Livestock Farms & Ranches near Barre, MA

Barre

Carter & Stevens Family Farm in Barre, Massachusetts sells all-natural grass-fed beef — one cow per package, never a blend — from animals that lived their lives grazing pasture, with no dyes, preservatives, or hormones. More destination than farm, the property also pours raw milk ice cream and beer at the Stone Cow Brewery on-site, making it easy to stay all day.

Hardwick

Maple Hill Farm raises grass-fed, hormone-free, chemical-free beef on a showplace New England hilltop farm in Hardwick, serving central and western Massachusetts. The cattle forage on pasture — their native diet — growing at a natural pace, and the beef is sold online with pickup and delivery options.

Charlton

From 100 acres of sustainably managed fields in the hills of Charlton, Signal Rock Farm bales more than 13,000 bales of quality hay a year for horses, sheep, llamas, alpacas, goats, and cows. The family farm also supplies Hay Hut feeders and ships free-range, grass-fed wool products from its flock of ewes — working always to leave the land better than they found it.

Charlton

Signal Rock Farm is a small family farm in the hills of Charlton, Massachusetts making over 13,000 bales of high-quality horse and livestock hay each year from 100 acres of sustainably managed fields. The farm also supplies Hay Huts and free-range, grass-fed wool products from its ewes, with a mission to leave the land better than they found it.

Dudley

Walnut Lane Farm in Dudley raises what customers call the best grass-finished beef in central Massachusetts, along with pork, eggs, and raw milk, through responsible, transparent, regenerative practices. Visitors can tour the farm, meet the animals, and talk face to face with the people raising their food at the little farm store on Koebke Road.

Lancaster

Kalon Farm in Lancaster, Massachusetts shares ethically raised, grass-fed, vaccine- and antibiotic-free meats from its family of Northeast farms — sold online with shipping and delivery or at the farm store on Seven Bridge Road, open 10 to 6 seven days a week.

Northfield

Finicky Farm in Northfield, Massachusetts is owned and operated by the Robertson-DuBois family under a three-word ethos: conservation, stewardship, agriculture. The farm raises livestock with respect in ways that benefit both the animals and the soil they graze, and works in agrivoltaics — pairing farming with solar energy.

Bolton

JoBarb Farms, nestled among apple orchards, fields, and forests in Bolton, Massachusetts, has offered quality products since 1981: all-natural, farm-raised beef and pork, pigs for barbecues, and a superb aged compost made from livestock manure, bedding, and leaves. The family also runs roll-off dumpster and general contracting services alongside the farm.

Harvard

Harvard Alpaca Ranch is a working alpaca farm in Harvard, Massachusetts, home to a herd of 38 alpacas owned by Matthew and Amy Varrell. Visitors book farm tours Friday through Sunday, shop the Alpaca Shop's yarn, socks, blankets, and scarves, or take advantage of shearing services, alpaca-assisted therapy, boarding, and an Adopt-An-Alpaca sponsorship program.

Greenfield

Bostrom Farm in Greenfield, Massachusetts produces grass-fed beef and pork through sustainable grazing that treats the farm as an interdependent web — feeding the soil to raise strong animals free of pesticides, hormones, and medicines. The retail store adds milk, vegetables, and greenhouse plants, a monthly beef-and-pork CSA runs seasonally, and the farm doubles as an outdoor wedding venue.

Greenfield

At Bostrom Farm on Colrain Road in Greenfield, the farm is treated as a living web rather than a monoculture — sun and soil transformed into nutrients for grass-fed beef and pork raised without pesticides or hormones. When you eat the farm's products, "you taste the system, the climate, the love and work from the farmer"; a retail store, greenhouse plants, a fall meat CSA, and an outdoor celebration venue complete the picture.