About

Sawmill Herb Farm is wholeheartedly committed to sustainable land-stewardship and providing top quality organically grown healing plants to the local community.

Through our educational programs and partnerships we aim to strengthen community awareness of medicinal herbs as a component of holistic health and bring the deep wisdom of nature connection into the community one seed at a time.
Our small herb farm was started in 2013 by Susan Pincus and is located on unceded land of the Nipmuc, Picumtuc and Nonotuck people, also known today as the Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts. We offer a fresh herb CSA providing a diversity of medicinal and culinary herbs throughout the growing season. In the spring we fill our greenhouses with certified organic plant starts for gardeners. Year-round we offer tea blends and bulk dried herbs.
Read more about some of the rich history of this land here and of Florence at the David Ruggles Center.

 

Sawmill Herb Farm Core Values:

  • Sawmill Herb Farm stands firmly rooted in the inclusion and care of our community through plants. We believe in reciprocity with the Earth, being in right relationship to one another, to plants, and to our ancestors for the medicine they led us to know. We do not tolerate discriminatory behavior.
  • Sawmill Herb Farm acknowledges that we work on land that has been colonized and stolen from the indigenous communities of Turtle Island.  We commit to reconciliation and protecting resources that are historically and presently exploited.
  • Sawmill Herb Farm honors each person’s journey and experience with nature and with plant medicine. We honor guides, teachers, mentors, spirits, and all those who guide and share the way of plants. We acknowledge and revere our teachers as we move, practice, and share what we have gathered.
  • Sawmill Herb Farm stands in solidarity with the earth, with people of marginalized communities, and are active in listening to these voices, experiences, and supporting the healing process. This includes creating accessible educational material and resources to encourage folks in their own healing journeys.
  • Sawmill Herb Farm stands in community and encourages all forms of wellness, medical and holistic forms of care. We are committed to growing together and learning in community.

  

Grow Food Northampton

Our relationship with Grow Food Northampton

Grow Food Northampton is a non profit devoted to furthering local agriculture and food security in the Northampton area. We are thrilled to be partnering with an organization that is as passionate about organic local food as we are. Learn more at www.growfoodnorthampton.com.

 

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    In the news

    • Hear us on the River with Monte and with Phil Korman of Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture (CISA).

    • Download & listen to this interview about the farm and Grow Food Northampton on Valley Free Radio’s Farm to Fork program.

    • Thank you to Leslie Lynn Lucio for this great article about Sawmill Farm in the Pioneer Valley Edible Magazine.

    • Sawmill Herb Farm was featured on the Food.Curated documentary series.