Basin Farm

Basin Farm, Westminster, Vermont

Basin Farm in Westminster, VT is a certified organic diversified farm growing 18 acres of vegetables, about 20 acres of grains, milking cows, milking goats, and hay. They provide food year-round to their own community of about 40 people, and to several farmers markets and local food networks including Food Connects and Monadnock Menus, serving restaurants, hospitals, and schools.

Their $30,000 Business Builder Loan from the VFF will allow them to build out the milking parlor in their animal barn where they currently milk registered Alpine and Nubian dairy goats and registered Brown Swiss and Shorthorn dairy cattle. They will improve the milk room to meet health standards and offer milk, yogurt, cheese and butter to the local area. They also plan to build a manure storage area off the Barn.