Gorman Heritage Farm

The mission of Gorman Heritage Farm is to cultivate a healthy community through farm-based education and experiences about food, sustainable agriculture, and the natural world.

The vision of Gorman Heritage Farm is to cultivate an informed, involved community dedicated to Building Healthy Futures.

Our values fulfilling the Gorman’s legacy are: Self-reliance, Stewardship, Service, Fun Experiential Learning and Meaningful Labor.

Gorman Heritage Farm is a 122 acre historic working farm that was built in 1835 and has several facets: Education - Over 3500 school children visit the farm annually on field trips to learn where food comes from, about environmental issues, plants, animals, history and the science of farming. Programs - We provide educational workshops on cooking, beekeeping, gardening, composting, raising chickens, canning, photography, natural art, etc.

CSA - We have a Community Supported Agriculture crop share program, that offers fresh organically grown vegetables from our garden.

Harness Club - Our mule team goes 19 times a year to centers/residences for developmentally disabled adults and young people and nursing homes. The club participates in 5 parades and around 8-10 other outreach programs offering rides.

Products - We sell eggs, chicken, pork, beef, vegetables and honey from our Farm. Additionally, we sell other products from small farms and local organizations.

Events - We have several events to bring different guests to our Farm including a dinner dance fundraiser serving our farm raised meat and vegetables and our big Sunflower Festival with hayrides and pumpkins. To accomplish all this we have only 8 staff and a few seasonal employees. So, we rely completely on the generosity of volunteers and workgroups.