Discover the Secrets to Lush, Fertile Soil AND How To Grow Organic Strawberries
May
17
4:00 PM16:00

Discover the Secrets to Lush, Fertile Soil AND How To Grow Organic Strawberries

Join us at Hartshorn Organic Farm on Friday, May 17th at 4pm for an exciting workshop on healthy soil management and organic strawberry growing- two topics in one workshop. Even if you’re not growing strawberries this 90-minute on-farm workshop will provide valuable information on building and maintaining healthy soil, a crucial component for successful organic growing.

During the workshop, you will learn about soil composition, structure, and fertility, as well as the role of beneficial microorganisms in maintaining excellent soil health. Additionally, you will receive specific tips on organic strawberry production, including variety selection, site preparation, planting, irrigation, pest and disease management, and harvesting. Even if you're not planning to grow strawberries, the workshop will offer valuable insight for all types of organic gardening.

Hands-on demonstrations will allow you to observe activities such as soil testing, composting, mulching, and planting. You will also learn about organic pest control methods and techniques for promoting pollination. Throughout the workshop, there will be time set aside for questions and discussion.

Overall, this workshop will equip you with a comprehensive and practical guide to organic strawberry growing and soil management, empowering you to apply the principles and techniques to your own gardening endeavors. Don't miss out on this unique opportunity with Dave and Amy to learn and connect with fellow gardeners! Only $20 per person.

If you're interested you can message us here

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How to Thrive, Renew & Recharge After a Brain Tumor
Sep
15
to Sep 18

How to Thrive, Renew & Recharge After a Brain Tumor

3 days/3 Nights this September at our organic farm in Vermont
September 15-18th, 2024

The all-inclusive price is 1800/person.
Includes the full retreat, food & lodging for the 3 nights/3 days.
(Does not include transportation to and from the retreat)

Brain tumor survivors often face a myriad of unique challenges that require tailored support and understanding.

Can you relate to any of this?

You feel more vulnerable.
Do you think twice about getting up on a horse, going skiing, or other activities that you used to enjoy for fear of falling and hitting your head?

There are side effects—even years afterwards.
Are you still exhausted? Do you have to take pharmaceuticals in order to get through the day? Do you have other health issues now as a result of this experience?

It’s hard to reconcile or understand why this happened to you—and maybe even harder for your family to truly relate.
Maybe you lived a really healthy life before the diagnosis, and you’re left wondering why this happened?

Maybe you’re also feeling like anything could happen going forward without notice no matter how healthy your lifestyle…like you have no control over your body.

You Tend to Feel More Alone…
As much as family and friends try, it’s hard for them to truly relate to what you’ve been through and may still be going through.

From physical symptoms to emotional struggles, your journey can be one of resilience, strength, and an unwavering spirit.

This retreat is designed specifically to support you and help you move forward into thriving, not just surviving. 

  • Connect and share stories with fellow brain tumor survivors.

  • Learn about alternative health options and tools, including food, that could help you return to a better quality of “new normal.”

  • Participate in a very unique, empowering and healing experience with horses (working from the ground with an experienced horse professional and gentle horses.)

  • Immerse yourself in a transformative experience on a beautiful organic farm in Vermont that nourishes your mind, body and soul.

  • Get your hands in the soil, learn a bit about healthy food growing, and taste the difference in food right off the vine.

    Join us in the popular, beautiful and peaceful travel destination of Waitsfield, Vermont, for an intimate retreat limited to only 8 people, or a few more

Our retreat offers a unique opportunity to connect with like-minded souls, immerse yourself in nature, and participate in life-changing experiences.

Our 40-acre working organic vegetable and fruit farm is the perfect setting for your retreat, where you'll indulge in healthy, organic farm-fresh meals prepared by a private chef, learn about organic food and medicinal herbs, and take part in life coaching experiences with horses, energy clearing, vision boards, swimming in the river, bonfires, and more.

Our previous guests have described their experience as life-changing, and we believe that you will feel the same.

Take a break from your daily routine, relax, learn, share, receive, recharge and find newfound clarity on your path towards creating a healthier happier you.

Book your spot today and prepare yourself for an unforgettable experience!

All-Inclusive Personal Growth, Wellness & Healing
Retreat for 8 people

September 15-18th, 2024

3 nights/3 days
Sunday at 4 pm to Wednesday at 1 pm

The retreat is based at Hartshorn Organic Farm pictured below.

(We can offer a camping option if that is desired for a discounted price.)

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Bountiful Blueberries: A Workshop on Growing Your Own
Apr
9
4:30 PM16:30

Bountiful Blueberries: A Workshop on Growing Your Own

Bountiful Organic Blueberries: A Workshop on Growing Your Own

Dave and I are excited to invite you to an upcoming workshop on growing healthy organic blueberry bushes at Hartshorn Farm in Waitsfield, VT.

This informative and hands-on workshop will provide valuable insight into cultivating and maintaining your own blueberry bushes.
During the workshop, you will learn:

- Choosing the right blueberry bush varieties for our climate and your soil
- Preparing the planting site and soil
- Pruning and maintenance techniques for healthy blueberry bushes
- Organic pest and disease management strategies
- Harvesting and enjoying the delicious fruits of your labor

Whether you are a seasoned gardener or new to growing blueberries, this workshop is a great opportunity to learn from experienced growers and connect with fellow gardening enthusiasts.

The cost is $20 per person

Please email me, Amy, at atnontox@gmail.com to confirm that you would like to attend

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Aug
12
to Aug 16

WOMEN'S THREE DAY "BUILD YOUR BEST LIFE RETREAT" (Copy)

  • Hartshorn Organic Farm (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Ready to Build your Best Life?

