Michael and Karma Glos began their small, diversified organic farm in Berkshire, New York, located 20 miles east of Ithaca, in 1996. Since then, three of those years have included commercial operations.
They specialize in producing free-range organic meat (poultry, pork, beef) and organic herbs and specialty vegetables, and are certified by NOFA-NY Certified Organic LLC. All the vegetables, herbs and poultry are certified; the pork and beef are raised according to organic standards after 6 weeks of age.
The Glos' launched their business with no formal training, but relied on a love of farming and their experiences as farming apprentices.
The purpose of what we do - we originally started our operation because we wanted to get into farming; we didn't have farming backgrounds, but we had both worked on other farms as apprentices. So our initial purpose was to farm; we wanted to make a living at it, but we did not approach it that way...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).
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