Tucked into the hills of northern Vermont, Maple Wind Farm sits at a spot where the growing season is naturally compressed — and naturally intense. Thanks to our northern latitude and elevation, winters are long, spring is a slow starter, and the first frost can come knocking again by late September. We average only about 125 frost-free days each year.
But when the season finally kicks in, it explodes. The soils, fed by months of snowmelt and spring rains, come alive. Grasses and plants grow fast and full of nutrients, pulling in all the energy they can before the weather turns again. It’s this short but powerful window that we rely on to raise healthy animals on the best pasture we can grow.
At Maple Wind Farm, we move with the land’s natural rhythm. Every day during the grazing season, we rotate our cows, chickens, and turkeys onto fresh pasture — never staying in one place too long, always following where the grass is most abundant. That means better forage for the animals, healthier soil for the farm, and nutrient-rich meat and eggs for you.
True pasture-raising — where animals are outdoors, grazing real living forage — produces food that’s packed with more omega-3s, more vitamins, and richer flavors. It’s a difference you can taste, and it’s a direct result of farming with nature, not against it.
Our unique geography — those long winters, that burst of green life — shapes everything we do. It pushes us to work harder during the season, to steward the land more carefully, and to create a food system that’s built on resilience, not shortcuts.
Thanks for being part of it!
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