Products
E.I.E.I.O. = Excellence in Edible Incredible Organics!
If you like to provide your family and yourself with healthy, certified organic products, Grindstone Farm is for you! As a long-time leader in organic agriculture in Central and Northern NY, we have decades of growing experience, extensive infrastructure, and relationships with amazing growers and purveyors to bring our customers a wide variety, high quality organic and a few GMO-free products as well as related supplies supporting organic food production.
CSA & Friend of the Farmer Programs
We work very hard both in our farm fields and in our sourcing practices to provide you with healthy, organic products grown and raised fruits, vegetables, meats, and dairy products using sustainable, organic practices. Additionally, we offer honey, maple syrup. A handful of items we offer, such as local eggs and some of our meats, are pasture-raised, ethically produced, and GMO-free.
Fresh Eggs
Our farm has had a long-standing relationship with neighboring egg-producing small farms. These farmers sign a contract with Grindstone agreeing to comply with sustainable, ethical practices which require they will not debeak, vaccinate or cage their chickens. Practices observed include free-ranging pasture habitat and natural diets supplemented with GMO-free feed.
Livestock
A variety of livestock has been pasture-raised at Grindstone over the years—chickens, guinea keets, geese, pigs, turkeys—but in more recent years, we have focused on turkeys and pigs. Our other meats predominately come from local certified organic farms with like management practices, or similar to Grindstone’s practices, are raised consuming a native diet supplemented with GMO-free grains
Livestock Feed
Grindstone offers feeds bi-weekly from Pine Creek in Lyons, NY. We can supply customers with feed for poultry, rabbits, horses, sheep, duck & game birds, goats, and pigs. Pine Creek was the source selected as we feel they are among the finest GMO-free feeds. From their website: The concept is very simple. Original Feed is a blend of grains in their original non-GMO state – the way their Creator created them. Our vision is to produce a “Back to the Basics” feed, allowing you the opportunity to feed your livestock much the same as they were fed in the mid-1900s. This premium, all-natural feed is blended with grains that have been lab-tested and meet the highest levels of purity. The ingredients typically found in this feed non-GMO corn, soy, alfalfa, moasses, small grains, and minerals. Feed orders must be placed by Monday and picked up after 11 am Friday.
Home Gardeners
Grindstone has used Vermont Compost Company’s potting soils for many years. Why? They are one of the best! Vermont Compost shares: All ingredients used in Vermont Compost Company products have been approved for certified organic production. Our composting process meets the National Organic Program (NOP) standard requirements and our products are approved by Vermont Organic Farmers (VOF), the certification branch of NOFA-VT.
We offer Vermont Compost organic potting mix for the home gardener, available in the spring. Available in 20 qt size bags, it can be found on our website storefront under the Garden category. Testimonies from our customers confirm that their plants have exceeded past production using this product. We can deliver a few bags with your regular order but large quantity orders must be picked up at the farm.
Wholesale
Grindstone enjoys a fine relationship with its wholesale customers and has a depth of connections to provide a wide variety of local certified organic fruits and vegetables. If you are interested in learning about doing business with us on a wholesale level, please send an inquiry and we'll get right back to you.
Root Crop Washers
Grindstone has manufactured harvest washers for decades, and they are in use from Alaska to Florida and internationally from Canada to the Bahamas. This equipment saves growers vast amounts of time and labor. We build each unit — both kits and fully built machines — to order.