We’re here to make it easy to eat local food
People are busy these days. Many of our customers are families in which both parents work outside the home. That’s how it is in our family too, so we know how hard it is to find time to even eat together. We think family meals are important, so we started our farm with the goal of providing ready-to-eat meals delivered to our subscribers.
Every week during our season we harvest what’s in peak season on the farm and cook hearty, full-flavored meals that put the focus on high-quality ingredients. We only serve one meal each week, so we put hours of effort into building big flavor. Fresh ingredients really make a difference: Usually vegetables are cooked the day after they are picked; sometimes even the same day. This short supply chain preserves flavor and nutrition.
We supplement our vegetables with high-quality oils and spices (generally from Penzey’s) and try to use as many local products as we can.
The Farm
9 Miles East Farm LLC is in the town of Northumberland, NY. We’re (unsurprisingly) 9 miles east of Saratoga Springs, and serve the Saratoga/Wilton/Clifton Park area.
The farm is a gently rolling 11 1/2 acres of clay loam soil. We’ve been here for five years now, and our goal is to continue to improve the soil every year. So we keep more than half of our land in cover crops every season, plowing down the clover, rye, buckwheat, and other crops to build organic matter and biological activity in the soil. We also use cover crops between rows to host beneficial insects and protect the soil.