Welcome to Hartshorn Organic Farm
Where the food feeds your body — and the land feeds your spirit.
Tucked along Route 100 in Waitsfield, Vermont, Hartshorn Organic Farm is a working certified organic farm, a community gathering place, and a living classroom all at once. Whether you're stopping by the farm stand for the freshest vegetables in the valley, booking a farm tour, or tapping into our online green living resources — you're welcome here.
Come See Us
The farm stand is open seven days a week from June through October, stocked with what Dave is harvesting that week — organic vegetables, pick-your-own strawberries and blueberries in season, award-winning maple syrup from our sugarhouse, local jams, pickled veggies, and other Vermont-made goods.
This is real food, grown the way food is supposed to be grown — by a fifth-generation Vermont farmer who has been certified organic for over thirty years and knows this land the way most people know their own kitchen.
Farm Stand Hours Monday–Friday, 10am–5:30pm | Saturday–Sunday, 10am–4pm, June-October
We also offer a flexible CSA model that fits your lifestyle and supports the farm. Ask us about it.
Experience the Farm
There is something that happens when you walk these fields, taste a cherry tomato still warm from the vine, and hear the story of how food actually gets from soil to plate. People don't forget it.
Our 90-minute farm tours — led by Amy, a nationally recognized green living educator and TEDx speaker — take you through the fields, the half-acre hydroponic greenhouse, Dave's maple sugarhouse, and Amy's home gardens. You'll learn what organic really means, what sets this food apart, and how the choices made on a farm like this ripple out into the health of your family and your home.
An optional farm-to-table seasonal lunch is available as an add-on — vegetarian, farm-sourced, and worth every bite.
Tours are by appointment, ideal for conscious consumers, food lovers, gardeners, and wellness seekers ages 12 and up.
As seen on HGTV.
Book your tour: Call Amy at (802) 922-1832
At Hartshorn Farm, you’ll find:
A beautiful open-air farm stand, open 7 days a week from June through October
A cozy maple sugarhouse, where Dave crafts his award-winning syrup
Local jams, pickled veggies, and other Vermont-made goodies
Pick-your-own strawberries and blueberries during peak season
A flexible CSA model that fits your lifestyle and supports the farm
Educational & Inspiring farm tours, hands-on experiences, and plenty of inspiration
Amy & Dave Hartshorn and Hartshorn Farm
dave hartshorn & amy (todisco) Hartshorn
The People Behind the Farm
Dave Hartshorn is a fifth-generation steward of this land. He became the first certified organic farmer in the Mad River Valley over thirty years ago, guided by a philosophy as simple as it is rare: put back into the land what you take out. His produce, his maple syrup, and his quiet expertise speak for themselves.
Amy (Todisco) Hartshorn is a green living educator with over thirty years of experience in nontoxic living, clean food, and holistic health. She was the founding Executive Director of the Household Toxins Institute, served as technical editor of Green Living for Dummies, and hosts the Green Living Now podcast and YouTube channel. She is a confirmed TEDx speaker for Fall 2026.
Together, they've built something that is genuinely hard to find — a place where clean food, honest farming, and real education exist in the same place at the same time.
Rooted in Vermont. Grown with love. Shared with you.
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Farm Tours!
Step Into the Story of Your Food
Join nationally recognized green living expert Amy Todisco—as seen on HGTV—for a captivating 90-minute farm experience designed to educate, inspire, and delight. Choose your tour with or without a seasonal farm-to-table lunch.
🌱 Taste the Truth of Organic
Walk the fields, pop a cherry tomato into your mouth, taste some fresh kale, or a French green bean straight from the source. Learn what really goes into growing clean, nutrient-rich food—and what sets organic apart from the rest.
🍁 Experience a Legacy in Every Drop
Discover how Dave, a 5th-generation sugarmaker, crafts his award-winning Vermont maple syrup—from tree to tap to taste buds.
🌿 Explore the Unexpected
Step into the 1/2-acre hydroponic greenhouse at the back end of our farm and uncover the future of farming—plants thriving in water, not soil—plus the story behind this unique growing method.
🌸 Get Inspired by Amy’s Home Gardens
Tour her vibrant vegetable beds, stunning flower patches, and healing herb gardens—designed with beauty, function, and sustainability in mind.
🥗 Optional Add-On: A Fresh, Seasonal Farm-to-Table Vegetarian Lunch
Enjoy a nourishing meal sourced from the farm—crafted to reflect the flavors of the season.
This experience is ideal for conscious consumers, food lovers, gardeners, and wellness seekers ages 12 and up.
Booking private tours (by appointment only).
Come see why HGTV featured this hidden gem.
Tours are approximately 90 minutes (not including lunch.)
(By appointment only)
What Our Community Is Saying
Real words (some have been shortened) from
our farm visitors, tour guests, and loyal customers:
A good variety of vegetables and priced so as not to break the bank. Very impressed by the number of returning customers as we sat and enjoyed the warm sun. A very impressive farm stand.”
— Ray Fair“My husband, daughters, and I did the tour and lunch with Amy, and to say we had an AMAZING experience would be an understatement. Amy’s tour was magical—an insider’s look at the life of farmers and the value of what they grow. From picking eggplant with Dave to the delicious lunch at the end, every moment was inspiring. Don’t walk—RUN to this tour!”
— Nicole D.
“Dave and Amy do an amazing job providing delicious organic produce to our community. They offer farm-to-table dinners, festivals, and supply many of our local restaurants and grocery stores. It’s worth checking them out.”
— Lisa Schermerhorn
”I gotta tell you, it’s (the farm tour) worth every penny and you’ll have a memory that you’ll take home with you for the rest of your life!”
— Tee from Virginia
Watch Amy and Dave on HGTV when HGTV host, J. Pickens,
took a modified version of Amy’s food and farm tour.
Photos from the farm…
Either Amy or Amy & Dave were featured in these media outlets
Click on the icons below to view the TV and radio spots about the farm
Interview #1
Interview #2
Take a virtual tour of our 5th generation maple syrup making process
Food & Farm Tours
Amy offers her customized, popular, experiential and educational food & farm tours for all ages. These book fast.
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Meet Dave & Amy
Learn a bit about sought after educators, organic farmer, Dave Hartshorn, and Green Living Mentor/Expert, Speaker, Podcast Host, and farm tour creator/host, Amy.
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