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Pepperell is fortunate to have locally and regionally produced food right at our doorstep. As we all make the necessary lifestyle adjustments during the CORVID-19 pandemic, many of these farms and processors are open and ready to to serve us. The Town of Pepperell Agricultural Advisory Board has compiled a list of these local businesses, which we publish below. As the state-mandated CORVID-19 restrictions and guidance are fluid, we recommend calling ahead or checking website details before visiting.
Owners: Mary and David Sears
Offers: Cloverluck Farm’s micro-dairy offers fresh raw cow’s milk, grass fed beef, and heritage pork meat (Berkshire and Ossabaw Island hogs) and pork products.
The Farmer’s Exchange in Townsend (978-597-2632) is also owned by Mary and David Sears. We add the Exchange here because your furry friends need food, too - and here is where you can satisfy their needs. Open 7 days a week - currently allowing no more than ten people in the store at a time. Order your live chickens and ducks here, too.
Call to visit
Location: 84 Jewett Street, Pepperell Tel: 617-694-9349
Equine and Pet Supplies
Blood Farm, LLC
Operator: Robert Blood
Blood Farm provides hay year round. Please call for delivery.
Location: 13 Mason Road, Pepperell, MA Tel: 978-877-2365
Owner: Richard Blood
Offering: The Blood family has been operating Blood Farm for seven generations now. The store offers a variety of meats (beef, pork, chicken, lamb, goat) much of which is locally sourced, and you can order whatever cut of meat you want. And you’ll find cuts of meat you can’t anywhere else. Additionally, there are smoked meats, marinated meats, American cheese and farm fresh eggs.
Operating hours: 8 AM - 5 PM daily Mon-Fri and 8 AM - 1 PM Sat
Location: 94 West Main Street, West Groton, MA Tel: 978-448-6669
Owner: Lucy McKain
Offers: Fresh, non-pasteurized (raw) goat’s milk from goat’s fed organic soy-free grains, organic soy-free chicken and organic soy-free eggs, organic vegetables, herbs and organic greens. Certified by BayState Organic Certifiers. Available through the Farm’s CSA (CommunitySupported Agriculture) weekly distribution program, email/online sales, and phone pre-orders.
Call or email to visit
Location: 16B Brookline Street, Pepperell Tel: 978-888-8005 Email: theherbhillfarm@gmail.com
Owners: Carl and Marie Hills
Offers: Kimball’s is a retail and wholesale farm operation, with a Spring pick your own strawberries that no one should miss. This year, Kimball’s also offers Spring parsnips, dug and bagged and ready for self-serve pick-up. With two hoop houses and a hydroponic greenhouse, Kimball’s is able to provide fresh produce at its farmstead but also for many local restaurants from here to Boston.
Operating hours: 9 AM - 7 PM daily June through Thanksgiving
Location: 184 Hollis Street (Rte 122) Pepperell Tel: 978-433-9752
Owner/Farmer: David Orde
Offers: With a second farm stand in Milford, NH (603-673-3119) on Route 13, Lull Farm offers year-round produce, baked goods, dairy produce, local eggs, condiments, jellies, flowers - to name a few of the delectables. You can call ahead with your order for pick up at the store.
Hollis NH location operating hours: - 7 AM - 7 PM daily
Location: 65 Broad Street, Hollis, NH Tel: 603-465-7079
Mary’s Mushrooms
Owner/Farmer: Mary Veysey.
Offering: Offering mushrooms which are sustainably grown outdoors from organic spawn without pesticides, on responsibly procured wood chips and logs, and rain watered. Please contact Mary for current availability or to be added to the notification list for future crops.
Operating hours: 9 AM - 7 PM daily June through Thanksgiving
Location: 6 Boynton Street, Pepperell Tel: 978-433-6931 email: Marysa55@hotmail.com
Owner: Douglas Orde
Offers: Farm grain, pet food and bird seed.
Operating hours: 8 AM - 6 PM Mon-Fri and 8 AM - 5 PM Sat
Location: 60 Broad Street, Hollis, NH Tel: 603-465-2583
Owner: Agricultural Commission
The Agricultural Commission is dedicated to preserving, revitalizing and sustaining our local farms and lands; encouragingthe pursuit of agriculture as a career and lifestyle; promoting agricultural-based economic opportunities and pursuing all initiatives appropriate to creating a sustainable agricultural community in Pepperell.
Owner/Farmer: Charles Tully
Offers: Tully Farm Dairy offers dairy products, seasonal fresh produce, meat, and baked goods. The Tully Farm farm stand is operated year-round and offers home delivery. To become a delivery customer, please call the store. Online ordering for delivery customers only. You can also call ahead and order for pick up at the store.
Farm store hours: 10 AM - 9 PM daily
Location: 446 Pleasant Street, Dunstable Tel: 978-649-6687
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Owner/Farmer: Brittany and Kevin Overshiner
Upswing Farm is a small, diversified vegetable farm that got its start leasing land in Ashland, Holliston and Franklin. After a two year process, the farm was able to secure a permanent location in Pepperell, MA. We are dedicated to our customers who helped build our business over the last five years, and will continue to distribute CSA shares to our regular pick up locations in Holliston and Hopkinton. We also will continue to participate in the Ashland Farmer’s Market.
Location: 61 Brookline Street, Pepperell Tel: 508-215-8378
Owner: David Valicenti
Offering: PASTA!! Yep - homemade spaghetti and assorted gourmet ravioli, and sauce (red gravy) to go with it. The Hollis store is one of several in New England. You can shop online or order direct.
Operating hours: 8 AM - 8 PM daily Mon-Fri and 9 AM - 6 PM Sat and 10 AM - 4 PM Sun
Location: 11 Monument Square, Hollis, NH Tel: 603-459-3627
Owner: Russell Wilkins
Offers: A family operated farmstead famous for its “mile high apple pie”, Wilkins offers seasonal fresh produce, Shaw’s milk, baked goods, fresh eggs, local honey, cheese, turkey and chicken pot pies, floral arrangements (on-site and delivered), and an assortment of locally produced confections and condiments.
Operating hours: 10 AM - 6 PM daily
Location: 20 South Road, Pepperell Tel: 978-433-8974
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