Blue Spoon Farm

The Blue Spoon Farm is a small family farm in central New York. Utilizing 16 acres of flat open pasture land. Like many farms, this one was once 150 acres raising dairy cattle and later beef cattle. Blue Spoon Farm raises Goats, Sheep, Geese, Turkey’s, Ducks, a few laying hens and 2 beef cattle.
Blue Spoon Farm does not use chemical pesticides or fungicides on their vegetables or in their animal feeds. The farm buys feeds locally from local farmers. All of the animals are treated humanely and are all allowed access to pasture when it is available and green. Blue Spoon Farm practices rotational grazing with the goats in an effort to provide the animals with the cleanest pasture.
Location: Groton, NY
Website: https://www.facebook.com/Blue-Spoon-Farm-148519088545048/
Top 3 Products: Goats, ducks, and geese 
How has the Profit Team Program helped your farm?: Helped me to define my problems and focus my energy to obtain my goals.
When you envision your farm business five years from now, what differences do you see?: More income from my farm business, less stress, equalized feed/food stuffs to mouths to feed ratio. I want my farm to be self-sustaining or at least community sustained farm. Currently I am buying hay due to a water / flooding issue that I am experiencing (my profit team problem) I am also running out of pasture as my fields are being ruined by the flooding issue. I also hope that my neighbors are not angry that I “caused a rift in the community but demanding that someone fix the water problem caused by poor urban planning. I would like my neighbors to visit my farm. I hope to have an active farm stand or at least regular sales in my neighborhood. A farm cannot be sustainable without customers. The farmer who provides sustenance to the community is the sustainable farmer.
If you weren’t a farmer, what would your dream job be?: Library Director
What is your best piece of advice for an aspiring farmer?: Don’t Dream It, Be It! And, plan. Nothing beats a well laid plan. They come in handy when asking for money, deciding to buy a piece of equipment, or success. Holistic management of all resources needs a good plan and a plan for what do do when the plan goes awry. 
Don’t be afraid to ask questions of farms and businesses which are making it and also ask those who are struggling. Why are they making it, why are they struggling? Learn from others mistakes and also learn from their successes. But, please don’t expect to just pick brains to get information. Farmers are busy people. Pick up the pitch fork and help move some manure. After all “The fairest thing in nature, a flower, still has its roots in earth and manure.” D. H. Lawrence. Build strong roots in your community and your community will support you as you become the root of the community.