
THE STORY
Located in the beautiful and remote Northeast Kingdom, we are a small, diverse permaculture/organic family farm, with a 5 acre apple orchard; 45 milking ewes; 60 lambs; usually a couple of chickens and pigs; and a small apiary. We sell most of our goods at the Capital City Farmers Market in Montpelier, depending on the season we might have:
- certified organic apples, plums and sour cherries
- farmstead sheep cheese
- fresh raw organic apple cider and berry juices
- apple cider vinegar
- grass fed lamb, by the whole, half, or cuts
- wool, yarn, and sheepskin rugs
- honey – no chemicals or antibiotics used on our hives
- animal fat salves made with 100% local ingredients
We are working towards a low input, perennial based agriculture, modeled after nature’s complexity, and where all enterprises are multi-purposed and connected. Interspersed among our fruit trees are plantings of herbs and flowers, which act as pest confusers and homes to wild pollinators and other beneficial insects.
• THE BEES POLLINATE THE APPLES • THE APPLES FEED THE SHEEP • THE SHEEP FERTILIZE AND MOW THE ORCHARD •
LOCATION
Cate Hill Orchard
Josh Karp and Maria Schumann
697 Shadow Lake Road, Craftsbury Common, Vermont 05827
802-586-2059
info@catehillorchard.com
Open to the public seasonally.
Cheese available for purchase on site.
Please Call Ahead.