Build Your Best Life Retreat for Women

For many of us, the experience of living through the pandemic has left us looking at our lives differently. Things that we may have been tolerating before no longer seem desirable or acceptable.

In some ways, COVID has given many of us permission to look at our lives differently and ask for more. Success comes to those who clarify, plan, and take action. Be strategic about how you want your life to look going forward. This retreat can assist in that process.

Two dates: July 21-July 25, and August 12-16 (arrive by 4pm on the first day, leave by 10 am on the last day).

Maybe:

  • You are no longer satisfied with your job, where you live, or your primary relationships the way they are.

  • You’ve added some “pandemic pounds” and want to eat healthier.

  • You’ve heard of the mind gut connection and want to explore that further. You want to build your immune system in order to stay more resilient no matter what comes next.

  • You are exhausted physically and emotionally, as life, as well as fear of the unknown and uncertainty, can take its toll.

  • You want to bring some manifestations to life, but aren’t sure of your next steps.

Transform your life into what you really want. Now is the time. Get clear, remove unwanted beliefs, feel connected, set goals, take action, get inspired, and refreshed.

  • Re-connect with yourself and share with other like-minded women in a beautiful safe space. Spend three days on our organic farm in the mountains of Vermont. The landscape is breathtaking, the pace of life is slower, it feels much cleaner and healthier, and feeds the soul. Sit around the campfire and see the stars at night, listen to the frogs croak, and actually see lightning bugs.

  • Restore. Remove stress and nourish your body, mind and spirit by spending time connecting with the earth on our working organic farm. Learn about how healthy food is grown. There’s a bacteria in soil that triggers a serotonin response once it interacts with our own personal microbiomes. Serotonin is the feel good molecule that many depression medications try and mimic. Walk barefoot on the soil, put your hands in to the nutrient rich soil and plant something.

  • Eat healthy and fresh. There’s nothing like plucking a pea off the vine, and tasting two varieties of fresh kale. Digging a carrot can be almost magical. Learn about the weeds beneath your feet and what they can help with. Pop a sweet cherry tomato in your mouth, pick some blueberries, and put your hands and feet into the warm soil and plant something. Harvest some veggies for our lunch time salad. Horticulture therapy is

  • Daily mindfulness practices and some meditation will help you tune into your soul, where all of your answers and inspiration live. These are tools you can take home and use.

  • Reflect on where you are, and increase your self awareness about what you really want in your life with cutting edge tools and practices, including a unique experience with horses. Horses are like mirrors. They also read our body language, can sense a rise and fall in blood pressure, and can help us to see how we show up in the world more clearly.

  • Re-Create your future with experiential tools, including guided practices for transformation that help uncover your next best steps.

  • Fun and play-Time to do things you enjoy such as: hiking, swimming, campfires, playing music, reading, arts & crafts, and writing/journaling.

This will be an intimate group of only 6 women.

We have a large indoor space for sleeping, but also have a tent available for those that may feel more comfortable sleeping outdoors. This is all inclusive with lodging, the program, and 3 farm fresh meals per day, as well as dinner the day you arrive and breakfast before you leave. The fee is $990. We ask that you do not attend if you have any symptoms of illness, and will do our utmost to keep things COVID safe as far as cleanliness et al.

If this feels like it’s a fit for you, Go to my coaching and retreat website for an application and more information. https://catalystforchangecoach.com/3dayretreats

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Jul
31
9:00 AM09:00

Vermont Farm Immersion Program at Hartshorn Farm

The Short Version:

The Vermont Farm Immersion Program, Inc. is a 501c3 educational nonprofit organization registered in the state of Vermont whose mission is to inspire, guide, and educate the next generation of farmers and food business entrepreneurs, as well as empower individuals to grow food at home sustainably and with climate change in mind.

We are offering one (maybe 2) 6 day, 5 night experiential learning summer farm immersion program(s).

We’re attracting people who are:

Passionate about learning how to grow food sustainably and/or start a farm, and/or create a food business of some kind.

Are you in an agriculture program or looking for a career transition?

Have always wanted a business in agriculture?


Looking to go “back to the land” and connect more deeply with nature and growing food?

Perhaps you are a busy entrepreneur who lives in a city or suburb and is looking for a reset—valuable time spent on working farms, connecting with the land, the plants, the animals, with others, and learning about the how’s and why’s of healthy food growing, preparing, shopping and eating.

This one-of-a-kind, hands on, 6 day residential and experiential program intensively explores all aspects of growing certified organic vegetables, fruits, and medicinal herbs as well as year round, climate protected, sustainable hydroponic (grown in water) greens, farm animal care, beekeeping, operating a farm stand and maple sugar house, agritourism events, pick your own, wholesale produce accounts, CSA's, creating farm camps for kids, food & farm tours, and an introduction to a large variety of local food businesses.  Amy is also a certified life, health and business coach and will help participants create a vision for what they want to do after the program.

The fee includes the full program, including field trips, 3 organic meals per day, and housing (which may be tents/outdoor structures) depending upon COVID. A slight discount will be offered if you are staying elsewhere.) Ready to apply? Go here. Please print out the form, fill it in, and send it back to us at: 216 Quarry Road, Waitsfield, VT 05673.

Here’s a list of the topics we may be covering, in no particular order:

  • Organic Agriculture basics

  • Hydroponic growing basics

  • Starting a food business

  • Organic Field Planning and Research

  • Soil Testing & Structure

  • Seed choices and soil amendments

  • Field Prep

  • Seeding and transplanting

  • Organic fruit

  • Organic flowers

  • Organic veggies

  • Heavy equipment

  • Cold frames, greenhouses, and season extension

  • Weather, crop protection from diseases, predators, etc.

