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Barberic Farm

383 Cooper Lane Road
Shelburne Falls, MA 01370
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383 Cooper Lane Road Shelburne Falls Massachusetts 01370
Pay With: Credit/Debit
Growing Practices: Chemical Free/ Sustainably Grown
Contact: Eric and Barbara Goodchild
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About

Barberic Farm = Old skills, Tasty food, Lovely wool, Good music.

Barberic 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.

Where we are currently selling our goods in person at the following locations:

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.

What We Grow

Baked Goods

Pies

Breeding Stock

Sheep (fiber), Sheep (meat)

Dairy + Eggs

Eggs (chicken)

Dry Goods

Popcorn

Fiber

Fleeces, Hides, Knit items, Roving, Sheepskin, Wool, Yarn

Herbs

Hops

Honey + Maple

Honey

Meat

Lamb

Pet Food

Dog Treats

Specialty

Apple Sauce, Crafts, Honeycomb, Pickles, Preserves, Relish

Spreads

Jam + Jelly, Sauces

Growing Practices

Chemical Free/ Sustainably Grown

How We Grow

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.

Farm Stand

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.

Farmers' Markets

Season

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter

Holiday Product Details

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.

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