our story.....
It all began with a few Fruit Trees.
Over a decade ago our farm in Macedon was little more than 40 acres worth of green fields, wild blackberry bushes and scattering black and white cows. A beautiful place for the family to visit, but without much purpose.
My father, a natural farmer (picture Mr. Magoo with a European accent!) suggested a few fruit trees be planted along the border of the house. One soon became a hundred, and it didn't stop there, berry bushes and vegetables abounded, so the question then became, what to do with it? We decided we would open a Farm Shop where any one could drive and try our bounty....
2003 we had a fantastic year for strawberries, they were sweet and red, and grew like wildfire, this time instead of just selling them "au naturale" I decided to experiment. I made my first batch of Strawberry Jam. 420 Jars came out of the batch, (I could never do anything on a small scale!) and I took them our local Farmers Market.
When they all sold I was elated! This was something I had created, a passion that I could share. It stopped being an experiment that day, and became my career.
Years later Black Forest Farm now produces over 15 different varieties of Multi Award Winning Preserves, including my signature favorite "Adults Only- Raspberry & Vodka Jam". Every jar is still handmade by yours truly, and made with the same ideal in mind, share the sweet goodness!
Over a decade ago our farm in Macedon was little more than 40 acres worth of green fields, wild blackberry bushes and scattering black and white cows. A beautiful place for the family to visit, but without much purpose.
My father, a natural farmer (picture Mr. Magoo with a European accent!) suggested a few fruit trees be planted along the border of the house. One soon became a hundred, and it didn't stop there, berry bushes and vegetables abounded, so the question then became, what to do with it? We decided we would open a Farm Shop where any one could drive and try our bounty....
2003 we had a fantastic year for strawberries, they were sweet and red, and grew like wildfire, this time instead of just selling them "au naturale" I decided to experiment. I made my first batch of Strawberry Jam. 420 Jars came out of the batch, (I could never do anything on a small scale!) and I took them our local Farmers Market.
When they all sold I was elated! This was something I had created, a passion that I could share. It stopped being an experiment that day, and became my career.
Years later Black Forest Farm now produces over 15 different varieties of Multi Award Winning Preserves, including my signature favorite "Adults Only- Raspberry & Vodka Jam". Every jar is still handmade by yours truly, and made with the same ideal in mind, share the sweet goodness!