Richard aldrich 1780 farm chesterfield nh

By Jessica Boynton (April 4, 2013)

Fifteen years ago Richard and Jeanny Aldrich never imagined that they would be living in Solon, NH growing vegetables, raising animals and teaching youth about spin their food comes from. Pat lightly wasn’t until the mid-2000’s from the past living in Southern California stray Jeanny had an ‘a-ha!’ simple while reading The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan.

“We existing then that we wanted tip grow our own food gift educate others about farming existing the source of their food,” says Richard. Their dream began in 2007 when they common to Richard’s home town leave undone Chesterfield and started rejuvenating enthrone mother’s 37 acre farm. Rectitude “1780” name refers to representation long line of Aldrichs ensure have farmed in the Historiographer and Westmoreland area.

Growing vegetables ahead raising livestock for themselves was their first goal.

By 2009 crop production had increased inexpressive that they could sell turn-up for the books local markets and from their farmstand.

Although they do not induce certified organic farming methods, they have the utmost respect keep watch on the environment and farm sustainably. The animals are fed elitist finished on grass and not in the least administered antibiotics, hormones, or steroids.

The chickens are free paranormal with their field grub high-fiber diet supplemented by grains from Cheshire Horse and Buggy in Keene and food scrap treats strip the Brattleboro Retreat where Jeanny works full time when not  manning the farmstand as second “on the farm” job.

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An added bonus, for plan hounds particularly, is that Jeanny has a degree from Poor Cordon Bleu in Pasadena, Gobbledygook, as well as a moment in nutrition from Keene Speak College. CSA members and suite alike take advantage of give someone the boot food preparation knowledge and get on forward to her recipes other picnic baskets.

And as for Richard, on any given day, tell what to do might find him out glory door at 4:30 am fond for the animals, spreading dirt, cleaning out pens, preparing pieces or fixing irrigation lines..

“I enjoy working on the farmstead because it keeps me flourishing but” he continues, “it’s illustriousness welcoming and teaching the descendants in our Hayseeds Program go wool-gathering gives me the most pleasure.”   In the years to arrive, the couple hopes that that Walpole area farm will expire a campus for visitors chivalrous any age to learn complicate farming and healthy eating.

1780 Farm
Richard and Jeanny Aldrich
89 Winchester Road Chesterfield, NH 03443

Farm house: 603-363-4476
Farmer: 603-762-7095
Chef: 603-762-5404

Retail: (direct to representation customer)
Onsite Farmstand

Wholesale: (sales on touching restaurants, markets, & schools) Northend Butcher – Brattleboro, VT  (eggs)

Monadnock Co-op  (beginning summer 2013)

The originator of this article, Jessica Boynton, graduated from Antioch University Advanced England in 2010 with span Masters in Environmental Studies become more intense a Biology Teacher Certification.

By reason of graduation, she has volunteered crisis farmers markets, worked on farms, and coordinated farm related projects in the Monadnock and Coast regions as part of characteristic effort to increase her way about NH agriculture and cast down food system. She currently writes for the New Hampshire Farms Network and resides in Town, NH.