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Sign up for CISA's enewsBarberic Farm, Eric and Barbara Goodchild, are sustaining the skills and lifestyle their parents & grandparents had: growing what they need, making useful things, preserving delicious food, selling the fruits of their efforts at local markets, seeking to honor God, and help their neighbors. They raise mainly grass fed, registered Romney sheep for breeding stock, meat and wool, and have a large, no-pesticides vegetable garden. From these using family and friends’ recipes, they produce delicious frozen lamb, frozen meat pies, frozen fruit pies with local lard crust, preserves (jam, jelly, marmalade, pickles, relishes, fruit sauce), popcorn, eggs, honey, wool, handspun yarn, and sheepskins. In addition, they offer hand-tooled leather work, hand-forged items, highland bagpipe lessons, bagpiping for private gatherings and performance, and playing based piano lessons.
Home Farm: By appointment only. Contact us. All products are available at our home, but we do not have a “store”. If you cannot get to one of the markets, please contact us to set up an appointment. Notifying us a few days in advance helps us have what you want easily accessible.
We regularly have all of our products at the Farmers Markets except bags of wool. If you are interested in raw fleeces or roving, please call us and we can bring some for you to choose from.
We are at various farmers markets and wool festivals year round. Here is the current list of events we attend:
Summer: Shelburne Falls Farmers Market: Fridays 2 to 6:30pm. Starts May 23. Ends last Friday of October. Located at the corner of Water and Main Streets, Shelburne Falls http://www.shelburnefallsfarmersmarket.org
Summer: Ashfield Farmers Market, Saturdays 9am to 1pm: We hope to start our season there May 24th. The market starts May 17st and goes to the last Saturday in October. Located on the Town Green between St. John’s church and the Fire Station. http://www.ashfieldfarmersmarket.com
Summer: Greenfield Farmer Market, Saturdays 9am to 1:30pm. We will be a part-time vendor at this market. Please see our website for dates. The market starts at the beginning of May, and goes thru the last Saturday of October. Sometimes the market continues into November. Located on Court Square, Greenfield, MA. https://greenfieldfarmersmarket.com
Summer: Northampton Tuesday Farmers Market, Tuesdays, 1pm to 6pm. We will be there every other week. Please see our website for dates. The market begins mid-April and goes thru the beginning of November. Located outside by Thornes Marketplace: 99 Armory St, Northampton, MA 01060. https://www.growfoodnorthampton.org
Winter: Greenfield Winter Farmers Market: held on these Saturdays: January 11, February 8, March 8, April 5, 2025, from 10am to 1pm, inside the Greenfield Public Library, 412 Main Street, Greenfield, MA. https://greenfieldfarmersmarket.com
Winter: Holyoke Tuesdays Winter Farmers Market: Tuesdays, January 7 thru March 25th, from 9am to 12pm, Located at the Holyoke Senior Center, 291 Pine St., Holyoke, MA. http://www.holyokechamber.com
Winter: Holyoke Wednesdays Winter Farmers market: Wednesdays January thru March, from 11am to 2pm. We will be there: Jan. 8, 15, 22, 29, Feb. 5, 12, 19, 26, March 12, 19, 26, 2025. Located at the Holyoke YMCA, 171 Pine St., Holyoke, MA. http://www.holyokechamber.com
Winter: Northampton Winter Farmers Market: held on these Saturdays: Jan. 11 & 25, Feb. 8 & 22, Mar. 8 & 22, April 5, 2025, from 10am to 2pm, in the Northampton Senior Center, 67 Conz St., Northampton. Sponsored by Grow Food Northampton. http://www.growfoodnorthampton.org
Winter: Ashfield Winter Farm and Craft Market, Saturdays in November & December until Christmas, 10am to 1pm, inside the Ashfield Town Hall. We may not be at this market every Saturday. Please see our website for exact dates.
Early Spring: Connecticut Sheep, Wool & Fiber Festival: Saturday, April 26, 2025, 9am to 4pm, North Haven Fairgrounds, North Haven, Connecticut. http://www.ctsheep.org/ct-sheep-wool-fiber-festival
Spring: Mass. Sheep and Wool Craft Fair: May 24 – 25, 2025, Saturday & Sunday, 9am to 4 pm. Located at the Cummington Fair Grounds, Cummington, MA. http://www.masheepwool.org
Payment by cash, check, or credit card accepted.
Our website: http://www.barbericfarm.com. Here you can find a list of our products; where we are currently vending; and photos of life on our farm. If you like, you can also join our email list.
Barberic Farm’s sheep are mainly grass fed. The sheep get a small amount of whole grains for training and health. Antibiotics and wormers are only used when needed. Pastures are grazed using a management-intensive grazing system to minimize the sheep’s exposure to parasites, and improve the vegetation’s health. The sheep’s manure is composted and used to fertilize Barberic Farm’s large vegetable garden. The vegetable garden is pesticide free.
Barberic Farm, Home address: 383 Cooper Lane, Shelburne, MA 01370. By appointment only. Please call 413-625-8203 to arrange a time.
Payment by cash, check, or credit card accepted.
http://www.barbericfarm.com is our website. If you wish to order and pickup some of our items at our farm, please contact us to arrange a time.
Ashfield Farmers Market
Ashfield Winter Farmers' Market
Greenfield Farmers' Market
Greenfield Winter Farmers' Market
Grow Food Northampton Tuesday Farmers' Market
Grow Food Northampton Winter Farmers' Market
Holyoke Winter Farmers' Market
Shelburne Falls Farmers Market
Frozen cuts of lamb.
Frozen ready-to-bake meats pies, 5″ size – 10 oz each. 4 varieties: Minted Shepherd’s Pie, Welsh Leek Pie, Beef and Potato Pie, and Pork Cottage Pie.
Frozen ready -to-bake fruit pies, 9″ size. Possible kinds available: apple, blueberry, concord grape, peach, pear, pumpkin, rhubarb. When in season also: strawberry-rhubarb. We try to have all on hand, but we do sell out quickly. Call ahead to place an order.