Sage Hen Farm
Lodi, NY
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We raise free-ranging chickens for eggs in a rainbow
assortment of colors and sizes.
Members of NOFA-NY (Northeast Organic Farmers Association -- New York), we grow certified organic seeds, sets, and tubers using ecologically sound methods: no chemical pesticides, synthetic fertilizers, or GMOs (genetically modified organisms). To us, it seems the right thing to do. Sage Hen Farm has taken NOFA-NY's Farmers Pledge each year since 2007. For seeds, bulbs, and tubers to supplement what we save ourselves, we use sources that specialize in cold-hardy varieties, practice sustainable growing methods, and offer certified organic cultivars and regional heirloom varieties. In addition, when we rented out 30 acres of our land for haying to a local farmer in 2012, he had our fields certified organic. We are Margaret Shepard and John Henderson. Our address in Lodi is 2343 Parmenter Road. It is about three miles south of the village of Lodi and about nine miles northwest of Trumansburg, NY. You can contact Margaret at [mbs19 @ cornell.edu] John can be reached at [jrhenderson9@ gmail.com]. You can find pictures, news, and other information about the farm on Facebook. |
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This page written and maintained by John R. Henderson
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Sage Hen Farm in Lodi, NY, is in heart
of the Finger Lakes, between Seneca and Cayuga Lakes. We moved to Lodi in 2001, but the land has been farmed since
the early 19th century. We
raise 
Each dozen we sell will include a mix
of green/blue, white or cream, and light to dark brown eggs. The size
and diversity of the flock varies, but it ranges from 60 to more than
100 birds. Among our favorite breeds and varities have been Ameraucanas
(green-eggers), Speckled Sussex, Copper Black Marans, Dorkings, Welsumers, Campines, Hamburgs, New Hampshires, and
Blue Orpingtons, but we've had as many as twenty different breeds and
varieties at the same time. They also have a much smaller flock of 
In our orchard,
there are about 100 trees, including mostly 
Margaret's
specialty is garlic. We offer more than 60 varieties of garlic:
softnecks
including many varieties each of silverskin and artichoke garlics;
hardnecks including many varieties each of rocambole, porcelain and
purple stripe.
Some garlics have only a few large cloves; others have many layers of smaller cloves. Whether you are looking for a mild long-keeping garlic
or a full bodied (either hot or just strong), white or brown or purply,
we have a garlic for you.
We also keep honeybees. We do it mostly so that our fruit trees and other crops will have plenty of pollenizers, but having our own honey is a treat. What is fascinating about honey, when you extract it from your own hives, is the different tastes, shades, and colors it has depending what flowering plants were in bloom when the bees collected nectar and pollen.
We mostly sell our farm's produce to friends, colleagues, and neighbors, but nothing long distance. From third week
of May to the end of October, you can find us Wednesday
afternoons at the 