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.
We had an article in a Binghamton paper. A reporter came out and took quite a few pictures and wrote a long article, and that gave us a lot of free advertising and then that pulled our initial customers -- mostly from poultry -- customers from the Binghamton area, Vestal, and Owego....(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).
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