  • Farm life cycles

  • Marketing

  • Display and merchandising

  • Farmer's Market and CSA's

  • Wholesale accounts

  • Events and agritourism

  • Pick your own

  • Culinary-cooking, baking and juicing

  • Diet choices: vegan, vegetarian, paleo, conventional (standard American Diet)

  • Farm to table

    Possible Field Trips:

  1. Bees and apple orchards

  2. Cheese making (goats and cows)

  3. Hemp production

  4. Grapes and wine

  5. Hops and beer making

  6. Hard cider and apples

  7. Chickens and eggs

  8. Making chocolate

  9. Medicinal & culinary herbs

  10. Medicinal & culinary mushrooms

  11. Horses and Livestock (on our own farm and others)

Recreation:

Swimming in the river
Hiking
Food & Ag documentaries
Yoga class
Other

The date is:

July 25-31st, 2021.
We received some generous grant money for our scholarship fund to help ag-passionate people who may need some financial assistance in paying for the program. Also, if you are an income qualifying Vermonter, you can also apply for a VSAC grant.

The all inclusive fee is $1500 (if you stay elsewhere and commute we can take off $200.)

Interested? Here’s the application.

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Jul
21
to Jul 25

WOMEN'S THREE DAY "BUILD YOUR BEST LIFE RETREAT"

  • Hartshorn Organic Farm (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Ready to Build your Best Life?

Build Your Best Life Retreat for Women

For many of us, the experience of living through the pandemic has left us looking at our lives differently. Things that we may have been tolerating before no longer seem desirable or acceptable.

In some ways, COVID has given many of us permission to look at our lives differently and ask for more. Success comes to those who clarify, plan, and take action. Be strategic about how you want your life to look going forward. This retreat can assist in that process.

Two dates: July 21-July 25, and August 12-16 (arrive by 4pm on the first day, leave by 10 am on the last day).

Maybe:

  • You are no longer satisfied with your job, where you live, or your primary relationships the way they are.

  • You’ve added some “pandemic pounds” and want to eat healthier.

  • You’ve heard of the mind gut connection and want to explore that further. You want to build your immune system in order to stay more resilient no matter what comes next.

  • You are exhausted physically and emotionally, as life, as well as fear of the unknown and uncertainty, can take its toll.

  • You want to bring some manifestations to life, but aren’t sure of your next steps.

Transform your life into what you really want. Now is the time. Get clear, remove unwanted beliefs, feel connected, set goals, take action, get inspired, and refreshed.

  • Re-connect with yourself and share with other like-minded women in a beautiful safe space. Spend three days on our organic farm in the mountains of Vermont. The landscape is breathtaking, the pace of life is slower, it feels much cleaner and healthier, and feeds the soul. Sit around the campfire and see the stars at night, listen to the frogs croak, and actually see lightning bugs.

  • Restore. Remove stress and nourish your body, mind and spirit by spending time connecting with the earth on our working organic farm. Learn about how healthy food is grown. There’s a bacteria in soil that triggers a serotonin response once it interacts with our own personal microbiomes. Serotonin is the feel good molecule that many depression medications try and mimic. Walk barefoot on the soil, put your hands in to the nutrient rich soil and plant something.

  • Eat healthy and fresh. There’s nothing like plucking a pea off the vine, and tasting two varieties of fresh kale. Digging a carrot can be almost magical. Learn about the weeds beneath your feet and what they can help with. Pop a sweet cherry tomato in your mouth, pick some blueberries, and put your hands and feet into the warm soil and plant something. Harvest some veggies for our lunch time salad. Horticulture therapy is

  • Daily mindfulness practices and some meditation will help you tune into your soul, where all of your answers and inspiration live. These are tools you can take home and use.

  • Reflect on where you are, and increase your self awareness about what you really want in your life with cutting edge tools and practices, including a unique experience with horses. Horses are like mirrors. They also read our body language, can sense a rise and fall in blood pressure, and can help us to see how we show up in the world more clearly.

  • Re-Create your future with experiential tools, including guided practices for transformation that help uncover your next best steps.

  • Fun and play-Time to do things you enjoy such as: hiking, swimming, campfires, playing music, reading, arts & crafts, and writing/journaling.

This will be an intimate group of only 6 women.

We have a large indoor space for sleeping, but also have a tent available for those that may feel more comfortable sleeping outdoors. This is all inclusive with lodging, the program, and 3 farm fresh meals per day, as well as dinner the day you arrive and breakfast before you leave. The fee is $990. We ask that you do not attend if you have any symptoms of illness, and will do our utmost to keep things COVID safe as far as cleanliness et al.

If this feels like it’s a fit for you, Go to my coaching and retreat website for an application and more information. https://catalystforchangecoach.com/3dayretreats

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Jul
7
10:30 AM10:30

PRIVATE Organic, Hydroponic, and Maple Tour with Farm Lunch

You'll be guided by Amy Todisco, Nationally Recognized Green Living Expert, Health/Life Coach, Co-Creator and Marketing Director at Hartshorn Farm. 

Certified Organic Farm. Pluck a pea off the vine as you learn about organic agriculture and the history of Hartshorn Farm, where your tour guide, Amy, lives. Taste some fresh kale and chard. Dig a carrot. Find out what some of the weeds beneath your feet can help with.  Pop a sweet cherry tomato into your mouth. Pick some blueberries. Put your hands in the warm soil and plant something. Harvest some veggies for your lunch time salad in the farmstand. We will enjoy a home made mostly organic and hydroponic greens filled vegetarian lunch. 

