Our farm is a small, family-run farm located on a historic 38-acre mountainside property in southern Vermont. We have been welcoming WWOOFERs from around the world for more than 10 years and love sharing both our farming life and creative environment. The property was once home to the father of William Howard Taft, and today it is home to Robert and Kathy. Robert is a glassblower, sculptor, and designer with a studio in Townshend, which Kathy manages.
Our farm produces vegetables, fruits, herbs, maple syrup, honey, and meat using sustainable practices including rotational grazing, crop rotation, composting, and low-till growing. We raise Randall Lineback cattle (a rare Vermont heritage breed), sheep, chickens, a llama, and an alpaca. We grow food in greenhouses, gardens, orchards, and pastures.
WWOOFERs work primarily with our farm manager about five hours per day, six days per week. Daily tasks begin with animal care—feeding, collecting eggs, and cleaning barns and coops—followed by seasonal garden work such as planting, weeding, harvesting, composting, and food processing. Special projects may include maple sugaring, fence moving, haying, firewood, seed saving, wool processing, and farm maintenance.
In addition, WWOOFERs volunteer four hours on Fridays at our local agricultural non-profit during community “pizza night,” which is often a favorite social experience.
WWOOFERs stay in private accommodations—a tiny house or pop-up camper with queen beds—and share a kitchenette and bathroom. In warmer months, there is an outdoor shower, swimming pond, and hot tub. We share family meals once per week and provide farm food and groceries for other meals. Wi-Fi is available.
This is an excellent place for WWOOFERs interested in learning about:
Sustainable farming and rotational grazing
Maple syrup production (including tapping 350 trees and bottling syrup in hand-blown glass bottles)
Animal care and heritage breeds
Gardening, food preservation, and seed saving
Rural Vermont farm life
Glassblowing and artistic practice (optional opportunities outside WWOOF hours)
Each season brings unique experiences—from maple sugaring in late winter, to planting and haying in summer, to harvest and cider making in fall, and animal care and forestry work in winter.
Our farm has spectacular mountain views, hiking trails, swimming, skiing, and mountain biking right outside the door. We are located near the vibrant arts and farming community of Brattleboro. WWOOFERs also enjoy interacting with guests visiting the farm through our agritourism programs and Airbnb experiences. We have a newly built observatory with a 1864 Thomas Cooke Telescope 8 1/2" Dia. We do weekly Star Gazing for paying guests.
We prefer stays of one month or longer, though shorter trial stays may be possible. Couples often do well here. We are happy to teach everything we know and value curiosity, initiative, and positive energy.
This farm is more than a workplace—it is a place to learn, create, and experience life on a working Vermont farm rooted in both tradition and creativity.
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Learning opportunities
Vegetable farming
Fruit or nut farming
Grain farming
Poultry farming
Cattle farming
Sheep or goat farming
Wild foraging
Meat processing
Vegetable or fruit preservation
Traditional crafts
Methods or systems
No-till farming
Permaculture
Regenerative agriculture
Host type
Self-sufficiency property
15.4
Hectares
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38
Acres
Accommodation
