Our guests take time for rejuvenation in a historically rich and tranquil setting, a renovated farmhouse overlooking Lake Champlain. In the spring and summer we continue to make improvements to the grounds - including expanding and caring for flower, vegetable, and fruit gardens, clearing and maintaining 100 acres of fields, hay meadows, and pastures, and creating trails through the woods. We're always chiseling away at the daunting work of rehabilitating or salvaging the farm's long-neglected historic structures.

Our guests can take pride in supporting a family dedicated to green living, and sustainable entrepreneurship and land management….

WE REDUCE
We reduce our packaging waste because we serve our own produce wherever possible. We'll produce our own breakfast meats, fruits, and vegetables as our garden, orchard, and facilities are developed.
We reduce food packaging waste by cooking EVERYTHING from scratch.
We reduce your exposure to pesticides, herbicides, and plastic residues by serving local, organic, non-gmo, and homegrown foods.
We reduce our carbon footprint by being “night sky friendly”, using energy efficient lighting and appliances, and conserving electricity by turning lights and appliances off when not in use.
We reduce our carbon footprint by serving more local and homegrown ingredients which require less fuel to grow, process, and transport.
We are transitioning the house over to low-flow water fixtures and toilets to reduce water consumption and energy used in pumping and heating water.
We reduce our carbon footprint by providing our guests with fresh, natural, mountain air-dryed linens, towels, and bedding.
We are transitioning the house and outbuildings to rainwater collection to reduce electric water pumping, protect the lake from excessive run-off, and to protect the local water table.
We refuse single-use items, especially plastic shopping bags.
We plan to utilize high efficiency wood stoves to burn dead timber from the farm and reduce our reliance on fossil fuels.
We plan to use compost heat reclamation to maintain above freezing conditions in our farm’s water supplies, tack, and utility rooms.
We plan to transition to on-site, sustainable electricity.
We reduce waste and commercial feed use by giving edible food waste to our grass-fed, free-range laying hens.
We reduce waste by composting garden waste and inedible food waste (fruit peels, coffee grounds, etc).

WE REUSE
We use high-quality, durable and/or antique furnishings, cookware, dinnerware, and linens rather than disposable service items.
We produce much of our own food and store it in reusable glass containers.
We always use our reusable shopping bags.
Please bring your reusable coffee mugs if you want coffee to go!

WE RECYCLE, WE BUY RECYCLED
We recycle and favor purchased items in reusable and recyclable containers.
We use recycled paper stationary.

WE ARE HERBICIDE AND COMMERCIAL FERTILIZER FREE.
We use organic fertilizers (animal waste, compost, charcoal, and wood ash) to build the farm’s biomass, fertility, and water-retention.

WE SOURCE SUSTAINABLE SUPPLIES FROM ETHICAL COMPANIES
We use forest friendly, plastic-free paper products - recycled paper toilet paper and bamboo tissue that comes free of plastic packaging from Who Gives a Crap - a company that uses 50% of its proceeds to develop sanitary waste facilities in developing countries.
We serve fair-trade, organic coffee.
We refuse products tested on animals.

WE LOVE ANIMALS
We offer cruelty-free toiletries.
We use cruelty-free soaps and cleaning products.
Our animals enjoy a life free of cruelty, over-crowding, confinement, and fear.
Our dairy calves are weaned gradually and never isolated from their mothers.
Our hens are free-range and allowed to raise their chicks if they “go broody”.
Our horses are trained with kindness and never over-worked.
Our meat animals are grass-fed and live for two full years - or until they become too aggressive and harmful to the female members of their herd/flock.

WE PROTECT LAKE CHAMPLAIN
We do not use pesticides, herbicides, or chemical fertilizers.
We use biodegradable soaps and cleaning products.
We practice sustainable grazing and manure management to minimize agricultural runoff.
We will be collecting rainwater to control erosion.
We are working to minimize micro-plastic pollution through the use of cotton bedding, linens, towels, and throw rugs.