Maple Sugar House. Amy’s organic farmer life partner, Dave, is also a fifth generation sugarmaker. Check out the maple sugarhouse. Find out how maple syrup was discovered and how the Hartshorn Family has evolved their sugarmaking process over the years. Taste a sample. We will be demonstrating how to make maple candy and cream off and on throughout the summer season. Let me know ahead of time if this is of interest.

“It was such an amazing experience…Amy is so knowledgeable and her location is so breathtaking in the Mad River Valley!”-Lisa Schermerhorn

Hydroponic Growing. I will be telling the story of the past 8 year’s experience with hydroponic growing and how it’s the farming of the future. We will have a small demo inside the organic farm to showcase this wonderful technology. (Dave is selling his shares in Green Mountain Harvest, so we won’t be going inside that business but have a video that showcases what it looks like inside.)

Healing Garden. You too can create your own beautiful and productive veggie, herb and flower garden. Check out Amy’s healing garden for inspiration. See which medicinal and culinary herbs are growing among the veggies and flowers and what they can do for you. Discover what else might also be growing in your yard that you can use to heal.

Visit our Horses. You’ll also have an opportunity to feed Amy’s horses, Koko and Amigo, some carrots and learn a little about horses.

Each tour is customized to meet the needs and interests of the group that shows up, which means each tour/workshop will be slightly different. While the tours are designed for teens and adults, we are kid friendly. We create activities that cater to your child's age. (Amy ran a kid's farm camp for 3 summers too.)

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Jun
12
10:30 AM10:30

PRIVATE Organic, Hydroponic, and Maple Tour with Farm Lunch

You'll be guided by Amy Todisco, Nationally Recognized Green Living Expert, Health/Life Coach, Co-Creator and Marketing Director at Hartshorn Farm. 

Certified Organic Farm. Pluck a pea off the vine as you learn about organic agriculture and the history of Hartshorn Farm, where your tour guide, Amy, lives. Taste some fresh kale and chard. Dig a carrot. Find out what some of the weeds beneath your feet can help with.  Pop a sweet cherry tomato into your mouth. Pick some blueberries. Put your hands in the warm soil and plant something. Harvest some veggies for your lunch time salad in the farmstand. We will enjoy a home made mostly organic and hydroponic greens filled vegetarian lunch. 

Maple Sugar House. Amy’s organic farmer life partner, Dave, is also a fifth generation sugarmaker. Check out the maple sugarhouse. Find out how maple syrup was discovered and how the Hartshorn Family has evolved their sugarmaking process over the years. Taste a sample. We will be demonstrating how to make maple candy and cream off and on throughout the summer season. Let me know ahead of time if this is of interest.

“It was such an amazing experience…Amy is so knowledgeable and her location is so breathtaking in the Mad River Valley!”-Lisa Schermerhorn

Hydroponic Growing. I will be telling the story of the past 8 year’s experience with hydroponic growing and how it’s the farming of the future. We will have a small demo inside the organic farm to showcase this wonderful technology. (Dave is selling his shares in Green Mountain Harvest, so we won’t be going inside that business but have a video that showcases what it looks like inside.)

Healing Garden. You too can create your own beautiful and productive veggie, herb and flower garden. Check out Amy’s healing garden for inspiration. See which medicinal and culinary herbs are growing among the veggies and flowers and what they can do for you. Discover what else might also be growing in your yard that you can use to heal.

Visit our Horses. You’ll also have an opportunity to feed Amy’s horses, Koko and Amigo, some carrots and learn a little about horses.

Each tour is customized to meet the needs and interests of the group that shows up, which means each tour/workshop will be slightly different. While the tours are designed for teens and adults, we are kid friendly. We create activities that cater to your child's age. (Amy ran a kid's farm camp for 3 summers too.)

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Fourth Annual Maple Festival at Hartshorn Farm- Cancelled.
Apr
4
11:00 AM11:00

Fourth Annual Maple Festival at Hartshorn Farm- Cancelled.

Celebrate one of Vermont’s superfoods-MAPLE!

Take a tour of our authentic working sugarhouse and watch Dave (5th generation Hartshorn maple sugarmaker) and his dad, Paul, and other family members, boil sap and create their award winning maple syrup. Samples will be available, WARM, right out of the maple syrup canner.

Maple themed snacks: creamees, cotton candy, milkshakes, maple drizzled flatbread pizza from our pizza oven, maple cream, maple candy, maple sugar, maple sweetened baked goods and drinks.

Live music. Visit with our horses, Koko and Amigo.

Family friendly, free admission and free parking.

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Jul
20
10:00 AM10:00

Organic, hydroponic, backyard garden, maple tour

Vermont food and farm tours

This tour is sold out!

You'll be guided by Amy Todisco, Nationally Recognized Green Living Expert, Health/Life Coach, and Marketing Director at Hartshorn Farm. 

Certified Organic Farm. Pluck a pea off the vine as you learn about organic agriculture and the history of Hartshorn Farm, where your tour guide, Amy, lives. Taste some fresh kale and chard. Dig a carrot. Find out what some of the weeds beneath your feet can help with.  Pop a sweet cherry tomato into your mouth. Pick some blueberries. Put your hands in the warm soil and plant something. Harvest some veggies for your lunch time salad in the farmstand. We will enjoy a home made mostly organic and hydroponic greens filled vegetarian lunch. (The activities vary depending upon the time in the season)

BOOK TOUR NOW

 

Maple Sugar House. Amy’s organic farmer life partner, Dave, is also a fifth generation sugarmaker. Check out the maple sugarhouse. Find out how maple syrup was discovered. Taste a sample.

