay and leftover vegetables from our organic gardens. No animal by-products are ever fed to our animals. “No chemicals ever used on our land or Animals!” |
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| ON OUR FARM, CERTIFIED ORGANIC MEANS: NO Pesticides NO Herbicides NO Chemical Fertilizers NO Hormones NO Antibiotics NO Animal By-Products ARE EVER USED!!! PROMOTES HEALTHY PEOPLE AND EARTH! We make our living with our Animals, not from them! |
BUY LOCAL! Most food is trucked thousands of miles before it reaches the grocery store. When you buy food that is produced locally, you are helping to reverse this wasteful trend. Locally produced food is a good buy! It is good for the farmer, good for the consumer and best of all, GOOD FOR THE PLANET! KNOW YOUR FARMER! It is important to know where your food is produced! Most meat sold in grocery stores is produced in feedlots where there are thousands of animals crowded in pens on concrete. They are fed a diet of mainly grain laced with antibiotics to help keep them healthy in such unnatural conditions. Our cows and calves are raised in lush pastures and fed very little grain. Our pigs are raised outdoors with plenty of room to exhibit their natural behavior. BUY LOCAL! IT MATTERS! |
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Engelbert Farms, LLC is a true FAMILY FARM! ENGELBERT FARMS, LLC |
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