• at the farm, Tuesdays, 4 to 7 p.m.
•  Cooperstown, just outside the village, Tuesdays, 4 to 7 p.m.

       New York City and New Jersey on Tuesdays:

• Midtown, Turtle Bay CSA, at the Vanderbilt YMCA, 224 East 47th Street, between 2nd and 3rd Aves. (Midtown East), New York City, Tuesdays, 5-8 p.m.
• Midtown, Central Synagogue B'teyavon CSA, Lexington Ave. at 55th Street, Tuesdays, 4:30 to 7 p.m.
• Upper West Side, BJ Hazorim CSA, 257 West 88th St.  (between Broadway and West End Ave)., New York City, Tuesdays, 4:30-7:30 p.m.
• Kaplen JCC on the Palisades, 411 East Clinton Ave., Tenafly, NJ, Tuesdays, 3:30-7 p.m.

Free Bird Farm’s CSA 2012 season starts June 12 and ends November 6 (22 weeks).

We raise our chickens--both hens and meat birds--outdoors on pasture. They are surrounded by portable fencing, to protect them from predators and have portable housing so that they can be protected from the elements or roost at night. Both the fencing and housing is regularly moved so that the birds always have access to fresh grass.

Our chickens are never treated with antibiotics, hormones or other medications. Nor do we add any growth-promoting additives to their feed.

Our customers appreciate our eggs and chicken because of their unbeatable freshness, superior taste and the fact that they're healthier for you. For more information about the health benefits of eating grass-fed chicken and pasture-raised eggs, we recommend reading this summary on the Eatwild website.

We raise a limited supply of chicken. So we recommend that you contact us in advance to reserve what you'd like. Free Bird Farm CSA members can receive our eggs on a weekly basis and our chicken on an every-other-week basis through our CSA egg and poultry shares. See our registration form.

To register for the 2012 season at our Midtown (Turtle Bay) and Upper West Side (B'nai Jeshrun) locations in New York City or our Kaplen JCC location in Tenafly, NJ, please go to their respective web sites. 

There is a price difference between a season's share for New York City and New Jersey CSA members and at-farm members due to transportation costs (fuel, thruway and bridge tolls, a hired driver, etc.).

Thanks.

The 134-acre farm is located in Palatine Bridge, a small town in New York’s Mohawk Valley where tractors and Amish buggies are as much a part of the local traffic flow as motor vehicles.

 Ken started farming immediately after graduating from college, where he majored in political science but developed a strong interest in sustainable agriculture. He spent almost a decade working on a variety of small-scale, diversified farms in New England and the Southwest before starting his own farm in New York.

 In addition to co-managing the farm with her husband, Maryellen works as a professional food writer. She has worked as an editor for Cook’s Illustrated magazine and is a Contributing Editor for Fine Cooking magazine. She especially enjoys writing for CSA members about the food they grow—how to cook it, prep it, store it, etc.—for the CSA's newsletters. 

Ken and Maryellen have two children, ages 7 and 4, who enjoy digging for worms, collecting eggs, and chasing chickens.

Looking to find where you can buy our certified organic produce or pasture-raised fresh chicken and eggs? The following is a list of farmers' markets we attend. You can also get our produce, chicken and eggs through membership to one of our CSAs.

Kingston Famers' Market, Wall Street, Kingston, NY
Saturdays, 9 to 2, late May through November


Schenectady Greenmarket, Outdoor Market, City Hall, Schenectady, NY
Sundays, 10 to 2, late May to late Oct.

• Unbeatable freshness—salad greens that hold up all week, corn picked just hours before pickup, peppers with unsurpassed sweetness,…
• Abundance—a generous variety of organic vegetables at a value less than if purchased at a store or farmers’ market
• Relationship—knowing where and how your food is grown and who is growing it
• Health—a steady of supply of fresh vegetables means you’ll be cooking healthier, snacking healthier, feeling healthier.
• Kid friendly—members frequently tell us how their kids look forward to finding out what’s in a week’s share, often eat vegetables they’d otherwise never touch, and can’t get enough of the purple carrots. We do aim to include staple veggies each week that a child is more apt to eat.