About Bee FRee FARm
WORKING WITH NATURE
Bee Free Farm is USDA certified organic and committed to working with nature not against it.
We emphasize eco-agriculture farming practices that prioritize regeneration and biodynamics. Nurturing a balanced and resilient food system that benefits both environment and people.
USDA CERTIFIED ORGANIC
Everything we grow is USDA certified organic and non-gmo.
BIODYNAMIC
Biodynamic farming is working with nature, not against it.
•Growing in living soil provides a quality of health and nutrition not possible with chemical agriculture.
• Planting according to a biodynamic calendar avoids pests at certain times of the year and grows in harmony with earths natural growth cycles.
•Companion planting and trap crops to either repel or attract insects.
•Biodynamic preparations restore balance and replace chemical pesticides and fungicides.
•Biodynamic preparations foster the growth of beneficial bacteria and fungi which supports a healthy microbiome.
•Biodynamic preparations brewed by fermenting herbs, fruits, and vegetables.
REGENERATIVE
Regenerative Agriculture is described as farming practices that rebuild organic soil matter and restore degraded soil biodiversity which in turn fights climate change by aiding carbon sequestration.
•Composted wood chips are beneficial to our practices on many levels.
•Soil organisms break down the chips, they convert nutrients into forms plants can easily absorb and create a humus that sustains soil quality and combats erosion.
•This healthy living soil draws down carbon from the atmosphere into the soil where plants utilize it!
•Composted wood chips aid water conservation by retaining soil moisture and alleviating the need for irrigation.
•Composted wood chips suppress weeds which mitigates the need for mechanical cultivation or chemical herbicides.
Generating our own fertility is accomplished through cover cropping, crop rotation and organic manure integration.
•Cover crops are also known as regenerative green manure. They add nitrogen back into soil after harvest.
•Green manure crops can add 100 lbs. of nitrogen/acre back into the soil. This feeds next seasons crops naturally without chemical fertilizers.
•Crop rotation also acts as all natural pest management solution, breaking the lifecycle.
•Manure from our pastured and organically raised chickens is composted and integrated into the soil.
NO-GMO’s
Large scale commercial agriculture has turned to genetically modified seeds and plants to overcome pests and environmental challenges. Growing on a smaller scale makes holistic approaches to these issues possible. Everything we grow is non-gmo.
ORGANIC RAISED EGGS
Our heritage breed chickens are raised on USDA certified organic, non-gmo feed since their beginning days as chicks.
PASTURE RAISED
Pasture raised hens have access to a varied diet of plants and insects, which are an abundant source of natural proteins and amino acids. Foraging naturally provides eggs with more vitamin A, vitamin E, omega-3 fatty acids, beta-carotene, and lutein.
COLORED BY NATURE
Different chickens lay different colored eggs. We have carefully selected several different heritage breeds of chickens to lay a rainbow egg basket!
HERITAGE BREEDS
Heritage breed chickens are the livestock equivalent of heirloom vegetables. Heritage breeds were raised in the 1800s before industrialized farms.
HAPPY HENS
Pasture raised chickens are happy chickens. Their eggs contain a quarter to a third less cholesterol and a quarter less saturated fat than caged eggs.
LOCAL PICKUP
Pick up from:
Marlboro Farmers Market
444 County Rd. 520
Marlboro, NJ 07746
Marlboro Food Emporium
460 County Rd. 520
Marlboro, NJ 07746
SHOU SUGI BAN
We do not use pressure treated wood that leaches toxic chemicals into the ground near the food we grow.
•We harvest rot resistant black locust poles from our farm for our trellis’ and fencing.
•Practice Shou Sugi Ban to weatherproof our wood naturally!
•Shou Sugi Ban is a Japanese method of waterproofing wood that uses no chemicals.
•Wood is burned until the surface is charred, and then coated with natural oil.
•Result is a scorched, charcoal black, all natural, weatherproof finish!
Why is Raw Honey Better?
Our raw honey is extracted from the
beehive and only strained, never filtered. It is unprocessed and never damaged by heat or pasteurization. This keeps the natural pollen, propolis, amino acids and nutritious enzymes intact.
Raw honey contains a wide variety of nutrients. One teaspoon of raw honey contains up to 48,000 grains of pollen. It has approximately 22 amino acids, 31 different minerals and a wide range of vitamins and enzymes. It also contains nearly 30 types of bioactive plant compounds. These are called polyphenols, and they act as antioxidants!
Raw honey has highly concentrated prebiotics. Prebiotics feed beneficial gut bacteria and enables them to thrive. Creating an alkalizing effect that promotes balance and healing to the digestive tract.