“It’s worth every penny and you’ll have a memory that you’ll take home with you for the rest of your life!”

— T from Richmond, VA

Hydroponic Growing. Visit the cutting edge, Green Mountain Harvest Hydroponic greenhouse where sustainability meets delicious year round in Vermont. Their motto is “Going green growing greens.” Find out how they do this. Taste tender delicious basil, watercress and lettuce greens. 

Backyard Garden. Looking to create your own beautiful and productive veggie, herb and flower garden? Check out Amy’s backyard circular garden for inspiration. See which medicinal herbs are growing among the veggies and flowers and what they can do for you. Find the wild stinging nettle growing nearby and learn why it’s such a superfood. Discover what else might also be growing in your yard that you can use to heal.

Visit our Horses. You’ll also have an opportunity to feed Amy’s horses, Koko and Amigo, some carrots and learn a little about horses.

Each tour is customized to meet the needs and interests of the group that shows up, which means each tour/workshop will be slightly different. While the tours are designed for teens and adults, we are kid friendly. We create activities that cater to your child's age. (Amy runs a kid's farm camp in the summer too.)

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Jul
11
1:00 PM13:00

Organic, hydroponic, backyard garden, maple tour

Vermont food and farm tours

This tour is sold out!

You'll be guided by Amy Todisco, Nationally Recognized Green Living Expert, Health/Life Coach, and Marketing Director at Hartshorn Farm. 

Certified Organic Farm. Pluck a pea off the vine as you learn about organic agriculture and the history of Hartshorn Farm, where your tour guide, Amy, lives. Taste some fresh kale and chard. Dig a carrot. Find out what some of the weeds beneath your feet can help with.  Pop a sweet cherry tomato into your mouth. Pick some blueberries. Put your hands in the warm soil and plant something. Harvest some veggies for your lunch time salad in the farmstand. We will enjoy a home made mostly organic and hydroponic greens filled vegetarian lunch. (The activities vary depending upon the time in the season)

BOOK TOUR NOW

 

Maple Sugar House. Amy’s organic farmer life partner, Dave, is also a fifth generation sugarmaker. Check out the maple sugarhouse. Find out how maple syrup was discovered. Taste a sample.

“It’s worth every penny and you’ll have a memory that you’ll take home with you for the rest of your life!”

— T from Richmond, VA

Hydroponic Growing. Visit the cutting edge, Green Mountain Harvest Hydroponic greenhouse where sustainability meets delicious year round in Vermont. Their motto is “Going green growing greens.” Find out how they do this. Taste tender delicious basil, watercress and lettuce greens. 

Backyard Garden. Looking to create your own beautiful and productive veggie, herb and flower garden? Check out Amy’s backyard circular garden for inspiration. See which medicinal herbs are growing among the veggies and flowers and what they can do for you. Find the wild stinging nettle growing nearby and learn why it’s such a superfood. Discover what else might also be growing in your yard that you can use to heal.

Visit our Horses. You’ll also have an opportunity to feed Amy’s horses, Koko and Amigo, some carrots and learn a little about horses.

Each tour is customized to meet the needs and interests of the group that shows up, which means each tour/workshop will be slightly different. While the tours are designed for teens and adults, we are kid friendly. We create activities that cater to your child's age. (Amy runs a kid's farm camp in the summer too.)

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Jul
6
10:00 AM10:00

Organic, hydroponic, backyard garden, maple tour

Vermont food and farm tours

You'll be guided by Amy Todisco, Nationally Recognized Green Living Expert, Health/Life Coach, and Marketing Director at Hartshorn Farm. 

Certified Organic Farm. Pluck a pea off the vine as you learn about organic agriculture and the history of Hartshorn Farm, where your tour guide, Amy, lives. Taste some fresh kale and chard. Dig a carrot. Find out what some of the weeds beneath your feet can help with.  Pop a sweet cherry tomato into your mouth. Pick some blueberries. Put your hands in the warm soil and plant something. Harvest some veggies for your lunch time salad in the farmstand. We will enjoy a home made mostly organic and hydroponic greens filled vegetarian lunch. (The activities vary depending upon the time in the season)

BOOK TOUR NOW

 

Maple Sugar House. Amy’s organic farmer life partner, Dave, is also a fifth generation sugarmaker. Check out the maple sugarhouse. Find out how maple syrup was discovered. Taste a sample.

“It’s worth every penny and you’ll have a memory that you’ll take home with you for the rest of your life!”

— T from Richmond, VA

Hydroponic Growing. Visit the cutting edge, Green Mountain Harvest Hydroponic greenhouse where sustainability meets delicious year round in Vermont. Their motto is “Going green growing greens.” Find out how they do this. Taste tender delicious basil, watercress and lettuce greens. 

Backyard Garden. Looking to create your own beautiful and productive veggie, herb and flower garden? Check out Amy’s backyard circular garden for inspiration. See which medicinal herbs are growing among the veggies and flowers and what they can do for you. Find the wild stinging nettle growing nearby and learn why it’s such a superfood. Discover what else might also be growing in your yard that you can use to heal.

Visit our Horses. You’ll also have an opportunity to feed Amy’s horses, Koko and Amigo, some carrots and learn a little about horses.

Each tour is customized to meet the needs and interests of the group that shows up, which means each tour/workshop will be slightly different. While the tours are designed for teens and adults, we are kid friendly. We create activities that cater to your child's age. (Amy runs a kid's farm camp in the summer too.)

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Jul
5
10:00 AM10:00

Organic, hydroponic, backyard garden, maple tour

Vermont food and farm tours

You'll be guided by Amy Todisco, Nationally Recognized Green Living Expert, Health/Life Coach, and Marketing Director at Hartshorn Farm. 

