OUR STORY

The farm was first owned by the Howes brothers, who cultivated an apple orchard, raised dairy cows, cut hay and practiced forestry management. Today, the property looks a lot different, with only remnants of the old orchard and many then saplings now forming massive clusters of spruce and pine. However, each summer, hay is mowed, teddered, raked, and baled to feed animals all around Franklin County.

 

Woodsmoke Farm is located in Ashfield, Massachusetts, a hilltown situated on the edge of the Berkshires. Situated at 1800 feet, the view from the top of the farm looks over three states - spanning across northern Massachusetts to the Green Mountains of Vermont, northeast to Mount Monadnock in New Hampshire, and east to Wachusett Mountain. It might the most unique view in all of western Massachusetts and the Berkshire region. Much of the farm is protected with an agricultural preservation restriction through the Franklin Land Trust, so the farm will remain a farm/forest property in perpetuity. As a result, the farm will never undergo any major changes.

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