The Farm
Roxbury Farm, in Kinderhook, New York, consists of 225 acres of farmland, wetlands, and woods, beside the Kinderhook Creek. The Kinderhook Creek Corridor is intended for conservation by the Columbia Land Conservancy and the Open Space Institute, because it is not only a scenic and historic center that includes Lindenwald, (Martin van Buren's house), the van Buren Trails, the Luykas van Alen House and the village of Kinderhook, which is listed on the National Registry of Historic Places, but because it contains the largest concentration of Class I soils in Columbia County. Thirty acres are dedicated to vegetable, herb, strawberry and melon production, and 40 acres are in soil building cover crops. Fields are taken out of vegetable production every two to three seasons and are planted in cover crops. This rotation allows the soil to rest and regenerate.
Since 1990,
Roxbury has been a nationally recognized leader in organic, biodynamic,
and Community Supported Agriculture (CSA). In 1991, Roxbury became the
first CSA farm to have a community in New York City. In 2000,
Roxbury became a leader in the farmland protection movement, as a
central component in a land acquisition and conservation effort that
will not only secure the long term future of our farmland, but will be
a model for other farms in the Hudson Valley and all over the country.
Now, the Roxbury Farm community encompasses 995+ shareholders and
serves over 1200 families in Columbia County, Manhattan, the Capital
Region, and Westchester County.