Certified Organic Farm. Pluck a pea off the vine as you learn about organic agriculture and the history of Hartshorn Farm, where your tour guide, Amy, lives. Taste some fresh kale and chard. Dig a carrot. Find out what some of the weeds beneath your feet can help with.  Pop a sweet cherry tomato into your mouth. Pick some blueberries. Put your hands in the warm soil and plant something. Harvest some veggies for your lunch time salad in the farmstand. We will enjoy a home made mostly organic and hydroponic greens filled vegetarian lunch. (The activities vary depending upon the time in the season)

BOOK TOUR NOW

 

Maple Sugar House. Amy’s organic farmer life partner, Dave, is also a fifth generation sugarmaker. Check out the maple sugarhouse. Find out how maple syrup was discovered. Taste a sample.

“It’s worth every penny and you’ll have a memory that you’ll take home with you for the rest of your life!”

— T from Richmond, VA

Hydroponic Growing. Visit the cutting edge, Green Mountain Harvest Hydroponic greenhouse where sustainability meets delicious year round in Vermont. Their motto is “Going green growing greens.” Find out how they do this. Taste tender delicious basil, watercress and lettuce greens. 

Backyard Garden. Looking to create your own beautiful and productive veggie, herb and flower garden? Check out Amy’s backyard circular garden for inspiration. See which medicinal herbs are growing among the veggies and flowers and what they can do for you. Find the wild stinging nettle growing nearby and learn why it’s such a superfood. Discover what else might also be growing in your yard that you can use to heal.

Visit our Horses. You’ll also have an opportunity to feed Amy’s horses, Koko and Amigo, some carrots and learn a little about horses.

Each tour is customized to meet the needs and interests of the group that shows up, which means each tour/workshop will be slightly different. While the tours are designed for teens and adults, we are kid friendly. We create activities that cater to your child's age. (Amy runs a kid's farm camp in the summer too.)

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Jun
29
11:00 AM11:00

Annual Mad River Valley Strawberry Festival

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Come and pick our delicious certified organic strawberries while supplies last between 11 and 4.

Enjoy:

  • Pick your own certified organic strawberries (while supplies last)

  • a strawberry creamee and milkshake made with our organic strawberries,

  • farm fresh flatbread pizza out of our pizza oven,

  • hydroponic and organic salad with Amy’s maple balsamic vinaigrette dressing,

  • music,

  • a ride on the cow train

  • some fresh veggies and strawberries to purchase

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Apr
6
11:00 AM11:00

Annual Maple Festival at Hartshorn Farm

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Your senses will be delighted as you watch, smell, taste, and hear how sap is boiled into syrup.

Learn how 5th generation maple sugar maker, Dave Hartshorn, has been working with his parents since he was a young boy to make the tasty, natural, nutrient rich, liquid we call maple syrup. Ask Dave how maple syrup was discovered, it's a cool story.

Maple goodies will also be available: maple cotton candy, maple creemes, maple milkshakes, maple candy and creme, maple on ice cream, and a baked good with maple syrup in it. Enjoy fresh out of our flatbread oven pizza.

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Organic Farm/Hydroponic Greenhouse/Backyard Garden Tour
Aug
7
9:00 AM09:00

Organic Farm/Hydroponic Greenhouse/Backyard Garden Tour

We are participating in the Mad River Taste Week and offering this tour on Tuesday, August 7th from 9-11:30am (includes and early lunch.) Reservations are required.

You'll be guided by Amy Todisco, Nationally Recognized Green Living Expert, Health/Life Coach, and Marketing Director at Hartshorn Farm. 

Certified Organic Farm. Pluck a pea off the vine as you learn about organic agriculture and the history of Hartshorn Farm, where your tour guide, Amy, lives. Taste some fresh kale and chard. Dig a carrot. Find out what some of the weeds beneath your feet can help with.  Pop a sweet cherry tomato into your mouth. Pick some blueberries. Put your hands in the warm soil and plant something. Harvest some veggies for your lunch time salad in the farmstand. We will enjoy a home made mostly organic and hydroponic greens filled vegetarian lunch. 

 

Maple Sugar House. Amy’s organic farmer life partner, Dave, is also a fifth generation sugarmaker. Check out the maple sugarhouse. Find out how maple syrup was discovered. Taste a sample.

“It was such an amazing experience…Amy is so knowledgeable and her location is so breathtaking in the Mad River Valley!”-Lisa Schermerhorn

Hydroponic GrowingVisit the cutting edge, Green Mountain Harvest Hydroponic greenhouse where sustainability meets delicious year round in Vermont. Their motto is “Going green growing greens.” Find out how they do this. Taste tender delicious basil, watercress and lettuce greens. 

Backyard Garden. Looking to create your own beautiful and productive veggie, herb and flower garden? Check out Amy’s backyard circular garden for inspiration. See which medicinal herbs are growing among the veggies and flowers and what they can do for you. Find the wild stinging nettle growing nearby and learn why it’s such a superfood. Discover what else might also be growing in your yard that you can use to heal.

Visit our Horses. You’ll also have an opportunity to feed Amy’s horses, Koko and Amigo, some carrots and learn a little about horses.

Each tour is customized to meet the needs and interests of the group that shows up, which means each tour/workshop will be slightly different. While the tours are designed for teens and adults, we are kid friendly. We create activities that cater to your child's age. (Amy runs a kid's farm camp in the summer too.)

Can be a pre-scheduled tour already on our calendar, or a pop-up tour. Pop up tours usually happen when guests to the Mad River Valley arrive and just find out about our tours. As long as we aren't already booked, we can create a new tour for your group. Minimum 2, maximum 15. Typically 10AM-12:30PM.

