Brook's Bend Farm

Welcome!

Brook's Bend is a 90 acre Commons in Montague, MA where several enterprises are woven together to share the land. The farm is currently owned by Al Miller and Suzanne Webber, whose intention is to transition ownership to an emerging model of multiple stakeholders.

The working farm at Brook's Bend serves as an incubator for innovative agricutltural enterprises. Currently, Little Song Farm, run by Ryan Richards, occupies this niche with pasture-raised lamb.

Brook's Bend Woolens, with Suzanne Webber, produces beautiful rugs, blankets and yarns working with local mills and weavers. Call 413-367-2281 for appointment to view and to purchase. Currently we have yarns and rugs.

Mentoring programs for youth and adults are run by Neill Bovaird of Wolf Tree Programs.

Herbal medicine gardens are cultivated by Chris Marano of Clearpath Herbals.

Little Song Farm's Ryan Richards can be heard in a CISA interview here.

Check out our farm stand at 119 Old Sunderland Road for lamb.

119 Old Sunderland Road, Montague (one mile off Main Street in Montague Center)

News:

Congratulations to Tyler Sage of Sage Farm for establishing his own excellent farm in Bernardston! Thank you to Tyler for four years of collaboration at Brook's Bend. We are grateful for the clearing and fertility brought by the pigs and for his farming acumen!

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Oct. 2018: Ryan Richards' Little Song Farm is now sharing the land at Brook's Bend. A new barn is being raised on the back pasture where his chicken, sheep, and goats are already settling in. We are excited to welcome Ryan's vision and connections to the farm community.

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Jan. 2017: After attending a workhop on Commoning, led by Dave Jacke and David Bollier, these two resources from the UK may help guide our thinking about Brook's Bend as a shared land: Access to Land and the Land Partnership Handbook.

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An article in the Jan. 24, 2014 New York Times, The Elders of Organic Farming, expresses the questions in our hearts for Brook's Bend. What are the organizational models that will hold Brook's Bend as a shared community resource for generations to come? How can we pass our knowledge about the farm on, and transfer the farm to younger farmers who might have little or no economic resources?

Visit Brook's Bend:

119 Old Sunderland Road

Montague, MA 01351

Contact Al Miller and Suzanne Webber:

29 East Taylor Hill Road

Montague, MA 01351

413-367-2281

suzanne(at)brooksbendfarm(dot)com