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Site:Temple Israel Center, Bet Am Shalom, Cong. Kol Ami, Hebrew Inst. of White Plains, Young Israel of White Plains
Farm:Chubby Bunny and ADAMAH
Contact Info: Ricki
Season: June-November
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ADAMAH
Now in its seventh successful year, ADAMAH: The Jewish Environmental Fellowship is a three-month leadership training program for Jewish young adults that integrates organic farming, sustainable living, Jewish learning, community building, and contemplative spiritual practice. It is based out of the Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center in Falls Village, CT. ADAMAH fellows learn sustainable agriculture practices by growing more than 50 kinds of vegetables on their six-acre farm. This organic produce, along with naturally fermented kosher pickles, are delivered to White Plains in a truck that runs on recycled vegetable oil.
Chubby Bunny Farm
Chubby Bunny is a small family farm owned and operated by Dan and Tracy Hayhurst. We are located in Falls Village in Northwestern Connecticut. The farm is 50 acres of tillable land, pasture, and hay land. We currently use about 10 acres for sustainable vegetable production. The remaining land is used for permanent pasture, hay fields, greenhouses and barns. We believe diversity is important for the total health of the farm. To complement our wide variety of vegetables we raise laying hens, a few pigs and keep a family cow and her companion. Last year we also planted an apple orchard. The farm is protected by a Nature Conservancy conservation easement. This ensures that the land will remain farmland and protected from development in perpetuity.
 
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