Stop by the Farm Today to Meet the “Golden Comet” Hens and to Pick up some Farm-Fresh Eggs!
Limited Shares in Moose Hill Farm’s CSA Program Still Available
The Trustees of Reservations (The Trustees) announce they have a new free-range egg business at Moose Hill Farm in Sharon with the arrival of 300 Golden Comet
laying hens. As The Trustees continue to put farmland back to work and make healthy local foods more accessible to communities across the Commonwealth, the Golden Comet hens make sense for this public farm – they are people friendly and lay big eggs.
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The flock enjoys free-range feeding on fresh forage, like bugs and grasses, on the ample farm pastures. The flock also gets their fill of vegetables and minerals from veggie scraps from the Moose Hill Farm Community Supported Agriculture. Their shelter – a mobile chicken coop or chicken tractor – is ideal for moving the hens from field to field.
With 300 hens scratching and feeding, the chickens are doing their fair share of work at the farm. Their foraging helps prep fields and soils for the next season’s crops by reducing reduce weed seed, plant diseases, and “bad bugs”
while supplying nutrient-rich “fertilizer” to the pastures.
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The chickens are part of the bigger farm-picture at Moose Hill Farm as The Trustees also launch a 100-share Community Supported Agriculture program at Moose Hill
Farm (with limited 2013 shares still available) as well as a new farm stand coming this June.
The eggs are available for sale at Moose Hill Farm Monday–Friday, 9AM–5PM, in the big white farmhouse (396 Moose Hill Street, Sharon). Eggs will also be for sale at the Moose Hill farm stand on Thursdays, beginning June 27, from 1:30 – 6:30 pm and on Saturdays, beginning June 29, from 9am – 12 noon at The Trustees’ Bird Park farm stand (Polley Lane, Walpole). The Golden Comets hens are available for visiting daily at Moose Hill Farm, from dawn to dusk.
To learn more about Moose Hill Farm, including the egg operation, the Community Supported Agriculture program and the farm stand, visit www.thetrustees.org/moosehillfarm
or call Farmer Molly at 781.784.0567 x 7035.
About Moose Hill Farm
Starting in the 1930s, Moose Hill Farm was home to a 60-head herd of Guernsey milk cows, prized for their milk’s high fat content. More than 170 acres of this scenic property was dedicated to growing hay and grain for the cattle. The farm remained an active dairy until 1960. Since then, the fields have been home to beef cattle, haying operations, and – most recently – protected habitat for many grassland bird species.
About The Trustees and Farms
The Trustees have long supported protection of prime farmland throughout the Commonwealth. In addition to owning and managing 13 working farms statewide and 40 agricultural properties, The Trustees also operate a 300-member CSA at Powisset Farm in Dover, a 550-member CSA at Appleton Farms in Ipswich and Hamilton, as well as new CSAs at Weir River Farm in Hingham, and Moraine Farm in Beverly. At Long Hill in Beverly, The Trustees lease farmland to the Lincoln-based Food Project, an innovative program that brings urban and suburban youth together to grow produce for local farm stands and hunger relief organizations. The Trustees also provide farmland on the Bradley Estate in Canton to Brookwood Community Farm.
More about The Trustees of Reservations
The Trustees of Reservations is the nation’s oldest statewide land conservation organization founded by open space visionary Charles Eliot in 1891 to “hold in trust” and care for properties of scenic, cultural and natural significance. Supported by members, donors and thousands of volunteers, The Trustees own and manage 109 spectacular “reservations” located throughout Massachusetts for current and future generations to enjoy.
The Trustees work to promote healthy, active, and green communities locally and around the state by providing hundreds of year-round programs, events and
engagement opportunities for all ages. Most property entry fees, programs and events are free-of-charge or discounted for members.
To find out more or to become a member or volunteer, please contact www.thetrustees.org.