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.
Initially we had a very small mailing list, from people that somehow - word of mouth - had gotten hold of us or learned of us, and we sent it out. That first year we only raised 50-100 birds. By the end of the year we had a lot of names. We had people long past when we had chicken available askin...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).
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