Reber Rock Farm is an 88-acre draft powered farm on the southern edge of the Reber Valley in Essex, NY owned by Racey Bingham and Nathan Henderson, and co-managed with Gwen Jamison and Chad Vogel.
Using our draft horses for field preparation, cultivation and harvesting we use organic methods to produce grassfed beef, pasture raised pork, chicken and turkey, herbs, vegetables, grains, dry beans, garlic, shiitake mushrooms and a plethora of value-added products including sunflower oil, maple syrup, pickles, sauces and frozen vegetables.
Our goal is to produce delicious, healthy, affordable food for the Essex foodscape and beyond. We work with draft horses because we believe their presence on the farm is good for the land, the air and our souls. Reber Rock is designed as a two-family farm, with the management and labor burden split across two couples, so that each can stay health and happy for many years to come. (Reber Rock Farm)
Buy RRF Products & Support Local Agriculture
Where can you buy Reber Rock products? There is a farm stand open daily year round at the farm, RRF is present during the Willsboro Farmer’s Market (open June-Sept.) and the Elizabethtown Farmer’s Market (open June-Oct), and their products are also offered at local shops in Willsboro and Essex. See the list of products currently on offer here.
Reber Rock Farm is located at 1699 Jersey Street, Essex, NY. You can contact the farm at (518) 572 7377 or by emailing info@reberrockfarm.com. Follow them on Facebook. Or learn more on their website: www.reberrockfarm.com.
Popular Reber Rock Farm Posts
Take a look at some of the top Reber Rock Farm posts:
- Reber Rock Farm Fotofeeds #1: Just Getting Started
- Reber Rock Farm Fotofeeds #2: June in July
- Reber Rock Farm Fotofeeds # 3: Season’s Changing
- Reber Rock Farm Fotofeed #4: Year in Review
- Reber Rock Farm Fotofeed #5: Getting Ready for Sugar
- Got Dinner Plans in 2015? Meet Reber Meat
- Reber Rock Farm Fotofeed #6: Tis the Season for Change and Growth
- Reber Rock Farm Fotofeed #7: A Way to Live
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Reber Rock Farm Archive
If you’re curious, the following Essex blog posts have either featured or mentioned RRF since June 2011.
- Workhorses of Sustainability (ADIRONDACK EXPLORER)Ballet might seem a difficult achievement if one’s partners have eight feet and weigh a ton and a half. But ...
- Reber Rock Farm Store is moving!We have thoroughly enjoyed providing you food from our farm and others for these past eight years. Don’t worry, we’re ...
- Adirondack Shakespeare Company Returns to Tread the Boards This SummerAfter a year of suspended operations, the Adirondack Shakespeare Company returns with a week of performances this summer from July ...
- Snakes and EarthquakesAccording to reptile experts this April Fool’s Day, eastern timber rattlesnakes are on the increase in Essex due to climate ...
- Reber Rock Farm’s Racey Henderson Launches NdaraWith a fresh blanket of snow falling on Essex and winter feeling fluffy and festive at last, it’s tempting to ...
- Christmas in Essex 2017: Bravo Susie Smith and Ken Hughes!Congratulations Susie Smith and Ken Hughes for organizing a successful and thoroughly enjoyable Christmas in Essex 2017! Great pre-event messaging, ...
- Red Legs Flowers: Flower Farm in Essex!In 2017, I am starting Red Legs Flowers—a flower farm in Essex. I came to the Essex area two and ...
- Bike’n The Barns (Lake Champlain Region)“I don’t know what you’re doing on September 24, but we are going to move this outfit over to Mace ...
- Champlain Valley Farm Stands Targeted by Thieves (THE SUN)They’re a staple of summer: Farm stands, roadside fixtures that farms use to sell locally grown produce and other value-added products. As ...
- Reber Rock Farm to Host the Adirondack Shakespeare CompanyIt wouldn’t be summer without a dose of Shakespeare under the stars, and what better place to enjoy the arts ...
- Valley Growers Look Online for New Customers (NCPR)“There’s no shortage of challenges for farmers trying to make it in the organic and local food business. Growing and ...
- Reber Rock Draftwood: Logging & Lumbering with Draft HorsesDraftwood (draft wood) combines horse powered logging and restorative forestry practices. Our goal is to make beautiful, healthy, and ecologically ...
- Westport, Essex Farms Recipients of Micro-Grants (The Sun)“A dozen local farms and food producers are the recipients of a new micro-grant program designed to make farms more ...
- CATS Grand Hike Two Weeks AwayToday’s a great day to register for the Grand Hike to the Essex Inn. It’s only TWO WEEKS away on ...
- Hub on the Hill: A Sneak Peek with Jori WekinOn February 4, 2016 Hub on the Hill (facebook.com/thehubonthehill) welcomed the public to tour their new food production and distribution facility. Unfortunately I was ...
- Benefit to Aid Local Farm Scorched by Fire (The Sun)Six weeks after a fast-burning fire incinerated the barn at Reber Rock Farm, the community has raised $26,000 in reconstruction ...
- Whallonsburg Grange to Host Benefit for Reber Rock FarmOn Saturday, April 16, the Whallonsburg Grange Hall will host a dinner and concert, with all proceeds going towards the ...
- Reber Rock Farm Temporary BarnI received the following Reber Rock Farm update from Tom Duca: “Here are a few photographs of the Reber Rock Farm’s ...
- Essex Farm: RRF CleanupHere’s the recent news from Kristin Kimball at Essex Farm in Essex, New York: Reber Rock Farm is recovering from their barn fire. ...
