Knoll Farm News

• This Saturday, May 25, there will be a special local foods event at Knoll Farm to benefit Vermont Beancrafters. We love what Beancrafters is doing to grow the acreage of legumes in VT and get VT beans into schools and restaurants in very creative ways. Truly inspired. Check it out the Great Grape and Bean Pairing Event at www.vermontbeancrafters.com. 
• We have 38 new lambs bouncing around, and while many of them are already pre-sold we have some incredible beauties not spoken for. We are slowly getting them all up on the 2013 Lamb Page. We are still taking deposits on 2013 lambs. Read more details on how our reservation system works.  
• Order your frozen blueberries now to get you through until July! We are still making smoothies, pancakes and crumbles and have plenty of 10 oz packages still for sale at the farm. 

Check out the sheepskin page under Wool Fiber Products for our latest sheepskin rugs!

Knoll Farm is a family farm specializing in organic blueberries and registered Icelandic sheep, deep in Vermont's Green Mountains in the Mad River Valley. Our land and buildings are on the National Register of Historic Places and conserved by the Vermont Land Trust. Knoll Farm is also the base for Center for Whole Communities, a dynamic learning center founded in 2001 by the owners of the farm, Peter Forbes and Helen Whybrow. 

Our farm is on a steep hillside, and is uniquely suited to icelandic sheep farming. We raise purebred Icelandic sheep for breeding stock, grass-fed meat, and wool. 2011 is our tenth year of breeding sheep here at Knoll Farm and we absolutely love the breed, their personalities and unique beauty, and their ability to bring our tired pastures back into lush vigor. Our land, as hilly and rocky as it is, happens to have lots of water and lots of sun. For this reason we also grow eight varieties of highbush blueberries, as well as raspberries, currants, kiwi, and other small fruits that thrive on this site. Our berries are certified organic. 

Our home is rich with stories and relationships. We enjoy sharing the farm with barn swallows and bobolinks, bears and coyotes; with our colleagues and interns, with berry-pickers and schoolchildren; and with amazing people from all over the country who come for workshops, retreats, celebrations and just to say hello. 

We welcome visits during our open hours and are deeply grateful for your interest!
 

Helen bringing the sheep up from the lower pasture. Spring 2011