Golden Well Sanctuary

Flooding at Golden Well Sanctuary

Golden Well Sanctuary is an organic vegetable producer and apiary in New Haven, VT that also offers farm events, agritourism opportunities, and educational workshops. The business is owned and operated by husband and wife team Ryan Miller and Nicole Burke.

An Emergency Loan from the Vermont Farm Fund will help Golden Well recover from 2 major floods within 2 weeks in the fall of 2019. Water levels on Halloween reached Irene levels and inundated their barn, flooded supplies, equipment, breached the well and flooded the basement, leaving their family without heat or hot water in the farmhouse. It also wiped out 80% of their hemp crop.