- Maple Season Fun at Reber Rock Farm (Adirondack Life)“The sweetest time of year has come to the Adirondacks. From the Champlain Valley to the southeastern foothills, maple producers ...
- Fire at Reber Rock Farm: Support Barn RebuildOne week ago, Reber Rock Farm’s newly-raised barn caught fire and burned to the ground. In the fire many items ...
- Grange to Host Holiday Market and Food Pantry FundraiserThe Whallonsburg Grange will host its annual Holiday Market on Saturday, December 19, from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Donations of ...
- Lakeside School Fall Fun FestivalLakeside School at Black Kettle Farm is hosting its fifth annual Fall Festival and Open House in Essex on Saturday, November ...
- How One Farm Saved Essex, New York (Eating Well)On the day in September 2003 when Mark and Kristin Kimball pulled their bicycles off an Amtrak train and wheeled ...
- Exploring Essex DayWere you able to attend Downtown Essex Day last Saturday, August 1st? I thoroughly enjoyed walking around town and exploring the ...
- Upcoming Essex Events 6/21-6/28Learn about the events happening in and around Essex, NY! Check out the schedule below created from the Essex Calendar of Events to ...
- Full and By Farm: More Rain This WeekI’m beginning to sound like a broken record, but more rain this week has been taking its toll on the ...
- Upcoming Essex Events 6/14-6/21Learn about the events happening in and around Essex, NY! Check out the schedule below created from the Essex Calendar of Events to ...
- Reber Rock Farm Store Open House June 21Celebrate the Summer Solstice & Father’s Day at Reber Rock Farm during their Farm Store Open House on June 21, ...
- Upcoming Essex Events 3/29-4/5Learn about the events happening in and around Essex, NY! Check out the schedule below created from the Essex Calendar of Events to ...
- Upcoming Essex Events 3/22-3/29Learn about the events happening in and around Essex, NY! Check out the schedule below created from the Essex Calendar of Events to ...
- Upcoming Essex Events 3/15-3/22Learn about the events happening in and around Essex, NY! Check out the schedule below created from the Essex Calendar of Events to ...
- Maple Weekends in ReberMaple Brook Farm and Reber Rock Farm will be opening their doors to visitors Saturday and Sunday, March 21-22nd and 28-29th ...
- Essex County AgricultureIf you missed the great article in the Valley News, “Essex County agricultural community reflects on past year, offers 2015 wish ...
- Reber Rock Farm Fotofeed #7: A Way to LiveWe are lucky to have welcomed our second St. Lawrence University, Adirondack Semester Intern, Caitlin Kelly, to Reber Rock Farm ...
- Holiday Farmers’ Market at the GrangeThe Whallonsburg Grange will host a Holiday Farmers’ Market and Food Pantry Fundraiser on Saturday, December 20, from 1:00 to ...
- Essex Day 2014 RecapIt has been just over a month since Essex Day 2014, and we thought it’s a good time to record ...
- Spaniards at Reber RockI’m María, a 20-year-old girl from Madrid, journalism student, and through the coincidences of life met Nathan Henderson, a long ...
- Reber Rock Farm Fotofeed #6: Tis the Season for Change and GrowthAs we grow into this second season, we are committing to a draft powered, diversified future. This doesn’t mean we ...
- Got Dinner Plans in 2015? Meet Reber MeatStarting in just a week or two our pastures will again be full of chickens, pigs and yearlings grazing, scratching ...
- Rattlesnakes, Rumbling, and RockNow that spring is just around the corner, I called the chair of the herpetology department at Plattsburgh State, Dr. ...
- Upcoming Essex Events 3/30-4/6Learn about the events happening in and around Essex, NY! Check out the schedule below created from the Essex Calendar of Events to ...
- Maple Weekend in Reber!Maple Brook Farm and Reber Rock Farm will be opening their doors to visitors Saturday and Sunday, March 29-30th from 10am ...
- Upcoming Essex Events 3/23-3/30Learn about the events happening in and around Essex, NY! Check out the schedule below created from the Essex Calendar of Events to ...
- Reber Rock Farm Fotofeed #5: Getting Ready for SugarClick on a photo for a larger image view and to read short captions. Read the complete captions below for ...
- Reber Rock Farm Fotofeed #4: Year in ReviewClick on a photo for a larger image view and to read short captions. Read the complete captions below for ...
- Essex-Whallonsburg Entrepreneurs Unite!I believe a major event occurred in Essex on December 10th—a meeting was held to brainstorm and assess the needs ...
- Reber Rock Farm’s Nathan Henderson’s “Drafting a Future” RadiostoryListen to Nathan Henderson “Drafting a Future”, a radiostory produced Lauren Ober, summer 2012. Nathan Henderson doesn’t use a tractor to farm. ...
- Essex-Whallonsburg Entrepreneurs MeetingWow! I am thrilled with the great feedback and a flurry of new additions to the growing list of people ...
- Pink Pig Open for Winter and Serving Breakfast & LunchThe Pink Pig is open all winter! The front of the shop is a Coffee Bar offering coffee and espresso ...
- Election Day 2013The General Election is Tuesday, November 5, 2013. So get ready to vote! “Don’t forget to vote, by the way. The polls ...
- Reber Rock Farm Fotofeed #3: Season’s ChangingClick on a photo for a larger image view and to read short captions. Read the complete captions below and ...
- Reber Rock Farm Fotofeed #2: June in July(Click for larger image view and to read captions. Or read captions below!) July is the new June. We thought our ...
- Reber Rock Farm Fotofeed #1: Just Getting StartedReber Rock Farm is an 88-acre draft powered farm on the southern edge of the Reber Valley in Essex, NY. ...