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Fresh From Knoll Farm
  • Our 2012 Ewe Lambs are sold out, but there is still time to reserve a ram for breeding - it was a banner ram year for us.      
  • Treat yourself, or buy a gift for a loved one: we now have many beautiful Icelandic Sheepskins for sale. 
  • May 24: Sheep Raising Workshop and June 1: Grazing School Day are coming up at Knoll Farm. Read More.
  • Need a Llama?  Our guard Habibi, a 6-year-old gelded male with beautiful black fleece, is looking for a new home. Email us for details. 
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  • Grazing season is here in full force! There is nothing more satisfying than moving the sheep into a new paddock - they get so excited! See video on right. We are moving them every 2 days right now and will cover about 30 acres by fall. Along the way they are making the pastures more fertile and growing fast on the sun and rain trapped by the grass. Come to our Grazing School on June 1 to learn more!
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Neo (left) and Habibi stand guard at the top of the Knoll. But we have too many llamas! They are for sale this spring.

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