* $49 Ages 10 through Adult, $25 for Kids 6-9, 5 and under are free if they aren't eating the lunch or participating in the activities, otherwise it's $10 for all children 5 and under that are eating and participating. If you prefer not to pay by credit card, I'm happy to accept cash or checks. Just let me know by email ahead of time that you are paying via cash or check. 

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Organic Blueberry Picking
Aug
5
to Aug 9

Organic Blueberry Picking

Come down to the farm and pick your own blueberries. There are gobs of them on the bushes. Sweet, plump and delicious.

Every day this week from 10-6 (Sunday, 10-4).

Only $4 per pint. 
Already picked are $5 per pint.

Farm stand is also stocked with our delicious homegrown certified organic veggies.

Check out our Facebook page for faster notifications about what's happening on the farm.

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Annual Blueberry Festival
Jul
28
11:00 AM11:00

Annual Blueberry Festival

The Annual Blueberry Festival at Hartshorn Farm will be here before you know it. 

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Come on down to the farm and enjoy:

  • Pick your own organic blueberries

  • Blueberry creamees, blueberry milkshakes, blueberry lemonade, blueberry shortcakes

  • Live music

  • Ride on the all new FARM TRAIN with Farmer Dave!

  • Pet our horses, Koko and Amigo

  • Have fun, bring your friends

  • Free admission, fun for all ages!

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Jul
7
10:00 AM10:00

Organic Farm/Hydroponic Greenhouse/Backyard Garden Tour/Workshop

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ORGANIC FARM/HYDROPONIC GREENHOUSE/BACKYARD GARDEN WORKSHOP/TOUR- 2-3 hours, includes organic herbal tea and mostly organic & hydroponic lunch.

You'll be guided by Amy Todisco, Nationally Recognized Green Living Expert, Health/Life Coach, and Marketing Director at Hartshorn Farm. 

Certified Organic Farm. Pluck a pea off the vine as you learn about organic agriculture and the history of Hartshorn Farm, where your tour guide, Amy, lives. Taste some fresh kale and chard. Dig a carrot. Find out what some of the weeds beneath your feet can help with. Pop a sweet cherry tomato into your mouth. Pick some blueberries. Put your hands in the warm soil and plant something. Harvest some veggies for your lunch time salad in the farmstand. We will enjoy a home made mostly organic and hydroponic greens filled lunch. Other offerings may include farm made pesto with watercress and basil, fresh bread, soup, and more. 

Maple Sugar House. Amy’s organic farmer life partner, Dave, is also a fifth generation sugarmaker. Check out the maple sugarhouse. Find out how maple syrup was discovered. Taste a sample.

“It was such an amazing experience…Amy is so knowledgeable and her location is so breathtaking in the Mad River Valley!”-Lisa Schermerhorn

Hydroponic Growing. Visit the cutting edge, Green Mountain Harvest Hydroponic greenhouse where sustainability meets delicious year round in Vermont. Their motto is “Going green growing greens.” Find out how they do this. Taste tender delicious basil, watercress and lettuce greens. 

Backyard Garden. Looking to create your own beautiful and productive veggie, herb and flower garden? Check out Amy’s backyard circular garden for inspiration. See where the wild stinging nettle is growing nearby and why it’s such a superfood. Discover what might also be growing in your yard that you can use to heal.

Visit our Horses. You’ll also have an opportunity to feed Amy’s horses, Koko and Amigo, some carrots and learn a little about horses.

Each tour is customized to meet the needs and interests of the group that shows up, which means each tour/workshop will be slightly different. While the tours are designed for teens and adults, we are kid friendly. (Amy runs a kid's farm camp in the summer too.)

Can be a pre-scheduled tour already on our calendar, or a pop-up tour. Pop up tours usually happen when guests to the Mad River Valley arrive and just find out about our tours. As long as we aren't already booked, we can create a new tour for your group. Minimum 2, maximum 15. 10AM-12PM.

* $49 Ages 10 through Adult, $30 for Kids 6-9, 5 and under are free if they aren't eating the lunch or participating in the activities, otherwise it's $10 for all children 5 and under that are eating and participating. Register here: https://www.vtfoodtours.com/book-tour-now/

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Jul
6
10:00 AM10:00

Organic Farm/Hydroponic Greenhouse/Backyard Garden Tour/Workshop

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ORGANIC FARM/HYDROPONIC GREENHOUSE/BACKYARD GARDEN WORKSHOP/TOUR- 2-3 hours, includes organic herbal tea and mostly organic & hydroponic lunch.

You'll be guided by Amy Todisco, Nationally Recognized Green Living Expert, Health/Life Coach, and Marketing Director at Hartshorn Farm. 

Certified Organic Farm. Pluck a pea off the vine as you learn about organic agriculture and the history of Hartshorn Farm, where your tour guide, Amy, lives. Taste some fresh kale and chard. Dig a carrot. Find out what some of the weeds beneath your feet can help with. Pop a sweet cherry tomato into your mouth. Pick some blueberries. Put your hands in the warm soil and plant something. Harvest some veggies for your lunch time salad in the farmstand. We will enjoy a home made mostly organic and hydroponic greens filled lunch. Other offerings may include farm made pesto with watercress and basil, fresh bread, soup, and more. 

Maple Sugar House. Amy’s organic farmer life partner, Dave, is also a fifth generation sugarmaker. Check out the maple sugarhouse. Find out how maple syrup was discovered. Taste a sample.

“It was such an amazing experience…Amy is so knowledgeable and her location is so breathtaking in the Mad River Valley!”-Lisa Schermerhorn

Hydroponic Growing. Visit the cutting edge, Green Mountain Harvest Hydroponic greenhouse where sustainability meets delicious year round in Vermont. Their motto is “Going green growing greens.” Find out how they do this. Taste tender delicious basil, watercress and lettuce greens. 

Backyard Garden. Looking to create your own beautiful and productive veggie, herb and flower garden? Check out Amy’s backyard circular garden for inspiration. See where the wild stinging nettle is growing nearby and why it’s such a superfood. Discover what might also be growing in your yard that you can use to heal.

Visit our Horses. You’ll also have an opportunity to feed Amy’s horses, Koko and Amigo, some carrots and learn a little about horses.

Each tour is customized to meet the needs and interests of the group that shows up, which means each tour/workshop will be slightly different. While the tours are designed for teens and adults, we are kid friendly. (Amy runs a kid's farm camp in the summer too.)

Can be a pre-scheduled tour already on our calendar, or a pop-up tour. Pop up tours usually happen when guests to the Mad River Valley arrive and just find out about our tours. As long as we aren't already booked, we can create a new tour for your group. Minimum 2, maximum 15. 10AM-12PM.

* $49 Ages 10 through Adult, $30 for Kids 6-9, 5 and under are free if they aren't eating the lunch or participating in the activities, otherwise it's $10 for all children 5 and under that are eating and participating. Register here: https://www.vtfoodtours.com/book-tour-now/

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Jun
30
10:00 AM10:00

Organic Farm/Hydroponic Greenhouse/Backyard Garden Tour

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Organic Farm/Hydroponic Greenhouse/Backyard Garden- 2.5 to 3 hours, includes organic herbal tea and and organic and hydroponic lunch.

Pluck a pea off the vine as you learn about organic agriculture and the history of Hartshorn Farm, where your tour guide, Amy, lives.

Amy's organic farmer life partner, Dave, is also a fifth generation sugarmaker. Check out the maple sugarhouse. Find out how maple syrup was discovered.

Pop a sweet cherry tomato into your mouth. Pick some blueberries. Put your hands in the warm soil and plant something. Harvest some veggies for your lunch time salad in the farmstand. We will enjoy a home made organic and hydroponic greens filled lunch. Other offerings may include farm made pesto with watercress and basil, fresh bread, soup, and more. 

Visit the cutting edge, Green Mountain Harvest Hydroponic greenhouse where sustainability meets delicious year round in Vermont. Their motto is "Going green growing greens." Find out how they do this. Taste tender delicious basil, watercress and lettuce greens.

Looking to create your own beautiful and productive veggie, herb and flower garden? Check out Amy's backyard circular garden for inspiration. See where the wild stinging nettle is growing nearby and why it's such a superfood. Discover what might also be growing in your yard that you can use to heal. You'll also have an opportunity to feed Amy's horses, Koko and Amigo, some carrots and learn a little about horses.

Each tour is customized to meet the needs and interests of the group that shows up, which means each tour/workshop will be slightly different.

Book your tour here.

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Jun
13
10:00 AM10:00

Organic Farm/Hydroponic Greenhouse/Backyard Garden Tour

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Organic Farm/Hydroponic Greenhouse/Backyard Garden- 2.5 to 3 hours, includes organic herbal tea and and organic and hydroponic lunch.

Pluck a pea off the vine as you learn about organic agriculture and the history of Hartshorn Farm, where your tour guide, Amy, lives.

Amy's organic farmer life partner, Dave, is also a fifth generation sugarmaker. Check out the maple sugarhouse. Find out how maple syrup was discovered.

Pop a sweet cherry tomato into your mouth. Pick some blueberries. Put your hands in the warm soil and plant something. Harvest some veggies for your lunch time salad in the farmstand. We will enjoy a home made organic and hydroponic greens filled lunch. Other offerings may include farm made pesto with watercress and basil, fresh bread, soup, and more. 

Visit the cutting edge, Green Mountain Harvest Hydroponic greenhouse where sustainability meets delicious year round in Vermont. Their motto is "Going green growing greens." Find out how they do this. Taste tender delicious basil, watercress and lettuce greens.

Looking to create your own beautiful and productive veggie, herb and flower garden? Check out Amy's backyard circular garden for inspiration. See where the wild stinging nettle is growing nearby and why it's such a superfood. Discover what might also be growing in your yard that you can use to heal. You'll also have an opportunity to feed Amy's horses, Koko and Amigo, some carrots and learn a little about horses.

Each tour is customized to meet the needs and interests of the group that shows up, which means each tour/workshop will be slightly different.

Book your tour here.

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Mar
24
11:00 AM11:00

Annual Maple Festival at Hartshorn Farm

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One day only this year- Saturday, Maple 24th!

Your senses will be delighted as you watch, smell, taste, and hear how sap is boiled into syrup.

Learn how 5th generation maple sugar maker, Dave Hartshorn, has been working with his parents since he was a young boy to make the tasty, natural, nutrient rich, liquid we call maple syrup. Ask Dave how maple syrup was discovered, it's a cool story.

Maple goodies will also be available: maple cotton candy, maple creemes, maple milkshakes, maple candy and creme, maple on ice cream, and a baked good with maple syrup in it. Enjoy fresh out of our flatbread oven pizza.

BIG CONTEST THIS YEAR: Enter your chance to win a weekend stay at the superb West Hill House B&B in Warren, as well as two tickets for a two hour organic farm and hydroponic greenhouse tour. This is worth over $550! (*Some restrictions apply.)

Family friendly, fun, and free to attend.

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